Longest Super Bowl Droughts, Active and All-Time

Who has the longest active Super Bowl drought?

The longest currently active Super Bowl drought belongs to the Arizona Cardinals, who have gone 76 seasons without winning the Super Bowl. This drought pre-dates the modern Super Bowl era, so before 1966 the drought also counts seasons since they last won the NFL Championship.

Longest NFL Droughts

Note: For years that precede the Super Bowl, an NFL Championship is considered to be equivalent to a Super Bowl. AFL seasons prior to the Super Bowl era are not counted for drought purposes.

	Team	Years	Start Year	Drought Start
1	Arizona Cardinals	76	1948	Won 1947 NFLC
2	Detroit Lions	66	1958	Won 1957 NFLC
3	Minnesota Vikings	63	1961	Joined NFL
4	Cleveland Browns	59	1965	Won 1964 NFLC
5	Atlanta Falcons	58	1966	Joined NFL
	Buffalo Bills	58	1966	Joined NFL
	Los Angeles Chargers	58	1966	Joined NFL
	Tennessee Titans	58	1966	Joined NFL
9	Cincinnati Bengals	56	1968	Joined NFL
10	New York Jets	55	1969	Won 1968 SB
11	Miami Dolphins	50	1974	Won 1973 SB
12	Las Vegas Raiders	40	1984	Won 1983 SB
13	Chicago Bears	38	1986	Won 1985 SB
14	Washington Commanders	32	1992	Won 1991 SB
15	Carolina Panthers	29	1995	Joined NFL
	Jacksonville Jaguars	29	1995	Joined NFL
	San Francisco 49ers	29	1995	Won 1994 SB
18	Dallas Cowboys	28	1996	Won 1995 SB
19	Houston Texans	22	2002	Joined NFL
20	Indianapolis Colts	17	2007	Won 2006 SB
21	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	2009	Won 2008 SB
22	New Orleans Saints	14	2010	Won 2009 SB
23	Green Bay Packers	13	2011	Won 2010 SB
24	New York Giants	12	2012	Won 2011 SB
25	Baltimore Ravens	11	2013	Won 2012 SB
26	Seattle Seahawks	10	2014	Won 2013 SB
27	Denver Broncos	8	2016	Won 2015 SB
28	Philadelphia Eagles	6	2018	Won 2017 SB
29	New England Patriots	5	2019	Won 2018 SB
30	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3	2021	Won 2020 SB
31	Los Angeles Rams	2	2022	Won 2021 SB

	Team	Years	Start Year	End Year
1	Arizona Cardinals	76	1948	Active
2	Detroit Lions	66	1958	Active
3	Minnesota Vikings	63	1961	Active
4	Cleveland Browns	59	1965	Active
5	Atlanta Falcons	58	1966	Active
	Buffalo Bills	58	1966	Active
	Los Angeles Chargers	58	1966	Active
	Tennessee Titans	58	1966	Active
9	Cincinnati Bengals	56	1968	Active
	Philadelphia Eagles	56	1961	2017
11	New York Jets	55	1969	Active
12	Miami Dolphins	50	1974	Active
13	Kansas City Chiefs	49	1970	2019
14	St. Louis Rams	47	1952	1999
15	New Orleans Saints	42	1967	2009
16	Pittsburgh Steelers	41	1933	1974
17	Las Vegas Raiders	40	1984	Active
18	Washington Redskins	39	1943	1982
19	Chicago Bears	38	1986	Active
20	Seattle Seahawks	37	1976	2013
21	Indianapolis Colts	35	1971	2006
	New England Patriots	35	1966	2001
23	Washington Commanders	32	1992	Active
24	Denver Broncos	31	1966	1997
	San Francisco 49ers	31	1950	1981
26	Carolina Panthers	29	1995	Active
	Jacksonville Jaguars	29	1995	Active
	San Francisco 49ers	29	1995	Active
	New York Giants	29	1957	1986
30	Dallas Cowboys	28	1996	Active
	Green Bay Packers	28	1968	1996
32	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	26	1976	2002
33	Pittsburgh Steelers	25	1980	2005
34	Houston Texans	22	2002	Active
35	Los Angeles Rams	21	2000	2021
	Chicago Bears	21	1964	1985
37	Indianapolis Colts	17	2007	Active
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17	2003	2020
	New York Giants	17	1939	1956
40	Denver Broncos	16	1999	2015
	New York Giants	16	1991	2007
	Chicago Bears	16	1947	1963
	Green Bay Packers	16	1945	1961
	Detroit Lions	16	1936	1952
45	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	2009	Active
	Philadelphia Eagles	15	1933	1948
47	New Orleans Saints	14	2010	Active
	Dallas Cowboys	14	1978	1992
	Chicago Cardinals	14	1933	1947
50	Green Bay Packers	13	2011	Active
	Green Bay Packers	13	1997	2010

Who has the longest all time Super Bowl drought?

The longest all time Super Bowl drought belongs to the Arizona Cardinals, who also have the longest active drought at 76 seasons.