The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Browns compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of American Football Conference (AFC) North Division. Founded in 1946, they were a charter member club of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), where they won four league championships.
The Browns have won four NFL championships, all of which pre-date the existence of the Super Bowl. The Browns' four championships are tied for the tenth most total championships amongst all 32 NFL franchises. They are one of four current teams to have never played in the Super Bowl. Two of these teams, the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Houston Texans, are expansion teams in the AFC that began play in 1995 and 2002 respectively.
In , then-Browns owner Art Modell made the decision to move the team from Cleveland, Ohio to Baltimore, Maryland. An agreement between the city of Cleveland and the NFL kept the team's history, name and colors in Cleveland, while Modell's new team would be regarded as an expansion team. The Baltimore Ravens would begin play in 1996, and the Browns would return to the league in . For record-keeping purposes, the Browns are considered to have suspended operations from 1996 to 1998, which is reflected in this list. In 2017, the Cleveland Browns became the second team in NFL history (2008 Detroit Lions) to suffer an 0–16 record. In 2020, the Browns won their first playoff game since their reactivation in 1999, defeating the division champion Pittsburgh Steelers in the wild-card round.
Seasons + Legend (#) The order of league championship won by the franchise Finish Final position in league, division, or conference T–# Finished tied in that position with one or more teams Pct The team's winning percentage for the season ~ AAFC champions (1946–1949) NFL champions (1920–1969) Super Bowl champions (1970–present) * Conference champions ^ Division champions § Wild Card berth ° One-game playoff berth
+ Cleveland Browns record by season Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason results Awards Head coach Finish 1946 1946 AAFC~ Western^ 1st^ 12 2 0 Won AAFC championship (Yankees) 14–9 Paul Brown 1947 1947 AAFC~ Western^ 1st^ 12 1 1 Won AAFC championship (at Yankees) 14–3 1948 1948 AAFC~ Western^ 1st^ 14 0 0 Won AAFC championship (Bills) 49–7 1949 1949 AAFC~ 1st^ 9 1 2 Won AAFC playoff game (Bills) 31–21Won AAFC championship (49ers) 21–7 Paul Brown () 1950 NFL American* T–1st° 10 2 0 Won Conference Playoffs (Giants) 8–3Won NFL Championship (Rams) 30–28 1951 NFL American* 1st* 11 1 0 Lost NFL Championship (at Rams) 17–24 Paul Brown ()Otto Graham () 1952 NFL American* 1st* 8 4 0 Lost NFL Championship (Lions) 7–17 1953 NFL Eastern* 1st* 11 1 0 Lost NFL Championship (at Lions) 16–17 Paul Brown ()Otto Graham () 1954 NFL Eastern* 1st* 9 3 0 Won NFL Championship (Lions) 56–10 1955 NFL Eastern* 1st* 9 2 1 Won NFL Championship (at Rams) 38–14 Otto Graham () 1956 NFL Eastern T–4th 5 7 0 1957 NFL Eastern* 1st* 9 2 1 Lost NFL Championship (at Lions) 14–59 Jim Brown ()Paul Brown () 1958 NFL Eastern T–1st° 9 3 0 Lost Conference Playoff (at Giants) 0–10 Jim Brown () 1959 NFL Eastern T–2nd 7 5 0 1960 NFL Eastern 2nd 8 3 1 1961 NFL Eastern 3rd 8 5 1 1962 NFL Eastern 3rd 7 6 1 1963 NFL Eastern 2nd 10 4 0 Jim Brown () Blanton Collier 1964 NFL Eastern* 1st* 10 3 1 Won NFL Championship (Colts) 27–0 1965 NFL Eastern* 1st* 11 3 0 Lost NFL Championship (at Packers) 12–23 Jim Brown () 1966 NFL Eastern T–2nd 9 5 0 1967 NFL Eastern Century^ 1st^ 9 5 0 Lost Conference Playoffs (at Cowboys) 14–52 1968 NFL Eastern* Century^ 1st^ 10 4 0 Won Conference Playoffs (Cowboys) 31–20Lost NFL Championship (Colts) 0–34 1969 NFL Eastern* Century^ 1st^ 10 3 1 Won Conference Playoffs (at Cowboys) 38–14Lost NFL Championship (at Vikings) 7–27 1970 NFL AFC Central 2nd 7 7 0 1971 NFL AFC Central^ 1st^ 9 5 0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 3–20 Nick Skorich 1972 NFL AFC Central 2nd§ 10 4 0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Dolphins) 14–20 1973 NFL AFC Central 3rd 7 5 2 1974 NFL AFC Central 4th 4 10 0 1975 NFL AFC Central 4th 3 11 0 Forrest Gregg 1976 NFL AFC Central 2nd 9 5 0 Forrest Gregg () 1977 NFL AFC Central 4th 6 8 0 Forrest Gregg Dick Modzelewski 1978 NFL AFC Central 3rd 8 8 0 Sam Rutigliano 1979 NFL AFC Central 3rd 9 7 0 1980 NFL AFC Central^ 1st^ 11 5 0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Raiders) 12–14 Brian Sipe () 1981 NFL AFC Central 4th 5 11 0 1982 NFL AFC — 8th§ 4 5 0 Lost First Round Playoffs (at Raiders) 10–27 Chip Banks () 1983 NFL AFC Central 2nd 9 7 0 1984 NFL AFC Central 3rd 5 11 0 Sam Rutigliano Marty Schottenheimer 1985 NFL AFC Central^ 1st^ 8 8 0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Dolphins) 21–24 Marty Schottenheimer 1986 NFL AFC Central^ 1st^ 12 4 0 Won Divisional Playoffs (Jets) 23–20 Lost AFC Championship (Broncos) 20–23 1987 NFL AFC Central^ 1st^ 10 5 0 Won Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 38–21Lost AFC Championship (at Broncos) 33–38 1988 NFL AFC Central 2nd§ 10 6 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Oilers) 23–24 1989 NFL AFC Central^ 1st^ 9 6 1 Won Divisional Playoffs (Bills) 34–30Lost AFC Championship (at Broncos) 21–37 Bud Carson 1990 NFL AFC Central 4th 3 13 0 Bud Carson Jim Shofner 1991 NFL AFC Central 3rd 6 10 0 Bill Belichick 1992 NFL AFC Central 3rd 7 9 0 1993 NFL AFC Central 3rd 7 9 0 1994 NFL AFC Central 2nd§ 11 5 0 Won Wild Card Playoffs (Patriots) 20–13Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Steelers) 9–29 1995 NFL AFC Central 4th 5 11 0 Inactive from 1996 to 1998 1999 NFL AFC Central 6th 2 14 0 Chris Palmer 2000 NFL AFC Central 6th 3 13 0 2001 NFL AFC Central 3rd 7 9 0 Butch Davis 2002 NFL AFC North 2nd§ 9 7 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Steelers) 33–36 2003 NFL AFC North 4th 5 11 0 2004 NFL AFC North 4th 4 12 0 Butch Davis Terry Robiskie 2005 NFL AFC North 4th 6 10 0 Romeo Crennel 2006 NFL AFC North 4th 4 12 0 2007 NFL AFC North 2nd 10 6 0 2008 NFL AFC North 4th 4 12 0 2009 NFL AFC North 4th 5 11 0 Eric Mangini 2010 NFL AFC North 3rd 5 11 0 2011 NFL AFC North 4th 4 12 0 Pat Shurmur 2012 NFL AFC North 4th 5 11 0 2013 NFL AFC North 4th 4 12 0 Rob Chudzinski 2014 NFL AFC North 4th 7 9 0 Mike Pettine 2015 NFL AFC North 4th 3 13 0 2016 NFL AFC North 4th 1 15 0 Hue Jackson 2017 NFL AFC North 4th 0 16 0 2018 NFL AFC North 3rd 7 8 1 Hue Jackson Gregg Williams 2019 NFL AFC North 3rd 6 10 0 Freddie Kitchens 2020 NFL AFC North 3rd§ 11 5 0 Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Steelers) 48–37 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Chiefs) 17–22 Kevin Stefanski () Kevin Stefanski 2021 NFL AFC North 3rd 8 9 0 2022 NFL AFC North 4th 7 10 0 2023 NFL AFC North 2nd§ 11 6 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Texans) 14–45 Myles Garrett ()Kevin Stefanski ()Joe Flacco () 2024 NFL AFC North 4th 3 14 0 2025 NFL AFC North 4th 5 12 0 Myles Garrett ()Carson Schwesinger ()AAFC & NFL totals 567 560 14 All-time regular season record 17 22 — All-time postseason record 584 582 14 All-time combined regular & postseason record
All-time records StatisticWinsLossesTiesWin%Cleveland Browns regular season record (1946–1995)42127013Cleveland Browns regular season record (1999–2025)1462911All-time regular season record (1946–2025)56756114Cleveland Browns post-season record (1946–1995)1619—Cleveland Browns post-season record (1999–2025)13—All-time post-season record (1946–2025)1722—All-time regular and post-season record58458314
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