Which NFL team has the best Monday Night Football record?

Monday Night Football holds a special place in the hearts of football fans. It’s a tradition that dates back to the early 1960s, before the NFL’s merger with the AFL, and was introduced by the NFL in 1970.

The first MNF of 2025 will see the Minnesota Vikings take on the Chicago Bears. The Bears are under new leadership with Ben Johnson at the helm and the Vikings’ fans are expectant to see their young QB in action after missing out the 2024 season due to injury.

StatMuse shows that the Bears have won 38 Monday Night Football games out of 82 while the Vikings have won just 33 of their 70 previous MNF appearances. If history is any indicator, expect a low scoring game from these two teams who are at the bottom of the list of the MNFL points per game.

Which team has won the most MNF games?

Across the 54-year history of Monday Night Football, the Pittsburgh Steelers have won more games than any other franchise. The Steelers have won 57 of their 89 MNF appearances, an impressive of win percentage of 64%.

The team with the most Monday games is NFL history is the Dallas Cowboys, who have had games scheduled in the final slot of the weekend 91 times.

The first-ever MNF was played on Sep. 21, 1970 and was broadcast live on ABC, who were charging advertisers $65,000 per minute for the airtime. The Jets were involved in the inaugural edition, losing to the Cleveland Browns 31-21. However, no one in Cleveland was able to watch the game because the league’s blackout rules at the time prevented games being televised in local markets to protect in-stadium attendances.

In 2006 MNF rights were snapped up by ESPN as part of a deal that saw NBC take ESPN’s Sunday evening broadcast package. Currently, ESPN pays $2.7 billion per year for the rights to broadcast Monday Night Football, a staggering amount for just 25 match-ups.