Seasons
- For a complete team history, see History of the Cleveland Browns.
- The Finish, Wins, Losses and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any post-season results. They are combined only at the bottom of this list.
| Season | Team | League | Conference | Division | Regular season results | Post-season results | Awards | |||
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| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | |||||||
| All-America Football Conference | ||||||||||
| 1946 | 1946 | AAFC | Western | 1st | 12 | 2 | 0 | Won AAFC championship (1) (Yankees 14-9) | ||
| 1947 | 1947 | AAFC | Western | 1st | 12 | 1 | 1 | Won AAFC championship (2) (Yankees 14–3) | ||
| 1948 | 1948 | AAFC | Western | 1st | 14 | 0 | 0 | Won AAFC championship (3) (Bills 49-7) | ||
| 1949 | 1949 | AAFC | 1st | 9 | 1 | 2 | Won AAFC playoff game (Bills 31–21) Won AAFC championship (4) (49ers 21-7) |
Paul Brown (COY) | ||
| National Football League, Early Era (1950–1969) | ||||||||||
| 1950 | 1950 | NFL | American | T-1st | 10 | 2 | 0 | Won Conference Playoffs (Giants 8-3) Won NFL Championship (5) (L.A. Rams 30-28) |
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| 1951 | 1951 | NFL | American | 1st | 11 | 1 | 0 | Lost NFL Championship (L.A. Rams 17–24) | Paul Brown (COY) Otto Graham (MVP) |
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| 1952 | 1952 | NFL | American | 1st | 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost NFL Championship (Lions 7–17) | ||
| 1953 | 1953 | NFL | Eastern | 1st | 11 | 1 | 0 | Lost NFL Championship (Lions 16–17) | Paul Brown (COY) Otto Graham (MVP) |
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| 1954 | 1954 | NFL | Eastern | 1st | 9 | 3 | 0 | Won NFL Championship (6) (Lions 56-10) | ||
| 1955 | 1955 | NFL | Eastern | 1st | 9 | 2 | 1 | Won NFL Championship (7) (L.A. Rams 38–14) | Otto Graham (MVP) | |
| 1956 | 1956 | NFL | Eastern | T-4th | 5 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 1957 | 1957 | NFL | Eastern | 1st | 9 | 2 | 1 | Lost NFL Championship (Lions 14–59) | Paul Brown (COY) Jim Brown (MVP, ROY) |
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| 1958 | 1958 | NFL | Eastern | T-1st | 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost Conference Playoffs (Giants 0–10) | Jim Brown (MVP) | |
| 1959 | 1959 | NFL | Eastern | T-2nd | 7 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | 1960 | NFL | Eastern | 2nd | 8 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 1961 | 1961 | NFL | Eastern | 3rd | 8 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 1962 | 1962 | NFL | Eastern | 3rd | 7 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 1963 | 1963 | NFL | Eastern | 2nd | 10 | 4 | 0 | Jim Brown (BBA, MVP) | ||
| 1964 | 1964 | NFL | Eastern | 1st | 10 | 3 | 1 | Won NFL Championship (8) (B. Colts 27-0) | ||
| 1965 | 1965 | NFL | Eastern | 1st | 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost NFL Championship (Packers 12–23) | Jim Brown (MVP, MVP) | |
| 1966 | 1966 | NFL | Eastern | T-2nd | 9 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1967 | 1967 | NFL | Eastern | Century | 1st | 9 | 5 | 0 | Lost Conference Championship (Cowboys 14–52) | |
| 1968 | 1968 | NFL | Eastern | Century | 1st | 10 | 4 | 0 | Won Conference Championship (Cowboys 20–31) Lost NFL Championship (B. Colts 34–0) |
Leroy Kelly (MVP) |
| 1969 | 1969 | NFL | Eastern | Century | 1st | 10 | 3 | 1 | Won Conference Championship (Cowboys 38–14) Lost NFL Championship (Vikings 7–27) |
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| National Football League, Modern Era (1970–present) | ||||||||||
| 1970 | 1970 | NFL | AFC | Central | 2nd | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1971 | 1971 | NFL | AFC | Central | 1st | 9 | 5 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Colts 3-20) | |
| 1972 | 1972 | NFL | AFC | Central | 2nd | 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Dolphins 14–20) | |
| 1973 | 1973 | NFL | AFC | Central | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1974 | 1974 | NFL | AFC | Central | 4th | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1975 | 1975 | NFL | AFC | Central | 4th | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1976 | 1976 | NFL | AFC | Central | 2nd | 9 | 5 | 0 | Forrest Gregg (COY) | |
| 1977 | 1977 | NFL | AFC | Central | 4th | 6 | 8 | |||
| 1978 | 1978 | NFL | AFC | Central | 4th | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1979 | 1979 | NFL | AFC | Central | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Sam Rutigliano (COY) | |
| 1980 | 1980 | NFL | AFC | Central | 1st | 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Raiders 12–14) | Sam Rutigliano (COY) Brian Sipe (MVP, MVP, POY) |
| 1981 | 1981 | NFL | AFC | Central | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1982 | 1982 | NFL | AFC | 8th | 4 | 5 | 0 | Lost First Round Playoffs (L.A. Raiders 10–27) | Chip Banks (Def. ROY) | |
| 1983 | 1983 | NFL | AFC | Central | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1984 | 1984 | NFL | AFC | Central | 3rd | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1985 | 1985 | NFL | AFC | Central | 1st | 8 | 8 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Dolphins 21–24) | Kevin Mack (ROY) |
| 1986 | 1986 | NFL | AFC | Central | 1st | 12 | 4 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Jets 23-20) Lost Conference Championship (Broncos 20-23) |
Marty Schottenheimer (COY) |
| 1987 | 1987 | NFL | AFC | Central | 1st | 10 | 5 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Colts 38-21) Lost Conference Championship (Broncos 33–38) |
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| 1988 | 1988 | NFL | AFC | Central | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Oilers 23-24) | |
| 1989 | 1989 | NFL | AFC | Central | 1st | 9 | 6 | 1 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Bills 34-30) Lost Conference Championship (Broncos 21–37) |
Michael Dean Perry (Def. POY) |
| 1990 | 1990 | NFL | AFC | Central | 4th | 3 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | 1991 | NFL | AFC | Central | 3rd | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | 1992 | NFL | AFC | Central | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1993 | 1993 | NFL | AFC | Central | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1994 | 1994 | NFL | AFC | Central | 2nd | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Patriots 20–13) Lost Divisional Playoffs (Steelers 9–29) |
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| 1995 | 1995 | NFL | AFC | Central | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1996 | Inactive from 1996–1998 | |||||||||
| 1997 | ||||||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||||
| 1999 | 1999 | NFL | AFC | Central | 6th | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | 2000 | NFL | AFC | Central | 6th | 3 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | 2001 | NFL | AFC | Central | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | 2002 | NFL | AFC | North | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Steelers 33–36) | |
| 2003 | 2003 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | 2004 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | 2005 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | 2006 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | 2007 | NFL | AFC | North | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | 2008 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | 2009 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | 2010 | NFL | AFC | North | 3rd | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | 2011 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | 2012 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Totals 4 AAFC Championships 4 NFL Championships 12 Conference Titles 9 NFL Division Titles |
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| 47 | 4 | 3 | All-America Football Conference regular season results | |||||||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | AAFC post-season results | |||||||
| 447 | 417 | 10 | National Football League regular season results | |||||||
| 11 | 20 | 0 | NFL post-season results | |||||||
| 510 | 441 | 13 | AAFC and NFL regular and post-season results | |||||||
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