Longest World Series Droughts, Active and All-Time

The longest currently active World Series drought belongs to the Cleveland Guardians, who have gone 75 seasons without winning the World Series.

	Team	Years	Start Year	Drought Start
1	Cleveland Guardians	75	1949	Won 1948 WS
2	Milwaukee Brewers	55	1969	Joined MLB
	San Diego Padres	55	1969	Joined MLB
4	Seattle Mariners	47	1977	Joined MLB
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	44	1980	Won 1979 WS
6	Baltimore Orioles	40	1984	Won 1983 WS
7	Detroit Tigers	39	1985	Won 1984 WS
8	New York Mets	37	1987	Won 1986 WS
9	Oakland Athletics	34	1990	Won 1989 WS
10	Cincinnati Reds	33	1991	Won 1990 WS
11	Minnesota Twins	32	1992	Won 1991 WS
12	Colorado Rockies	31	1993	Joined MLB
13	Toronto Blue Jays	29	1995	Won 1993 WS
14	Tampa Bay Rays	26	1998	Joined MLB
15	Arizona Diamondbacks	22	2002	Won 2001 WS
16	Los Angeles Angels	21	2003	Won 2002 WS
17	Miami Marlins	20	2004	Won 2003 WS
18	Chicago White Sox	18	2006	Won 2005 WS
19	Philadelphia Phillies	15	2009	Won 2008 WS
20	New York Yankees	14	2010	Won 2009 WS
21	St. Louis Cardinals	12	2012	Won 2011 WS
22	San Francisco Giants	9	2015	Won 2014 WS
23	Kansas City Royals	8	2016	Won 2015 WS
24	Chicago Cubs	7	2017	Won 2016 WS
25	Boston Red Sox	5	2019	Won 2018 WS
26	Washington Nationals	4	2020	Won 2019 WS
27	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	2021	Won 2020 WS
28	Atlanta Braves	2	2022	Won 2021 WS
29	Houston Astros	1	2023	Won 2022 WS

	Team	Years	Start Year	End Year
1	Chicago Cubs	107	1909	2016
2	Chicago White Sox	87	1918	2005
3	Boston Red Sox	85	1919	2004
4	Philadelphia Phillies	77	1903	1980
5	Cleveland Guardians	75	1949	Active
6	Baltimore Orioles	63	1903	1966
7	Texas Rangers	62	1961	2023
	Minnesota Twins	62	1925	1987
9	Milwaukee Brewers	55	1969	Active
	San Diego Padres	55	1969	Active
	Houston Astros	55	1962	2017
	San Francisco Giants	55	1955	2010
13	Brooklyn Dodgers	52	1903	1955
14	Washington Nationals	50	1969	2019
15	Seattle Mariners	47	1977	Active
16	Pittsburgh Pirates	44	1980	Active
17	Milwaukee Braves	42	1915	1957
18	Anaheim Angels	41	1961	2002
	Oakland Athletics	41	1931	1972
20	Baltimore Orioles	40	1984	Active
21	Detroit Tigers	39	1985	Active
22	New York Mets	37	1987	Active
	Atlanta Braves	37	1958	1995
24	Oakland Athletics	34	1990	Active
	Cincinnati Reds	34	1941	1975
	Pittsburgh Pirates	34	1926	1960
27	Cincinnati Reds	33	1991	Active
28	Minnesota Twins	32	1992	Active
	Detroit Tigers	32	1903	1935
30	Colorado Rockies	31	1993	Active
	Los Angeles Dodgers	31	1989	2020
32	Toronto Blue Jays	29	1995	Active
	Kansas City Royals	29	1986	2015
34	Philadelphia Phillies	27	1981	2008
	Cleveland Indians	27	1921	1948
36	Tampa Bay Rays	26	1998	Active
37	Atlanta Braves	25	1996	2021
38	St. Louis Cardinals	23	1983	2006
	St. Louis Cardinals	23	1903	1926
40	Arizona Diamondbacks	22	2002	Active
	Detroit Tigers	22	1946	1968
42	Los Angeles Angels	21	2003	Active
	Washington Senators	21	1903	1924
44	Miami Marlins	20	2004	Active
	New York Giants	20	1934	1954
	Cincinnati Reds	20	1920	1940
	New York Yankees	20	1903	1923
48	Chicago White Sox	18	2006	Active
49	New York Yankees	17	1979	1996
	St. Louis Cardinals	17	1947	1964
	Cleveland Indians	17	1903	1920

The longest all time World Series drought belongs to the Chicago Cubs, who went 107 seasons without winning the World Series between 1909 and 2016.