With the 2022 NFL regular season officially in the books, fans have begun to turn their attention to the offseason and eventual pursuit of next season’s Super Bowl.
While the Super Bowl is the ultimate battle between two final NFL teams, earlier divisional battles are just as competitive and entertaining as teams look to reach the championship. Some teams have never won or even made it to the Super Bowl, but there are some teams that have accumulated quite a few titles over the years.
Here's all you need to know on which NFL division has won the most Super Bowl titles:
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Which division has the most Super Bowl wins?
The NFC East is the most successful division in the NFL since the first Super Bowl in 1967. The NFC East has grabbed 22 NFC championships and 13 Super Bowl victories, marking the highest of any division in the league.
In that division, the Dallas Cowboys hold the lead with five wins, followed by the New York Giants with four and the Washington Commanders, who have won three.
The last team in the NFC East to win a Super Bowl title was the Philadelphia Eagles, who defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI in 2017. The Eagles are also the last NFC East team to make the big game, losing Super Bowl LVII to the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Which division has the lowest number of Super Bowl wins?
The AFC South has the least Super Bowl wins with two.
In 1971, the Indianapolis Colts snagged their first Super Bowl win, defeating the Cowboys 16-13, and 35 years later they won in Super Bowl XLI, where they defeated the Chicago Bears 29-17.
Fellow AFC South teams – the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Houston Texans and the Tennessee Titans – have never won or even appeared in the NFL Super Bowl.
Here's the full leaderboard for Super Bowl titles by division:
1. NFC East: 13
T-2. AFC East: 9
T-2. AFC West: 8
T-4. AFC North: 8
T-4. NFC West: 8
6. NFC North: 5
7. NFC South: 3
8. AFC South: 2
Which NFL team has the most Super Bowl titles?
The Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers are tied with the most Super Bowl titles with six apiece.
The Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers follow right behind tied with five wins each.
Which division has had every team win a championship?
The NFC East is the only division where every team (Cowboys, Giants, Commanders and Eagles) has a Super Bowl win.
The NFC West is very close to doing the same, with the Arizona Cardinals being the only team in the West to not have a title. The 49ers (five), Los Angeles Rams (two) and Seattle Seahawks (one) have all won the Super Bowl.
Has an NFL team ever won consecutive Super Bowl titles?
Seven NFL teams have won consecutive Super Bowl titles eight times in NFL history.
The Green Bay Packers (1966–67), the Miami Dolphins (1972–73), the Steelers (1974–75 and 1978–79, only team to accomplish this twice), the 49ers (1989-90), the Cowboys (1993-94), the Denver Broncos (1998-99) and the Patriots (2004-05).
Has an NFL team ever completed a three peat in the Super Bowl?
No team has ever won three Super Bowl titles in a row.
Which NFL team is projected to win the Super Bowl next year?
Just behind the Chiefs are the Buffalo Bills (+600), San Francisco 49ers (+750), Philadelphia Eagles (+800) and Cincinnati Bengals (+900).
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More specifically, since the first Super Bowl in 1967, the NFC East
NFC East
The National Football Conference – Eastern Division or NFC East is one of the four divisions of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). It currently has four members: the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, and the Washington Commanders.
With 13 Super Bowl titles, the NFC East is currently the most successful division in the NFL during the Super Bowl era, with the AFC West second with ten titles.
All games since 1971's Super Bowl V have been played between the best team from each of the two conferences, with the NFC tied with the AFC 29–29 in wins. Among the NFL's current 32 teams, 20 (11 NFC, nine AFC) have won a Super Bowl and 15 (eight AFC, seven NFC) hold multiple titles.
As many as 48 conferenced Pro Bowl have been held since 1970. AFC teams have won more than half of these games, as they have managed 26 victories. Meanwhile, NFC teams have recorded 22 successes.
Which division has the lowest number of Super Bowl wins? The AFC South has the least Super Bowl wins with two. In 1971, the Indianapolis Colts snagged their first Super Bowl win, defeating the Cowboys 16-13, and 35 years later they won in Super Bowl XLI, where they defeated the Chicago Bears 29-17.
Zoom out… Since the NFL expanded to 32 teams in 2002, the AFC has a slight advantage over the NFC in head-to-head games (705-671-6). The AFC has also won more Super Bowls in that time (12 of 21), though the NFC holds the all-time edge (29 to 28).
Kansas City joins privileged company with the New England Patriots (six Super Bowl wins), Pittsburgh Steelers (six), 49ers (five), Dallas Cowboys (five), Green Bay Packers (four) and New York Giants (four) as franchises with four or more Lombardi Trophies.
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32 teams are tied for the fewest championships, with 0 championships. The first three are the Houston Texans, the Carolina Panthers and the Jacksonville Jaguars.
No NFL team has won three consecutive Super Bowls. The Kansas City Chiefs could become the first franchise to ever accomplish the feat in 2024-25. Three teams have appeared in three straight Super Bowls — including one team, the Buffalo Bills, with four straight appearances — but none of them won three in a row.
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This is the only division in the NFL in which no member team has hosted a Super Bowl in their stadiums. The division, however, has won eight Super Bowl titles (six for Pittsburgh and two for Baltimore) in total.
Since the division's enfranchisem*nt in 1960, with the creation of the AFL, the division has been represented in 22 Super Bowls and won 11 of them. The most recent appearance in the Super Bowl by an AFC East team was the Patriots victory in Super Bowl LIII.
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