The 25 Worst Sports Teams In History

10

1992 Dallas Mavericks

Dallas MavericksFamously bad, the Mavericks came within only a few games of doing what the world thought was impossible – being worse than the #3 team on our list.

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9

2001 Carolina Panthers

Carolina PanthersA total disaster, the Panthers went 1-15 for the season, breaking the record for most consecutive losses in NFL history. Fortunately for them within 7 years the unthinkable would happen – an even worse team would break it yet again. Coming in at #8, allow us to introduce you to the…

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8

2008 Detroit Lions

Detroit LionsThere really isn’t much to say here except that anyone who goes a record setting 0-16 in one of America’s favorite sports has a spot reserved on our list.

photo – playerpress.com

7

2003 Detroit Tigers

Detroit TigersLosing more games than any other team in American league history, the 2003 Detroit Tigers came within one game of tying the unfathomably bad 1962 New York Mets for most losses in modern MLB history.

 

6

1990 New England Patriots

New England Patriots In a nationally televised game against the Washington Redskins the nation watched in astonishment as the Patriots trailed 9-0 without the Redskins running a single offensive play. Finishing with a 1-15 record the Patriot’s 1990 season can be summed  up in one word…embarrassement.

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5

1974 Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals The Capitals had a record breaking first season, in a very bad way. Their list includes most road losses, most consecutive losses, and a .131 winning percentage that is still the worst in league history.

photo – sportsillustrated.cnn.com

4

1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tampa Bay BuccaneersOkay, so it was their first season, but still, this team didn’t even manage to put points on the scoreboard until their third game and didn’t get a touch down until their fourth. In fact, they were the first team in NFL history to not win or tie a single game.

photo – sportsfullcircle.com

3

1972 76ers

76ers Winning only 9 games out of an 82 game schedule, they also had 4 losing streaks of 13 games or more and even earned themselves the nickname “9 and 73ers”.

photo – nydailynews.com

2

1962 New York Mets

New York Mets Chronicled in Jimmy Breslin’s book Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game? these guys have gone down as one of the worst teams in baseball history. In fact, their 120 losses were the most by an team since 1899, which brings us to our final contestant…

photo – newyorkmets.org

1

1899 Cleveland Spiders

Cleveland Spiders Rumored to be one of the worst team ever, in any sport, period. This team could barely get others to come and play against them and they only had 42 home games because no one cared enough to come watch.

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Comments

  1. Steven says:

    This is the 25 worst sports teams from U.S.A, not history.

  2. Me123 says:

    2011-12 Charlotte bobcats 7-66

  3. Joe says:

    How can the 1976 Buccaneers be the first team not to win a single game, yet the 2008 Lions are the only team Not to win a single game?

  4. Brendan Reid says:

    what the 2006-2007 Florida International Golden Panthers

  5. Jdub says:

    So there’s two football teams worse than the worst football team of all time.

  6. subas says:

    its good to see the 25 list

  7. Jason says:

    #14 should say half a century later. Not half a decade.

  8. ztaylor245 says:

    I think you forgot to add the 2011 Indianapolis Colts.

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