As I approach my 50th year of Colt fandom, I note that the NFL will celebrate it's 100th season in 2021. I decided to see where the Colts franchise ranks vs. all the other NFL franchises, as far as championships and playoff competitiveness reveal. I rank the franchises first by World Championships, then break down each resulting level by number of playoff victories.
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1. Green Bay Packers 13 world championships, 27 playoff victories
2. Chicago Staleys/Bears 9 world championships, 26 playoff victories
3. New York Giants 7 world championships, 29 playoff victories
4. Pittsburgh Steelers 6 world championships, 34 playoff victories
5a. Dallas Cowboys 5 world championships, 32 playoff victories
5b. San Francisco 49ers 5 world championships, 25 playoff victories
5c. Washington Redskins 5 world championships, 23 playoff victories
5d. Cleveland Browns 5 world championships, 19 playoff victories
9a. Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts 4 world championships, 19 playoff victories
9b. Detroit Lions 4 world championships, 6 playoff victories
11a. Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams 3 world championships, 28 playoff victories
11b. Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders 3 world championships, 25 playoff victories
11c. Boston/New England Patriots 3 world championships, 20 playoff victories
11d. Philadelphia Eagles 3 world championships, 18 playoff victories
15a. Miami Dolphins 2 world championships, 20 playoff victories
15b. Denver Broncos 2 world championships, 19 playoff victories
15c. Chicago/St. Louis/Arizona Cardinals 2 world championships, 6 playoff victories
18a. New York Jets 1 world championship, 12 playoff victories
18b. Baltimore Ravens 1 world championship, 9 playoff victories
18c. ( three-way tie )
Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1 world championship, 6 playoff victories
23. Minnesota Vikings 19 playoff victories
24. Buffalo Bills 14 playoff victories
25. Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans 12 playoff victories
26. San Diego Chargers 10 playoff victories
27. Seattle Seahawks 8 playoff victories
28 ( tie ) Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers 6 playoff victories
30. ( tie ) Cincinnati Bengals and Jacksonville Jaguars 5 playoff victories
32. Houston Texans 1 playoff victory
If the next rebuilding effort is successful, the Colts can get as high as 4th on the list of best teams of the first 100 years of the NFL.