Which teams have the longest championship droughts? (2024)

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Which teams have the longest championship droughts? ›

The Arizona Cardinals have the longest championship drought in the NFL, with their last title coming in 1947 as the Chicago Cardinals.

The New York Jets officially have the longest playoff drought in North American professional sports. They last made the playoffs in 2010, when Mark Sanchez led them to the AFC championship game. The Sacramento Kings had maintained the longest drought for many years, having missed the NBA playoffs every year since 2006.

The Jets still have a while to go to reach the longest playoff drought in NFL history as that honor belongs to Washington and the St. Louis Cardinals, which both went 25 seasons between playoff appearances.

1. Sacramento Kings: 71 Seasons (Last Title 1950-51)

The Phoenix Suns have the longest championship drought by a team without a single title. They are one of 11 teams without an NBA championship. After losing in the NBA Finals, the Boston Celtics have now gone 14 years without winning a title.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have the longest active playoff series win drought at 17 seasons. The Florida Panthers had the longest playoff series win drought in league history at 24 seasons. The Buffalo Sabres have the longest active drought for missing the playoffs at 12 consecutive seasons. It is also a league record.

Houston Texans

In 2002, the last of the 32 NFL franchises was born and in their 19 seasons, they are the only team that has never even played for a Conference Championship in the NFL.

They are as follows: Atlanta Falcons. Arizona Cardinals. Buffalo Bills.

Twelve current NFL teams have never won a Super Bowl: Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota Vikings, and Tennessee Titans.

Who stayed with an NBA team the longest? ›

The players listed have spent their entire NBA career, of at least 10 seasons played, with one franchise. Dirk Nowitzki holds the record, having played all of his 21 seasons with the Dallas Mavericks.

The Kings are the oldest team in the NBA, and the first and only team in the major professional North American sports leagues located in Sacramento. The team plays its home games at the Golden 1 Center.

The Western United States experienced a lengthy drought in the late 1980s. California went through one of its longest observed droughts, from late 1986 through early 1991. Drought worsened in 1988–1989, as much of the United States also suffered from severe drought.

The Jets made it to the AFC Championship Game that year, losing to the Steelers. Since that season, the Jets have missed the playoffs 12 times in 12 years, and they've finished last in the AFC East in six of the last seven seasons.

Another franchise now holds the longest playoff drought among teams in the four major American sports leagues: the Jets. New York's 12-year playoff drought is now the longest of any team.

The Patriots hold the record for most consecutive playoff games won. From 2001–2005, New England won 10 games in a row, including 3 Super Bowls. The Packers previously held the record for most consecutive playoff games won with 9. Dallas, Pittsburgh, Denver and San Francisco all have 7 game winning streaks.

Below is a list of total appearances in the SEC Championship by team, including each school's win-loss record. Florida and Alabama's appearance in the upcoming SEC Championship is included in this count. Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, Kentucky and Ole Miss have never played in the conference championship game.

The NFC East is the most successful division in the NFL since the first Super Bowl in 1967. The NFC East has grabbed 22 NFC championships and 13 Super Bowl victories, marking the highest of any division in the league.

There are four teams that haven't yet played in a Super Bowl: Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions, and Houston Texans.

What NFL team has the worst record? ›

Dallas Cowboys have the most fans in the NFL

With a history of 190 straight sold-out regular-season and postseason games (home and away), the proud Texas squad plays its home games at the AT&T Stadium, where fans pack the stands game after game.

The 2007 New England Patriots were the first NFL team to achieve a perfect 16-0 regular season record, and seemed destined to go down as the greatest team ever until their stunning defeat in Super Bowl XLII.

The Chicago Cardinals founded in 1898 (joined the NFL in 1920), now the Arizona Cardinals) is the oldest NFL franchise. League membership gradually stabilized throughout the 1920s and 1930s as the league adopted progressively more formal organization. The first official championship game was held in 1933.

The Patriots and Broncos are tied for the most Super Bowl losses (five). The Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, and Jacksonville Jaguars are the four teams to have never appeared in a Super Bowl, although the Browns and Lions both won NFL Championships before the Super Bowl era.

The Los Angeles Lakers have the most series losses by a team in the NBA Finals, with 15 losses.

Jordan never had a Finals series go to seven games and he never lost in the Finals.

Numero Uno. This is a number that has been dominated by guards, the most notable being Hall of Famer and all-time great, Oscar Robertson. It has also produced some dominating playmakers in Tracy McGrady, Penny Hardaway and the current incumbent of No. 1, the NBA MVP Derrick Rose.

Who is the longest NBA All Star? ›

However, only 302 of them have earned multiple selections to the game. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and LeBron James hold the record for most All-Star Game selections with 19. James holds the record for most consecutive selections (19), most games played (19), and most consecutive games played (19).

The Boston Celtics lead the association with the most played games, with 5,950. Conversely, the Pelicans have played the fewest overall games, with 1,686. The Celtics have also recorded the most wins, with 3,570; the Sacramento Kings have recorded the most losses with 3,221.

1- Major League Baseball

Out of these 30 teams, 15 teams play in the National League and the other 15 in the American League. The MLB season, with 162-games, is the longest of the major American sports. After the regular season, the highest-ranking teams enter playoff games.

The three longest drought episodes occurred between July 1928 and May 1942 (the 1930s Dust Bowl drought), July 1949 and September 1957 (the 1950s drought), and June 1998 and December 2014 (the early 21st-century drought).

The drought of 1980-82 was the least severe and had the shortest duration.

Since 1944, only five teams have had winless seasons in the NFL: the 1960 Dallas Cowboys (0–11–1), the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0–14), the 1982 Baltimore Colts (0–8–1) the 2008 Detroit Lions (0–16), and the 2017 Cleveland Browns (0–16).

Apart from the 1972 Dolphins, three NFL teams have completed undefeated and untied regular seasons: the 1934 Chicago Bears, the 1942 Chicago Bears, and the 2007 New England Patriots.

Has a team ever gone a whole season undefeated but failed to win the league?" "Perugia went undefeated all season in 1978-79 and still finished second in Serie A to Milan," writes Dan Seppings, among myriad others. "They drew 19 games out of 30 that season.