When do 2026 NFL bye weeks start and end?

The first byes fall in Week 5 and the last in Week 14. Weeks 1-4 and Week 15 onward have no byes, so every team plays.

Is any team on bye in Week 12?

No. Week 12 of the 2026 season carries no byes — all 32 teams play. That is how the schedule was published, not a gap in this data.

How many bye weeks does each NFL team get?

Exactly one. All 32 teams take a single bye during the 2026 regular season, which is why a 17-game season runs 18 weeks.

Where does this bye week data come from?

The published NFL schedule, distributed by nflverse under CC-BY 4.0. A team is counted as on bye in the one week it appears as neither the home nor the away side; there is no separate bye column to trust or mistype.

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2026 NFL Bye Week Schedule

The full bye week schedule as a flat reference — by week, then A–Z by team. Nothing to configure and nothing to sign up for.

All 32 NFL teams take exactly one bye in 2026, spread from Week 5 through Week 14. Week 11 is the heaviest with 6 teams idle (Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams, New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks); the lightest are Weeks 5, 9 and 14, with 2 each. No team is on bye in Week 12.

Derived from the published 2026 NFL schedule

Week 8

4 teams are on bye in Week 8: Houston Texans, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers.

Week 8 is the week this site's player data currently covers — not a live clock reading.

Bye weeks by week

Week 52 on bye

CAR Carolina Panthers
KC Kansas City Chiefs

Week 64 on bye

CIN Cincinnati Bengals
DET Detroit Lions
MIA Miami Dolphins
MIN Minnesota Vikings

Week 74 on bye

BUF Buffalo Bills
JAX Jacksonville Jaguars
LAC Los Angeles Chargers
WAS Washington Commanders

Week 84 on bye

HOU Houston Texans
NO New Orleans Saints
NYG New York Giants
SF San Francisco 49ers

Week 92 on bye

PIT Pittsburgh Steelers
TEN Tennessee Titans

Week 104 on bye

CHI Chicago Bears
DEN Denver Broncos
PHI Philadelphia Eagles
TB Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 116 on bye

ATL Atlanta Falcons
CLE Cleveland Browns
GB Green Bay Packers
LA Los Angeles Rams
NE New England Patriots
SEA Seattle Seahawks

Week 134 on bye

BAL Baltimore Ravens
IND Indianapolis Colts
LV Las Vegas Raiders
NYJ New York Jets

Week 142 on bye

ARI Arizona Cardinals
DAL Dallas Cowboys

Bye weeks by team, A–Z

Every NFL team's 2026 bye week, sorted alphabetically.
Team	Abbr	Division	Bye week
Arizona Cardinals	ARI	NFC West	14
Atlanta Falcons	ATL	NFC South	11
Baltimore Ravens	BAL	AFC North	13
Buffalo Bills	BUF	AFC East	7
Carolina Panthers	CAR	NFC South	5
Chicago Bears	CHI	NFC North	10
Cincinnati Bengals	CIN	AFC North	6
Cleveland Browns	CLE	AFC North	11
Dallas Cowboys	DAL	NFC East	14
Denver Broncos	DEN	AFC West	10
Detroit Lions	DET	NFC North	6
Green Bay Packers	GB	NFC North	11
Houston Texans	HOU	AFC South	8
Indianapolis Colts	IND	AFC South	13
Jacksonville Jaguars	JAX	AFC South	7
Kansas City Chiefs	KC	AFC West	5
Las Vegas Raiders	LV	AFC West	13
Los Angeles Chargers	LAC	AFC West	7
Los Angeles Rams	LA	NFC West	11
Miami Dolphins	MIA	AFC East	6
Minnesota Vikings	MIN	NFC North	6
New England Patriots	NE	AFC East	11
New Orleans Saints	NO	NFC South	8
New York Giants	NYG	NFC East	8
New York Jets	NYJ	AFC East	13
Philadelphia Eagles	PHI	NFC East	10
Pittsburgh Steelers	PIT	AFC North	9
San Francisco 49ers	SF	NFC West	8
Seattle Seahawks	SEA	NFC West	11
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	TB	NFC South	10
Tennessee Titans	TEN	AFC South	9
Washington Commanders	WAS	NFC East	7

Common questions

Which NFL teams are on bye in Week 11 of 2026?: Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams, New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks — 6 teams, the most of any week in the 2026 season.
When do 2026 NFL bye weeks start and end?: The first byes fall in Week 5 and the last in Week 14. Weeks 1-4 and Week 15 onward have no byes, so every team plays.
Is any team on bye in Week 12?: No. Week 12 of the 2026 season carries no byes — all 32 teams play. That is how the schedule was published, not a gap in this data.
How many bye weeks does each NFL team get?: Exactly one. All 32 teams take a single bye during the 2026 regular season, which is why a 17-game season runs 18 weeks.
Where does this bye week data come from?: The published NFL schedule, distributed by nflverse under CC-BY 4.0. A team is counted as on bye in the one week it appears as neither the home nor the away side; there is no separate bye column to trust or mistype.

How this is derived

There is no bye column in the schedule data. A team is counted as on bye in week W when it appears as neither the home nor the away side in any week-W game — so this table is a direct read of the published schedule rather than a second list that could fall out of sync with it. If the league moves a game, the bye moves with it on the next data load.

Want to plan around them? The Bye-Week Planner is the same data as an interactive tool for draft day and waiver decisions, and Strength of Schedule shows what a team faces on either side of its bye.

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Informational only — not betting, DFS, or lineup advice. Bye weeks reflect the published 2026 schedule at the time of the last data load. Data via nflverse (CC-BY 4.0). Not affiliated with or endorsed by the NFL or any team.