All-Time Super Bowl Power Rankings: Where Do the Giants Fall?

The New York Giants won their second Super Bowl of the Eli Manning era, defeating Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, just as they did in Super Bowl XLII. With the victory, the franchise improves to a record of 4-1 in Super Bowl appearances.

We simulated a round-robin tournament featuring every Giants Super Bowl team to see how the current squad stacks up to the best teams in franchise history. Using our NFL simulation engine, we played the 2011 Giants head-to-head, 1,001 times, with the 2007, 2000, 1990 and 1986 Giants.

Giants Super Bowl Teams Head-to-Head: 1,001 Sims
	Team	Win%	Avg PPG	Avg PPA
1	2011 New York Giants	61.1	27.7	24.2
2	1990 New York Giants	50.1	21.9	21.9
3	2000 New York Giants	49.7	22.3	22.3
4	1986 New York Giants	47.5	22.2	23.1
5	2007 New York Giants	41.5	21.8	24.4

The findings suggest this year's Giants team may be the best yet.

Manning's 4,933 passing yards on the season, fourth-best in the league, impressed the engine as the 2011 edition outscored the other four Giants teams.

Meanwhile, Manning's 2007 team was the most offensively-challenged in the simulation. Manning passed for 3,336 yards in 2007, but his team rallied from a 10-6 record to beat the previously-undefeated Patriots in one of the Super Bowl's biggest upsets.

We also simulated the 2011 Giants against the other 45 Super Bowl champions. Using our NFL simulation engine, we played a round-robin tournament in which each team played 101 games against every opponent, generating the win percentage and average score from those games.

The 2011 Giants won 51.3 percent of the time, good enough for 20th among the 46 participants. At 27.1 points per game, the Giants scored the eighth-most points in the simulation. However, their defense also surrendered the third-most, allowing opponents to score 27.0 points per game.

All-Time Super Bowl Power Rankings
	Team	Win%	Avg PPG	Avg PPA
1	1999 St. Louis Rams	80.8	32.9	21.4
2	1989 San Francisco 49ers	69.7	28.6	22.4
3	1991 Washington Redskins	67.2	27.3	21.6
4	1984 San Francisco 49ers	64.6	28.6	23.6
5	2009 New Orleans Saints	63.9	30.8	26.3
6	1996 Green Bay Packers	62.3	25.1	21.3
7	1985 Chicago Bears	61.6	24.2	20.4
8	1993 Dallas Cowboys	60.8	27.7	24.2
9	2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers	60.6	22.9	19.5
10	1994 San Francisco 49ers	58	25.9	23.5
11	1979 Pittsburgh Steelers	57.5	25.1	22.4
12	2005 Pittsburgh Steelers	57.5	23.9	21.6
13	1998 Denver Broncos	57.1	26.9	24.7
14	1972 Miami Dolphins	56.8	26	23.2
15	1971 Dallas Cowboys	56.7	24	21.5
16	1992 Dallas Cowboys	54.8	24.6	22.9
17	1975 Pittsburgh Steelers	52.5	23.2	22.4
18	1969 Kansas City Chiefs	52.1	22.9	21.9
19	1995 Dallas Cowboys	51.4	25.7	25.4
20	2011 New York Giants	51.3	27.1	27
21	2010 Green Bay Packers	50.6	23.8	23.8
22	2004 New England Patriots	50.4	24.7	24.7
23	1976 Oakland Raiders	50.1	25.6	25.5
24	1988 San Francisco 49ers	49.7	24	24.2
25	1977 Dallas Cowboys	49.3	21.3	21.1
26	1987 Washington Redskins	49.1	25	25.3
27	1973 Miami Dolphins	49.1	22.2	22
28	2003 New England Patriots	49	21.1	21.5
29	2008 Pittsburgh Steelers	47.7	19.9	20.7
30	1997 Denver Broncos	47.6	25.4	26.3
31	2006 Indianapolis Colts	46.3	28.7	30.2
32	1968 New York Jets	46	22.4	23.6
33	2000 Baltimore Ravens	44.8	20	22.1
34	1966 Green Bay Packers	43.8	20.7	22.3
35	1978 Pittsburgh Steelers	42.5	20.1	22.3
36	1986 New York Giants	41.4	21	24.2
37	1983 Los Angeles Raiders	41.4	21.9	24.7
38	1990 New York Giants	41.2	20.3	23.2
39	1974 Pittsburgh Steelers	41.1	19.1	21.8
40	1982 Washington Redskins	38.9	20.3	24
41	1981 San Francisco 49ers	35.7	20.1	25
42	2007 New York Giants	35.4	21	26.1
43	1967 Green Bay Packers	33.4	19.5	25.1
44	1980 Oakland Raiders	29.1	17.8	24.8
45	1970 Baltimore Colts	25.8	17.8	26
46	2001 New England Patriots	23.6	18	27.8

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