How many NFL international games are there in 2026? Here's the list
Jack McKessyNFL fans in the United States better have saved up their airplane miles.
The NFL's international series of games in 2026 will include nine matchups across seven different countries. That extensive slate of games overseas will include two nations which have never hosted an NFL regular season game before: Australia and France.
Nine international games are the most the NFL has ever put on during a single regular season, beating last year's record of seven games abroad. The seven different host countries this year also make this year's international series the league's most diverse yet, surpassing last year's total of five.
The NFL had already announced the "home" teams for each international game as well as the "away" teams for the Australia and Brazil games in September. The league's schedule release on May 14 revealed the full matchups for the seven other games in the international series.
Here's a full look at this year's NFL international schedule:
NFL international schedule 2026
- Week 1 (Sept. 10): Los Angeles Rams vs. San Francisco 49ers | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Melbourne
- Week 3 (Sept. 27): Dallas Cowboys vs. Baltimore Ravens | Maracaña Stadium | Rio de Janeiro
- Week 4 (Oct. 4): Washington Commanders vs. Indianapolis Colts | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium | London
- Week 5 (Oct. 11): Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Philadelphia Eagles | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium | London
- Week 6 (Oct. 18): Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Houston Texans | Wembley Stadium | London
- Week 7 (Oct. 25): New Orleans Saints vs. Pittsburgh Steelers | Stade de France | Paris
- Week 9 (Nov. 8): Atlanta Falcons vs. Cincinnati Bengals | Bernabéu | Madrid
- Week 10 (Nov. 15): Detroit Lions vs. New England Patriots | Allianz Arena | Munich
- Week 11 (Nov. 22): San Francisco 49ers vs. Minnesota Vikings | Estadio Banorte | Mexico City
This year will be the fifth straight to feature three games in London. Outside of that, all of the sites for international games are noteworthy in some way.
Melbourne and Paris are hosting their respective countries' first NFL regular season games, but Rio de Janeiro is also getting its first NFL game. The last two Brazil games in the NFL's international series both took place in São Paulo.
This year's slate also features the third ever Munich game after last year's Germany game took place in Berlin. Mexico City is also getting its first NFL regular season game since 2022. And Madrid's game at Bernabéu is just the second NFL regular season game in Spain after the league made its Spanish debut last year.
Full 2026 NFL schedule
To see the full, 18-week schedule for the 2026 NFL season, click here.