Ranking the Patriots Six Super Bowl Championships

With the New England Patriots’ clinching their sixth Super Bowl victory in the Tom Brady/Bill Belichick era, I decided to take a look back at all six championships and rank them from worst to best.

6. Super Bowl XXXVIII

The Patriots’ victory over the Carolina Panthers comes in last in our Super Bowl rankings simply because there wasn’t much history made with the victory. The game itself was a great game that came down to the final possession but for history’s sake, the game wasn’t much more than that, entertaining. Sure, a second Super Bowl in three seasons is nice but it isn’t exactly unheard of. And while two Super Bowls are nice, there’s a long list of players with two rings. If anything, Super Bowl XXXVIII coming in last just goes to show how great all of New England’s Super Bowl victories have been.

5. Super Bowl XXXIX

Super Bowl XXXIX, the Patriots’ third Super Bowl victory, a 24-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles, was the moment the Patriots went from another really good team to a dynasty. The third championship in four years for the Pats, and the second straight marked the moment that the Patriots etched their name into NFL lore, and yet it still ranks fifth out of six Super Bowl victories. The victory itself was impressive for the Pats who faced off against two NFL Hall of Famers in Brian Dawkins and Terrell Owens and bizarrely enough, with the plethora of talent on the field, it was Deion Branch who came away with the MVP honors.

4. Super Bowl LIII

The Patriots’ sixth - and most recent - Super Bowl victory comes in at the number four spot in our rankings because, quite frankly, the game itself wasn’t very entertaining. New England’s 13-3 victory was the lowest scoring Super Bowl in history and yet, was the Patriots’ largest margin of victory in any of their Super Bowl wins. While the game itself wasn’t as entertaining as previous Super Bowl wins for New England, it broke several records. For starters, the win gave Tom Brady his sixth ring, the most of any player to ever suit up in the NFL. And secondly, the sixth championship put the Patriots in a tie with the Steelers for most Super Bowls won by a single franchise. The win over the Rams took the Patriots from just an NFL dynasty and turned them into the greatest dynasty in the history of pro sports.

3. Super Bowl XXXVI

Super Bowl XXXVI, the Patriots first Super Bowl in franchise history. Not only did the win over the Rams give New England it’s first Super Bowl, but it opened the doors to the Brady/Belichick dynasty. The Rams, two years removed from a Super Bowl win of their own, came into the game boasting one the most electric offenses in the history of the league, led by Kurt Warner, Isaac Bruce, Marshall Falk and Orlando Pace. The Rams were favored by a whopping 14 points headed into the game but they were met by a spunky QB named Tom Brady who had something to prove. And an Adam Vinatieri field goal began the Patriots dynasty.

2. Super Bowl XLIX

The Patriots Super Bowl victory over the Seattle Seahawks was one for the record books. The game itself would down as one of the most entertaining Super Bowls to date. Seattle, who was looking for the second straight Super Bowl would face off against the New England Patriots, who had lost their previous two Super Bowl appearances, both to the New York Giants. Led by Russell Wilson and Richard Sherman, the Seahawks built up a 24-14 lead headed into the fourth quarter. However, two touchdown tosses by Brady gave the Patriots the 28-24 lead. The game wasn’t over though, and as everyone remembers, with the ball at the one-yard line, the Seahawks didn’t give the ball to Marshawn Lynch and instead Malcolm Butler made a game-winning interception. The Super Bowl win gave Tom Brady his fourth ring, tying him with Joe Montana for most by any QB.

1. Super Bowl LI

If it weren’t for Super Bowl 51, then Super Bowl 49 would have probably gone down as the most entertaining Super Bowl of all-time. The Patriots’ victory over the Atlanta Falcons comes in at number-one on our list for two reasons. First, the sheer entertainment of the game. As everyone should know by now, the Patriots faced a 28-3 deficit as the final minutes of the third quarter wained away. Of course, you can never count out Tom Brady and the New England Patriots as Falcons fans learned that day as Tom Brady engineered the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history, capped off by a game-winning drive in overtime to give the Patriots the 34-28 win. Secondly, the Super Bowl win came the same season as the infamous Tom Brady deflategate suspension. And lastly, the victory gave Brady, Belichick and the Pats their fifth Super Bowl win, the most by any QB or coach in NFL history. With the combination of entertainment and history, it’s hard to see any Super Bowl ever being better than Super Bowl LI.