Droughts by sport Drought (sport)

in nhl, longest current title drought shared 2 teams: toronto maple leafs, have not won stanley cup (or appeared in cup finals) since 1967, , st. louis blues, entered league when doubled in size following season, , have not yet won cup (and have not appeared in cup final since 1970).


in nfl, 4 teams have never appeared in super bowl (the cleveland browns, detroit lions, jacksonville jaguars , houston texans), , 9 other teams have never won game. longest active title drought of arizona cardinals franchise, last won nfl championship in 1947 season. cardinals have played home games in 4 different cities in 3 market areas since team last won title: chicago, st. louis, , phoenix suburbs of tempe , glendale.


12 nba teams have never won championship. league s longest drought belongs sacramento kings, have not won championship or been nba finals since 1951, when known rochester royals. sacramento fifth different city host team since last won title (rochester, cincinnati, kansas city, , omaha others).


in indycar, since winning indianapolis 500 in 1969, auto racing legend mario andretti plagued unexplainable bad luck in efforts win great race second time before retirement in 1994. misfortune @ indianapolis, cumulative total (through 2017) of 72 starts drivers, has notably extended sons michael , jeff, nephew john, grandson marco. said have affected, indirect extent, twin brother aldo, former car owners paul newman, carl haas, , newman s successor mike lanigan @ newman/haas/lanigan racing. twice, when michael andretti s team won indianapolis 500, driver subsequently defected rival chip ganassi racing following year: dan wheldon (2005) , dario franchitti (2007). ryan hunter-reay won 2014 indianapolis 500 andretti autosport. alexander rossi won 2016 indianapolis 500 andretti-herta autosport. takuma sato won 2017 indianapolis 500 andretti autosport in first year team.


in cfl, longest continuous , current grey cup drought held winnipeg blue bombers @ 26 years. blue bombers last won 78th grey cup in 1990 when beat edmonton eskimos 50-11.
in major league soccer (mls), longest current mls cup drought 20 years, held 3 teams, new england revolution, new york red bulls, , fc dallas, each team has failed win league title despite having competed in every mls season dating 1996. have made mls cup final appearances (dallas lost colorado rapids in mls cup 2010, new york lost columbus crew in mls cup 2008, , new england lost los angeles galaxy in mls cup 2002, mls cup 2005, , mls cup 2014 , houston dynamo in mls cup 2006 , mls cup 2007). orlando city sc, new york city fc, montreal impact, philadelphia union, toronto fc, , vancouver whitecaps fc have never won mls cup title, added expansion teams subsequent 1996. defunct teams cd chivas usa, miami fusion fc , tampa bay mutiny never won mls cup before shut down.
with regard other major domestic trophies, longest active supporters shield drought shared 2 teams, colorado rapids , new england revolution. neither has won supporters shield despite competing in every mls season since 1996. among mls teams, longest lamar hunt u.s. open cup drought 20 years, shared 3 teams, colorado rapids, new york red bulls, , san jose earthquakes. 4 other current united states-based teams have not won open cup (houston dynamo, philadelphia union, portland timbers, real salt lake), added expansion teams after 1996. 3 canada-based mls teams, montreal impact, toronto fc, , vancouver whitecaps fc ineligible compete in voyageurs cup.
canadian teams have gone winless 208 seasons, since 1993 when montreal canadiens won stanley cup , toronto blue jays won world series. end of 2017, canadian teams have participated in 208 seasons of championship play (in nhl, 23 each toronto, ottawa, edmonton, vancouver, montreal , calgary, 7 winnipeg , 2 quebec city; in nba, 22 toronto , 6 vancouver; in mlb, 23 toronto , 10 montreal). cumulative 0-for-208.