1 San Diego 4-12 .250 129-127 .504
2 Oakland 4-12 .250 132-124 .516
3 Arizona 4-12 .250 139-117 .543
4 N.Y. Giants 4-12 .250 142-114 .555
5 Washington 5-11 .313 136-120 .531
6 Detroit 5-11 .313 137-119 .535
7 or 8 Atlanta 5-11 .313 138-118 .539
7 or 8 Cleveland 5-11 .313 138-118 .539
9 Jacksonville 5-11 .313 139-117 .543
10 Houston 5-11 .313 146-110 .570
11 Pittsburgh 6-10 .375 128-128 .500
12 N.Y. Jets 6-10 .375 135-121 .527
13 Buffalo 6-10 .375 146-110 .570
14 Chicago 7-9 .438 125-131 .488
15 Tampa Bay 7-9 .438 130-126 .508
16 San Francisco 7-9 .438 131-125 .512
17 Cincinnati 8-8 .500 117-139 .457
18 New Orleans 8-8 .500 128-128 .500
19 Minnesota 9-7 .563 117-139 .457
20 Miami 10-6 .625 131-125 .512
21 New England * 10-6 .625 117-139 .457
22 Dallas 10-6 .625 118-138 .461
23 Seattle 10-6 .625 119-137 .465
24 Denver 10-6 .625 128-128 .500
25 Green Bay 10-6 .625 125-131 .488
26 Carolina 11-5 .688 114-142 .445
27 St. Louis 12-4 .750 111-145 .434
28 Tennessee 12-4 .750 121-135 .473
29 Philadelphia 12-4 .750 122-134 .477
30 Indianapolis 12-4 .750 126-130 .492
31 Kansas City 13-3 .813 107-149 .418
32 New England 14-2 .875 124-132 .484
* -- Via 2003 draft-day trade with Baltimore
The draft order is based on a team's record and strength-of-schedule. In slotting teams with the same record, the team whose opponents had the weakest schedule picks ahead of the team whose opponents had the next weakest schedule and so forth for that group.
In the event of ties (teams with the same record and the same strength-of-schedule), the first applicable tiebreaker (head-to-head, divisional record, or conference record) is used, with the tiebreak loser getting the higher selection in Round 1. If there are no applicable tiebreakers (as would be the case with teams from opposite conferences that did not face each other), ties are broken by coin toss.
The Super Bowl winner and loser will draft 32nd and 31st, respectively. Other playoff teams, as they are eliminated from the postseason, move to the end of their group regardless of strength-of-schedule. If teams with the same record drop out in the same playoff week they are positioned at the end of the group and strength-of-schedule will determine their sequence. Teams coming back into their group in different playoff weeks are placed in the group with the team(s) that advanced further being placed behind the team(s) that dropped in earlier.
Once the first round sequence has been established, in subsequent rounds teams rotate within their won-loss grouping with the team that picked earliest in the previous round moving to the last position of the group while others move up.
2 Oakland 4-12 .250 132-124 .516
3 Arizona 4-12 .250 139-117 .543
4 N.Y. Giants 4-12 .250 142-114 .555
5 Washington 5-11 .313 136-120 .531
6 Detroit 5-11 .313 137-119 .535
7 or 8 Atlanta 5-11 .313 138-118 .539
7 or 8 Cleveland 5-11 .313 138-118 .539
9 Jacksonville 5-11 .313 139-117 .543
10 Houston 5-11 .313 146-110 .570
11 Pittsburgh 6-10 .375 128-128 .500
12 N.Y. Jets 6-10 .375 135-121 .527
13 Buffalo 6-10 .375 146-110 .570
14 Chicago 7-9 .438 125-131 .488
15 Tampa Bay 7-9 .438 130-126 .508
16 San Francisco 7-9 .438 131-125 .512
17 Cincinnati 8-8 .500 117-139 .457
18 New Orleans 8-8 .500 128-128 .500
19 Minnesota 9-7 .563 117-139 .457
20 Miami 10-6 .625 131-125 .512
21 New England * 10-6 .625 117-139 .457
22 Dallas 10-6 .625 118-138 .461
23 Seattle 10-6 .625 119-137 .465
24 Denver 10-6 .625 128-128 .500
25 Green Bay 10-6 .625 125-131 .488
26 Carolina 11-5 .688 114-142 .445
27 St. Louis 12-4 .750 111-145 .434
28 Tennessee 12-4 .750 121-135 .473
29 Philadelphia 12-4 .750 122-134 .477
30 Indianapolis 12-4 .750 126-130 .492
31 Kansas City 13-3 .813 107-149 .418
32 New England 14-2 .875 124-132 .484
* -- Via 2003 draft-day trade with Baltimore
The draft order is based on a team's record and strength-of-schedule. In slotting teams with the same record, the team whose opponents had the weakest schedule picks ahead of the team whose opponents had the next weakest schedule and so forth for that group.
In the event of ties (teams with the same record and the same strength-of-schedule), the first applicable tiebreaker (head-to-head, divisional record, or conference record) is used, with the tiebreak loser getting the higher selection in Round 1. If there are no applicable tiebreakers (as would be the case with teams from opposite conferences that did not face each other), ties are broken by coin toss.
The Super Bowl winner and loser will draft 32nd and 31st, respectively. Other playoff teams, as they are eliminated from the postseason, move to the end of their group regardless of strength-of-schedule. If teams with the same record drop out in the same playoff week they are positioned at the end of the group and strength-of-schedule will determine their sequence. Teams coming back into their group in different playoff weeks are placed in the group with the team(s) that advanced further being placed behind the team(s) that dropped in earlier.
Once the first round sequence has been established, in subsequent rounds teams rotate within their won-loss grouping with the team that picked earliest in the previous round moving to the last position of the group while others move up.