Random NFL Team Generator: Pick a Team, a Matchup or a Super Bowl

1. 1Press Spin. You can also click the wheel or press Space. The wheel opens with all 32 teams on it.
2. 2Choose the teams. In the Entries tab, under Team groups, pick All 32, AFC 16, NFC 16, one division, Winners 20 or Never won 12. The number at the top right of that block shows how many teams are on the wheel.
3. 3Choose what one spin gives. On each spin has four buttons: 1 team, Matchup, Super Bowl and Players. They sit above the tabs on a computer and under the wheel on a phone.
4. 4Read the card. For one team it shows a badge with the team's abbreviation, the full name, the town the team plays in, its division and its Super Bowl titles. Spin again gives a new result.

On a phone, the team groups, Show on the wheel and On each spin sit under the wheel. The team list and the Mystery buttons are in the Entries sheet, which opens from the bar at the bottom of the screen.

The NFL has two conferences, the AFC and the NFC, with 16 teams each. Each conference has four divisions (East, North, South and West) of four teams. The Team groups chips decide which of them are on the wheel: AFC 16 puts the 16 AFC teams on it, NFC 16 puts the 16 NFC teams on it, and a division chip puts only that division's four.

The first tap on a chip narrows the wheel to that group. After that, each tap adds a group or takes it off again: AFC West and then NFC West gives eight teams. The last group cannot be switched off, so the wheel is never empty. In the chip rows, the AFC row has a rose dot and the NFC row an indigo dot, and the badge on every slice and card follows the same colors.

On each spin sets what one spin gives. The teams in one result are always different from each other.

• 1 team is the opening setting. The card shows the badge, the full name, the town, the division and the Super Bowl titles.
• Matchup draws two teams. The first is marked Home and the second Away, so the card reads like a game. The two teams can come from the same conference or from different ones, depending on which groups are on the wheel.
• Super Bowl draws one AFC team and one NFC team. The AFC team comes first, marked AFC champion, and the NFC team second, marked NFC champion. Every AFC and NFC pair is equally likely.

The wheel itself stops on one slice, the first team. The other team comes from the teams still on the wheel, without a second spin. Super Bowl needs at least one AFC team and one NFC team on the wheel. With only the AFC on it, the page says "Super Bowl needs a team from the AFC and one from the NFC."

For a group, press Players under On each spin. A box appears: type 2 to 8 names separated by commas, then spin. Each name gets a different team, and the card lists the names in the order you typed them. The wheel stops on the first name's team, and the other teams are drawn from the teams still on the wheel.

• The box reads "Type 2 to 8 names. Each one gets a different team." and then counts the names you have typed. A repeated name is counted once, and a ninth name is ignored.
• With fewer than two names, a spin does not start and the page says "Add two or more names to deal teams."
• You need at least as many teams on the wheel as names. With four names and only three teams ticked, the page says "Tick at least 4 teams for 4 names."
• For more than eight people, use 1 team instead. Give out the result, press Remove winner on the card and spin again. The team stays off the wheel until you change the groups or a tick.

Each slice carries the team's nickname, such as Chiefs, and a badge with its abbreviation, such as KC. The result card spells out the full name, Kansas City Chiefs. Show on the wheel changes what the slices carry:

• Both shows the badge and the nickname. This is the opening setting.
• Names shows the nicknames only.
• Codes shows the badges only, with no names.

The card also shows the town where the team plays, which is not always the city in its name. The Giants and the Jets, for example, both play in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and the Cowboys play in Arlington, Texas. The trophy number is the team's Super Bowl titles, counted through Super Bowl LX in February 2026.

The Teams list in the Entries tab has a checkbox for every team on the wheel. Untick a team and it leaves the wheel, and the count updates at once, for example 31 of 32 ticked. Find a team filters the list by name, abbreviation, town or division. Tick all and Untick all act only on the teams the search shows. Type "texas" and press Untick all, and the Cowboys and the Texans can no longer come up.

This wheel does not have them. It holds the 32 NFL teams of today, with no players, no positions and no past teams. You can still spin a list of your own:

• A wheel of NFL positions. In the Entries tab, press Bulk edit, paste one position per line, such as Quarterback, Running back, Wide receiver, Tight end and Kicker, and press Apply list. The wheel then holds only those names. The card still says "Your team", with the position as typed.
• A team and a position. Spin a team here, then spin the position list. Together the two results give a pair such as the Packers and Tight end.
• A random player. Paste player names the same way. A list of names is better suited to the Random Name Picker.

Anything you type or paste is dropped when you change the groups or a tick, because the wheel is rebuilt from the 32 teams. Add your own entries last.

• A team to follow. For a fan with no favorite, pick a random NFL team: spin once, keep the result and follow that team's games for the season.
• A team for each person in the group. Use Players for up to eight people, or 1 team with Remove winner for a bigger group.
• A team to play as. When nobody can agree on a team in a football video game, spin and take the result. Matchup gives both sides, with the first team at home.
• A pretend Super Bowl. Super Bowl draws one AFC team and one NFC team. Use it for a friendly bet or a pretend final between two teams that may never meet in real life.
• Who goes first. Decide who picks first with the Heads or Tails flip, then spin.
• A geography warm-up. The card gives the town and the state, so a class can find where each team plays on a map.

• It picks teams, not players. There are no rosters, depth charts or positions.
• It holds the 32 NFL teams of today only. Teams that have moved, been renamed or closed are not on it.
• It has no standings, scores, records, schedules or predictions. A Super Bowl pairing here is random, not a forecast.
• It uses no team logos. The slices carry abbreviation badges, and ShuffleWheel is not affiliated with the NFL. Team names are used only to name the teams.
• The Super Bowl title counts are right through Super Bowl LX. After the next Super Bowl they are out of date until the page is updated.
• It does not split people into teams. For that, use the Random Team Generator.
• Remove winner appears only on one-team results. It takes the team off the wheel, but the Teams list still shows it ticked, and changing the groups or a tick puts it back.
• It needs at least two teams on the wheel.
• It forgets your choices when you reload. The wheel goes back to All 32, Both and 1 team, with every team ticked.

For basketball, there is a Random NBA Team Generator.