Detroit Lions vs Washington Commanders:All-Time Matchup History

Matchup Overview

The Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders have met 49 times in NFL regular-season and playoff games since 1932. Washington Commanders hold a dominant all-time edge, leading the series 32–17. Detroit Lions have had the upper hand recently, going 3–2 in their last 5 meetings. Their most recent matchup ended 44–22 in favor of Detroit Lions on November 9, 2025.

Next Meeting

No upcoming game scheduled between these teams this season.

All-Time Head-to-Head

Showing 49 games from available historical data. Preseason games are not included.

Date	Season	Away	Score	Home
Nov 9, 25	2025 W10	DET	44–22	WAS
Jan 18, 25	2024 Divisional Round	WAS	45–31	DET
Sep 18, 22	2022 W2	WAS	27–36	DET
Nov 15, 20	2020	WAS	27–30	DET
Nov 24, 19	2019	DET	16–19	WAS
Oct 23, 16	2016	WAS	17–20	DET
Sep 22, 13	2013	DET	27–20	WAS
Oct 31, 10	2010	WAS	25–37	DET
Sep 26, 09	2009	WAS	14–19	DET
Oct 25, 08	2008	WAS	25–17	DET
Oct 6, 07	2007	DET	3–34	WAS
Nov 6, 04	2004	WAS	17–10	DET
Sep 9, 00	2000	WAS	10–15	DET
Jan 7, 00	1999	DET	13–27	WAS
Dec 4, 99	1999	WAS	17–33	DET
Nov 8, 97	1997	DET	7–30	WAS
Oct 21, 95	1995	DET	30–36	WAS
Sep 19, 92	1992	DET	10–13	WAS
Jan 11, 92	1991	DET	10–41	WAS
Aug 31, 91	1991	DET	0–45	WAS
Nov 3, 90	1990	WAS	41–38	DET
Nov 14, 87	1987	DET	13–20	WAS
Oct 12, 85	1985	DET	3–24	WAS
Nov 10, 84	1984	DET	14–28	WAS
Oct 22, 83	1983	DET	17–38	WAS
Jan 7, 83	1982	DET	7–31	WAS
Nov 7, 81	1981	DET	31–33	WAS
Sep 8, 79	1979	WAS	27–24	DET
Oct 7, 78	1978	WAS	21–19	DET
Oct 16, 76	1976	DET	7–20	WAS
Nov 21, 73	1973	WAS	20–0	DET
Oct 10, 70	1970	DET	10–31	WAS
Dec 14, 68	1968	DET	3–14	WAS
Oct 2, 65	1965	WAS	10–14	DET
Nov 10, 56	1956	DET	17–18	WAS
Sep 29, 51	1951	WAS	17–35	DET
Nov 13, 48	1948	DET	21–46	WAS
Nov 15, 47	1947	WAS	21–38	DET
Oct 5, 46	1946	DET	16–17	WAS
Nov 13, 43	1943	DET	20–42	WAS
Nov 28, 42	1942	WAS	15–3	DET
Oct 26, 40	1940	WAS	20–14	DET
Nov 25, 39	1939	DET	7–31	WAS
Oct 15, 38	1938	WAS	7–5	DET
Oct 29, 35	1935	WAS	0–14	DET
Oct 12, 35	1935	DET	17–7	WAS
Oct 16, 34	1934	WAS	0–24	DET
Oct 14, 33	1933	DET	13–0	WAS
Nov 19, 32	1932	WAS	0–10	DET

Games before the 2010 season: Data from FiveThirtyEight, used under the MIT License and limited to today's franchises.