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Miami Dolphins Franchise Encyclopedia
Regular Season Record (all-time) : 387-281-4
Playoff Record (all-time) : 20-20 (Last appearance after 2008 season)
Super Bowls Won: 2 out of 5 appearances
Championships Won: 2
Passing Leader (all-time): Dan Marino - 61,361 yards
Rushing Leader (all-time): Larry Csonka - 6,737 yards
Receiving Leader (all-time): Mark Duper - 8,869 yards
Winningest Coach (all-time): Don Shula - 257 wins
Playoff Log / Head-to-Head Records / All Miami Dolphins Draftees / Year-by-Year Starting Lineups / All-Pros and Pro Bowlers
All-time franchise leaderboards
| Single-season | Passing | Rushing | Receiving | Returns | Kicking | Scoring | |
| Career | Passing | Rushing | Receiving | Returns | Kicking | Scoring | Defense |
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Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks
Glossary · * indicate playoff appearances
| Top Players | Off Rank | Def Rank | Overall Rank | Simple Rating System | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Lg | Tm | W | L | T | Pts | PtsO | PtDif | Coaches | Passing | Rushing | Receiving | Pts | Yds | Pts | Yds | T/G | Pts± | Yds± | out of | MoV | SoS | SRS | OSRS | DSRS |
| 2009 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 7 | 9 | 0 | 360 | 390 | -30 | Sparano | Henne | Williams | Bess | 15 | 17 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 32 | -1.9 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 2.9 | -1.2 |
| 2008 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 11 | 5 | 0 | 345 | 317 | 28 | Sparano | Pennington | Brown | Ginn Jr. | 21 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 32 | 1.8 | ||||
| 2007 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 1 | 15 | 0 | 267 | 437 | -170 | Cameron | Lemon | Brown | Booker | 26 | 28 | 30 | 23 | 22 | 31 | 27 | 32 | -10.6 | ||||
| 2006 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 6 | 10 | 0 | 260 | 283 | -23 | Saban | Harrington | Brown | Booker | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 32 | -1.4 | 2.1 | 0.7 | -3.3 | 4.0 |
| 2005 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 9 | 7 | 0 | 318 | 317 | 1 | Saban | Frerotte | Brown | Chambers | 16 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 32 | 0.1 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -1.1 | 0.3 |
| 2004 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 4 | 12 | 0 | 275 | 354 | -79 | Bates,Wannstedt | Feeley | Morris | Chambers | 28 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 32 | -4.9 | 2.7 | -2.2 | -2.7 | 0.5 |
| 2003 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 10 | 6 | 0 | 311 | 261 | 50 | Wannstedt | Fiedler | Williams | Chambers | 17 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 32 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 3.4 | -0.7 | 4.1 |
| 2002 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 9 | 7 | 0 | 378 | 301 | 77 | Wannstedt | Fiedler | Williams | Chambers | 12 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 4.4 |
| 2001 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 11 | 5 | 0 | 344 | 290 | 54 | Wannstedt | Fiedler | Smith | Chambers | 8 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 3.4 | -0.7 | 2.7 | -0.3 | 3.1 |
| 2000 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 11 | 5 | 0 | 323 | 226 | 97 | Wannstedt | Fiedler | Smith | Gadsden | 16 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 7.1 |
| 1999 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 9 | 7 | 0 | 326 | 336 | -10 | Johnson | Marino | Johnson | Martin | 13 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 31 | -0.6 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| 1998 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 10 | 6 | 0 | 321 | 265 | 56 | Johnson | Marino | Abdul-Jabbar | McDuffie | 16 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 5.9 | -0.7 | 6.5 |
| 1997 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 9 | 7 | 0 | 339 | 327 | 12 | Johnson | Marino | Abdul-Jabbar | McDuffie | 13 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 30 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| 1996 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 8 | 8 | 0 | 339 | 325 | 14 | Johnson | Marino | Abdul-Jabbar | McDuffie | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 30 | 0.9 | -0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | -0.4 |
| 1995 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 9 | 7 | 0 | 398 | 332 | 66 | Shula | Marino | Parmalee | Fryar | 7 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 4.1 | -1.4 | 2.7 | 3.1 | -0.4 |
| 1994 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 10 | 6 | 0 | 389 | 327 | 62 | Shula | Marino | Parmalee | Fryar | 3 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | -0.3 |
| 1993 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 9 | 7 | 0 | 349 | 351 | -2 | Shula | Mitchell | Higgs | Fryar | 5 | 2 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 28 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.5 | 3.9 | -4.3 |
| 1992 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 11 | 5 | 0 | 340 | 281 | 59 | Shula | Marino | Higgs | Duper | 8 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 28 | 3.7 | -2.2 | 1.5 | 2.1 | -0.6 |
| 1991 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 8 | 8 | 0 | 343 | 349 | -6 | Shula | Marino | Higgs | Duper | 6 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 28 | -0.4 | -3.7 | -4.1 | 0.7 | -4.8 |
| 1990 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 12 | 4 | 0 | 336 | 242 | 94 | Shula | Marino | Smith | Duper | 14 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 5.9 | -1.2 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 4.2 |
| 1989 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 8 | 8 | 0 | 331 | 379 | -48 | Shula | Marino | Smith | Clayton | 15 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 28 | -3.0 | -1.8 | -4.8 | -0.6 | -4.2 |
| 1988 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 6 | 10 | 0 | 319 | 380 | -61 | Shula | Marino | Hampton | Clayton | 17 | 5 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 28 | -3.8 | 1.0 | -2.8 | 1.0 | -3.9 |
| 1987 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 8 | 7 | 0 | 362 | 335 | 27 | Shula | Marino | Stradford | Clayton | 7 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 3.1 | -1.1 |
| 1986 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 8 | 8 | 0 | 430 | 405 | 25 | Shula | Marino | Hampton | Duper | 1 | 2 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 1.6 | -1.1 | 0.5 | 6.2 | -5.7 |
| 1985 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 12 | 4 | 0 | 428 | 320 | 108 | Shula | Marino | Nathan | Clayton | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 6.8 | 0.3 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 0.9 |
| 1984 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 14 | 2 | 0 | 513 | 298 | 215 | Shula | Marino | Bennett | Clayton | 1 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13.4 | -2.9 | 10.6 | 9.1 | 1.5 |
| 1983 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 12 | 4 | 0 | 389 | 250 | 139 | Shula | Marino | Franklin | Duper | 7 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 28 | 8.7 | -1.0 | 7.7 | 2.6 | 5.2 |
| 1982 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 7 | 2 | 0 | 198 | 131 | 67 | Shula | Woodley | Franklin | Cefalo | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 7.4 | 0.5 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 5.5 |
| 1981 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 11 | 4 | 1 | 345 | 275 | 70 | Shula | Woodley | Nathan | Harris | 11 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 4.4 | -1.5 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| 1980 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 8 | 8 | 0 | 266 | 305 | -39 | Shula | Woodley | Williams | Nathan | 24 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 28 | -2.4 | 0.9 | -1.6 | -4.6 | 3.1 |
| 1979 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 10 | 6 | 0 | 341 | 257 | 84 | Shula | Griese | Csonka | Moore | 11 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 5.3 | -0.9 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| 1978 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 11 | 5 | 0 | 372 | 254 | 118 | Shula | Griese | Williams | Harris | 2 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 28 | 7.4 | 0.2 | 7.6 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| 1977 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 10 | 4 | 0 | 313 | 197 | 116 | Shula | Griese | Malone | Moore | 3 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 8.3 | -0.5 | 7.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
| 1976 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 6 | 8 | 0 | 263 | 264 | -1 | Shula | Griese | Malone | Moore | 15 | 13 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 28 | -0.1 | -0.0 | -0.1 | -1.8 | 1.7 |
| 1975 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 10 | 4 | 0 | 357 | 222 | 135 | Shula | Griese | Morris | Moore | 6 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 9.6 | -0.3 | 9.3 | 3.3 | 6.0 |
| 1974 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 11 | 3 | 0 | 327 | 216 | 111 | Shula | Griese | Csonka | Moore | 3 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 7.9 | -1.8 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 2.3 |
| 1973 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 12 | 2 | 0 | 343 | 150 | 193 | Shula | Griese | Csonka | Warfield | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 13.8 | -0.6 | 13.2 | 5.0 | 8.2 |
| 1972 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 14 | 0 | 0 | 385 | 171 | 214 | Shula | Morrall | Csonka | Warfield | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 15.3 | -4.3 | 11.0 | 4.5 | 6.5 |
| 1971 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 10 | 3 | 1 | 315 | 174 | 141 | Shula | Griese | Csonka | Warfield | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 10.1 | -2.4 | 7.7 | 2.4 | 5.3 |
| 1970 | NFL | Miami Dolphins* | 10 | 4 | 0 | 297 | 228 | 69 | Shula | Griese | Csonka | Warfield | 11 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 4.9 | -6.3 | -1.3 | -1.3 | -0.0 |
| 1969 | AFL | Miami Dolphins | 3 | 10 | 1 | 233 | 332 | -99 | Wilson | Griese | Kiick | Seiple | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | -7.1 | ||||
| 1968 | AFL | Miami Dolphins | 5 | 8 | 1 | 276 | 355 | -79 | Wilson | Griese | Kiick | Noonan | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | -5.6 | ||||
| 1967 | AFL | Miami Dolphins | 4 | 10 | 0 | 219 | 407 | -188 | Wilson | Griese | Haynes | Clancy | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | -13.4 | ||||
| 1966 | AFL | Miami Dolphins | 3 | 11 | 0 | 213 | 362 | -149 | Wilson | Wood | Auer | Roberson | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | -10.6 | ||||
Playoff Game Log
| Score | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Opp | Tm | Opp | ||
| 2008 Playoffs | |||||
| WildCard | L | Baltimore Ravens | 9 | 27 | |
| 2001 Playoffs | |||||
| WildCard | L | Baltimore Ravens | 3 | 20 | |
| 2000 Playoffs | |||||
| WildCard | W | Indianapolis Colts | 23 | 17 | |
| Division | L | @ | Oakland Raiders | 0 | 27 |
| 1999 Playoffs | |||||
| WildCard | W | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 20 | 17 |
| Division | L | @ | Jacksonville Jaguars | 7 | 62 |
| 1998 Playoffs | |||||
| WildCard | W | Buffalo Bills | 24 | 17 | |
| Division | L | @ | Denver Broncos | 3 | 38 |
| 1997 Playoffs | |||||
| WildCard | L | @ | New England Patriots | 3 | 17 |
| 1995 Playoffs | |||||
| WildCard | L | @ | Buffalo Bills | 22 | 37 |
| 1994 Playoffs | |||||
| WildCard | W | Kansas City Chiefs | 27 | 17 | |
| Division | L | @ | San Diego Chargers | 21 | 22 |
| 1992 Playoffs | |||||
| Division | W | San Diego Chargers | 31 | 0 | |
| ConfChamp | L | Buffalo Bills | 10 | 29 | |
| 1990 Playoffs | |||||
| WildCard | W | Kansas City Chiefs | 17 | 16 | |
| Division | L | @ | Buffalo Bills | 34 | 44 |
| 1985 Playoffs | |||||
| Division | W | Cleveland Browns | 24 | 21 | |
| ConfChamp | L | New England Patriots | 14 | 31 | |
| 1984 Playoffs | |||||
| Division | W | Seattle Seahawks | 31 | 10 | |
| ConfChamp | W | Pittsburgh Steelers | 45 | 28 | |
| SuperBowl | L | N | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 38 |
| 1983 Playoffs | |||||
| Division | L | Seattle Seahawks | 20 | 27 | |
| 1982 Playoffs | |||||
| WildCard | W | New England Patriots | 28 | 13 | |
| Division | W | San Diego Chargers | 34 | 13 | |
| ConfChamp | W | New York Jets | 14 | 0 | |
| SuperBowl | L | N | Washington Redskins | 17 | 27 |
| 1981 Playoffs | |||||
| Division | L | San Diego Chargers | 38 | 41 | |
| 1979 Playoffs | |||||
| Division | L | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 34 |
| 1978 Playoffs | |||||
| WildCard | L | Houston Oilers | 9 | 17 | |
| 1974 Playoffs | |||||
| Division | L | @ | Oakland Raiders | 26 | 28 |
| 1973 Playoffs | |||||
| Division | W | Cincinnati Bengals | 34 | 16 | |
| ConfChamp | W | Oakland Raiders | 27 | 10 | |
| SuperBowl | W | N | Minnesota Vikings | 24 | 7 |
| 1972 Playoffs | |||||
| Division | W | Cleveland Browns | 20 | 14 | |
| ConfChamp | W | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21 | 17 |
| SuperBowl | W | N | Washington Redskins | 14 | 7 |
| 1971 Playoffs | |||||
| Division | W | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 27 | 24 |
| ConfChamp | W | Baltimore Colts | 21 | 0 | |
| SuperBowl | L | N | Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 24 |
| 1970 Playoffs | |||||
| Division | L | @ | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 21 |
Head-to-Head Franchise Records
| Score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | W | L | T | Tm | Opp | |
| Arizona Cardinals | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 279 | 153 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | 223 | 200 |
| Baltimore Ravens | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 136 | 105 |
| Buffalo Bills | 52 | 35 | 1 | .598 | 1911 | 1656 |
| Carolina Panthers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 87 | 56 |
| Chicago Bears | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 277 | 178 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 | 401 | 296 |
| Cleveland Browns | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | 243 | 271 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | 215 | 221 |
| Denver Broncos | 11 | 3 | 1 | .786 | 352 | 260 |
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 255 | 154 |
| Green Bay Packers | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 286 | 209 |
| Houston Texans | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 102 | 116 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 44 | 24 | 0 | .647 | 1539 | 1170 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 69 | 72 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 12 | 12 | 0 | .500 | 455 | 501 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 179 | 167 |
| New England Patriots | 49 | 37 | 0 | .570 | 1917 | 1727 |
| New Orleans Saints | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 229 | 189 |
| New York Giants | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 80 | 92 |
| New York Jets | 41 | 46 | 1 | .472 | 1964 | 1915 |
| Oakland Raiders | 12 | 16 | 1 | .429 | 542 | 601 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 229 | 233 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 9 | 11 | 0 | .450 | 391 | 370 |
| San Diego Chargers | 12 | 11 | 0 | .522 | 509 | 532 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 154 | 207 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 213 | 166 |
| St. Louis Rams | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 288 | 204 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 203 | 206 |
| Tennessee Titans | 17 | 14 | 0 | .548 | 580 | 571 |
| Washington Redskins | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 188 | 180 |