How does the random NFL team generator work?

It picks one team at random from a list of 32 NFL teams. Every team has the same chance on each spin.

Can I get several different teams at once?

Yes. Choose how many teams you want and it picks that many with no repeats.

Can I remove a team from the draw?

Yes. Untick a team in the list and it will not be picked.

Does it save anything?

No. Everything runs in your browser and nothing is sent to a server.

How many teams are in the NFL?

There are 32 teams, 16 in the AFC and 16 in the NFC.

Can I use it to choose a Madden team?

Yes. Press the button for a random team, then play a game or a season with it. Untick teams you do not want to play with first.

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Random NFL Team Generator

Click the button to pick a random NFL team from the 32 teams of the National Football League. Spin again for another, or pick several different teams at once.

How many teams?

Click the button

Choose which teams are in the draw

What people use a random NFL team generator for

Madden challenge: play a franchise or a single game with a team you did not choose
Fantasy football and pick-em: pick a team at random for a bet or a friendly challenge
Choosing a team to follow for a season
Games and quizzes: random team to name a player, a stadium or a coach

How it works

The generator holds a list of 32 NFL teams. When you click the button it picks a position in the list at random, using your browser's random number generator, and shows that team. If you ask for more than one team it picks that many different positions, so a team cannot appear twice in the same draw. Untick any team you do not want and it is left out.

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The NFL in brief

The National Football League has 32 teams split between two conferences, the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC), with 16 teams in each. Each conference is divided into four divisions of four teams (East, North, South and West). The generator draws from all 32 teams unless you untick some.

How fair is the draw?

Each time you press the button the page picks a position in the list using your browser's cryptographic random number generator (crypto.getRandomValues), so every ticked team has the same chance. When you ask for several teams the picked teams are removed from the pool as they are chosen, so the same team cannot come up twice in one draw. Nothing is weighted by team strength, popularity or past results, and the result is not stored anywhere, so a new press is a completely fresh draw from all 32 NFL teams.

Ideas for a Madden franchise or one-off game

Random teams make a game fairer and more fun because nobody can complain that they were handed the best or worst side. Agree a rule beforehand, press the button, and play it out. A simple extra rule is to play the same fixture twice with the roles swapped, so luck of the draw evens out.

Running a random-team game

Decide the rule before you press the button: the team you get is the team you play, with no swaps.
For a head-to-head, set the number to 2 and press once so both players get a different team. For a group, set the number to the number of players.
Use the tick-list to take out teams you have already used, or to restrict the draw to the teams you want to play with, and untick the rest.
Copy the result with the Copy button to paste it into a group chat or a scoreboard.

How does the random NFL team generator work?: It picks one team at random from a list of 32 NFL teams. Every team has the same chance on each spin.
Can I get several different teams at once?: Yes. Choose how many teams you want and it picks that many with no repeats.
Can I remove a team from the draw?: Yes. Untick a team in the list and it will not be picked.
Does it save anything?: No. Everything runs in your browser and nothing is sent to a server.
How many teams are in the NFL?: There are 32 teams, 16 in the AFC and 16 in the NFC.
Can I use it to choose a Madden team?: Yes. Press the button for a random team, then play a game or a season with it. Untick teams you do not want to play with first.