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Arizona Cardinals

Indexed from 1920 through 2025 · NFC West

1,470

Games

105

Seasons

1920

First season

2025

Latest season

The full franchise story

Every era of the Arizona Cardinals.

The league's oldest continuously operating franchise has crossed Chicago, St. Louis and Arizona, pairing rare championship peaks with generations of singular stars.

Historical reference: Arizona Cardinals official NFL team page ↗
1

1920—1946

One of pro football's original clubs

Peak indexed season1925 · 11–2–1→

The Chicago foundation

The Cardinals helped form the league in Chicago and survived its unstable first decades while building an identity around versatile backs and hard-nosed defense.

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Paddy Driscoll →Ernie Nevers →Charley Trippi →
2

1947—1959

The 1947 title becomes Chicago's final peak

Peak indexed season1947 · 9–3→

Champions, then a long goodbye

The Million Dollar Backfield delivered the 1947 championship and another title-game trip before declining attendance led the franchise west.

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Charley Trippi →Pat Harder →Ollie Matson →
3

1960—1987

The Cardiac Cardinals make drama a habit

Peak indexed season1975 · 11–3→

The St. Louis Football Cardinals

St. Louis produced explosive, entertaining contenders in the 1970s but never found the postseason breakthrough needed to secure the franchise's future there.

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Jim Hart →Dan Dierdorf →Terry Metcalf →
4

1988—2003

A new market waits for a stable winner

Peak indexed season1998 · 9–7→

Finding a home in Arizona

The move to the desert brought only one playoff appearance in sixteen seasons, though Williams became an all-time defender and Plummer authored a memorable upset in Dallas.

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Aeneas Williams →Jake Plummer →Larry Centers →
5

2004—2012

A Hall of Fame receiver carries Arizona to the Super Bowl

Peak indexed season2008 · 9–7→

Fitzgerald and the impossible run

Warner's revival and Fitzgerald's extraordinary 2008 postseason sent the Cardinals to their first Super Bowl and within one late drive of a championship.

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Larry Fitzgerald →Kurt Warner →Anquan Boldin →
6

2013—2017

Aggressive offense meets an elite secondary

Peak indexed season2015 · 13–3→

The Arians contender

Bruce Arians unlocked Palmer's best late-career football and built a 13-win team that reached the 2015 NFC Championship Game.

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Carson Palmer →Larry Fitzgerald →Patrick Peterson →
7

2018—present

A new quarterback restarts the search

Peak indexed season2021 · 11–6→

The Kyler Murray reset

Murray's rare movement and arm talent produced a rapid playoff return, but the franchise has continued rebuilding around him through coaching and roster changes.

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Kyler Murray →Budda Baker →James Conner →

Franchise leaders

Most indexed appearances

Larry FitzgeraldWR · 272 gamesJim BakkenK · 227 gamesJim HartQB · 202 gamesJackie SmithTE · 193 gamesLuis SharpeT · 190 gamesRoger WehrliDB · 189 gamesAdrian WilsonS · 185 gamesRoy GreenWR-DB · 169 gamesCalais CampbellDE · 163 gamesDan DierdorfT-G-C · 163 gamesPatrick PetersonCB · 157 gamesDarnell DockettDE · 155 games

Season history

Every indexed season

105 seasons · newest first

Game archive

Latest indexed games

1,470 total · loaded 10 at a time