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Who has the most Super Bowl wins? The teams and players with the most rings in NFL history
The 2024 Super Bowl will see the San Francisco 49ers take on the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night, with both franchises hoping to take home another Lombardi Trophy.
Patrick Mahomes is looking to win his third Super Bowl, which would move him into a tie with Troy Aikman for the third most Super Bowl rings of any quarterback in NFL history. The San Francisco 49ers, meanwhile, are hoping to win their sixth Super Bowl in franchise history, moving them into a three-way tie for first place.
Below is a list of the teams and players who have won the most Super Bowls in NFL history.
Note: All Super Bowls in this article are categorized by the year in which the game itself was played, not the season for which the title was earned. This article also does not take into account NFL championships prior to 1967, when the first Super Bowl was played.
Which teams have the most Super Bowl wins?
The New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers are both tied for the most Super Bowl wins with six each. The Patriots also have the most Super Bowl appearances in history with 11, having lost the title game five times. The Steelers have eight appearances, giving them two losses.
If the San Francisco 49ers win the 2024 Super Bowl, they will also win their sixth title in franchise history, moving them into a three-way tie with the Patriots and Steelers. The Niners are currently tied with Dallas for second place with five Super Bowls.
Third place is also held by two teams, the Green Bay Packers and the New York Giants, both with four Super Bowl wins.
No team has ever won three Super Bowls in a row, but several teams have won back-to-back titles: the Patriots, 49ers, Packers, Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos and the Steelers — who accomplished the feat on two separate occasions.
Which players have the most Super Bowl wins overall?
Tom Brady has won the most Super Bowls of any player in NFL history with seven. Brady won the 2002, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2017, and 2019 Super Bowls quarterbacking the New England Patriots, and the 2021 Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Brady also has the most Super Bowl appearances of any player in NFL history, having competed for the championship 10 times in his career. His losses came at the hands of the New York Giants in 2008 and 2012, and to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2018. The 2008 loss prevented the Pats from achieving what would have been a 19-0 record and just the second-ever undefeated season in NFL history.
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Charles Haley has the second most Super Bowl wins, with five. Haley played both linebacker and defensive end throughout his career with the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys. Haley won the 1989 and 1990 Super Bowls with the Niners, and then went on to win three more titles with the Cowboys in 1993, 1994 and 1996.
Third place is held by 34 players, all of whom have four Super Bowl rings:
- Joe Montana
- Terry Bradshaw
- Rob Gronkowski
- Adam Vinatieri
- Mike Webster
- Bill Romanowski
- Ted Hendricks
- Mel Blount
- Larry Brown
- Donnie Shell
- John Stallworth
- Ronnie Lott
- Joe Greene
- L.C. Greenwood
- Franco Harris
- John Kolb
- Jesse Sapolu
- Sam Davis
- Jack Ham
- Matt Millen
- Keena Turner
- Rocky Bleier
- Jack Lambert
- Loren Toews
- Mike Wilson
- Eric Wright
- Steve Furness
- J.T. Thomas
- Mike Wagner
- Dwight White
- Gerry Mullins
- Lynn Swann
- Marv Flemming
- Randy Grossman
Which quarterbacks have the most Super Bowl wins?
- Tom Brady — 7 (2002, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2017, 2019 with the New England Patriots and 2021 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
- Joe Montana — 4 (1982, 1985, 1989 and 1990 with the San Francisco 49ers)
- Terry Bradshaw — 4 (1975, 1976, 1979 and 1980 with the Pittsburgh Steelers)
- Troy Aikman — 3 (1993, 1994 and 1996 with the Dallas Cowboys)
- Steve Young — 3 (Young has three Super Bowl rings with the Niners, but only started one of those games, in 1995. He briefly played at the end of the 1990 Super Bowl when the game was well in hand and did not play at all in the 1989 Super Bowl.)
- Earl Morrall — 3 (Morrall was on the team that won the Super Bowl in 1971, 1973 and 1974, but did not start in any of those games and did not throw a single pass in the ’73 or ’74 games with the Miami Dolphins. He came in to replace an injured Johnny Unitas in 1971 for the Baltimore Colts.)
- Patrick Mahomes — 2 (2020 and 2023 with the Kansas City Chiefs)
- Eli Manning — 2 (2008 and 2012 with the New York Giants)
- Peyton Manning — 2 (2007 with the Indianapolis Colts, 2016 with the Denver Broncos)
- John Elway — 2 (1998 and 1999 with the Denver Broncos)
- Ben Roethlisberger — 2 (2006 and 2009 with the Pittsburgh Steelers)
- Roger Staubach — 2 (1972 and 1978 with the Dallas Cowboys)
- Bob Griese — 2 (1973 and 1974 with the Miami Dolphins)
- Bart Starr — 2 (1967 and 1968 with the Green Bay Packers)
- Jim Plunkett — 2 (1981 and 1984 with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders)
- Jim McMahon — 2 (1986 with the Chicago Bears. McMahan also has a ring from the 1997 season when he was on the Green Bay Packers roster, but he did not play in that game.)
- Phil Simms — 2 (1987 and 1991 with the New York Giants. Simms did not play in the ’91 Super Bowl, having suffered a broken foot toward the end of the regular season.)
- Jeff Hostetler — 2 (1987 and 1991 with the New York Giants. Hostetler did not play in the 1987 Super Bowl, but was the Giants’ third-string quarterback.)
- Mark Rypien — 2 (1988 and 1992 with Washington. Rypien did not play in the 1988 Super Bowl but served as Doug Williams’ backup.)
- Joe Namath — 1 (1969 with the New York Jets)
- Joe Theismann — 1 (1983 with Washington)
- Johnny Unitas — 1 (1971 with the Baltimore Colts)
- Brett Favre — 1 (1997 with the Green Bay Packers)
- Len Dawson — 1 (1970 with the Kansas City Chiefs)
- Ken Stabler — 1 (1977 with the Oakland Raiders)
- Doug Williams — 1 (1988 with Washington)
- Trent Dilfer — 1 (2001 with the Baltimore Ravens)
- Nick Foles — 1 (2018 with the Philadelphia Eagles)
- Kurt Warner — 1 (2000 with the St. Louis Rams)
- Drew Brees — 1 (2010 with the New Orleans Saints)
- Brad Johnson — 1 (2003 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
- Joe Flacco — 1 (2013 with the Baltimore Ravens)
- Aaron Rodgers — 1 (2011 with the Green Bay Packers)
- Russell Wilson — 1 (2014 with the Seattle Seahawks)
- Matthew Stafford — 1 (2022 with the Los Angeles Rams)
Super Bowl LVIII will air on CBS and Nickelodeon and stream on Paramount+ on Feb. 11 from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET.
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Sen. Thom Tillis says “the scope” of Helene damage in North Carolina “is more like Katrina”
As recovery missions and repairs continue in North Carolina more than a week after Hurricane Helene carved a path of devastation through the western part of the state, the state’s Republican Sen. Thom Tillis called for more resources to bolster the relief effort and likened the damage to Hurricane Katrina’s mark on Louisiana in 2005.
“This is unlike anything that we’ve seen in this state,” Tillis told CBS News’ Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Sunday morning. “We need increased attention. We need to continue to increase the surge of federal resources.”
Hurricane Helene ripped through the Southeast U.S. after making landfall in Florida on Sept. 26 as a powerful Category 4 storm. Helene brought heavy rain and catastrophic flooding to communities across multiple states, including Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, with North Carolina bearing the brunt of the destruction. Officials previously said hundreds of roads in western North Carolina were washed out and inaccessible after the storm, hampering rescue operations, and several highways were blocked by mudslides.
Tillis said Sunday that most roads in the region likely remained closed due to flooding and debris. Water, electricity and other essential services still have not been fully restored.
“The scope of this storm is more like Katrina,” he said. “It may look like a flood to the outside observer, but again, this is a landmass roughly the size of the state of Massachusetts, with damage distributed throughout. We have to get maximum resources on the ground immediately to finish rescue operations.”
Hurricane Katrina left more than 1,000 people dead after it slammed into Louisiana’s Gulf Coast in August 2005, flooding neighborhoods and destroying infrastructure in and around New Orleans as well as in parts of the surrounding region. It was the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland U.S. in the last 50 years, and the costliest storm on record.
The death toll from Hurricane Helene is at least 229, CBS News has confirmed, with at least 116 of those deaths reported in North Carolina alone. Officials have said they expect the death toll to continue to rise as recovery efforts were ongoing, and a spokesperson for the police department in Asheville told CBS News Friday their officers were “actively working 75 cases of missing persons.”
On Saturday, the U.S. Department of Transportation released $100 million in emergency funds for North Carolina to rebuild the roads and bridges damaged by the hurricane.
“We are providing this initial round of funding so there’s no delay getting roads repaired and reopened, and re-establishing critical routes,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement. “The Biden-Harris administration will be with North Carolina every step of the way, and today’s emergency funding to help get transportation networks back up and running safely will be followed by additional federal resources.”
President Biden previously announced that the federal government would cover “100%” of costs for debris removal and emergency protective measures in North Carolina for six months.
With North Carolina leaders working with a number of relief agencies to deal with the aftermath of the storm, Tillis urged federal officials to ramp up the resources being funneled into the state’s hardest-hit areas. The senator also addressed a surge in conspiracy theories and misinformation about the Biden Administration’s disaster response, which have been fueled by Republican political figures like former President Donald Trump.
Trump falsely claimed that Mr. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, his Democratic opponent in the November presidential election, were diverting funds from Federal Emergency Management Agency that would support the relief effort in North Carolina toward initiatives for immigrants. He also said baselessly that the administration and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, were withholding funds because many communities that were hit hardest are predominantly Republican. Elon Musk has shared false claims about FEMA, too.
“Many of these observations are not even from people on the ground,” Tillis said of those claims. “I believe that we have to stay focused on rescue operations, recovery operations, clearing operations, and we don’t need any of these distractions on the ground. It’s at the expense of the hard-working first responders and people that are just trying to recover their lives.”
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