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AFC North

Conference	American Football Conference
League	National Football League
Sport	American football
Founded	1970 (as AFC Central Division)
No. of teams	4
Country	United States
Most recentchampion	Pittsburgh Steelers (25th title)
Most titles	Pittsburgh Steelers (25 titles)

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The American Football Conference – Northern Division or AFC North is one of the four divisions of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The division was created after the NFL realigned its divisions upon expanding to 32 teams, with the 2002 NFL season marking the league's first season following this restructuring. The division consists of the Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, and Pittsburgh Steelers. Prior to this realignment, these teams were members of the AFC Central Division, along with the Tennessee Titans and Jacksonville Jaguars.

This is the only division in the NFL in which no member team has hosted a Super Bowl in their stadiums. The division, however, has won eight Super Bowl titles (six for Pittsburgh, two for Baltimore) in total.

Formation

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The AFC North currently has four members: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, and Pittsburgh Steelers. The original four members of the AFC Central were the Browns, Bengals, Steelers and Houston Oilers (now the Tennessee Titans).

The AFC North is the only AFC division that does not contain a charter team from the original American Football League. However, the Cincinnati Bengals were an AFL expansion team in the 1968 AFL season (the Steelers and Browns joined the AFC in 1970), although the Bengals joining the AFL was contingent on the team joining the NFL after the AFL–NFL merger was finalized in 1970, as Paul Brown was not a supporter of the AFL.

The AFC North contains all three of the pre-merger NFL cities (Baltimore, Cleveland and Pittsburgh) whose then-franchises joined the AFC in 1970. Three of the teams also have interlocked histories. Both the Bengals and the Browns were founded by Paul Brown, while the Ravens and the city of Cleveland have their own unique relationship. Only the Steelers, the oldest franchise in the division, have no direct history involving Paul Brown.

History

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1970s

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The AFC Central division was formed when the Browns and Steelers brought their rivalry from the NFL Century Division to the AFC in 1970, joining the newly formed "AFC Central" with the Houston Oilers (from the AFL's East Division) and Cincinnati Bengals (from the AFL's West Division).

Although the Bengals won the first AFC Central Division Championship in 1970, the Steelers dominated the division for most of the 1970s. The Steelers also would win four Super Bowls in the decade, which were also the team's first league titles.

1980s

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The 1980 Cleveland Browns broke the Steelers' six-year run as division champions, but failed to advance past the divisional round of the playoffs, losing to the Oakland Raiders as a result of Red Right 88. The Bengals were the only team to represent the AFC Central in the Super Bowl during the decade, appearing in Super Bowls XVI in the 1981 season and XXIII in the 1988 season. Both appearances resulted in close losses to the San Francisco 49ers.

1990s

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The Steelers returned as the dominant team in the division in 1992. They won five divisional titles in six years, and played in Super Bowl XXX, in which they lost to the Dallas Cowboys.[1]

In 1992, the Oilers were involved in one of the most famous playoff games in NFL history. In a game now known as The Comeback, the Oilers surrendered a 32-point lead to the Buffalo Bills and lost in overtime, 41–38. It was the largest deficit ever overcome in the history of the NFL for nearly 30 years.

In 1995, the Jacksonville Jaguars joined the league through expansion and were placed in the AFC Central. It was the first change to the structure of the division since its inception and added a second team to the division from the U.S. South. In 1996, in one of the most controversial decisions in American sports history, the Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore and were rechristened as the Baltimore Ravens. Then in 1997, the Oilers moved to Tennessee but remained in the division (the team later was renamed the Titans in 1999). The makeup of the AFC Central changed once again in 1999 when the NFL reactivated the Cleveland Browns. The division had six teams for the 1999 to 2001 seasons, and was the only division to have that many teams in the post-merger era.

Aside from Pittsburgh's appearance in Super Bowl XXX, the only other appearance in the Super Bowl for the division in the decade was the Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV, who came up one yard short of the first Super Bowl to go into overtime. Along the way, the team got revenge on the Bills seven years after the comeback in the wild-card round by defeating the Bills 22–16 as a result of the Music City Miracle.

2000s

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The decade began with the Baltimore Ravens winning the division and Super Bowl XXXV. The team's defense, led by linebacker Ray Lewis, was arguably one of the best defenses of all time.

The Pittsburgh Steelers won the AFC Central in 2001.

In 2002, the NFL realigned into eight divisions of four teams. The Jaguars and Titans—the latter winning the AFC Central title in 2000—were both moved to the new AFC South, while the rest of the AFC Central remained intact and was renamed the AFC North. The Bengals, Browns, and Steelers were guaranteed to remain in a division together in any circumstance; this was part of the NFL's settlement with the city of Cleveland in the wake of the 1995 Cleveland Browns relocation controversy.[2][failed verification] The division, geographically speaking, thus became the shortest driving distance between each team among the NFL's eight divisions, as three of the teams are located within close proximity of Interstate 70 (with the one city that is not, Cleveland, being two hours north of I-70), and the distance between Baltimore and Cincinnati (the two teams furthest away from each other) being only 526 miles (847 km) apart. The Browns and Steelers, the two closest rivals, even ride a bus to their games instead of flying.[3]

Since realignment, the Steelers have won the division title nine times, the Ravens have won the division eight times, the Bengals have each won four times. The Steelers have swept all divisional opponents twice, in 2002 and 2008 (going 7 for 7 both times, winning against the Browns in a 2002 AFC Wildcard game and the Ravens in the 2008 AFC Championship), and the Ravens and Bengals have swept all three divisional opponents once each, the Bengals in 2009 and Ravens in 2011.

Since divisional realignment, the Steelers have made the playoffs ten times, the Ravens eight times, the Bengals six times, and the Browns have not won a division title.

In 2005, although finishing second in the division to the Bengals, the Steelers became the first team in NFL history to enter the playoffs as a #6 seeded wild card team and win the Super Bowl.

In 2008, the Steelers became the first team to repeat as division champion since the division's realignment in 2002. The team went on to win Super Bowl XLIII that season, their second Super Bowl in four years and an NFL-record sixth overall.

In 2009, the Cincinnati Bengals swept their annual six-game slate of divisional opponents. Their first three games against the AFC North came in weeks three-through-five when they beat the Steelers, Browns and Ravens, respectively, each by three points. The close finishes deemed the Bengals, "Cardiac Cats". Cincinnati clinched their first division title since 2005 in a week 16 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs, 17–10. In the playoffs, however, the Bengals fell to the New York Jets at home, 24–14.

Baltimore finished off their season by winning three of their final four games to finish 9-7 and earn the number-six seed in the AFC Playoffs. In the first round of the postseason, Baltimore defeated the New England Patriots in Foxboro, 33–14. In the divisional round of the postseason, Baltimore's season came to an end with a 20–3 loss to the Indianapolis Colts, who would defeat the Jets one week later to win the conference.

2010s

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The Ravens repeated as division champions in 2011 and 2012. The team went on to win Super Bowl XLVII over the San Francisco 49ers, on February 3, 2013, in New Orleans. It was the second franchise Super Bowl win. As of 2012, the Steelers are the AFC North's most successful team with a 599–547–21 record all-time with the Browns 2nd in line with an overall record of 510–441–while the Ravens sit in 3rd (even though they were not an official franchise until 1996) at 164–128–and then the Bengals today remain the only team in the division with their all-time record below .500 as they sit in last at 310–396–.

In 2015, the Bengals became the first team in the AFC North (Central) to ever start the year 8–0, finishing the season 12–4 and winning the division for the second time in three years. Cincinnati clinched the division title in week 16 when the Steelers were upset by the 4–10 Ravens in Baltimore, quarterbacked by Ryan Mallett. Bengals' quarterback Andy Dalton was having his best season of his five-year career until breaking his thumb on December 13 against Pittsburgh caused him to miss the rest of the season. In the playoffs, Cincinnati (quarterbacked by A. J. McCarron) lost in a rematch with the Steelers, 18–16, in the final minutes of a heated battle. Pittsburgh advanced to the divisional round of the playoffs, only to lose to Peyton Manning and the eventual Super Bowl Champion Denver Broncos.

The Steelers won the division title in 2016 after a 31–27 win over the Ravens on Christmas Day. Despite victories in the playoffs against Miami and Kansas City, they fell to New England in the AFC Championship Game.

One particularly notable game in the 2017 occurred in a Week 13 Monday Night Football matchup between the Bengals and the Steelers. During the game, the Bengals took a 17–0 lead, but the Steelers outscored them 23–3 the rest of the game for 23–20 win. The game was a brutal affair with serious injuries to Shazier, Mixon and Burfict and subsequent suspensions to JuJu Smith-Schuster and George Iloka (with Iloka's later being overturned).[4] The two teams clocked up four penalties for unnecessary roughness, one for unsportsmanlike conduct, one for roughing the passer and another for taunting. The Bengals themselves clocked up 13 penalties for 173 yards. When asked about the viciousness and the brutality of the game, Roethlisberger responded that it was "AFC North football".[5]

The Ravens clinched the division in Week 15 of 2019 in a 42–21 win over the NY Jets. However, they were upset by the Tennessee Titans at home in the second round as the Number 1 seed.

2020s

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The Steelers won the division in 2020.[6] The Ravens and Browns also made it into the playoffs as the 5th and 6th seeded wildcards respectively. For the Browns, it was their first playoff appearance since 2002. The Browns defeated the Steelers 48–37 in Pittsburgh for the wild-card round, marking their first playoff win since 1994. The Ravens beat the Titans 20–13 in their Wild Card matchup. However, both the Ravens and Browns failed to win their Divisional Round matchups, losing 17–3 to the Bills and 22–17 to the Chiefs respectively.

The Bengals won the division in 2021.[7] The Steelers were given a shocking last minute invite to the NFL Playoffs, but their journey fell short with a loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the wild card round. The Bengals beat the Raiders at home 26–19 in the Wild Card matchup, marking their first playoff win since 1990. They then beat the Titans 19–16 in Tennessee, and the Chiefs 27–24 in Kansas City to make it to the Super Bowl. Their season ended with a 23–20 loss in Super Bowl LVI to the Rams.

The Cincinnati Bengals won the division for the second consecutive time in 2022.[8] The 11–4 Bengals faced up against the 12–3 Buffalo Bills on January 2, 2023, however, Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed after a tackle on Tee Higgins. The game was suspended after the play. Days later, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell cancelled the game. By win percentage, the Bengals won the North again. After a victory against the Atlanta Falcons, the Baltimore Ravens clinched their playoff spot as well. On January 15, 2023, in the Super Wild Card Weekend, the #3 ranked Bengals played at home against the #6 Ravens. Bengals defeated Ravens by a score of 24–17 with the most notable play by Tyler Huntley failing a Quarterback Sneak at the Bengals 2-yard line. Huntley did not secure the football as Logan Wilson stripped and Huntley fumbled the ball and Sam Hubbard recovered the ball, running a 98-yard Scoop and Score to defeat the Ravens. This play was the longest fumble return touchdown in NFL playoff history. On January 22, the Bengals and the Bills rematched at the Bills' home stadium, Highmark Stadium. Despite the home field advantage and heavy snow conditions, the Bengals were able to upset the Bills, with a score of 27–10 after Bills quarterback Josh Allen was intercepted on the team's final offensive play by Cam Taylor-Britt. The Bengals then advanced to face against the Kansas City Chiefs for the AFC Championship for the second consecutive time. The Bengals would lose this time after a costly penalty allowed the Chiefs to hit a game winning field goal. This was the first ever back-to-back championship appearance in Bengals' history.

The Baltimore Ravens won the division in 2023, as well as the #1 seed in the AFC.[9] All 4 teams in the AFC North finished the 2023 regular season with winning records. 2023 marked the first time since 1935 that each team within an entire division finished the regular season with a winning record. The Steelers became the first team in AFC and AFC North history to post 20 consecutive non-losing records.

Baltimore won the division in 2024, with the Steelers also clinching a wildcard spot in the 2024–25 NFL playoffs.

In 2025, the division came down to a Week 18 matchup between the 9–7 Steelers and the 8–8 Ravens in Pittsburgh. The Steelers narrowly won, 26–24, clinching their first division title since 2020 and eliminating the Ravens from playoff contention.

Division lineups

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Place cursor over year for division champ or Super Bowl team.

AFC Central Division[A]
1900s																														2000s
70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01
Pittsburgh Steelers
Cleveland Browns [B]																										suspended operations			Cleveland Browns
Houston Oilers[C]																											Tennessee Oilers		Tennessee Titans
Cincinnati Bengals
																									Jacksonville Jaguars[D]
																										Baltimore Ravens[E]

AFC North Division[F]
2000s
02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Pittsburgh Steelers
Cleveland Browns
Cincinnati Bengals
Baltimore Ravens
Team not in division   Division won Super Bowl   Division won AFC Championship

A In 1970 the division formed in American Football Conference. B After the 1995 season, the Cleveland Browns franchise was deactivated; personnel, moved to the enfranchised Baltimore Ravens. The Cleveland Browns franchise was reactivated in 1999. The Browns, Ravens, and NFL officially consider the post-1999 Browns to be a continuation of the original team founded in 1946. C Houston moved to Memphis as Tennessee Oilers in 1997, moved to Nashville in 1998 (still known as Oilers). Team was renamed Tennessee Titans in 1999. D Jacksonville Jaguars enfranchised (1995 season). E Baltimore Ravens enfranchised (1996 season) F Division renamed AFC North. Jacksonville and Tennessee moved to AFC South.

Division champions

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Season	Team	Record	Playoff Results
AFC Central
1970	Cincinnati Bengals (1)	8–6	Lost Divisional playoffs (at Colts) 0–17
1971	Cleveland Browns (1)	9–5	Lost Divisional playoffs (Colts) 3–20
1972	Pittsburgh Steelers (1)	11–3	Won Divisional playoffs (Raiders) 13–7Lost AFC Championship (Dolphins) 17–21
1973	Cincinnati Bengals (2)	10–4	Lost Divisional playoffs (at Dolphins) 16–34
1974	Pittsburgh Steelers (2)	10–3–1	Won Divisional playoffs (Bills) 32–14Won AFC Championship (at Raiders) 24–13Won Super Bowl IX (vs. Vikings) 16–6
1975	Pittsburgh Steelers (3)	12–2	Won Divisional playoffs (Colts) 28–10Won AFC Championship (Raiders) 16–10Won Super Bowl X (vs. Cowboys) 21–17
1976	Pittsburgh Steelers (4)	10–4	Won Divisional playoffs (at Colts) 40–14Lost AFC Championship (at Raiders) 7–24
1977	Pittsburgh Steelers (5)	9–5	Lost Divisional playoffs (at Broncos) 21–34
1978	Pittsburgh Steelers (6)	14–2	Won Divisional playoffs (Broncos) 33–10Won AFC Championship (Oilers) 34–5Won Super Bowl XIII (vs. Cowboys) 35–31
1979	Pittsburgh Steelers (7)	12–4	Won Divisional playoffs (Dolphins) 34–14Won AFC Championship (Oilers) 27–13Won Super Bowl XIV (vs. Rams) 31–19
1980	Cleveland Browns (2)	11–5	Lost Divisional playoffs (Raiders) 12–14
1981	Cincinnati Bengals (3)	12–4	Won Divisional playoffs (Bills) 28–21Won AFC Championship (Chargers) 27–7Lost Super Bowl XVI (vs. 49ers) 21–26
1982+	Cincinnati Bengals (–)	7–2	Lost First Round playoffs (Jets) 17–44
1983	Pittsburgh Steelers (8)	10–6	Lost Divisional playoffs (at Raiders) 10–38
1984	Pittsburgh Steelers (9)	9–7	Won Divisional playoffs (at Broncos) 24–17Lost AFC Championship (at Dolphins) 28–45
1985	Cleveland Browns (3)	8–8	Lost Divisional playoffs (at Dolphins) 21–24
1986	Cleveland Browns (4)	12–4	Won Divisional playoffs (Jets) 23–20 (2OT)Lost AFC Championship (Broncos) 20–23 (OT)
1987	Cleveland Browns (5)	10–5	Won Divisional playoffs (Colts) 38–21Lost AFC Championship (at Broncos) 33–38
1988	Cincinnati Bengals (4)	12–4	Won Divisional playoffs (Seahawks) 21–13Won AFC Championship (Bills) 21–10Lost Super Bowl XXIII (vs. 49ers) 16–20
1989	Cleveland Browns (6)	9–6–1	Won Divisional playoffs (Bills) 34–30Lost AFC Championship (Broncos) 21–37
1990	Cincinnati Bengals (5)	9–7	Won Wild Card playoffs (Oilers) 41–14Lost Divisional playoffs (at Raiders) 10–20
1991	Houston Oilers (1)	11–5	Won Wild Card playoffs (Jets) 17–10Lost Divisional playoffs (at Broncos) 24–26
1992	Pittsburgh Steelers (10)	11–5	Lost Divisional playoffs (Bills) 24–3
1993	Houston Oilers (2)	12–4	Lost Divisional playoffs (Chiefs) 20–28
1994	Pittsburgh Steelers (11)	12–4	Won Divisional playoffs (Browns) 29–9Lost AFC Championship (Chargers) 13–17
1995	Pittsburgh Steelers (12)	11–5	Won Divisional playoffs (Bills) 40–21Won AFC Championship (Colts) 20–16Lost Super Bowl XXX (vs. Cowboys) 17–27
1996	Pittsburgh Steelers (13)	10–6	Won Wild Card playoffs (Colts) 42–14Lost Divisional playoffs (at Patriots) 3–28
1997	Pittsburgh Steelers (14)	11–5	Won Divisional playoffs (Patriots) 7–6Lost AFC Championship (Broncos) 21–24
1998	Jacksonville Jaguars (1)	11–5	Won Wild Card playoffs (Patriots) 25–10Lost Divisional playoffs (at Jets) 24–34
1999	Jacksonville Jaguars (2)	14–2	Won Divisional playoffs (Dolphins) 62–7Lost AFC Championship (Titans) 14–33
2000	Tennessee Titans (3)	13–3	Lost Divisional playoffs (Ravens) 10–24
2001	Pittsburgh Steelers (15)	13–3	Won Divisional playoffs (Ravens) 27–10Lost AFC Championship (Patriots) 17–24
AFC North
2002	Pittsburgh Steelers (16)	10–5–1	Won Wild Card playoffs (Browns) 36–33Lost Divisional playoffs (at Titans) 31–34
2003	Baltimore Ravens (1)	10–6	Lost Wild Card playoffs (Titans) 17–20
2004	Pittsburgh Steelers (17)	15–1	Won Divisional playoffs (Jets) 20–17 Lost AFC Championship (Patriots) 27–41
2005	Cincinnati Bengals (6)	11–5	Lost Wild Card playoffs (Steelers) 17–31
2006	Baltimore Ravens (2)	13–3	Lost Divisional playoffs (Colts) 6–15
2007	Pittsburgh Steelers (18)	10–6	Lost Wild Card playoffs (Jaguars) 29–31
2008	Pittsburgh Steelers (19)	12–4	Won Divisional playoffs (Chargers) 35–24Won AFC Championship (Ravens) 23–14Won Super Bowl XLIII (vs. Cardinals) 27–23
2009	Cincinnati Bengals (7)	10–6	Lost Wild Card playoffs (Jets) 14–24
2010	Pittsburgh Steelers (20)	12–4	Won Divisional playoffs (Ravens) 31–24Won AFC Championship (Jets) 24–19Lost Super Bowl XLV (vs. Packers) 25–31
2011	Baltimore Ravens (3)	12–4	Won Divisional playoffs (Texans) 20–13Lost AFC Championship (at Patriots) 20–23
2012	Baltimore Ravens (4)	10–6	Won Wild Card playoffs (Colts) 24–9Won Divisional playoffs (at Broncos) 38–35 (2OT)Won AFC Championship (at Patriots) 28–13Won Super Bowl XLVII (vs. 49ers) 34–31
2013	Cincinnati Bengals (8)	11–5	Lost Wild Card playoffs (Chargers) 10–27
2014	Pittsburgh Steelers (21)	11–5	Lost Wild Card playoffs (Ravens) 17–30
2015	Cincinnati Bengals (9)	12–4	Lost Wild Card playoffs (Steelers) 16–18
2016	Pittsburgh Steelers (22)	11–5	Won Wild Card playoffs (Dolphins) 30–12Won Divisional playoffs (at Chiefs) 18–16Lost AFC Championship (at Patriots) 17–36
2017	Pittsburgh Steelers (23)	13–3	Lost Divisional playoffs (Jaguars) 42–45
2018	Baltimore Ravens (5)	10–6	Lost Wild Card playoffs (Chargers) 17–23
2019	Baltimore Ravens (6)	14–2	Lost Divisional playoffs (Titans) 12–28
2020	Pittsburgh Steelers (24)	12–4	Lost Wild Card playoffs (Browns) 37–48
2021	Cincinnati Bengals (10)	10–7	Won Wild Card playoffs (Raiders) 26–19Won Divisional playoffs (at Titans) 19–16Won AFC Championship (at Chiefs) 27–24 (OT)Lost Super Bowl LVI (vs. Rams) 20–23
2022++	Cincinnati Bengals (11)	12–4	Won Wild Card playoffs (Ravens) 24–17 Won Divisional playoffs (at Bills) 27–10 Lost AFC Championship (at Chiefs) 20–23
2023	Baltimore Ravens (7)	13–4	Won Divisional playoffs (Texans) 34–10 Lost AFC Championship (Chiefs) 10–17
2024	Baltimore Ravens (8)	12–5	Won Wild Card playoffs (Steelers) 28–14 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Bills) 25–27
2025	Pittsburgh Steelers (25)	10–7	Lost Wild Card playoffs (Texans) 6–30

+ A players' strike in 1982 reduced the regular season to nine games. Because of the strike, the league used for its playoffs a special 16-team "Super Bowl Tournament" just for this year. Division standings were not formally acknowledged (although every division wound up sending at least one team to the playoffs); Cincinnati had the best record of the division teams.

++ Due to the Week 17 game against the Buffalo Bills being declared a no-contest (and later cancelled), the Cincinnati Bengals officially played 16 games in the 2022 season. This, however, had no bearing on the winner of the Division as the Bengals had 2 more wins than the second placed Ravens.

Wild Card qualifiers

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Season	Team	Record	Playoff Results
AFC Central
1972	Cleveland Browns	10–4	Lost Divisional playoffs (at Dolphins) 14–20
1973	Pittsburgh Steelers	10–4	Lost Divisional playoffs (at Raiders) 14–33
1975	Cincinnati Bengals	11–3	Lost Divisional playoffs (at Raiders) 28–31
1978	Houston Oilers	10–6	Won Wild Card playoffs (at Dolphins) 17–9Won Divisional playoffs (at Patriots) 31–14Lost AFC Championship (at Steelers) 5–34
1979	Houston Oilers	11–5	Won Wild Card playoffs (Broncos) 13–7Won Divisional playoffs (at Chargers) 17–14Lost AFC Championship (at Steelers) 13–27
1980	Houston Oilers	11–5	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Raiders) 7–27
1982 +	Pittsburgh Steelers	6–3	Lost First Round playoffs (Chargers) 28–31
	Cleveland Browns	4–5	Lost First Round playoffs (at Raiders) 10–27
1987	Houston Oilers	9–6	Won Wild Card playoffs (Seahawks) 23–20 (OT)Lost Divisional playoffs (at Broncos) 10–34
1988	Cleveland Browns	10–6	Lost Wild Card playoffs (Oilers) 23–24
	Houston Oilers	10–6	Won Wild Card playoffs (at Browns) 24–23Lost Divisional playoffs (at Bills) 10–17
1989	Houston Oilers	9–7	Lost Wild Card playoffs (Steelers) 23–26 (OT)
	Pittsburgh Steelers	9–7	Won Wild Card playoffs (at Oilers) 26–23 (OT) Lost Divisional playoffs (at Broncos) 23–24
1990	Houston Oilers	9–7	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Bengals) 14–41
1992	Houston Oilers	10–6	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Bills) 38–41 (OT)
1993	Pittsburgh Steelers	9–7	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Chiefs) 27–24 (OT)
1994	Cleveland Browns	11–5	Won Wild Card playoffs (Patriots) 20–13Lost Divisional playoffs (at Steelers) 9–29
1996	Jacksonville Jaguars	9–7	Won Wild Card playoffs (at Bills) 30–27Won Divisional playoffs (at Broncos) 30–27Lost AFC Championship (at Patriots) 6–20
1997	Jacksonville Jaguars	11–5	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Broncos) 17–42
1999	Tennessee Titans	13–3	Won Wild Card playoffs (Bills) 22–16Won Divisional playoffs (at Colts) 19–16Won AFC Championship (at Jaguars) 33–14Lost Super Bowl XXXIV (vs. Rams) 16–23
2000	Baltimore Ravens	12–4	Won Wild Card playoffs (Broncos) 21–3Won Divisional playoffs (at Titans) 24–10Won AFC Championship (at Raiders) 16–3Won Super Bowl XXXV (vs. Giants) 34–7
2001	Baltimore Ravens	10–6	Won Wild Card playoffs (at Dolphins) 20–3Lost Divisional playoffs (at Steelers) 10–27
AFC North
2002	Cleveland Browns	9–7	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Steelers) 33–36
2005	Pittsburgh Steelers	11–5	Won Wild Card playoffs (at Bengals) 31–17Won Divisional playoffs (at Colts) 21–18 Won AFC Championship (at Broncos) 34–17Won Super Bowl XL (vs. Seahawks) 21–10
2008	Baltimore Ravens	11–5	Won Wild Card playoffs (at Dolphins) 27–9 Won Divisional playoffs (at Titans) 13–10 Lost AFC Championship (at Steelers) 14–23
2009	Baltimore Ravens	9–7	Won Wild Card playoffs (at Patriots) 33–14 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Colts) 3–20
2010	Baltimore Ravens	12–4	Won Wild Card playoffs (at Chiefs) 30–7 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Steelers) 24–31
2011	Pittsburgh Steelers	12–4	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Broncos) 23–29 (OT)
	Cincinnati Bengals	9–7	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Texans) 10–31
2012	Cincinnati Bengals	10–6	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Texans) 13–19
2014	Cincinnati Bengals	10–5–1	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Colts) 10–26
	Baltimore Ravens	10–6	Won Wild Card playoffs (at Steelers) 30–17 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Patriots) 31–35
2015	Pittsburgh Steelers	10–6	Won Wild Card playoffs (at Bengals) 18–16 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Broncos) 16–23
2020	Baltimore Ravens	11–5	Won Wild Card playoffs (at Titans) 20–13 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Bills) 3–17
	Cleveland Browns	11–5	Won Wild Card playoffs (at Steelers) 48–37 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Chiefs) 17–22
2021	Pittsburgh Steelers	9–7–1	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Chiefs) 21–42
2022	Baltimore Ravens	10–7	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Bengals) 17–24
2023	Cleveland Browns	11–6	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Texans) 14–45
	Pittsburgh Steelers	10–7	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Bills) 17–31
2024	Pittsburgh Steelers	10–7	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Ravens) 14–28

+ A players' strike in 1982 reduced the regular season to nine games, so the league used a special 16-team playoff tournament just for this year.

Total playoff berths

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At the conclusion of the 2025 NFL season

Teams withDivision titles	Division Championships	Playoff Berths	AFC Titles	Super Bowlwins
Pittsburgh Steelers[10]	25	35	8	6
Cincinnati Bengals[11]	11	16	3	0
Baltimore Ravens[12]	8	16	2	2
Cleveland Browns[13]	6	13	0	0
Tennessee Titans*[14]	3	12	1	0
Jacksonville Jaguars*[15]	2	4	0	0

• Includes records of Houston & Tennessee Oilers and Jacksonville through 2001 season

Season results

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(#)	Denotes team that won the Super Bowl
(#)	Denotes team that won the AFC Championship
(#)	Denotes team that qualified for the NFL Playoffs

Season	Team (record)
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
AFC Central
1970: The AFC Central Division was formed with four inaugural members. The Houston Oilers joined from the AFL Eastern Division, the Cincinnati Bengals joined from the AFL Western Division, while the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers joined from the Century Division
1970	Cincinnati (8–6)	Cleveland (7–7)	Pittsburgh (5–9)	Houston (3–10–1)
1971	Cleveland (9–5)	Pittsburgh (6–8)	Houston (4–9–1)	Cincinnati (4–10)
1972	Pittsburgh (11–3)	Cleveland (10–4)	Cincinnati (8–6)	Houston (1–13)
1973	Cincinnati (10–4)	Pittsburgh (10–4)	Cleveland (7–5–2)	Houston (1–13)
1974	Pittsburgh (10–3–1)	Houston (7–7)	Cincinnati (7–7)	Cleveland (4–10)
1975	(1) Pittsburgh (12–2)	(4) Cincinnati (11–3)	Houston (10–4)	Cleveland (3–11)
1976	(3) Pittsburgh (10–4)	Cincinnati (10–4)	Cleveland (9–5)	Houston (5–9)
1977	(3) Pittsburgh (9–5)	Cincinnati (8–6)	Houston (8–6)	Cleveland (6–8)
1978	(1) Pittsburgh (14–2)	(5) Houston (10–6)	Cleveland (8–8)	Cincinnati (4–12)
1979	(2) Pittsburgh (12–4)	(4) Houston (11–5)	Cleveland (9–7)	Cincinnati (4–12)
1980	(2) Cleveland (11–5)	(5) Houston (11–5)	Pittsburgh (9–7)	Cincinnati (6–10)
1981	(1) Cincinnati (12–4)	Pittsburgh (8–8)	Houston (7–9)	Cleveland (5–11)
1982^	(3) Cincinnati (7–2)	(4) Pittsburgh (6–3)	(8) Cleveland (4–5)	Houston (1–8)
1983	(3) Pittsburgh (10–6)	Cleveland (9–7)	Cincinnati (7–9)	Houston (2–14)
1984	(3) Pittsburgh (9–7)	Cincinnati (8–8)	Cleveland (5–11)	Houston (3–13)
1985	(3) Cleveland (8–8)	Cincinnati (7–9)	Pittsburgh (7–9)	Houston (5–11)
1986	(1) Cleveland (12–4)	Cincinnati (10–6)	Pittsburgh (6–10)	Houston (5–11)
1987	(2) Cleveland (10–5)	(4) Houston (9–6)	Pittsburgh (8–7)	Cincinnati (4–11)
1988	(1) Cincinnati (12–4)	(4) Cleveland (10–6)	(5) Houston (10–6)	Pittsburgh (5–11)
1989	(2) Cleveland (9–6–1)	(4) Houston (9–7)	(5) Pittsburgh (9–7)	Cincinnati (8–8)
1990	(3) Cincinnati (9–7)	(6) Houston (9–7)	Pittsburgh (9–7)	Cleveland (3–13)
1991	(3) Houston (11–5)	Pittsburgh (7–9)	Cleveland (6–10)	Cincinnati (3–13)
1992	(1) Pittsburgh (11–5)	(5) Houston (10–6)	Cleveland (7–9)	Cincinnati (5–11)
1993	(2) Houston (12–4)	(6) Pittsburgh (9–7)	Cleveland (7–9)	Cincinnati (3–13)
1994	(1) Pittsburgh (12–4)	(4) Cleveland (11–5)	Cincinnati (3–13)	Houston (2–14)
1995: An expansion team, Jacksonville Jaguars, joined the division.
1995	(2) Pittsburgh (11–5)	Houston (7–9)	Cincinnati (7–9)	Cleveland (5–11)	Jacksonville (4–12)
1996: The Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore and became the Baltimore Ravens. Their history and records as the Browns remained in Cleveland for a potential expansion team to acquire.
1996	(3) Pittsburgh (10–6)	(5) Jacksonville (9–7)	Cincinnati (8–8)	Houston (8–8)	Baltimore (4–12)
1997: The Houston Oilers relocated to become the Tennessee Oilers.
1997	(2) Pittsburgh (11–5)	(5) Jacksonville (11–5)	Tennessee (8–8)	Cincinnati (7–9)	Baltimore (6–9–1)
1998	(3) Jacksonville (11–5)	Tennessee (8–8)	Pittsburgh (7–9)	Baltimore (6–10)	Cincinnati (3–13)
1999: The Cleveland Browns rejoined the AFC Central as an expansion team after being inactive for three seasons, regaining the history and records of the original Browns. In addition to this, the Tennessee Oilers rebranded as the Tennessee Titans.
1999	(1) Jacksonville (14–2)	(4) Tennessee (13–3)	Baltimore (8–8)	Pittsburgh (6–10)	Cincinnati (4–12)	Cleveland (2–14)
2000	(1) Tennessee (13–3)	(4) Baltimore (12–4)	Pittsburgh (9–7)	Jacksonville (7–9)	Cincinnati (4–12)	Cleveland (3–13)
2001	(1) Pittsburgh (13–3)	(5) Baltimore (10–6)	Cleveland (7–9)	Tennessee (7–9)	Jacksonville (6–10)	Cincinnati (6–10)
AFC North
2002: The AFC Central was realigned for 4 members and was renamed the AFC North. The Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans both moved to the newly formed AFC South.
2002	(3) Pittsburgh (10–5–1)	(6) Cleveland (9–7)	Baltimore (7–9)	Cincinnati (2–14)
2003	(4) Baltimore (10–6)	Cincinnati (8–8)	Pittsburgh (6–10)	Cleveland (5–11)
2004	(1) Pittsburgh (15–1)	Baltimore (9–7)	Cincinnati (8–8)	Cleveland (4–12)
2005	(3) Cincinnati (11–5)	(6) Pittsburgh (11–5)	Baltimore (6–10)	Cleveland (6–10)
2006	(2) Baltimore (13–3)	Cincinnati (8–8)	Pittsburgh (8–8)	Cleveland (4–12)
2007	(4) Pittsburgh (10–6)	Cleveland (10–6)	Cincinnati (7–9)	Baltimore (5–11)
2008	(2) Pittsburgh (12–4)	(6) Baltimore (11–5)	Cincinnati (4–11–1)	Cleveland (4–12)
2009	(4) Cincinnati (10–6)	(6) Baltimore (9–7)	Pittsburgh (9–7)	Cleveland (5–11)
2010	(2) Pittsburgh (12–4)	(5) Baltimore (12–4)	Cleveland (5–11)	Cincinnati (4–12)
2011	(2) Baltimore (12–4)	(5) Pittsburgh (12–4)	(6) Cincinnati (9–7)	Cleveland (4–12)
2012	(4) Baltimore (10–6)	(6) Cincinnati (10–6)	Pittsburgh (8–8)	Cleveland (5–11)
2013	(3) Cincinnati (11–5)	Pittsburgh (8–8)	Baltimore (8–8)	Cleveland (4–12)
2014	(3) Pittsburgh (11–5)	(5) Cincinnati (10–5–1)	(6) Baltimore (10–6)	Cleveland (7–9)
2015	(3) Cincinnati (12–4)	(6) Pittsburgh (10–6)	Baltimore (5–11)	Cleveland (3–13)
2016	(3) Pittsburgh (11–5)	Baltimore (8–8)	Cincinnati (6–9–1)	Cleveland (1–15)
2017	(2) Pittsburgh (13–3)	Baltimore (9–7)	Cincinnati (7–9)	Cleveland (0–16)
2018	(4) Baltimore (10–6)	Pittsburgh (9–6–1)	Cleveland (7–8–1)	Cincinnati (6–10)
2019	(1) Baltimore (14–2)	Pittsburgh (8–8)	Cleveland (6–10)	Cincinnati (2–14)
2020	(3) Pittsburgh (12–4)	(5) Baltimore (11–5)	(6) Cleveland (11–5)	Cincinnati (4–11–1)
2021	(4) Cincinnati (10–7)	(7) Pittsburgh (9–7–1)	Cleveland (8–9)	Baltimore (8–9)
2022	(3) Cincinnati (12–4)	(6) Baltimore (10–7)	Pittsburgh (9–8)	Cleveland (7–10)
2023	(1) Baltimore (13–4)	(5) Cleveland (11–6)	(7) Pittsburgh (10–7)	Cincinnati (9–8)
2024	(3) Baltimore (12–5)	(6) Pittsburgh (10–7)	Cincinnati (9–8)	Cleveland (3–14)
2025	(4) Pittsburgh (10–7)	Baltimore (8–9)	Cincinnati (6–11)	Cleveland (5–12)

^ A players' strike in 1982 reduced the regular season to nine games. Because of the strike, the league used for its playoffs a special 16-team "Super Bowl Tournament" just for this year. Division standings were not formally acknowledged (although every division wound up sending at least one team to the playoffs); Cincinnati had the best record of the division teams.

Schedule assignments

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Year	Opponents
	Interconf.	Intraconf.	17th Opponent
2026	NFC South	AFC South	NFC East(away)
2027	NFC West	AFC West	NFC North(home)
2028	NFC East	AFC East	NFC South(away)
2029	NFC North	AFC South	NFC West(home)
2030	NFC South	AFC West	NFC East(away)
2031	NFC West	AFC East	NFC North(home)

See also

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• Bengals–Browns rivalry
• Bengals–Ravens rivalry
• Bengals–Steelers rivalry
• Browns–Ravens rivalry
• Browns–Steelers rivalry
• Ravens–Steelers rivalry

Former member rivalries

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• Ravens–Titans rivalry
• Steelers–Titans rivalry

References

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1. ^ "Super Bowl XXX - Dallas Cowboys vs. Pittsburgh Steelers - January 28th, 1996". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
2. ^ Murray, Ken (May 21, 2001). "NFL VOTE ON REALIGNMENT NEARS". Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on December 20, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2025.
3. ^ Bouchette, Ed (December 29, 2010). "On the Steelers: Few, if any, signs of rivalry". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on December 30, 2010. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
4. ^ Patra, Kevin (December 5, 2017). "JuJu Smith-Schuster, George Iloka each suspended for one game". NFL.com. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
5. ^ Seifert, Kevin (December 5, 2017). "Brutality of Steelers-Bengals shouldn't be dismissed as 'AFC North football'". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
6. ^ "2020 NFL Standings & Team Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
7. ^ "2021 NFL Standings & Team Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
8. ^ "2022 NFL Standings & Team Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
9. ^ "2023 NFL Standings & Team Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
10. ^ Charter member of division in 1970.
11. ^ Moved in from the AFL West in 1970.
12. ^ This refers to the team that the league officially views as an expansion team that began play in 1996.
13. ^ This refers to the team that the league officially views as one continuous franchise that entered the division in 1970, suspended operations from 1996–1998, and resumed play in 1999.
14. ^ Moved in from the AFL East in 1970. Known as the Houston Oilers until 1996, as the Tennessee Oilers in 1997 and 1998, and the Tennessee Titans since 1999. Realigned into the AFC South in 2002.
15. ^ Realigned into the AFC South in 2002.

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Founded in 1968 Based and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio
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