The Anti-Dynasty List

The 2026 Anti-Dynasty list has finished! You can check out the methodology here, or just get straight down to the rankings.

#1: 1995-25 Cleveland Browns: The Factory of Sadness, 30 years and counting

#2: 1985-06 St. Louis/Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals: The worst franchise in NFL history.

#3: 1983-96 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Constantly getting creamed.

#4: 1926-45 Chicago Cardinals: The Curse of the Pottsville Maroons.

#5: 1967-86 New Orleans Saints: Made the paper bag haute couture.

#6: 1960-72 Denver Broncos: The worst franchise in AFL history.

#7: 2008-21 Jacksonville Jaguars: Bortles!

#8: 1991-02 Cincinnati Bengals: The apple falls very, very far from the tree.

#9: 1933-41 Pittsburgh Pirates/Steelers: A semi-pro team in a pro world.

#10: 1933-42 Philadelphia Eagles: Let's do the Pennsylvania Polka.

#11: 1948-58 Green Bay Packers: Lambeau's legacy burns to the ground.

#12: 1981-86 Houston Oilers: The most sheer concentrated terribleness in NFL history.

#13: 2001-15 Detroit Lions: Matt Millen, certified genius.

#14: 2005-16 St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams: The Greatest Show on Turf has been cancelled.

#15: 1978-86 Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts: All aboard the Mayflower express.

#16: 2016-25 New York Jets: And rising, fast.

#17: 1989-95 New England Patriots: Multiple bankruptcies, sexual harassment suits, the Jacksons and a potential move to St. Louis.

#18: 2003-09 Oakland Raiders: Just (2-5) Wins, Baby.

#19: 1967-75 Boston/New England Patriots: Playing the lowlights.

#20: 2003-10 San Francisco 49ers: The worst team in DVOA history, in a bad suit.

#21: 2017-25 New York Giants: Computer Geeks 1, Dave Gettleman 0.

#22: 1983-97 Atlanta Falcons: Atlanta Red and Atlanta Black.

#23: 1967-77 Philadelphia Eagles: Permanently on the naughty list.

#24: 1971-83 New York Giants: Wandering New England, looking for a home

#25: 1967-72 Buffalo Bills: A decidedly non-Electric company.

#26: 1966-70 Atlanta Falcons: The worst expansion team of all time?

#27: 1950-59 Chicago Cardinals: Will the Bidwells please move already?

#28: 1976-80 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: An 0-26 start, and then things got worse.

#29: 2018-25 Carolina Panthers: Carolina draws the short end of the stick.

#30: 2002-06 Houston Texans: And another sack, and another sack.

#31: 1957-70 Washington: George Preston Marshall gets the teams he deserves.

#32: 1970-73 Houston Oilers: A quick trip into and out of hell.

#33: 1964-71 Pittsburgh Steelers: Before the Steel Curtain, there was the Iron Loose Collection of Cloth

#34: 1990-98 Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams: Anaheim becomes the least magical place on Earth.

#35: 1970-77 New York Jets: The broken-down ghost of Joe Namath can only do so much.

#36: 1942-45 Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers: See below.

#37: 1931-39 Brooklyn Dodgers: See above.

#38: 1921-25 Rochester Jeffersons: Too good for the sandlots, too bad for the NFL.

#39: 1946-49 Detroit Lions: What happens when you run out of quarterbacks in an era with no quarterbacks?

#40: 1987-96 New York Jets: Coaching chaos, a quarterback carousel, and a 1-15 season.

#41: 1969-75 Chicago Bears: Stop me if you've heard this before, but Chicago has no offense.

#42: 1997-2003 San Diego Chargers: Fluttering around like a Leaf on the wind.

#43: 1923-29 Dayton Triangles: The NFL's Jobbers to the Stars.

#44: 2011-19 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Holding out for a hero, or at least a Patriot.

#45: 1944-48 Boston Yanks: Wrong city, my dudes.

#46: 2015-18 San Francisco 49ers: Trent Baalke wins a power struggle.

#47: 1973-80 Green Bay Packers: The worst trade in NFL history?

#48: 1982-87 Buffalo Bills: NFL's Siberia loses a war with the USFL.

#49: 1994-2001 New Orleans Saints: The Saints that couldn't do diddly-poo.

#50: 1974-79 Kansas City Chiefs: The glory days of the AFL fade into obsolescence.

#51: 1970-76 San Diego Chargers: The Chargers don't fear the reaper. The reefer, on the other hand...

#52: 1921-30 Minneapolis Marines/Red Jackets: Sandlot boys find the big leagues a bit hard to handle.

#53: 2001-13 Buffalo Bills: The best team to be bad for over a decade straight.

#54: 1973-80 San Francisco 49ers: Joe Thomas blows everything up.

#55: 1984-90 Detroit Lions: A nothingburger between Sims and Sanders.

#56: 1960-64 Dallas Cowboys: All hat, no cattle.

#57: 1920-22 Columbus Panhandles: I've been workin' on the railroad...

#58: 1959-65 Los Angeles Rams: The not-so Fearsome Foursome.

#59: 1920-26 Hammond Pros: Back when "breaking ground in Hammond" wasn't a bad thing.

#60: 1983-91 San Diego Chargers: Air Coryell goes into a tailspin.