The Seattle Seahawks franchise record that every fan is rooting for this year is simple. Most consecutive Super Bowl wins. Should the 2026 version of the team claim the Lombardi Trophy, it will establish a new club record. The current record stands at one, held by the 2012 and 2025 Seahawks. Another championship raises the number to two.
If you are looking for individual marks that could fall this year, there aren’t a lot of realistic options. That is not a reflection on the quality of the current club, which is obviously exceptional. It is more a result of the roster’s youth.
Many of the best players – Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Devon Witherspoon – simply haven’t been around long enough to challenge for career marks yet. And many of the best players with more years – Leonard Williams, Cooper Kupp – spent a lot of their time with other teams.
Seattle Seahawks records that could fall in 2026
One day, perhaps in 2027, Spoon will set a new club record for most Pro Bowls by a cornerback. But this year he can only hope to tie Richard Sherman’s mark of four. This being just Spoon’s fourth season, it’s hard to complain about that one.
But there are marks within reach this year. Some are long shots, others virtual locks. Here are a handful, ranked from least to most likely.
Most career pick-6s by a linebacker – Ernest Jones IV
OK, this one is kind of a long shot. I mean, on the one hand, EJIV just needs to return one interception for a score to tie the all-time club record currently shared by Lofa Tatupu and Anthony Simmons. If he gets two, he stands all alone at the top. And he did it once last year, so it isn’t totally out of the question…
But it is, in fact, mostly out of the question. Last year’s pick six was the first of his career. That includes his college career. I don’t have his high school stats handy. He almost certainly is not going to have even one this year, let alone two.
But I did want to throw this into the conversation to point out that entering the season, EJIV was seen around the league as a good, aggressive tackler against the run, but a little weak in coverage. So all he did last year was go out and intercept five passes – more than doubling his career total.
I think that maybe telling Ernest Jones IV he is not likely to achieve something is the best way to ensure he does actually achieve it.
Most career kick and punt returns for touchdown – Rashid Shaheed
This one also is not particularly likely. But not because Shaheed isn’t fully capable. It’s more a question of usage. More on that in a moment.
Leon Washington and Joey Galloway currently share the Seahawks’ record for TD returns with four each. Washington’s all came on kickoffs, while Galloway’s were all on punts. Tyler Lockett and Nate Burleson each have three, split between both types of returns. Shaheed is in a cluster that has two.
Therefore, he would need three more this season to move into sole possession of first place. Despite what you may remember about Devin Hester, three kick or punt returns for touchdowns in one season is a very tall order.
The thing is, Shaheed did it twice last year in just nine games. He only returned 27 kicks/punts and took two of them back all the way. That’s an extraordinary success rate. His biggest obstacle may not be opposing teams. It may be his own coaches. They may want to preserve him for more work on offense and hand over return duties to Tory Horton, who isn’t too shabby himself.
Yards-per-rush-allowed, season – team defense
Establishing new team defense records is not easy for Seattle. Not when you are competing against the Legion. Still, the defense run by Mike Macdonald and Aden Durde last year did set a new franchise mark as they led the NFL in yards per rush allowed. The 3.7 number was better than even the LOB ever produced.
So can they get even better this year? Absolutely. 3.7 is very good, but other teams have gone lower. Coby Bryant’s departure could hurt, as could missing Boye Mafe on the edge. But most of the front seven is back, and this year they will have Rylie Mills at full strength. And don’t be surprised if Byron Murphy II doesn’t enter the All-Pro conversation. This run defense could be very scary.
Most career Pro Bowls by a punter – Michael Dickson
By most statistical measures, Michael Dickson is the greatest punter in Seahawk history. But Jon Ryan was also pretty good, and he was here a long, long time. Dickson may catch Ryan for some important career records in time, but the punting mark he can set this year doesn’t even involve Ryan.
Dickson has been to one Pro Bowl. The only other Seattle punter to be so honored was Rick Tuten. Why Dickson wasn’t selected last season, when he was Second-Team All-Pro, is anybody’s guess. But he has a good chance of making it this year and setting a new franchise mark.
Career yards-per-target by a receiver – Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Yards-per-target is often a better gauge of a receiver’s value than yards-per-catch. Through his first three seasons, JSN has posted a very good 9.0 mark. Amongst wideouts with at least 100 catches, that places him third, just fractions behind Doug Baldwin and Tyler Lockett.
Running backs and tight ends, who run shorter routes and catch a higher percentage of their targets, can post even better numbers, but for a wide receiver, JSN has done quite well.
And he’s getting better. Anyone with eyeballs saw that last year. If he repeats the same numbers he had in 2025, JSN soars past both Lockett and Baldwin. If he goes for 200 yards less on the same number of targets, he still moves into first place.
BTW, Smith-Njigba also has a pretty good shot at breaking his tie with Steve Largent for most First-Team All-Pro honors by a wide receiver in club history. They each have one. (Lockett also has one, but his came as a returner.)
Assorted coaching records – Mike Macdonald
Take your pick. He already has the best two-year run to start a career in franchise history. To set a new franchise record for most coaching wins in his first three seasons, he needs six wins this year. That would break Chuck Knox’s mark. I like Coach Mac’s chances.
Because teams play more games now than in Knox’s era, Macdonald would need to go at least 7-10 this year to establish a new mark for the best winning percentage in the first three years. Again, I’ll take those odds.
Let’s give him more of a challenge. Forget the first three-year thing. Let's look all-time. If Seattle goes 13-4 this year, Mike Macdonald surpasses Pete Carroll’s 2012-2014 mark for the most wins by a coach over three years in club history. Again, given the difference in games played, he needs to go 15-2 to beat Carroll’s best three-year winning percentage.
Is this likely? Maybe not. The top teams heading into the season have over/under win totals set at 11.5. Seattle is currently at 10.5. Predicting such extraordinary success is not the percentage play.
Then again, no one really thought it would happen last year. And it did.
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