Who Has Been On The Most Nfl Teams?

A look at the NFL player who has been on the most teams in his career.

NFL Teams

Jerry Rice is the player with the most NFL teams. As of 2020, he has been on 8 NFL teams.

Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) North division. It is the third-oldest franchise in the NFL, dating back to 1919, and is the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team based in the United States. Home games have been played at Lambeau Field since 1957.

The Packers are the last of the “small town teams” which were common in the NFL during the league’s early days of 1922 and 1923. Founded in 1919 by Earl “Curly” Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun, the franchise traces its lineage to other semi-professional teams in Green Bay dating back to 1896. Between 1919 and 1920, the Packers competed against other semi-pro clubs from around Wisconsin and the Midwest, before joining the American Professional Football Association (APFA), organized by Lambeau and fellow Green Bay athletic club member AC Brown. However, these early years would result in two of only four losing seasons for the Packers during their entire time as an APFA/NFL franchise.

New York Jets

The New York Jets have had a total of 18 players who have been on at least 10 NFL teams. The most recent player to achieve this feat was linebacker David Harris, who played for the Jets from 2007 to 2016.

Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL), and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.

NFL Players

Jerry Rice is widely considered the greatest receiver in NFL history. He played for

Tom Brady

Tom Brady has played for the New England Patriots his entire career, but he was actually drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1995 MLB Draft. He played college baseball at the University of Michigan before being drafted by the Expos.

Peyton Manning

Peyton Manning is a retired American football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Indianapolis Colts for 14 seasons (1998–2011) and the Denver Broncos for four seasons (2012–2015). Considered to be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, he spent most of his career with the Colts as their starting quarterback, and was a member of five NFL teams.

Brett Favre

Brett Lorenzo Favre (/fɑːrv/ (listen); FARV; born October 10, 1969) is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He was a 20-year veteran of the NFL, having played quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers, New York Jets, and Minnesota Vikings. Favre was the first NFL player to have been awarded three MVPs in a career, and is one of only six quarterbacks to have won three or more league MVPs as well as being one of only seven quarterbacks to have multiple 30-touchdown passing seasons. He leads all quarterbacks (and all players) in most career passing categories. A nine-time Pro Bowler and 11-time All-Pro selection, he was inducted into both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.

NFL Coaches

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA), with the league changing its name to the National Football League in 1922.

Bill Belichick

Belichick has been the head coach of the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL) since 2000, and is widely considered to be one of the greatest NFL coaches of all time. Belichick began his coaching career in 1975 with the Baltimore Colts as an assistant special teams coach. In 1991, he joined the New York Giants as defensive coordinator, helping lead them to two Super Bowl victories. He then moved to the New England Patriots in 1996, where he served as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator before being promoted to head coach in 2000.

Nick Saban

Nick Saban is an American football coach who has been the head coach of various teams in the National Football League (NFL) and college football. He is currently the head coach of the NFL’s Alabama Crimson Tide. In his career, Saban has coached teams to a total of six Super Bowl appearances, winning five of them. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest coaches in NFL history.

Pete Carroll

Pete Carroll has been the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks since 2010, leading the team to a Super Bowl championship in 2013 and another appearance in 2014. Prior to his time with the Seahawks, Carroll was the head coach of the New York Jets (1994) and New England Patriots (1997-1999). He also served as the defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers from 1995 to 1996.