:Template:Professional gridiron football leagues in North America
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| name = Professional gridiron football leagues in North America
| title = Professional gridiron football leagues in North America
| state = {{{state
| listclass = hlist
| group1 = American football
| list1 = {{Navbox|subgroup
| group1 = Major
| list1 =
- National Football League (1920–present)
| group2 = Other
| list2 =
- American 7s Football League (2015–present)
- Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (2016–present)
- United Football League (2024–present)
| group3 = Defunct national
| list3 =
- American Football League (1926)²
- {{nowrap|American Football League (1936–1937)}}²
- {{nowrap|American Football League (1940–1941)}}
- All-America Football Conference² (1945–1949)
- {{nowrap|American Football League (1960–1969)¹}}
- Continental Football League (1965–1969)
- World Football League (1974–1975)
- United States Football League (1983–1985)
- {{nowrap|World League of American Football/NFL Europe/NFL Europa³}}
- XFL (2001)
- United Football League (2009–2012)
- Alliance of American Football (2019)
- XFL (2020, 2023)*
- United States Football League (2022–2023)*
| group4 = Defunct regional
| list4 =
- American Football Union (1886–1895)
- Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit** (1890–1905)
- Ohio League² (1902–1919)
- New York Pro Football League² (1908–1919)
- National Football League (1902)
- Anthracite League² (1924)
- Eastern League of Professional Football (1926–1927)
- American Football League (1934)
- Midwest Football League (1935–1940)
- Dixie League³ (1936–1947)
- American Association (American football)³
- American Football League (1938–1939)
- Eastern Pennsylvania Football League (1938)
- Pacific Coast Professional Football League³ (1940–1948)
- American Football League (1944)
- American Football League (1946–1950)³
- American Football Conference (1959–1961)
- United Football League (1961–1964)
- Atlantic Coast Football League³ (1962–1973)
- Midwest Football League (1962–1978)
- Professional Football League of America (1965–1967)
- Texas Football League (1966–1971)
- Seaboard Football League (1971–1974)
- American Football Association (1977–1983)
- Regional Football League (1999)
- Spring Football League (2000)
- World Football League (2008–2010)
- Stars Football League (2011–2013)
- Fall Experimental Football League (2014–2016)
- Fútbol Americano de México (2019–2022)
| below =
- ¹ Merged into the NFL. All teams still active as members of the NFL's American Football Conference.
- ² Teams moved to NFL
- ³ Official NFL minor league; see also Association of Professional Football Leagues
- * Merged into the UFL, still active as conferences within
}}
| group2 = Canadian football
| list2 = {{Navbox|subgroup
| group1 = Major
| list1 =
| group2 = Predecessors
| list2 =
- Direct
- Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
- Western Interprovincial Football Union
- Other
- Ontario Rugby Football Union
- Quebec Rugby Football Union
| group3 = Junior
| list3 =
}}
| group3 = Arena/Indoor football
| list3 = {{Navbox|subgroup
| group1 = Current
| list1 =
- American Indoor Football
- American Arena League 2
- Arena Football One
- Indoor Football League
- National Arena League
- The Arena League
- United Indoor Football Association
| group2= Defunct
| list2 =
- American Indoor Football Alliance
- American Professional Football League
- American West Football Conference
- Arena Football Association
- Arena Football League (1987–2008, 2010–2019)
- Arena Football League (2024)
- arenafootball2
- Arena Pro Football
- Can-Am Indoor Football League
- Champions Indoor Football
- Champions Professional Indoor Football League
- Continental Indoor Football League
- Great Lakes Arena Football
- Independent Indoor Football Alliance
- Indoor Football League (1999–2000)
- Indoor Professional Football League
- Intense Football League
- Lone Star Football League
- National Indoor Football League
- Professional Indoor Football League (1998)
- Professional Indoor Football League (2012)
- Southern Indoor Football League
- Supreme Indoor Football
- Ultimate Indoor Football League
- United Indoor Football
- X-League Indoor Football
- World Indoor Football League (2007)
- World Series of Football (1902–03)
| group3= On hiatus
| list3 =
}}
| group4 = Women's football
| list4 = {{Navbox|subgroup
| group1 = Outdoor
| list1 =
- Women's Football Alliance (2009–present)
- United States Women's Football League (2009–present)
- Women's National Football Conference (2018–present)
| group2 = Defunct Outdoor
| list2 =
- Women's Professional Football League (1965–1973)
- National Women's Football League (1974–1982)
- Women's Professional Football League (1999–2007)
- National Women's Football Association (2000–2008)
- Independent Women's Football League (2000–2018)
| group3 = Arena football
| list3 =
- X League (2009–present)
}}
}}
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