This article ranks all 59 Super Bowl champions from worst to best, considering both regular season and playoff performance. The author utilizes advanced metrics like DVOA (Defense-adjusted Value Over Average) to evaluate the teams' strength and efficiency.
. There have now been 59 Super Bowl s since the NFL champion first took on the AFL champion after the 1966 season, which means we have 59 teams in this exclusive club. How do the 2024 Eagles stack up?
The 2011 Giants are the only Super Bowl champion in history to get outscored during the regular season, although they did face the third-toughest schedule that season and thus finished 13th in regular-season DVOA. They lost four straight games in the middle of the season to drop from 6-2 to 6-6, but then finished 3-1 and won a very mediocre NFC East at 9-7.
This team was less impressive than you might think, considering it finished the regular season 13-3. As with the Patriots, the first championship team of the 49ers' dynasty was clearly the weakest. The 49ers were 7-2 in one-score games in the regular season and finished only 10th in DVOA. They were in the top eight for both offense and defense, dragged down by an awful special teams unit.
Getting to the Super Bowl required two more one-score victories over the Steelers and the Patriots, but they easily beat the The Patriots also required a couple of very close victories in the playoffs. They beat the Titans 17-14 in the freezing cold and won the AFC championship 24-14 over the Colts in the snow.was a 32-29 win that required a last-second field goal to beat a Panthers team that was one of the weakest to ever appear in the Super Bowl .
The Steelers finished this regular season ranked third in PFR's Simple Rating System. They ranked sixth in points scored and second in points allowed. But the Steelers didn't require any close wins on their way to their first Super Bowl championship. Pittsburgh took the divisional game 32-14 over Buffalo and then won the AFC championship 24-13 over the Raiders.
A 28-7 victory over the Rams in the divisional round was impressive, despite the Packers turning over the ball four times. Next came the"" and a 21-17 victory over the Cowboys. Finally, the Packers dispatched the best team in the AFL, the 13-1 Oakland Raiders, 33-14 in Super Bowl II.Here's another team that wasn't quite as good as its 13-1 regular-season record.
Their DVOA moves up nicely thanks to some big playoff victories. They dominated Arizona 45-14 in the divisional round. The NFC championship required overtime and a Brett Favre interception for a 31-28 victory over the Vikings. But then the Saints beat the Colts 31-17 inQuarterback Ben Roethlisberger takes the snap from center against the Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII on Feb. 1, 2009, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
But the Giants weren't done with the dominating wins. They shut out Washington 17-0 in the NFC championship, with Washington getting just 2.7 net yards per play. Then they easily wonThis team is a good example of two facts about the NFL. First, advanced metrics are more predictive than win-loss records. The 49ers were the No. 1 team in DVOA in 1988 -- albeit with one of the lowest DVOA ratings ever for a No. 1 team -- despite going just 10-6 in the regular season.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes in action during Super Bowl LVII between the Chiefs and Eagles at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Bob Griese of the Dolphins turns to hand the ball off against Washington during Super Bowl VII at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Jan. 14, 1973. Led by John Elway and Terrell Davis, the 1997 Broncos were one of just six teams since 1981 to finish a season in the top five of DVOA for all three phases: second on offense, fifth on defense and fourth on special teams. Each of these teams won the Super Bowl except the 2022 Bills, 2023 Ravens and 2024 Lions.
The divisional game was a 31-6 beatdown of the 49ers. In the NFC Championship Game, they got 27-10 revenge against an Eagles team that had beaten them in Week 7. And in, Dwight Smith had two pick-sixes off Rich Gannon, and Keenan McCardell caught two touchdown passes from Brad Johnson as the Buccaneers easily won, 48-21.Led by MVP quarterback Bart Starr and coach Vince Lombardi, the 1966 Packers had the best Simple Rating System score in either league that season.
They did beat the rival Eagles 30-11 in the divisional round before taking out the Packers 38-27 in the NFC Championship Game.was a 27-17 victory over the Steelers, iced by an Emmitt Smith touchdown with less than four minutes left after Larry Smith picked off Neil O'Donnell on the Pittsburgh 39 and returned it all the way to the Steelers' 6-yard line.
In the playoffs, they first vanquished the No. 3 49ers, 35-14. Then they won the NFC championship 30-13 over the No. 5 Panthers. Finally, they rode a big Brett Favre performance and a couple long Desmond Howard returns to a 35-21 win over the No. 8 Patriots inThe 49ers were No. 1 in the league in DVOA during the 1989 regular season, but what really sets them apart is the way they destroyed their playoff opponents. San Francisco's average margin of victory of 33.
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