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Cleveland Browns

Indexed from 1946 through 2025 · AFC North

1,180

Games

77

Seasons

1946

First season

2025

Latest season

The full franchise story

Every era of the Cleveland Browns.

Cleveland dominated the AAFC, carried that standard into the NFL with Otto Graham and Jim Brown, then endured relocation and a difficult rebirth while protecting one of football's deepest civic bonds.

Historical reference: Cleveland Browns official NFL team page ↗
1

1946—1955

Ten championship games in ten seasons

Peak indexed season1950 · 10–2→

The Otto Graham machine

Paul Brown's integrated, innovative team won every AAFC title and then immediately captured the 1950 NFL championship.

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Otto Graham →Marion Motley →Lou Groza →
2

1956—1965

The greatest runner becomes the entire geometry

Peak indexed season1964 · 10–3–1→

Jim Brown and the 1964 title

Brown led the league in rushing eight times in nine seasons and powered Cleveland's most recent championship in 1964.

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Jim Brown →Frank Ryan →Paul Warfield →
3

1966—1984

Sipe's late-game offense revives Cleveland

Peak indexed season1969 · 10–3–1→

From contention to the Kardiac Kids

The Browns remained competitive after Brown and later found a new identity in Sipe's dramatic 1980 MVP season.

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Brian Sipe →Ozzie Newsome →Greg Pruitt →
4

1985—1995

Three AFC title games, three painful endings

Peak indexed season1986 · 12–4→

Kosar and the Denver heartbreaks

A homegrown contender reached three conference championship games in four seasons before The Drive and The Fumble became permanent Cleveland memories.

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Bernie Kosar →Clay Matthews Jr. →Earnest Byner →
5

1999—2017

An expansion-style rebirth becomes a long rebuild

Peak indexed season2007 · 10–6→

The Browns return

The restored franchise returned in 1999 but cycled through leadership and quarterbacks, with Thomas providing Hall of Fame stability amid the turnover.

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Joe Thomas →Josh Cribbs →Joe Haden →
6

2018—present

A playoff breakthrough opens another complicated chapter

Peak indexed season2020 · 11–5→

Talent returns, stability does not

Cleveland ended its long playoff-win drought in 2020 and built an elite defense around Garrett, but quarterback decisions have kept the era unsettled.

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Myles Garrett →Nick Chubb →Denzel Ward →

Franchise leaders

Most indexed appearances

Clay MatthewsLB · 242 gamesPhil DawsonK · 216 gamesOzzie NewsomeTE · 208 gamesDoug DiekenT · 207 gamesDon CockroftK · 195 gamesClarence ScottDB · 190 gamesRobert JacksonG-T-C · 162 gamesEddie JohnsonLB · 157 gamesCody RisienT-G · 156 gamesTom DeLeoneC · 151 gamesCharlie HallLB · 149 gamesJerry SherkDT-DE-NT · 149 games

Season history

Every indexed season

77 seasons · newest first

Game archive

Latest indexed games

1,180 total · loaded 10 at a time