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Patrick Chung played for 11 seasons and made the playoffs every year of his career. He’s the only player to accomplish this feat. Otto Graham made the playoffs all 10 of his seasons and James Winchester has done the same in all 10 of his seasons so far. Active players are marked in bold in the table below.
Of course, other players have made the playoffs more times than Chung’s 11, but they also had seasons in which they didn’t play in the playoffs. Missing the playoffs (or riding the bench instead of playing) renders a player ineligible for this particular list.
| Number of Seasons | Players |
|---|---|
| 11 | Patrick Chung |
| 10 | Otto Graham, James Winchester (KC) |
| 9 | Pat Donovan, Chris Jones (KC), Bubba Paris, Demarcus Robinson (SF) |
| 8 | Harrison Butker (KC), Dixon Edwards, Lin Houston, Leon Searcy |
| 7 | Curtis Duncan, Ernie Holmes, Derrick Nnadi (NYJ), Lou Rymkus |
| 6 | 13 players (3 active) |
| 5 | 16 players (8 active) |
| 4 | 29 players (12 active) |
| 3 | 53 players (26 active) |
| 2 | 134 players (56 active) |
| 1 | 540 players (102 active) |
Now, you might also be wondering, as I did, whether any other player tied or surpassed 11 straight playoff appearances to start a career before missing the playoffs in a subsequent season. The answer is no. The record for that is held by Frank Gatski, Lou Groza, Dante Lavelli, and Devin McCourty, who all made the playoffs their first 10 seasons before missing the playoffs in their 11th.