Team performance and season trends
Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati • AFC• AFC North• 2026
Cincinnati Bengals compete in the AFC North division of the AFC conference. Current record stands at 6-11 (35.3% win rate), with 414 points scored against 492 allowed. Head coach: Zac Taylor. Based in Cincinnati. Founded in 1968.
Season snapshot
W6
L11
T0
Win %35.3%
PF414
PA492
Diff-78
Division3-3
Conference5-7
StreakL1
Playoff Position#3
Front Office
Head Coach
Zac Taylor
Owner
Mike Brown
Top Players
QB
Joe Burrow
FP134.5
Pass Yds1809
P-TD17
Rush Yds41
Joe Flacco
FP118.8
Pass Yds1664
P-TD13
Rush Yds22
RB
Chase Brown
FP283.6
Rush Yds1019
R-TD6
Rec Yds437
Samaje Perine
FP84.9
Rush Yds382
R-TD3
Rec Yds87
Tahj Brooks
FP13.4
Rush Yds45
Rec Yds9
Tkl7
Kendall Milton
FP0.2
Rush Yds2
Gary Brightwell
WR
Ja'Marr Chase
FP318.6
Rush Yds14
Rec Yds1412
Rec-TD8
Andrei Iosivas
FP89.9
Rush Yds14
Rec Yds435
Rec-TD2
Mitchell Tinsley
FP31.6
Rec Yds116
Rec-TD2
Pts12
Ke'Shawn Williams
FP2.5
Rush Yds10
Rec Yds5
Charlie Jones
TE
Mike Gesicki
FP71.7
Rec Yds307
Rec-TD2
Tkl1
Tanner Hudson
FP47.8
Rec Yds168
Rec-TD2
Pts12
Drew Sample
FP32.9
Rush Yds3
Rec Yds106
Rec-TD1
LB
Demetrius Knight II
FP127.0
Tkl106
Sacks3
INT2
Oren Burks
FP54.0
Tkl48
Joe Giles-Harris
FP27.0
Tkl27
Shaka Heyward
FP16.0
Tkl16
CB
DJ Ivey
FP17.0
Tkl17
Josh Newton
FP15.0
Tkl15
Bralyn Lux
FP3.0
Tkl3
S
Jordan Battle
FP149.0
Tkl125
INT4
PJ Jules
FP18.0
Tkl18
Daijahn Anthony
FP4.0
Tkl4
P
Ryan Rehkow
Other
Evan McPherson
FP116.0
Pts116
T.J. Slaton
FP61.0
Tkl52
Sacks3
Kris Jenkins
FP39.0
Tkl36
Sacks1
Cedric Johnson
FP38.0
Tkl20
Sacks2
Howard Cross III
FP10.0
Tkl4
McKinnley Jackson
FP7.0
Tkl7
Roster
Offense
Ja'Marr Chase
Height6'0"
Exp5y
CollegeLSU
Ja'Marr Chase
Height6'0"
Exp6y
CollegeLSU
Sean Clifford
Height6'2"
Exp2y
CollegePenn State
Tee Higgins
Height6'4"
Exp6y
CollegeClemson
Jake Browning
Height6'2"
Exp3y
CollegeWashington
Joe Burrow
Height6'4"
Exp6y
CollegeLSU
Joe Burrow
Height6'4"
Exp7y
CollegeLSU
Payton Thorne
Height6'2"
CollegeAuburn
Josh Johnson
Height6'3"
Exp12y
CollegeSan Diego
Brett Rypien
Height6'2"
Exp7y
CollegeBoise State
Ke'Shawn Williams
Height5'9"
Exp2y
CollegeIndiana
Rashod Owens
Height6'2"
CollegeOklahoma State
Jordan Moore
Height6'0"
Exp1y
CollegeDuke
Charlie Jones
Height6'0"
Exp3y
CollegePurdue
Charlie Jones
Height6'0"
Exp4y
CollegePurdue
Jamoi Mayes
Height5'10"
CollegeCincinnati
Joe Flacco
Height6'6"
Exp18y
CollegeDelaware
Joe Flacco
Height6'6"
Exp19y
CollegeDelaware
Noah Thomas
Height6'5"
CollegeGeorgia
Desmond Ridder
Height6'3"
Exp4y
CollegeCincinnati
Kendric Pryor
Height5'11"
Exp2y
CollegeWisconsin
Jamal Haynes
Height5'7"
CollegeGeorgia Tech
Tahj Brooks
Height5'9"
CollegeTexas Tech
Tahj Brooks
Height5'9"
Exp2y
CollegeTexas Tech
Chase Brown
Height5'10"
Exp3y
CollegeIllinois
Chase Brown
Height5'10"
Exp4y
CollegeIllinois
Kentrel Bullock
Height5'10"
CollegeSouth Alabama
Gary Brightwell
Height6'1"
Exp4y
CollegeArizona
Gary Brightwell
Height6'1"
Exp4y
CollegeArizona
Samaje Perine
Height5'11"
Exp9y
CollegeOklahoma
Samaje Perine
Height5'11"
Exp10y
CollegeOklahoma
Kendall Milton
Height6'1"
Exp1y
CollegeGeorgia
Quali Conley
Height5'10"
CollegeArizona
Josh Kattus
Height6'4"
CollegeKentucky
Cody Ford
Height6'3"
Exp7y
CollegeOklahoma
Dylan Fairchild
Height6'5"
CollegeGeorgia
Dalton Risner
Height6'5"
Exp7y
CollegeKansas State
Jacob Bayer
Height6'3"
Exp1y
CollegeArkansas State
Amarius Mims
Height6'8"
Exp2y
CollegeGeorgia
Jalen Rivers
Height6'5"
CollegeMiami
Jalen Rivers
Height6'5"
Exp2y
CollegeMiami
Orlando Brown Jr.
Height6'8"
Exp8y
CollegeOklahoma
Andrei Iosivas
Height6'3"
Exp3y
CollegePrinceton
Andrei Iosivas
Height6'3"
Exp4y
CollegePrinceton
Jermaine Burton
Height6'0"
Exp2y
CollegeAlabama
Dohnte Meyers
Height5'11"
Exp1y
CollegeDelta State
Mitchell Tinsley
Height6'1"
Exp2y
CollegePenn State
Mitchell Tinsley
Height6'1"
Exp3y
CollegePenn State
Jack Endries
Height6'5"
CollegeTexas
Cam Grandy
Height6'5"
Exp2y
CollegeIllinois State
Noah Fant
Height6'4"
Exp7y
CollegeIowa
Colbie Young
Height6'3"
CollegeGeorgia
Tanner Hudson
Height6'5"
Exp6y
CollegeSouthern Arkansas
Tanner Hudson
Height6'5"
Exp7y
CollegeSouthern Arkansas
Mike Gesicki
Height6'6"
Exp8y
CollegePenn State
Mike Gesicki
Height6'6"
Exp9y
CollegePenn State
Drew Sample
Height6'5"
Exp7y
CollegeWashington
Drew Sample
Height6'5"
Exp8y
CollegeWashington
Cole Burgess
Height6'1"
Exp1y
CollegeCortland
Jordan Moore
Height6'0"
CollegeDuke
Tanner McLachlan
Height6'5"
Exp2y
CollegeArizona
Defense
DJ Turner
Height5'11"
Exp3y
CollegeMichigan
Tacario Davis
Height6'4"
CollegeWashington
Bralyn Lux
Height5'10"
CollegeTexas Tech
Bralyn Lux
Height5'10"
Exp1y
CollegeTexas Tech
Geno Stone
Height5'11"
Exp6y
CollegeIowa
Ceyair Wright
Dax Hill
Height6'0"
Exp4y
CollegeMichigan
Tycen Anderson
Height6'2"
Exp4y
CollegeToledo
Ja'Sir Taylor
Height5'11"
Exp5y
CollegeWake Forest
Jordan Battle
Height6'1"
Exp3y
CollegeAlabama
Jordan Battle
Height6'1"
Exp4y
CollegeAlabama
Josh Newton
Height5'11"
Exp2y
CollegeTCU
Josh Newton
Height5'11"
Exp3y
CollegeTCU
Kyle Dugger
Height6'1"
Exp7y
CollegeLenoir Rhyne
Daijahn Anthony
Height6'0"
Exp2y
CollegeOle Miss
Daijahn Anthony
Height6'0"
Exp3y
CollegeOle Miss
Jalen Davis
Height5'10"
Exp5y
CollegeUtah State
PJ Jules
Height6'0"
Exp1y
CollegeSouthern Illinois
PJ Jules
Height6'0"
Exp2y
CollegeSouthern Illinois
DJ Ivey
Height6'1"
Exp3y
CollegeMiami
DJ Ivey
Height6'1"
Exp4y
CollegeMiami
Lance Robinson
Height5'10"
Exp2y
CollegeTulane
Russ Yeast
Height5'10"
Exp3y
CollegeKansas State
Jalen Kimber
Height6'0"
Exp1y
CollegePenn State
Nate Brooks
Height6'0"
Exp1y
CollegeNorth Texas
Matthew McDoom
Height5'9"
CollegeCincinnati
Oren Burks
Height6'3"
Exp8y
CollegeVanderbilt
Oren Burks
Height6'3"
Exp9y
CollegeVanderbilt
Jaylen Key
Height6'2"
Exp1y
CollegeAlabama
Joe Giles-Harris
Height6'2"
Exp3y
CollegeDuke
Demetrius Knight II
Height6'2"
CollegeSouth Carolina
Demetrius Knight II
Height6'2"
Exp2y
CollegeSouth Carolina
Liam Anderson
Height6'3"
Exp1y
CollegeHoly Cross
Shaquan Loyal
Height6'0"
CollegeRutgers
Swayze Bozeman
Height6'2"
Exp2y
CollegeSouthern Miss
Barrett Carter
Height6'0"
CollegeClemson
Shaka Heyward
Height6'3"
Exp2y
CollegeDuke
Shaka Heyward
Height6'3"
Exp3y
CollegeDuke
Isaiah Foskey
Height6'5"
Exp3y
CollegeNotre Dame
Isaiah Foskey
Height6'5"
Exp4y
CollegeNotre Dame
Cedric Johnson
Height6'3"
Exp2y
CollegeOle Miss
Cedric Johnson
Height6'3"
Exp3y
CollegeOle Miss
Joe Giles-Harris
Height6'2"
Exp2y
CollegeDuke
Boye Mafe
Height6'4"
Exp5y
CollegeMinnesota
Logan Wilson
Height6'2"
Exp6y
CollegeWyoming
Cashius Howell
Height6'3"
CollegeTexas A&M
Raymond Johnson III
Height6'3"
Exp2y
CollegeGeorgia Southern
Antwaun PowellRyland Jr.
Height6'3"
Exp1y
CollegeVirginia Tech
Joseph Ossai
Height6'4"
Exp5y
CollegeTexas
Eric Gentry
Height6'7"
CollegeUSC
Craig Young
Height6'3"
Exp1y
CollegeKansas
Jack Dingle
Height6'4"
CollegeCincinnati
McTelvin Agim
Height6'3"
Exp3y
CollegeArkansas
Kris Jenkins
Height6'3"
Exp3y
CollegeMichigan
McKinnley Jackson
Height6'2"
Exp3y
CollegeTexas A&M
BJ Hill
Height6'3"
Exp8y
CollegeNC State
McKinnley Jackson
Height6'2"
Exp2y
CollegeTexas A&M
Howard Cross III
Height6'1"
CollegeNotre Dame
Howard Cross III
Height6'1"
Exp2y
CollegeNotre Dame
Cam Sample
Height6'3"
Exp5y
CollegeTulane
Landon Robinson
Height6'0"
CollegeNavy
Shemar Stewart
Height6'5"
CollegeTexas A&M
T.J. Slaton
Height6'5"
Exp5y
CollegeFlorida
T.J. Slaton
Height6'5"
Exp6y
CollegeFlorida
Myles Murphy
Height6'5"
Exp3y
CollegeClemson
Special Teams
Evan McPherson
Height5'11"
Exp5y
CollegeFlorida
Evan McPherson
Height5'11"
Exp6y
CollegeFlorida
Ryan Rehkow
Height6'4"
Exp2y
CollegeBYU
Ryan Rehkow
Height6'4"
Exp3y
CollegeBYU
William Wagner
Height6'2"
CollegeMichigan
William Wagner
Height6'2"
Exp2y
CollegeMichigan
Practice Squad
Kendric Pryor
Height5'11"
Exp2y
CollegeWisconsin
Kendall Milton
Height6'1"
Exp1y
CollegeGeorgia
Isaiah Thomas
Height6'5"
Exp3y
CollegeOklahoma
Injured Reserve
Marco Wilson
Height5'11"
Exp5y
CollegeFlorida
Cam Taylor-Britt
Height5'11"
Exp4y
CollegeNebraska
Eric Gregory
Height6'3"
CollegeArkansas
Taven Bryan
Height6'4"
Exp8y
CollegeFlorida
Kris Jenkins
Height6'3"
Exp2y
CollegeMichigan
Trey Hendrickson
Height6'4"
Exp9y
CollegeFlorida Atlantic