Oldest NFL franchises — the full ranked list
The complete ranking of oldest NFL franchises, in order, with what the ranking counts and how firm the figures behind it are. Free reference, no sign-up — and the guessing game that plays the same list.
All 32 clubs by the year each was founded, oldest first, with teams sharing a year listed alphabetically. Four survive from the league's first decade in the 1920s and four arrived from 1995 onwards, and those four late ones are reliably what a player forgets. Nine share a single season, the year a rival league launched with eight clubs of its own and the established league added one more in response.
The figures behind this ranking move over time, so the order is right for now rather than fixed.
32 entries, in order.
- Arizona Cardinals
- Chicago Bears
- Green Bay Packers
- New York Giants
- Detroit Lions
- Washington Commanders
- Philadelphia Eagles
- Pittsburgh Steelers
- Los Angeles Rams
- Cleveland Browns
- San Francisco 49ers
- Indianapolis Colts
- Buffalo Bills
- Dallas Cowboys
- Denver Broncos
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Las Vegas Raiders
- Los Angeles Chargers
- New England Patriots
- New York Jets
- Tennessee Titans
- Minnesota Vikings
- Atlanta Falcons
- Miami Dolphins
- New Orleans Saints
- Cincinnati Bengals
- Seattle Seahawks
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Carolina Panthers
- Jacksonville Jaguars
- Baltimore Ravens
- Houston Texans
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