Think you can name all 32 NFL teams in six minutes? This name all 32 NFL teams challenge asks you to type every franchise in the league, from the Arizona Cardinals to the Washington Commanders. Nicknames on their own count, and so do full city-and-team names. Casual fans usually get the big markets fast, then hunt for the last few teams hiding in the AFC South or NFC West.
The NFL has had 32 teams since the Houston Texans joined in 2002. They split into two conferences, the AFC and the NFC, and each conference has four divisions of four teams: East, North, South and West. Every team plays its three division rivals twice a season, which is why those groupings are worth knowing. A few names have moved recently: the Raiders went from Oakland to Las Vegas in 2020, and Washington became the Commanders in 2022.
The easiest way to reach 32 is to go division by division and stop once you have four in each slot, since that tells you exactly where a gap is. Two cities field two teams apiece: New York (the Giants and Jets, both playing in New Jersey) and Los Angeles (the Rams and Chargers). Teams named for a state or region, such as Carolina, Tennessee, Arizona, Minnesota and New England, are the ones players most often forget.