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Super Bowl Champs By DVOA

After yesterday’s post, I thought it would be fun to look at the DVOA ratings of each Super Bowl champion, using actual numbers from since 1989 and estimated from prior to that.

Here is a graph showing the DVOA of each Super Bowl champion. The Y-Axis shows Defensive DVOA, from negative at the top to positive at the bottom. Remember, for DVOA, negative ratings are better for defenses. The X-Axis shows offensive DVOA from left to right. As expected, most teams are clustered in the upper right corner of the chart.

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Here is the same chart but including the remaining eight teams in the 2015 playoffs (DVOA ratings available here). As you can see, the only real outlier would be the 2015 Broncos.

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Thoughts?

Finally, per request, here is a table containing the DVOA (estimated or actual) for each Super Bowl winner:

YearTmOff DVOADef DVOAOff RkDef Rk
2014NWE13.5%-3%2437
2013SEA9.4%-25.8%335
2012BAL3%2.2%3943
2011NYG10.5%2.4%30.544
2010GNB11.5%-13.9%2818
2009NOR24.3%-0.4%939
2008PIT-1.5%-29%452
2007NYG-1.1%-3.8%4336
2006IND28.5%8.5%448
2005PIT12%-13.5%2719.5
2004NWE23.3%-10.7%1225
2003NWE1.2%-18.7%4111
2002TAM-3.8%-31.8%471
2001NWE3.4%-1.5%3838
2000BAL-8.1%-23.8%497
1999STL17.7%-13.5%1919.5
1998DEN34.5%4.3%147
1997DEN19.4%-5.9%1634
1996GNB15.2%-19.3%2110
1995DAL29.6%0.9%242
1994SFO18.9%-7.5%1732
1993DAL21.8%0.8%1341
1992DAL23.6%-9.5%1028
1991WAS27.2%-21.1%58
1990NYG10.5%-14.4%30.517
1989SFO26.2%-11.5%623
1988SFO14.2%-10.6%2226
1987WAS10.1%2.9%3245
1986NYG3.9%-7.9%3730
1985CHI12.5%-26.8%264
1984SFO28.6%0.5%340
1983RAI0.1%-9%4229
1982WAS5.7%-7.3%3633
1981SFO11%-5.8%2935
1980OAK-7.7%-7.6%4831
1979PIT13.9%-20.2%239
1978PIT2.7%-12.4%4022
1977DAL24.8%-9.6%827
1976OAK24.8%9.4%749
1975PIT13.5%-14.4%2516
1974PIT-3.4%-28.9%463
1973MIA19.5%-15.6%1513
1972MIA18.5%-14.8%1815
1971DAL23.3%-11.3%1124
1970BAL-1.1%3.9%4446
1969KAN7.3%-25.6%356
1968NYJ16.8%-15.6%2014
1967GNB8.8%-12.9%3421
1966GNB20.1%-16.2%1412
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