Founded: 1930 · Metro Area: Detroit · NFC · NFC North · Home: Ford Field
Formerly based in Portsmouth.
Where Detroit Lions sat against the rest of the league at the end of every season it played, from 1930 to 2026. Above average in 46 of 97 seasons.
One point per season, at the rating it finished on, with a rule at every decade. Tap or drag any year for what it started on, where it peaked and where it finished. 1500 is the league average by construction, not a chosen line. The week-by-week detail for any season is on its own season page.
This side's chance in each title race we forecast, frozen and scored like every forecast here.
Season titles · resolves 7 Feb 2027
6%Detroit Lions' chance
“mkt” is Polymarket’s price, a reference line, not advice.
How the model worksSeason titles record: 100% of 3 calls right
Full odds: NFL · every title race
The Damned · NFL, 1957
fell one round short, 2023 · playoff run died early, 2024 · fell one round short, 1991 · playoff run died early, 2016
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The entity that holds control today, one per franchise; co-controllers and minority holders are listed, never summed.
Exactly one control entity is recorded per franchise, so a portfolio can never count a club twice. Co-controllers and minority holders are shown as published and carry no weight in any total.
The chip names the evidence. Sourced: a primary source is linked (league, club, filing or tier-one outlet). Cross-checked: matched against the ownership-change sweep. Contested: disputed or mid-sale. Rows are reviewed weekly.
Stakes are as published, often only “majority”, and are not pro-rated. A record of control is not a claim about anyone’s intent or conduct.
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Pre-Super Bowl titles in slate; Super Bowl era titles in gold.
Every championship game appearance, win or loss. Solid chip = won; outlined chip = lost. Same pre-Super Bowl / Super Bowl color split as titles.
| Regular-season W-L-T | 615-717-34 |
| Win pct | 0.463 |
| Playoff record | 12-16-0 (0.429) |
| Championship appearances | 6 (4 wins) |
| Conference final appearances | 2 (0 wins) |
| Total seasons | 97 |
| .500 or better seasons | 47 |
| Most recent championship | 1957 |
Grouped by physical building. Naming-rights eras nested.
In-progress 2026 row pulled from ESPN public standings, refreshed hourly. Replaced by the canonical workbook row after the season concludes.
Highest-rated games in franchise history by the site's Game Score (ELO) metric, which combines hype, quality, stakes, and matchup rank. Losses can outrank routine wins because the formula scores game quality, not franchise spin.
League-wide awards held by Detroit Lions players or coaches. Pulled from the AP, Bert Bell, Walter Payton, and Super Bowl MVP rolls. Plus 136 Pro Bowl selections all-time.