NFL Playoffs - Longest Active Playoff Droughts


Currently, no team has missed the playoffs in more consecutive seasons than the New York Jets (13).

Longest Active NFL Playoff Droughts

The table below lists the 18 teams that missed the playoffs in 2023. The list is sorted by the length of each team's active playoff drought.

Longest Active NFL Playoff Streaks

Due to NFL parity, it's difficult to sustain success year after year, but the Kansas City Chiefs are closing in on a decade-long active playoff streak.

Here are the 14 teams that made the 2023-24 postseason, and the list is sorted by longest active streaks of playoff-bound NFL teams:

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