Since the NFL season just ended, I thought I'd give a comprehensive list of how many NFL titles each team has won. I know I sometimes forget how many titles each team has won, and when their last one was, so I thought it would be convenient to have this all down in one place. (And yes, in case anyone is wondering, I was extra motivated to do this because my Philadelphia Eagles just won the Super Bowl.)
Just as some background, the NFL started in 1920 (under a different name for the first couple of years, but it was the same organization). From 1920-32 the NFL title winner was determined by the best won-loss record, with tie games not counted. Then, from 1933-65, the two division/conference winners met in an NFL Championship Game, with the winner being the NFL title holder. An alternate league, the All America Football Conference (AAFC) played from 1946-49, and determined their own title winners. Three of these AAFC teams, with the Cleveland Browns being the most notable, joined the NFL in 1950. The American Football League (AFL), started in 1960. From 1960-65 its two division winners met in an AFL Championship Game. From 1966-69, the respective winners of the AFL and the NFL met in what was eventually known as the Super Bowl, with that winner being the pro football champ. In 1970 the AFL merged with the NFL, and became (with 3 former NFL teams) the American Football Conference, while the old NFL teams became the National Football Conference. The Conference winners then meet in the Super Bowl to determine the NFL title winner.
Hope that's not too confusing. Anyway, I'll list each current team below, grouped by Conference and current division. Then I'll include any Pre-Championship NFL titles (1920-32), then NFL Championship Titles (1933-65), then Super Bowl Era titles (1966-2017), AFL titles (1960-65), and then all time titles. I'll use city and team name abbreviation to save some space. Also, I'll use the year expressed as a two digit number--64 is 1964, 12 is 2012, and so on. Since all Super Bowl era titles are well past the NFL Championship titles years, and Pre-Championship Game years, I hope this isn't confusing, too. Also, bear in mind that before since about 1970 playoff games, and the Super Bowl, are played in January or February of the following year. So for example I'm listing the Miami Dolphins as the 1973 NFL title winners, but they actually won the Super Bowl in early 1974.
Team Pre-Champ. NFL Champ. SB titles AFL Total Titles
NFL titles Titles Titles
NE Patriots 01, 03,04 5 (all SB era)
14,16
Buff. Bills 64,65 0 (but 2 AFL)
Miami Dolphins 72, 73 2 (both SB era)
NY Jets 68 1 (SB era)
Pitts. Steelers 74,75,78 6 (SB era)
79, 05,08
Cleve.Browns/Balt. Ravens 50,54 00,12 6 (4NFL, 2SB)
55,64
Cincy. Bengals 0
Cleve. Browns (New) 0
Jack. Jaguars 0
Houst. Oilers/Tenn. Titans 60,61 0 (but 2 AFL)
Houston Texans 0
Indy/Balt. Colts 58,59 70,06 4(2 NFL, 2SB)
Dallas Texans/KC Chiefs 69 62 1 (but 1 AFL too)
SD/LA Chargers 63 0 (but 1 AFL)
Oak/LA Raiders 76,80,83 3 (all SB era)
Denver Broncos 97,98,15 3 (all SB era)
Phila. Eagles 48,49,60 17 4 (3 NFL, 1SB)
Dallas Cowboys 71,77,92 5 (all SB era)
93,95
Wash. Redskins 37,42 82,87,91 5 (2 NFL, 3 SB)
NY Giants 27 34,38,56 86,90,07 8 (1Pre, 3NFL,
11 4 SB era)
Minn, Vikings 0
Detroit Lions 35,52,53 4 (All NFL era)
57
GB Packers 29,30,31 36,39,44 66,67,96 13 (3 Pre, 6NFL,
61,62,65 10 4 SB era)
Chi. Bears 21,32 33,40,41 85 9 (2 Pre, 6 NFL,
43,46,63 1 SB era)
NO Saints 09 1 (SB era)
Carol. Panthers 0
Atl. Falcons 0
TB Buccaneers 02 1 (SB era)
Cleve./LA/St.L 45,51 99 3 (2 NFL, 1SB)
Rams
Seattle Seahawks 13 1 (SB era)
Chicago/St. Lou./ 25 47 2 (1 Pre, 1NFL)
Pho./Arizona
Cardinals
SF 49ers 81,84,88 5 (all SB era)
89,94
Note: The Cleveland Browns (the original version) won all 4 AAFC Championships (1946-49), so for folks that want to count these, that would bring their total championship titles won to 10. Also, staying on the Browns, readers will notice that I'm grouping the original Cleveland Browns with the Baltimore Ravens, which is unlike what the NFL does. In short, the Browns relocated and became the Baltimore Ravens starting in the 1996 season. Then, an expansion franchise was granted to Cleveland, and they were named the Browns once again, starting in the 1999 NFL season. In all these lists I refer to the later, 1999 version of the Cleveland Browns as the "new" Browns. For teams that kept the same players, coaches, team name, etc. but moved to another city I include all the city names, with a slash, such as SD/LA Chargers. The Dallas Texans became the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Houston Oilers eventually became the Tennessee Titans, but they are considered the same teams, historically, so I've grouped them together, accordingly.
And just for fun, here's the five teams that won a pre-Championship Game NFL title but disbanded.
Akron Pros 1920
Canton Bulldogs 1921, 1922
Cleveland Bulldogs 1924
Frankford Yellow Jackets 1926
Providence Steam Rollers 1928
Let's express this list in another way, this time from most titles to least, with many ties, clearly.
Once again, this is NFL titles only, not including AAFC or AFL titles, and not including defunct teams.
13 Green Bay Packers
9 Chicago Bears
8 New York Giants
6 Pittsburgh Steelers
6 Cleveland Browns/Baltimore Ravens
5 San Francisco 49ers
5 New England Patriots
5 Dallas Cowboys
5 Washington Redskins
4 Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts
4 Philadelphia Eagles
4 Detroit Lions
3 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders
3 Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams
3 Denver Broncos
2 Miami Dolphins
2 Chicago/St. Louis/Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals
1 New York Jets
1 Kansas City Chiefs
1 New Orleans Saints
1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1 Seattle Seahawks
0 Buffalo Bills
0 Cincinnati Bengals
0 Jacksonville Jaguars
0 Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans
0 Houston Texans
0 San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers
0 Minnesota Vikings
0 Carolina Panthers
0 Atlanta Falcons
0 Cleveland Browns (new)
Now let's move on to other lists. Here's one of the 6 current teams that haven't won any titles of any kind, NFL, AFL, SB, etc.
Cincinnati Bengals
Jacksonville Jaguars
Houston Texans
Minnesota Vikings
Carolina Panthers
Atlanta Falcons
And here's a list of the teams that have never won a Super Bowl.
Buffalo Bills
Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns (new)
Jacksonville Jaguars
Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans
San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers
Minnesota Vikings
Detroit Lions
Carolina Panthers
Atlanta Falcons
Chicago/St. Louis/Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals
Houston Texans
The teams that have never even appeared in a Super Bowl
Cleveland Browns (new)
Jacksonville Jaguars
Houston Texans
Detroit Lions
My Philadelphia Eagles just ended a long stretch without an NFL title, going back to 1960. Not quite the Chicago Cubs, but still an extensive period of misery. Here are the teams with the longest current title-less droughts.
1947 Chicago/St. Louis/Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals
1957 Detroit Lions
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