List of National Football League players who spent their entire career with one franchise
# List of National Football League players who spent their entire career with one franchise

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.

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).

## All-time list

Key

Note: This list is correct through the 2021 NFL season

| ^ | Denotes player who is still active in the NFL |
| - | - |
| * | Denotes Pro Football Hall of Fame member |

NFL players who have spent their career at one franchise :

| Player | Seasons | Career | Team | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Lou Groza* | 21 | 1946–1959, 1961–1967 | Cleveland Browns | K / OT |
| Jason Hanson | 21 | 1992–2012 | Detroit Lions | K |
| Darrell Green* | 20 | 1983–2002 | Washington Redskins | CB |
| Jackie Slater* | 20 | 1976–1995 | Los Angeles / St. Louis Rams | OT |
| Bruce Matthews* | 19 | 1983–2001 | Houston Oilers / Tennessee Titans | OL |
| Pat Leahy | 18 | 1974–1991 | New York Jets | K |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 18 | 2004–2021 | Pittsburgh Steelers | QB |
| Jeff Van Note | 18 | 1969–1986 | Atlanta Falcons | C |
| Larry Fitzgerald | 17 | 2004–2020 | Arizona Cardinals | WR |
| Jim Bakken | 17 | 1962–1978 | St. Louis Cardinals | K / P |
| David Binn | 17 | 1994–2010 | San Diego Chargers | LS |
| John Brodie | 17 | 1957–1973 | San Francisco 49ers | QB |
| Mike Kenn | 17 | 1978–1994 | Atlanta Falcons | OT |
| Ray Lewis* | 17 | 1996–2012 | Baltimore Ravens | LB |
| Dan Marino* | 17 | 1983–1999 | Miami Dolphins | QB |
| Don Muhlbach | 17 | 2004–2020 | Detroit Lions | LS |
| Mick Tingelhoff* | 17 | 1962–1978 | Minnesota Vikings | C |
| Julius Adams | 17 | 1971–1987 | New England Patriots | DL |
| Ken Anderson | 16 | 1971–1986 | Cincinnati Bengals | QB |
| Ronde Barber* | 16 | 1997–2012 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | DB |
| Sammy Baugh* | 16 | 1937–1952 | Washington Redskins | QB / DB / P |
| Elvin Bethea* | 16 | 1968–1983 | Houston Oilers | DE |
| Monte Coleman | 16 | 1979–1994 | Washington Redskins | LB |
| John Elway* | 16 | 1983–1998 | Denver Broncos | QB |
| Antonio Gates | 16 | 2003–2018 | San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers | TE |
| Steve Grogan | 16 | 1975–1990 | New England Patriots | QB |
| Jimmy Johnson* | 16 | 1961–1976 | San Francisco 49ers | CB |
| Patrick Mannelly | 16 | 1998–2013 | Chicago Bears | LS |
| Bart Starr* | 16 | 1956–1971 | Green Bay Packers | QB |
| Gene Hickerson* | 16 | 1958–1960, 1962–1973 | Cleveland Browns | G |
| Too Tall Jones | 16 | 1974–1978, 1980–1989 | Dallas Cowboys | DE |
| Sam Koch | 16 | 2006–2021 | Baltimore Ravens | P |
| L. P. Ladouceur | 16 | 2005–2020 | Dallas Cowboys | LS |
| Eli Manning | 16 | 2004–2019 | New York Giants | QB |
| Bill Bates | 15 | 1983–1997 | Dallas Cowboys | S |
| Troy Brown | 15 | 1993–2007 | New England Patriots | WR |
| Charlie Cowan | 15 | 1961–1975 | Los Angeles Rams | OT |
| Fred Cox | 15 | 1963–1977 | Minnesota Vikings | K |
| Dan Fouts* | 15 | 1973–1987 | San Diego Chargers | QB |
| Mel Hein* | 15 | 1931–1945 | New York Giants | C / DL |
| Charlie Krueger | 15 | 1959–1973 | San Francisco 49ers | DT |
| Joe Nash | 15 | 1982–1996 | Seattle Seahawks | DT |
| Ray Nitschke* | 15 | 1958–1972 | Green Bay Packers | LB |
| Merlin Olsen* | 15 | 1962–1976 | Los Angeles Rams | DT |
| Jim Otto* | 15 | 1960–1974 | Oakland Raiders | C |
| Randy Rasmussen | 15 | 1967–1981 | New York Jets | G |
| Ken Riley* | 15 | 1969–1983 | Cincinnati Bengals | CB |
| Len Rohde | 15 | 1960–1974 | San Francisco 49ers | OT |
| Joe Scibelli | 15 | 1961–1975 | Los Angeles Rams | OT / G |
| Art Shell* | 15 | 1968–1982 | Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders | OT |
| Matthew Slater | 15 | 2008–present | New England Patriots | WR |
| Michael Strahan* | 15 | 1993–2007 | New York Giants | DE |
| Mark Tuinei | 15 | 1983–1997 | Dallas Cowboys | OT |
| Gene Upshaw* | 15 | 1967–1981 | Oakland Raiders | G |
| Wayne Walker | 15 | 1958–1972 | Detroit Lions | LB / K |
| Russ Washington | 15 | 1968–1982 | San Diego Chargers | OT / DT |
| Roy Winston | 15 | 1962–1976 | Minnesota Vikings | LB |
