The Seahawks have a shot at something no Seattle team has done before in 2026: back-to-back Super Bowl titles. A second straight Lombardi Trophy would give the franchise its first repeat championship run, with the current club record sitting at one, shared by the 2012 and 2025 teams.
Beyond that, the record book gets trickier. The roster is loaded, but it’s also young, and that limits the number of career milestones that are realistically in play. Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Devon Witherspoon haven’t been around long enough for many of the big career marks to be within reach, while veterans like Leonard Williams and Cooper Kupp have already logged much of their work elsewhere.
Still, a few franchise records could fall if things break right.
Ernest Jones IV is one of the more unlikely names on the list, but he is at least in the conversation for most career pick-sixes by a linebacker. He would need one interception return for a touchdown to tie the Seahawks’ mark shared by Lofa Tatupu and Anthony Simmons, and two to own it outright. He already had one last season, which was the first of his career at any level, and the source of the optimism here is simple: he came into the league with a reputation as a run defender who was a little shaky in coverage, then turned around and picked off five passes last year.
Rashid Shaheed is another player who could make a run at a team record, though usage may be the bigger issue than ability. Leon Washington and Joey Galloway are tied for the Seahawks’ all-time lead with four kickoff or punt return touchdowns, with Tyler Lockett and Nate Burleson next at three apiece.
Shaheed is in the group with two, so he would need three more this season to move to the top by himself. That’s a big ask in any year, but Shaheed made it look possible last season, when he scored twice on returns in just nine games and turned 27 kick and punt returns into two touchdowns.
The question is whether Seattle keeps giving him those chances or shifts more return work to Tory Horton.
There’s also a team record already in sight on defense. Last year’s Seattle defense, run by Mike Macdonald and Aden Durde, set the franchise mark for yards per rush allowed at 3.7, which also led the NFL and edged past even the Legion of Boom standard.
That number can be beaten, especially with most of the front seven back and Rylie Mills healthy. The loss of Coby Bryant could sting, and Boye Mafe’s absence on the edge would matter too, but the unit still has the look of something dangerous.
Byron Murphy II could also work his way into the All-Pro discussion.
Michael Dickson has a clean path to another place in the record book. By most measures, he’s already the best punter in Seahawks history, and this year he could become the franchise leader in Pro Bowls at the position.
Dickson has been selected once, and the only other Seattle punter to make it was Rick Tuten. Jon Ryan has the longer Seattle résumé, but this particular mark isn’t his to protect.
Dickson was a Second-Team All-Pro last season, so another Pro Bowl nod would give him the top spot outright.
Smith-Njigba may have the most attractive individual record of the bunch. Through three seasons, he has posted a 9.0 yards-per-target average, which ranks third among Seahawks wide receivers with at least 100 catches, just behind Doug Baldwin and Tyler Lockett.
That number already says plenty about how efficient he’s been, and the trajectory makes the record feel very reachable. If he matches his 2025 production, he passes both Baldwin and Lockett.
Even if he finishes 200 yards short of that on the same number of targets, he still moves into first place. Smith-Njigba also has a chance to break his tie with Steve Largent for the most First-Team All-Pro honors by a Seahawks wide receiver; both have one, while Lockett’s one came as a returner.
And then there’s Mike Macdonald, who could end up touching a handful of coaching marks depending on how far this thing goes. He already owns the best two-year start of any coach in franchise history.
If Seattle wins six games this season, he breaks Chuck Knox’s record for most wins in a coach’s first three seasons. To claim the best winning percentage through three years, he would need a 7-10 finish.
And if you want to widen the lens even more, a 13-4 season would move him past Pete Carroll’s 2012-2014 total for most wins by a coach over any three-year stretch in Seahawks history. To top Carroll’s best three-year winning percentage, Seattle would need to go 15-2.
That kind of season is a long shot on paper. The Seahawks’ over/under sits at 10.5, while the league’s top teams are lined at 11.5.
But this group has already shown it can outpace expectations. Last year, nobody really saw it coming.
Then it happened.
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