Longest Championship Droughts in Major Sports

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I was curious so I thought I would share.

Longest Championship Droughts.

1 CLE Guardians 77 Years
2 SAC Kings 74 Years
3 DET Lions 68 Years
4 ATL Hawks 67 Years
T5 TEN Titans 64 Years
T5 MIN Vikings 64 Years
T7 CLE Browns 61 Years
T7 LA Chargers 61 Years
9 BUF Bills 60 Years
10 ATL Falcons 59 Years
11 TOR Maple Leafs 58 Years

Longest APPEARANCE Drought
1 SAC Kings 74 Years
2 DET Lions 68 Years
3 ATL Hawks 64 Years
4 CLE Browns 60 Years
5 TOR Maple Leafs 58 Years
6 NY Jets 57 Years
7 LA Clippers 55 Years
8 UTA Mammoth 53 Years
9 MIN Vikings 49 Years
10 SEA Mariners 48 Years

Longest Conference Championship APPEARANCE Drought

1 UTA Mammoth 53 Years
2 WAS Wizards 46 Years
3 CLT Hornets 37 Years
4 CLE Browns 36 Years
T5 PIT Pirates 33 Years
T5 MIA Dolphins 33 Years
T7 CIN Reds 30 Years
T7 DAL Cowboys 30 Years
9 CLB Blue Jackets 25 Years

Teams to NEVER Appear in a Championship Game
LA Clippers
UTA Mammoth
SEA Mariners
CLT Hornets
MIN Timberwolves
MEM Grizzlies
JAX Jaguars
WIN Jets
CLB Blue Jackets
MIN Wild
NO Pelicans
HOU Texans
SEA Kraken

Teams to NEVER appear in a Con. Champ Game

UTA Mammoth
CLT Hornets
CLB Blue Jackets
MIN Wild
NO Pelicans
HOU Texans
SEA Kraken

For the 4 Detroit Teams

Lions - Longest Champ Drought
Longest Champ Appearance
26th Longest Conf. Champ Appearance

Tigers - 7th Longest Champ Drought
14th Longest Champ Appearance
10th Longest Conf. Champ Appearance

Red Wings - 20th Longest Champ Drought
12th Longest Champ Appearance
7th Longest Conf. Champ Appearance

Pistons - 19th Longest Champ Drought
15th Longest Champ Appearance
8th Longest Conf. Champ Appearance

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I cheer for 2 teams in the top 11. It’s amazing I am still alive after that misery. Thanks for rubbing salt in the open wound though @DBend144 asshole!
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Honest to goodness…
What the heck is UTA Mammoth?

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Hard to believe they’ve been around 25 years. Didn’t the league just add them about 5 years ago, LOL

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a former Arizona Coyote.

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A former Winnipeg Jet.

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I know time flys
Nashville was 27 years ago
Atlanta/ Winnipeg 2.0 was 26 years ago
Minnesota and Columbus 25 years ago
Vegas was 8! Years ago
Seattle was 4 years ago!

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I have come to the very sobering reality that I am getting a bit long in the tooth.

I went to a CUBs game a couple of years ago and was shocked they had a DH.

I asked someone about the Cleveland Indians a year or 2 ago and they were like “you don’t follow baseball much do you”

It is hard to believe how quickly it goes. And I 100% agree about the Bluejackets (what is that anyway). I would have guessed they were added abut 10 years ago. But what has me really twisted are the Red Wings. It is closing in on 20 years. I remember it like yesterday. They were an absolute UNIT in the NHL. The damn salary cap and the passing of the King Mike Illitch doomed them. Mike liked winning way more that he cared about making money with his sports teams. We need more owners like him :laughing:

Also I would agree that the Maple Leafs are also a sad story. For a country and a city that adores Hockey it is hard to believe they have not been able to put it together. Now to be fair, the exchange rate of Canadian Dollar to USD and the high tax rate and cost of living really put the hurt on their ability to buy talent. But man that one always makes me flinch.

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