All 32 NFL teams enter a season with the same goal: to win the Super Bowl. Only one can succeed, and some franchises have been much better at reaching this goal than others.
There have been 58 Super Bowls in NFL history. Some teams have won multiple, while others have yet to appear in one.
Some teams have had fewer chances, as there were 24 franchises when the first Super Bowl was played. Expansion teams have joined the NFL over the years, making it harder to win a championship.
Still, the added competition hasn’t stopped some teams from building dynasties. Franchises like the Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers, New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs have dominated the league at various points.
Teams With Most Super Bowl Wins
The Steelers and Patriots are tied for most Super Bowl wins with six apiece. The Cowboys and 49ers are close behind with five titles each.
In all, 15 franchises have multiple Super Bowl wins. Five teams have won the Lombardi Trophy once, while 12 teams have not won a Super Bowl.
Let’s look at the NFL teams that have won at least two Super Bowls.
Pittsburgh Steelers (6)
The Steelers have been one of the NFL’s most consistent franchises.
Led by Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw and a legendary defensive line, Pittsburgh dominated the NFL during the 1970s. The Steelers made eight straight postseason appearances from 1972 to 1979, winning four Super Bowl titles (1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979 seasons) during that stretch.
After nearly three decades without a championship, Pittsburgh returned to dominance in the 2000s.
Young quarterback Ben Roethlisberger won a Super Bowl in his second season in 2005, then another three years later in 2008.
He lost his third Super Bowl appearance during the 2010 campaign, and the Steelers haven’t returned to the Big Game since.
New England Patriots (6)
The Patriots won six Super Bowl titles during the 2000s, maintaining one of the longest and most dominant dynasties in professional sports history.
New England was a mediocre franchise for most of its existence, losing its first two Super Bowl appearances. That changed in 2000 when Bill Belichick took over as head coach and quarterback Tom Brady made his NFL debut.
The duo won a Super Bowl in their second season together, kicking off a remarkable two-decade run. They added back-to-back championships in the 2003 and 2004 campaigns, then won three more together in the 2014, 2016 and 2018 seasons.
Brady left in early 2020, and the Patriots haven’t won a playoff game since. Given the franchise’s struggles since Brady’s departure, it may be a while before New England wins another title.
Dallas Cowboys (5)
The Cowboys are the polar opposite of the Patriots. They were one of the NFL’s winningest teams before the 2000s but haven’t won much recently.
Dallas won a pair of Super Bowls in the 1970s under head coach Tom Landry and quarterback Roger Staubach. Those titles came during the heart of a fantastic 20-season run from 1966 to 1985, where the Cowboys made 18 playoff appearances and had a winning record every year.
After a brief down stretch in the late 1980s, Dallas returned to glory in the 1990s. Quarterback Troy Aikman led the team to a trio of championships in the 1992, 1993 and 1995 seasons.
The Cowboys have not made it past the Divisional Round of the playoffs since then, however, much to the chagrin of their fans.
San Francisco 49ers (5)
Like the Cowboys, the 49ers are another iconic NFL franchise that hasn’t won a Super Bowl since the 1990s.
San Francisco did most of its damage during the 1980s, winning four championships during that decade. Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana took the Niners all the way in the 1981, 1984, 1988 and 1989 seasons, cementing his reputation as arguably the greatest quarterback of all time before Tom Brady and Peyton Manning came along.
After Montana moved on, Hall of Fame QB Steve Young led San Francisco to another title in the 1994 campaign. The 49ers have reached three Super Bowls since then but have lost them all, including their last two appearances against the Chiefs.
Green Bay Packers (4)
The Packers got a head start on the rest of the league by winning the first two Super Bowls ever played. They were led by quarterback Bart Starr and head coach Vince Lombardi, after whom the Super Bowl trophy was later named.
Lombardi resigned after his second championship, and Green Bay quickly faded into irrelevance. The Packers only made two playoff appearances over the next 25 seasons before returning to prominence during the 1990s. Green Bay won the Super Bowl in the 1996 season with gunslinger Brett Favre under center.
Favre was succeeded by Aaron Rodgers, who won his only Super Bowl appearance with the Packers during the 2010 campaign. Rodgers was traded to the New York Jets before the 2023 season after winning four MVP awards with Green Bay.
New York Giants (4)
Unlike most teams on this list, the Giants haven’t had many periods of sustained success. Their best run was during the late 1980s, which produced Super Bowl victories in the 1986 and 1990 seasons under head coach Bill Parcells and quarterback Phil Simms.
New York’s two most recent Super Bowl wins were major upsets against heavily favored Patriots teams. The Giants ended New England’s quest for an undefeated season in 2007, handing them their only loss of the year in Super Bowl XLII.
Four years later, New York again got the best of Brady and Belichick. The Giants’ 2011 title was especially shocking on the heels of a 9-7 regular season with a negative point differential.
Those championships came with head coach Tom Coughlin and quarterback Eli Manning. The franchise has only won one playoff game since.
Kansas City Chiefs (4)
When the Patriots’ dynasty ended, the Chiefs quickly replaced them by winning three Super Bowls in a five-year span.
If Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes are around, they’ll likely win more before it’s all said and done.
It’s been a long time since Kansas City ruled the NFL. The Chiefs lost the first Super Bowl to the Packers but recovered to win a championship three years later. They then went half a century without a title before winning it all in the 2019, 2022 and 2023 seasons, becoming the first team since the 2003-2004 Patriots to win back-to-back Super Bowls.
Mahomes is under contract with Kansas City through 2031. If he stays healthy, the Chiefs should remain championship contenders and keep moving up this list.
Denver Broncos (3)
After decades of near misses (including four Super Bowl losses), the Broncos finally got over the hump in the 1997 season with quarterback John Elway. He and head coach Mike Shanahan repeated as champions the following year.
Denver won its third championship during the 2015 campaign, upsetting league MVP Cam Newton and a Carolina Panthers team that had lost only one game all season. Anchored by a suffocating defense and with Peyton Manning in the final year of his Hall of Fame career, the Broncos somehow prevailed.
Manning retired after the win, and Denver hasn’t made the playoffs since.
Las Vegas Raiders (3)
The Raiders used to be one of the NFL’s premier teams.
Oakland lost the second Super Bowl in NFL history, but that was just the start of a sensational two-decade run.
The Raiders made 15 playoff appearances in 19 seasons from 1967 to 1985, winning championships in the 1976, 1980 and 1983 campaigns.
The last four decades haven’t been as kind to the franchise. The team has made only one Super Bowl appearance during that time and hasn’t won a postseason game since the 2002 season. That long run of futility contributed to the organization leaving Oakland for Las Vegas in 2020.
Washington Commanders (3)
The Commanders have become a punchline recently, so it may be a shock that this once-proud franchise has three Super Bowl rings.
Back when they were the Redskins, the team enjoyed an incredible 10-year run under head coach Joe Gibbs from 1982 to 1991. Washington appeared in four Super Bowls during that time, winning three.
However, the organization hasn’t made it past the Divisional Round since, slogging through three decades of mediocrity.
Baltimore Ravens (2)
The Ravens didn’t join the NFL until 1996, but it didn’t take them long to start winning. Their first postseason appearance ended in a championship in the 2000 campaign, and they’ve made the playoffs more often than not since.
Baltimore’s first title was keyed by one of the best defenses in NFL history. Its second championship in the 2012 season featured an improbable run by strong-armed quarterback Joe Flacco, who spurred the Ravens to a title with a phenomenal postseason.
With two-time NFL MVP Lamar Jackson under center and under contract through 2027, Baltimore is pursuing its third championship in as many decades.
Indianapolis Colts (2)
The Colts have two championships, one when the team was in Baltimore and one after the franchise relocated to Indianapolis.
The Colts were dominant early in the Super Bowl era, losing the title game for the 1968 campaign but winning two years later. However, they struggled to maintain that success and bottomed out in the early 1980s before moving to Indianapolis.
The Colts remained an afterthought until Peyton Manning arrived in 1998. He led the team to its second Super Bowl title in the 2006 seasonbut often had trouble getting past Tom Brady and Ben Roethlisberger.
Manning left for the Denver Broncos after the 2011 season, and Indy hasn’t returned to the Super Bowl.
Los Angeles Rams (2)
The Rams’ history is fascinating. They were an outstanding regular-season team in the 1970s and 1980s but never won a championship.
The Rams were terrible during the 1990s, enduring nine straight losing seasons from 1990 to 1998. They changed cities in the middle of that stretch, moving from Los Angeles to St. Louis in 1995.
Then, the Rams came out of nowhere to win it all in the 1999 season. St. Louis nearly won again two years later but lost Super Bowl XXXVI to New England on a last-second field goal.
The Rams promptly slid back into mediocrity, returned to LA in 2016 and lost another Super Bowl to the Patriots in the 2018 season before winning it all three years later. What a journey.
Miami Dolphins (2)
The Dolphins haven’t had any recent postseason success, but they were one of the top teams of the 1970s.
Under head coach Don Shula (the winningest coach in NFL history), Miami reached the Big Game in three straight seasons from 1971 to 1973, winning two. That included an undefeated season in 1972.
The Dolphins haven’t won a championship since, but they made the Super Bowl during the 1982 and 1984 seasons. They haven’t won a playoff game since the 2000 campaign, mainly because New England dominated their division.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2)
The Buccaneers joined the NFL in 1976, and finding their footing took time. They endured two decades of mediocrity before emerging as a contender in the late 1990s, culminating in their first championship during the 2002 campaign.
Tampa Bay returned to irrelevance for the next two decades until Tom Brady came aboard in 2020. He immediately won a championship in his first season with the Bucs, notching his seventh Super Bowl ring.
Brady retired after the 2022 campaign, leaving Tampa Bay to pursue its third title without a legendary quarterback.
