# NFL API: Get standings

> Gets NFL regular-season standings by conference and division for a season, with clinch status when shown.

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- Page: https://fous.com/methods/nfl.com/get-standings
- Method: `nfl.com/get_standings`, version 1
- Website: nfl.com
- Returns: season, teams with division, rank, record, points, streak, clinch status
- Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing)
- Sign-in: none needed
- Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free
- Verified: Nov 2, 2026

## Inputs

| Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `season` | integer | no | `2025` | Season starting year, such as 2025. Defaults to the current season. |

## Output

From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened. Its input:

```json
{
  "season": 2025
}
```

Its output:

```json
{
  "teams": [
    {
      "team": "New England Patriots",
      "ties": 0,
      "wins": 14,
      "losses": 3,
      "division": "AFC East",
      "page_link": "https://www.nfl.com/teams/new-england-patriots/",
      "conference": "AFC",
      "division_rank": 1,
      "points_scored": 490,
      "current_streak": "Won 3",
      "points_allowed": 320,
      "win_percentage": 0.824,
      "playoff_or_clinch_status": "Clinched Playoff; Clinched Division"
    },
    {
      "team": "Buffalo Bills",
      "ties": 0,
      "wins": 12,
      "losses": 5,
      "division": "AFC East",
      "page_link": "https://www.nfl.com/teams/buffalo-bills/",
      "conference": "AFC",
      "division_rank": 2,
      "points_scored": 481,
      "current_streak": "Won 1",
      "points_allowed": 365,
      "win_percentage": 0.706,
      "playoff_or_clinch_status": "Clinched Playoff; Clinched Wild Card"
    },
    {
      "team": "Miami Dolphins",
      "ties": 0,
      "wins": 7,
      "losses": 10,
      "division": "AFC East",
      "page_link": "https://www.nfl.com/teams/miami-dolphins/",
      "conference": "AFC",
      "division_rank": 3,
      "points_scored": 347,
      "current_streak": "Lost 1",
      "points_allowed": 424,
      "win_percentage": 0.412,
      "playoff_or_clinch_status": null
    }
  ],
  "season": 2025
}
```

## Run it

From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output:

```bash
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"method":"nfl.com/get_standings","input":{"season":2025}}'
```

From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`.

## Ask your agent

- Show me the 2024 NFL standings broken down by conference and division, including each team's clinch status.
- What were the final regular-season records and win streaks for every AFC team in 2022?
- Can you pull up the current NFL division standings with points scored and which playoff spots are already clinched?
- I need the 2019 season standings for the NFC North with each team's rank, record, and streak.
- Which NFL teams have clinched playoff berths so far this season, and where do the division races stand on nfl.com?

## Input schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "season": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Season starting year, such as 2025. Defaults to the current season."
    }
  }
}
```

## Output schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "season",
    "teams"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "teams": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "team": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "ties": {
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "wins": {
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "losses": {
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "division": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "page_link": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "conference": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "division_rank": {
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "points_scored": {
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "current_streak": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "points_allowed": {
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "win_percentage": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "playoff_or_clinch_status": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "season": {
      "type": "integer"
    }
  }
}
```

## See more

- [NFL API: Get scores](https://fous.com/methods/nfl.com/get-scores.md): Gets NFL scores and scheduled games for the week that contains a date. You can keep only one team's games. Kickoff times are in US Eastern time unless you choose another time zone.
- [NFL API: Get player stats](https://fous.com/methods/nfl.com/get-player-stats.md): Gets a named NFL player's season and career stats, with profile details. Active players are preferred when names match.
- [NFL API: Get team roster](https://fous.com/methods/nfl.com/get-team-roster.md): Gets an NFL team's current NFL.com roster by team name, nickname or city. You can limit it to offense, defense or special teams. Released players are left out.
- [NBA API: Get standings](https://fous.com/methods/nba.com/get-standings.md): Returns NBA regular-season standings for a season, with Eastern and Western Conference teams in rank order. Defaults to the season shown on the NBA standings page.
- [MLB API: Get standings](https://fous.com/methods/mlb.com/get-standings.md): Returns MLB regular-season division standings for a season: records, win percentage, games back, streak, last 10 games and wild-card games back. Defaults to the current year.
- [Yahoo API: Get team standings](https://fous.com/methods/sports.yahoo.com/get-standings.md): Returns Yahoo Sports team standings for a league and season, grouped by division or conference.
- [NHL API: Get standings](https://fous.com/methods/nhl.com/get-standings.md): Gets NHL standings as of a date, ordered by conference, division and division rank, with each team's official homepage.
- [Formula 1 API: Get championship standings](https://fous.com/methods/formula1.com/get-standings.md): Gets Formula 1 drivers' and teams' championship standings for a season, with the last completed race. Teams' standings begin in 1958.
- [All NFL methods](https://fous.com/methods/nfl.com.md)
