The National Football League is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America, and the highest professional level of American football in the world.[1]
This list include the players have spent the most seasons in their entire NFL career with one franchise (minimum 15 seasons). Each player has played at least one game in fifteen different NFL seasons for a single NFL franchise. The seasons are not necessarily consecutive. Time playing on amateur teams or teams out of the NFL are not considered. A franchise may change its location and/or name, but players would be considered to be part of the same franchise.
Some notable players who have been disqualified from this list are Tom Brady (who spent his first 20 seasons playing for the New England Patriots before signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020), Sebastian Janikowski (who spent his first 18 seasons with the Oakland Raiders before signing with the Seattle Seahawks in 2018), Aaron Rodgers (who spent his first 18 seasons playing for the Green Bay Packers before being traded to the New York Jets in 2023 after a trade request), Johnny Unitas (who spent his first 17 seasons with the Baltimore Colts before being traded to the San Diego Chargers in 1973), and Jerry Rice (who spent 16 seasons with the San Francisco 49ers before signing with the Oakland Raiders in 2001).
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Note: This list is correct through the 2023 NFL season
| ^ | Denotes player who is still active in the NFL |
| * | Denotes Pro Football Hall of Fame member |
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Since 1922, [the NFL] has been the top professional sports league in the world with respect to American football
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NFL records and leaders
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