What NFL Team Has the Worst Record of All Time?
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This is a question that often gets asked, and it’s a tough one to answer. There are a few teams that could lay claim to the title, but ultimately, it comes down to personal opinion. What do you think?
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have the worst record of any NFL team in history. They have only won two Super Bowls, and they have never had a winning season in their entire history.
The Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions have the worst record of any NFL team of all time. They have only won one playoff game in their entire history, and that was in 1991. They have never been to a Super Bowl.
The Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns have had the worst record of any NFL team of all time. In their entire history, they have only managed to win one game in a season on three occasions. This occurred in the seasons of 1944, 1947 and 2016. In 2017, they finished with a 0-16 record, becoming the second team in NFL history to go winless in a 16-game season. The Browns have also had the distinction of being the only team to lose all four of their playoff games in a single season, which they accomplished in 2002.
The St. Louis/Arizona Cardinals
The Cardinals have the dubious distinction of having the worst record of any team in NFL history. The team has only managed one winning season in the last twenty years, and their overall record since 2000 is a dismal 48-148. In that time, they’ve had just four seasons where they’ve won more than six games, and their only playoff appearance came in 2009, when they were quickly dispatched by the New Orleans Saints in the first round.
The New York Jets
The New York Jets have the worst record of any NFL team in history. They have only won two games in a season four times (1966, 1968, 1976, and 2020). They have never won more than six games in a season and have only had one winning season in the past 20 years. The Jets have never won a Super Bowl and have only been to the playoffs four times since 1970.
