Wk 18 · 2026

Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals — Sun, Jan 10

Sun, Jan 10 · Paycor Stadium, Cincinnati, OH

Weather

No forecast yet. This one is 134 days away and has no kickoff time yet. Forecasts reach about 16 days ahead, so this fills in nearer the game. A seasonal average printed here would look exactly like a forecast, which is why there is not one.

Cleveland Browns

AFC North · no games yet

TBDET

CIN -7.5 · total 43.5 DraftKings

Ratings differential CIN by 9.0

Cincinnati Bengals

AFC North · no games yet

What is at stake

An AFC North game. These two play each other twice a season, home and away, and when the AFC North finishes level it is the head-to-head result and then the division record that separate them — before any of the rest. Division standings. Flex Game: 1/9 or 1/10.

What the ratings imply

The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers: The Gridiron King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus 1.7 points of home field. It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026 games are played it is last season’s measurement of two rosters that have been through a draft and a free-agency window since.

Efficiency · 2026 ratings

Browns: -4.7#29

Efficiency margin

Bengals: +2.5#8

Browns: -4.8#32

Offense

Bengals: +3.2#3

Browns: +0.0#16

Defense

Bengals: -0.7#22

Browns: 16.4

Points / game

Bengals: 24.4

Browns: 22.3

Points allowed / game

Bengals: 28.9

Opponent-adjusted ratings from The Gridiron King’s 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.

Team stats

The box-score store these rows are built from has not been produced for this league yet, so no preview carries points and yards for and against. The form, trend and series blocks below are built from this site’s own files and are not affected.

Browns form

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Bengals form

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Browns this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.

Bengals this season

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Common opponents · 10

Opponent	Browns	Bengals
Jaguars AFC	at Wk 1 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 4 · scheduled preview
Buccaneers NFC	at Wk 2 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 1 · scheduled preview
Panthers NFC	vs Wk 3 · scheduled preview	at Wk 15 · scheduled preview
Steelers AFC	vs Wk 4 · scheduled preview	at Wk 3 · scheduled preview
Ravens AFC	vs Wk 6 · scheduled preview	at Wk 7 · scheduled preview
Titans AFC	at Wk 7 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 8 · scheduled preview
Saints NFC	at Wk 9 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 12 · scheduled preview
Texans AFC	vs Wk 10 · scheduled preview	at Wk 2 · scheduled preview
Falcons NFC	vs Wk 14 · scheduled preview	N Wk 9 · scheduled preview
Colts AFC	vs Wk 17 · scheduled preview	at Wk 16 · scheduled preview

Open these two in the comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.

Series history · 2006–2026

Since 2006, Bengals leads 24–16 · Browns won the last one

40 meetings in 2006–2026 · average margin 4.2 points toward Bengals

Yr	Date	Result	Site	Won
2025	2026-01-04	Browns 20 — 18 Bengals	at CIN	Browns
2025	2025-09-07	Bengals 17 — 16 Browns	at CLE	Bengals
2024	2024-12-22	Browns 6 — 24 Bengals	at CIN	Bengals
2024	2024-10-20	Bengals 21 — 14 Browns	at CLE	Bengals
2023	2024-01-07	Browns 14 — 31 Bengals	at CIN	Bengals
2023	2023-09-10	Bengals 3 — 24 Browns	at CLE	Browns
2022	2022-12-11	Browns 10 — 23 Bengals	at CIN	Bengals
2022	2022-10-31	Bengals 13 — 32 Browns	at CLE	Browns
2021	2022-01-09	Bengals 16 — 21 Browns	at CLE	Browns
2021	2021-11-07	Browns 41 — 16 Bengals	at CIN	Browns
2020	2020-10-25	Browns 37 — 34 Bengals	at CIN	Browns
2020	2020-09-17	Bengals 30 — 35 Browns	at CLE	Browns
2019	2019-12-29	Browns 23 — 33 Bengals	at CIN	Bengals
2019	2019-12-08	Bengals 19 — 27 Browns	at CLE	Browns
2018	2018-12-23	Bengals 18 — 26 Browns	at CLE	Browns
2018	2018-11-25	Browns 35 — 20 Bengals	at CIN	Browns
2017	2017-11-26	Browns 16 — 30 Bengals	at CIN	Bengals
2017	2017-10-01	Bengals 31 — 7 Browns	at CLE	Bengals
2016	2016-12-11	Bengals 23 — 10 Browns	at CLE	Bengals
2016	2016-10-23	Browns 17 — 31 Bengals	at CIN	Bengals
2015	2015-12-06	Bengals 37 — 3 Browns	at CLE	Bengals
2015	2015-11-05	Browns 10 — 31 Bengals	at CIN	Bengals
2014	2014-12-14	Bengals 30 — 0 Browns	at CLE	Bengals
2014	2014-11-06	Browns 24 — 3 Bengals	at CIN	Browns
2013	2013-11-17	Browns 20 — 41 Bengals	at CIN	Bengals
2013	2013-09-29	Bengals 6 — 17 Browns	at CLE	Browns
2012	2012-10-14	Bengals 24 — 34 Browns	at CLE	Browns
2012	2012-09-16	Browns 27 — 34 Bengals	at CIN	Bengals
2011	2011-11-27	Browns 20 — 23 Bengals	at CIN	Bengals
2011	2011-09-11	Bengals 27 — 17 Browns	at CLE	Bengals
2010	2010-12-19	Browns 17 — 19 Bengals	at CIN	Bengals
2010	2010-10-03	Bengals 20 — 23 Browns	at CLE	Browns
2009	2009-11-29	Browns 7 — 16 Bengals	at CIN	Bengals
2009	2009-10-04	Bengals 23 — 20 Browns	at CLE	Bengals
2008	2008-12-21	Bengals 14 — 0 Browns	at CLE	Bengals
2008	2008-09-28	Browns 20 — 12 Bengals	at CIN	Browns
2007	2007-12-23	Browns 14 — 19 Bengals	at CIN	Bengals
2007	2007-09-16	Bengals 45 — 51 Browns	at CLE	Browns
2006	2006-11-26	Bengals 30 — 0 Browns	at CLE	Bengals
2006	2006-09-17	Browns 17 — 34 Bengals	at CIN	Bengals

Browns leaders 2025 regular season

Passing	Shedeur Sanders QB #2	120/212, 1400 YDS, 7 TD, 10 INT
	Dillon Gabriel QB #6	110/185, 937 YDS, 7 TD, 2 INT
Rushing	Quinshon Judkins RB #10	230 CAR, 827 YDS, 7 TD
	Dylan Sampson RB #22	65 CAR, 175 YDS
	Shedeur Sanders QB #2	21 CAR, 169 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving	Harold Fannin Jr. TE #44	72 REC, 731 YDS, 6 TD
	Jerry Jeudy WR #3	50 REC, 602 YDS, 2 TD
	Isaiah Bond WR #0	18 REC, 338 YDS
	David Njoku TE #83	33 REC, 293 YDS, 4 TD

Defense

Tackles	Carson Schwesinger LB #49	156
	Devin Bush LB #12	125
	Ronnie Hickman S #33	103
Sacks	Myles Garrett DE #95	23
	Maliek Collins DT #96	6.5
	Alex Wright DE #91	5.5
Interceptions	Devin Bush LB #12	3
	Ronnie Hickman S #33	2
	Carson Schwesinger LB #49	2

full roster and per-player history

Bengals leaders 2025 regular season

Passing	Joe Burrow QB #9	173/259, 1809 YDS, 17 TD, 5 INT
	Joe Flacco QB #16	158/256, 1664 YDS, 13 TD, 4 INT
Rushing	Chase Brown RB #30	232 CAR, 1019 YDS, 6 TD
	Samaje Perine RB #34	84 CAR, 382 YDS, 3 TD
	Tahj Brooks RB #25	16 CAR, 45 YDS
Receiving	Ja'Marr Chase WR #1	125 REC, 1412 YDS, 8 TD
	Tee Higgins WR #5	59 REC, 846 YDS, 11 TD
	Chase Brown RB #30	69 REC, 437 YDS, 5 TD
	Andrei Iosivas WR #80	33 REC, 435 YDS, 2 TD

Defense

Tackles	Jordan Battle S #27	125
	Demetrius Knight Jr. LB #44	106
	Barrett Carter LB #49	106
Sacks	Myles Murphy DE #99	5.5
	Joseph Ossai DE #46	5
	Trey Hendrickson LB #91	4
Interceptions	Jordan Battle S #27	4
	Geno Stone S #25	2
	Demetrius Knight Jr. LB #44	2

full roster and per-player history

These are regular-season totals for the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year, taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's roster, so a leader who has since signed elsewhere, been traded or retired still appears against the year he earned it; the roster pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is. A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game.