Ranking the current NFL owners by win percentage

Harris may reside down here for now, but the NFL is almost definitely a better place with the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils owner in it. That is, of course, due to Harris buying the Commanders from the near-universally hated Dan Snyder. A spree of scandals, which produced suspensions, fines and a Congressional investigation, engulfed Snyder in his final years. The once-respected franchise had become the league's black mark. A Maryland native, Harris was approved despite some league issues with his bid. A number of minority partners are involved here, but the now-three-sport owner will attempt to resurrect this club.

Khan bought the Jaguars in December 2011. With the exception of a fluky 2017 run that culminated in an AFC championship game bid and a Trevor Lawrence-led playoff comeback in 2022, the Jags have been one of the NFL's worst teams. Khan's London ties have also led to the Jags leading the NFL in home games outside their home market. The team made the mistake of drafting Blake Bortles in 2014 and compounded it by extending him in 2018; these decisions led to Khan giving Urban Meyer full autonomy. That outside-the-box hire quickly combusted and goes down as one of the worst in modern NFL history. 

The Panthers made the playoffs four times from 2013-17, venturing to Super Bowl 50. A sexual harassment scandal led to Jerry Richardson selling the team. Tepper's tenure has started miserably. The hedge-fund success story is 0-for-6 in playoff berths and has now fired coaches in back-to-back years. The first of those moves came after Matt Rhule's seven-year contract. Not known as particularly easy to work for in Charlotte, Tepper has been known as a meddler. The lead example here is believed to have included the outspoken owner pushing the front office to draft Bryce Young over C.J. Stroud. That move cost Carolina the 2024 No. 1 overall pick.

Since buying the team in 2012, Haslam has employed seven head coaches and six front-office heads. In this time, the Browns have largely been a symphony of chaos. In between benching Brian Hoyer for Johnny Manziel -- whom Haslam pushed to draft in 2014 -- and the start of the 2018 season, the Browns went an astonishing 4-47. Kyle Shanahan once made a PowerPoint presentation about why the Browns should let him out of his contract. While Kevin Stefanski has two Coach of the Year honors, the Haslam- and Andrew Berry-led Deshaun Watson trade -- amid a slew of civil lawsuits against the QB -- cost three first-round picks and has worked against the promising coach. 

The Broncos' previous ownership ranked third in win percentage; this one is off to a bad start. Squabbling among Pat Bowlen's children led to Walmart heir Rob Walton buying the team for a then-record price. Ownership, which features Walton son-in-law Greg Penner leading the way, took over after Nathaniel Hackett was hired in 2022. After a concerning 15-game sample from the overmatched HC, Penner and GM George Paton fired him. The team then traded first- and second-round picks for Sean Payton, who is now running the show. Ownership played a key role in the Russell Wilson extension currently hamstringing Payton.

Charles Bidwill assumed Cardinals control in 1936; the franchise is 221 games under .500 during the family's run. Some brutal stretches have the Cards down here. Moving from Chicago to St. Louis to Arizona, where the franchise was handed off to Bill and Michael Bidwill, the Cards have never been long-term contenders. The franchise claimed the 1947 championship but lost in '48 and did not win a playoff game during its 28-season St. Louis run (1960-87). Kurt Warner's late-2000s cameo helped the team to Super Bowl XLIII, after a 9-7 season. Current owner Michael Bidwill's regime has come under fire as of late. On the field, the team is still pinning its hopes on Kyler Murray.

Of the expansion teams since the 1970 merger, none took as long to make the playoffs as the Texans, who got there in Year 10. Bob McNair owned the franchise from 2002 until his 2018 death. Son Cal McNair is now in charge, opening the door to instability. Deshaun Watson requested a trade months after signing an extension but did so just before an avalanche of turmoil sidetracked his career and altered the Texans' path. The team settled civil suits from 30 women who alleged it enabled its Pro Bowl QB, who faced dozens of lawsuits alleging sexual misconduct. This came after the eventful Bill O'Brien HC/GM experience. Fortunately, the Texans are on better footing thanks to C.J .Stroud.

While Matt Millen took considerable heat when his 2000s GM tenure dropped the Lions into the NFL's basement, the team won one playoff game during the first 60 years of the Fords' tenure. The Lions' win percentage since William Clay Ford took over in 1961 ranks well behind the rest of the NFC North. Buoyed by Barry Sanders, the Lions made the playoffs six times in the 1990s. Ford took over after Bobby Layne's controversial departure and could not find its footing with Matthew Stafford. Against considerable odds, the Lions have rebounded via the Brad Holmes-Dan Campbell partnership. The team won its first division title since 1991 and narrowly missed out on Super Bowl LVIII.

Woody Johnson finished his term as President Trump's ambassador to the United Kingdom and retook the reins from brother Christopher. The younger Johnson did not fare well, but Woody's stewardship has not exactly brought enduring praise. While the Jets made six playoff appearances from 2000-2010, no team matches their current 13-year playoff drought. Woody erred with his Mike Maccagnan GM hire, and Christopher-chosen replacement Joe Douglas gave the keys to another first-round QB in Zach Wilson. The Jets are now pot-committed to Aaron Rodgers (and the slew of controversies the 40-year-old QB brings), with a shaky coaching staff at the helm.

The Bengals under icon Paul Brown achieved notable success, losing two close Super Bowls to the 49ers. Under son Mike Brown, the team drifted toward the NFL's basement and stayed there for a lengthy span. The Bengals' 1990 wild-card win doubled as their most recent playoff conquest for more than 30 years, with Carson Palmer issuing a not-so-subtle warning to Joe Burrow about the franchise's frugal past. Once Burrow arrived, the Bengals awakened and began spending on outside talent -- after refusing to for many years. The result: five playoff wins from 2021-22 and the franchise's first Super Bowl berth since 1988. 

Ross bought the Dolphins in 2009, succeeding 15-year owner Wayne Huizenga. Ross regularly signed off on irresponsible free agent spending, and the Dolphins populated the lower middle class for much of his tenure. They won between six and eight games in nine of Ross' first 10 years. This led to the owner changing course and trying a full-scale rebuild in 2019. That produced tanking allegations and a discrimination controversy -- both charges brought about by since-fired HC Brian Flores -- but Ross found himself suspended to start the 2022 season due to tampering allegations stemming from an effort to team up Tom Brady and Sean Payton. Not ideal. 

Malcolm Glazer acquired the Buccaneers in 1995, and while the owner made a catastrophic uniform misstep, the team ascended quickly once he hired Tony Dungy. While the Bucs declined after their Jon Gruden-shepherded Super Bowl XXXVII win in January 2003 (featuring a Dungy- and Rich McKay-assembled roster), the team's Tom Brady signing changed its course. The Bucs have followed a 12-year playoff drought with three straight NFC South titles, including the club's second Super Bowl triumph -- a rout of the Chiefs in Tampa. Malcolm's sons -- Bryan, Edward and Joel Glazer -- are reaping the benefits of the turnaround.

Despite Dean Spanos' tenure producing six playoff runs, the Chargers' relocation to Los Angeles will be his legacy. The Bolts have experienced predictable struggles establishing a fanbase in their first years back in L.A. Road colors envelop SoFi Stadium regularly. Alex Spanos acquired the Chargers in 1984, and the team trended downward for years. San Diego qualified for Super Bowl XXIX but could not turn its Drew Brees or Philip Rivers employment into another Super Bowl berth. The Justin Herbert draft choice presents promise, and after criticism about ownership's unwillingness to spend on coaches, Jim Harbaugh is tasked with reviving Spanos' franchise.

Kroenke acquired the Rams in 2010 and is known mainly for the team's 2016 relocation to Los Angeles, making the owner the object of constant scorn in St. Louis. The Rams have, however, enhanced their profile since Kroenke hired wunderkind offensive mind Sean McVay in 2017. They ventured to Super Bowl LIII in McVay's second year, and as the team regularly lured stars to L.A. as a perennially all-in operation, Super Bowl LVI brought better fortune than a three-point outing against the Patriots. Kroenke's McVay-Les Snead duo drove the team's first L.A.-based championship since 1951, with homegrown stars Aaron Donald and Cooper Kupp leading the way. 

Amy Adams Strunk currently sits atop the Titans' ownership hierarchy, taking over in 2015. Houston Oilers founder Bud Adams died in 2013; he owned the franchise since its 1960 inception. The Oilers peaked early, winning the AFL's first two titles. Despite employing Warren Moon, they did not make a Super Bowl appearance in Houston. The Titans have enjoyed sporadic success, coming within one yard of overtime in Super Bowl XXXIV and making the 2002 and '19 AFC title games. A lengthy playoff drought dragged down Tennessee's win percentage, and a microscope will be on Adams Strunk now that her clash with the coach (Mike Vrabel) who turned the team around keyed a firing.

This family acquired this franchise in rather unusual fashion, when Robert Irsay traded the Rams for the Baltimore Colts in 1972. Robert Irsay is best known for trading John Elway in 1983 and moving the Colts to Indianapolis in secret a year later. Not nearly as reviled as his father, Jim Irsay has still been known to meddle frequently. This has hamstrung his current front office. Jim's time as honcho, however, keyed a turnaround. The younger Irsay took over in earnest shortly before the Colts drafted Peyton Manning. The all-time talent's prodigious work -- which included two Super Bowl appearances and one win -- helped Lucas Oil Stadium become a reality. 

Taking over in 2002 -- a year after the team traded up for Michael Vick -- Blank released the star quarterback ahead of his impending prison term in 2007. Blank hired Bobby Petrino that year, only to see the longtime college coach bolt for an Arkansas gig by December. But the team rebounded in 2008, hiring GM Thomas Dimitroff and drafting Matt Ryan. While the Super Bowl LI collapse ended up being a tipping point for Dimitroff and Dan Quinn, the Falcons have won at least seven games in all but three seasons since the Ryan pick. That number has been difficult for the Falcons to escape as of late, as Arthur Smith was thrice 7-10. Will the Kirk Cousins payment change the team's luck?

While a stark win-percentage disparity exists between the Mark Davis years (.412) and Al Davis' number (.569), the Raiders slipped considerably in Al's final years running the team. Mark took over in 2011, and the Raiders have two playoff berths in his 13 seasons in charge. The Raiders have moved three times -- to Los Angeles in 1982, back to Oakland in 1995 and to Las Vegas in 2020 -- and have hovered off the NFL's contention radar for the most part since Super Bowl XXXVII. Mark Davis has run into steady trouble with coaches. The Jon Gruden rehire ended in scandal, and Davis is now paying three HCs thanks to canning Josh McDaniels two years into a six-year deal. 

A Mara has presided atop the Giants organization since it began play in 1925, going from Tim to Wellington to John. Both Tim and Wellington are Hall of Famers; John has co-owned the team with Steve Tisch since 2005. While the Giants are just 144-162-1 in the Tisch-John Mara era and have struggled for over a decade, the franchise enters its 100th season with four Super Bowl titles and four more NFL championships. The Giants have endured rough patches, though -- most notably the 1970s and the one they are in right now. But each of the Maras won at least two championships, with John's the most impressive (Super Bowl XLII).

Gayle Benson running the Saints after her husband Tom's death generated a contentious battle from the Benson family, but she remains in place. Tom died in 2018. The New Orleans native bought the Saints in 1985. Under previous ownership, the Saints set a record among active franchises with a 20-year playoff drought. They reached the postseason in Benson's third year. Rumors of a Saints San Antonio relocation emerged before and after Hurricane Katrina, but the Saints hiring Sean Payton and signing Drew Brees in 2006 stabilized the franchise. This duo is responsible for nine of the Saints' 10 playoff wins and their Super Bowl title. The post-Payton period is off to a sluggish start.

Many owners have overseen the Vikings since their 1961 debut; Wilf has run the show since 2005. During that span, the team has made the playoffs with six starting quarterbacks. Somehow, only one of those (Kirk Cousins) was present for more than one postseason run. Wilf signed off on both adding a 39-year-old Brett Favre and then, nine years later, fully guaranteeing Cousins' $84 million deal. Minnesota is 0-2 in NFC championship games during Wilf's tenure, but Mike Zimmer proved to be a solid coaching hire. While Rick Spielman's Cousins contract kept the Vikings battling uphill in future negotiations, he gave his successor (Kwesi Adofo-Mensah) a parting gift in Justin Jefferson.

With a record-tying six Super Bowl titles and eight Super Bowl appearances, the Steelers' slot here is strange. But before Chuck Noll's 1969 arrival, the franchise was largely a laughingstock. The Pirates/Steelers played one postseason game from 1933-71. Art Rooney oversaw the Steelers' 1970s dynasty, and son Dan steered the ship during Bill Cowher's successful run and the bulk of Mike Tomlin's. The 18th-year coach has continued the team's sideline stability, having never posted a losing season. Though, Tomlin has settled in as more of a high-floor HC. Art Rooney II is now guiding the old-school franchise, following in his Hall of Fame father and grandfather's footsteps. 

One of football's most important figures, Lamar Hunt founded the Chiefs (who began as the Dallas Texans) in 1960. He remained in his owner post until his death in 2006, when current CEO Clark Hunt took over. Their Super Bowl IV title notwithstanding, the Chiefs were mostly a hard-luck franchise -- one that continually relied on outside QB hires -- until the 2017 trade-up for Patrick Mahomes. The megastar QB, with a major assist from 2013 HC hire Andy Reid, changed the franchise's trajectory. The Chiefs are now the NFL's kingpins, having become only the third club to win three Super Bowls in a five-year span. 

The leader of the current NFL ownership contingent, Jones also has the biggest say among owners regarding his own team's personnel matters. While hiring a full-time GM would be the conventional way to go, the Hall of Famer is in his 35th year owning the team and unlikely to change. Jones' NFL influence notwithstanding, the brash owner fired Tom Landry upon taking the job and could not coexist past Year 5 with Jimmy Johnson. The Cowboys have three Super Bowl titles under Jones, but without the roster Johnson largely built have never reached those heights since. Dallas has not won a divisional-round game in 25 years, with the Jason Garrett and Mike McCarthy tenures producing more January misery.

The Eagles have been one of the NFL's most competitive teams during Lurie's 30-year tenure. While they have bottomed out -- in 1998 and 2020 -- the team re-emerged with the Andy Reid-Donovan McNabb partnership in 1999 and the Doug Pederson-Carson Wentz alliance in 2016. Reid-McNabb remains the most successful QB-coach partnership in team history, and Pederson-Wentz (feat. Nick Foles) secured Philly its first Vince Lombardi Trophy. After the Wentz-Pederson partnership cratered unexpectedly in 2020, Lurie's longtime GM, Howie Roseman, assembled pieces that triggered a quick resurgence. The Eagles were a disputed holding call from a chance to win Super Bowl LVII two years after Pederson's exit.

The Bears, who hold the second-most championships in NFL history (nine), have been in the Halas family since their 1920 American Professional Football Association debut as the Decatur Staleys. From 1920 until his death in 1983, George Halas served in key roles: player, coach, owner. Widow Virginia Halas McCaskey now owns the team. The Bears' win percentage has fallen since the 1960s. Chicago won eight NFL titles from 1921-63, peaking with its early-'40s dynasty and with the 1985 juggernaut. QB misses have continued to plague this franchise. Since injuries restrained Jim McMahon, the Bears have continually struggled -- most notably via the Mitch Trubisky pick -- and will face pressure to get it right with Caleb Williams.

The 49ers' current ownership pipeline traces to Eddie Debartolo Jr. buying the franchise in 1977. Debartolo and Bill Walsh turned the 49ers into a superpower. The 49ers won at least 10 games in 16 straight years (1983-98), giving Joe Montana's keys to Steve Young in 1991 and finishing the run with five Super Bowl titles despite this dominance occurring in the NFC's toughest era. Legal troubles led to Debartolo leaving the 49ers in 2000. Nephew Jed York has run the team since 2009. His hirings of Jim Harbaugh and Kyle Shanahan already keyed three NFC championships. While the 49ers do not have a title post-Debartolo, York's Shanahan hire restored a proud franchise.. 

The Packers' 13 titles lead the pro football world. They established multiple dynasties and three-peated twice (under Curly Lambeau from 1929-31 and in 1965-67 under Vince Lombardi). No owner presided over this. Green Bay Packers Inc. has been in place since 1923, giving shareholders a stake in this corporation. Team president Mark Murphy currently serves as the top Packers decision-maker. The Packers fell off the map in the 1970s and '80s, but their Brett Favre-to-Aaron Rodgers baton pass kept them a contender for most of the past 30 years. Favre and Rodgers going 2-for-31 in Super Bowl titles highlights some internal issues, but the team may somehow have another franchise QB (Jordan Love) on the roster.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen bought the Seahawks in 1997, and the team's fortunes began to change. The conference-hopping team experienced stability with Mike Holmgren and Matt Hasselbeck in the 2000s and reached the mountaintop in the 2010s. Allen giving Pete Carroll a third chance as an NFL head coach and pairing him with GM John Schneider transformed the team, which soon made its seminal Russell Wilson third-round pick. Seattle won a Super Bowl title, narrowly missed another and has just one losing season since 2012. After Paul's 2018 death, sister Jody is now the franchise's chairwoman. The Seahawks are 48-35 since the transition.

Bisciotti's Ravens have been one of the NFL's highest-floor teams during his 17 years atop the organization. GM Ozzie Newsome was one of the league's top drafters, and 2008 hire John Harbaugh is among the best in the game despite his background being in special teams. The Ravens' win percentage under Bisciotti includes the Super Bowl-winning 2012 campaign that featured playoff upsets over the Peyton Manning-led Broncos and Tom Brady-piloted Patriots. Newsome protégé/successor Eric DeCosta has made bigger free agency waves, though Newsome's final first-round pick -- Lamar Jackson, now a two-time MVP -- still runs the show.

Ralph Wilson owned the Bills from their 1960 inception until his 2014 death. An AFC dynasty in the early 1990s, the Bills for a stretch held major North American sports' longest active playoff drought by missing 17 straight AFC brackets from 2000-16. But Pegula's Sean McDermott hire in 2017 paid off. GM Brandon Beane's two trades to move up for Josh Allen in the 2018 first round also proved to be a seminal moment for the Bills, who have their first franchise QB since Jim Kelly. The Allen-keyed rise has transformed the Bills. Although they are still searching for a Super Bowl title, this ownership has the team as an AFC power.

Although previous Patriots ownership hired Bill Parcells in 1993, the franchise was among the NFL's worst in the early 1990s. Kraft's 1994 arrival began a sea change. The Boston-area native traded three draft picks for Bill Belichick in 2000, altering NFL history. It will be difficult for any power trio to top the Kraft-Belichick-Tom Brady troika's success, with Kraft's current win rate towering over his peers. The Belichick-Brady tandem stayed together for 20 years, crafting a unique modern-era dynasty. Kraft's teams have made 10 Super Bowls. Spygate and Deflategate provide complications, and the Brady exit brought New England's owner-HC cold war to the surface. But Kraft will likely end up in Canton.