List of NFL franchise post-season streaks

This list includes the all-time and the active consecutive NFL playoff appearances. Aside from the NFL playoff appearance streaks, this list also includes Championship Game appearance streaks and the NFL championships win streak. Streaks from the AFL are also included.

The New England Patriots held the longest consecutive playoff streak with 11 appearances from 2009 to 2019, which is the longest of all-time. The Patriots won three Super Bowls during this streak. The Dallas Cowboys hold the second consecutive playoff appearances record with nine appearances from 1975–1983. The Cowboys won one NFL championship during the streak. The Indianapolis Colts tied this record with nine straight appearances and one championship from 2002–2010. The Green Bay Packers hold the longest consecutive NFL title streak with three consecutive crowns. They did this once in the 1920s, before playoff games, and once in the 1960s, by winning seven playoff games during this three year championship streak.

The Patriots hold the record for most consecutive playoff games won. From 2001–2005, New England won 10 games in a row, including 3 Super Bowls. The Packers previously held the record for most consecutive playoff games won with 9. Dallas, Pittsburgh, Denver, San Francisco, and Kansas City all have 7 game winning streaks.

NFL Playoffs appearance streaks

 * Bold italics including longest streak indicates that the streak is also the team's longest-ever streak for consecutive playoff seasons.

Longest consecutive playoff appearance streak
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Italics= Streak is ongoing as of 2023 NFL season.

Timeline for each teams' longest streak.

Longest consecutive streak with a playoff win
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Timeline for each teams' longest streak.

NFL / AFL Playoff appearance streaks

 * When sorting, the following are grouped together
 * Indianapolis and Baltimore Colts
 * Los Angeles and St. Louis Rams
 * Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders
 * Houston Oilers and Tennessee Titans


 * No NFL Divisions from 1950–1966. Browns were American Conference Champs 1950–1952 and Eastern Champs 1953–1955.
 * No NFL Divisions from 1950–1966. Rams were the National Conference Champs in 1950 & 1951.
 * Super Bowls did not determine AFL or NFL League Champion before 1970 merger. Green Bay won the NFL Championships and the Super Bowls in the 1966 and 1967 seasons.

Championship Game appearance streaks
Championships from 1920–1969 seasons.

Super Bowl appearance streaks

 * Appearance streaks up through the end of the 2023 season.

Championship Win Streaks
Championships from 1920–1969 seasons.


 * NFL Champions were named from 1920 through 1932 by highest win percentage (ties not counted). There were no official playoff games till the 1933 season.
 * The Bears were named the NFL Champions in 1932 after winning an unofficial playoff game played indoors due to extremely cold weather. The game is recorded as a regular season game that was needed to break a tie between the Bears and the Portsmouth Spartans (now the Detroit Lions).

Most consecutive post-season wins in team history
This is a sortable table of all 32 current NFL teams. Twelve teams have multiple winning streaks where they won an equal number of post season games before a loss.

Updated through fhe 2023 season


 * Streak occurred when the team was the Baltimore Colts.
 * Streak occurred when the team was the Oakland Raiders in 1980, and the Los Angeles Raiders in 1982.
 * Streak occurred when the team was the San Diego Chargers.
 * Streak occurred when the team was the Washington Redskins.