Super Bowl all-time 53-man roster: Travis Kelce joins list of greats after Chiefs’ Super Bowl LVII victory

Since the Packers and Chiefs faced off in 1967, thousands of players have taken part in the Super Bowl. Several of those players became household names by virtue of their performance in the big game. Tom Brady, Joe Montana, and many others etched their name in football lore after leading their teams to victory multiple times. 

With Super Bowl LVII having just concluded, we decided to take on the task of creating an all-time, 53-man roster comprised of some of the best players in Super Bowl history. The construction of our roster included the following criteria.

• Super Bowl MVPs
• Multiple Super Bowl appearances an advantage 
• Did their performance significantly contribute to the success of their team?
• Was their performance critical to the outcome of the game(s)? 

Choosing performance over a specific player also played a role in the building of the roster. Yes, being a big name certainly doesn’t hurt, but this is not a roster of the biggest names that have played in the Super Bowl. If that was the case, Walter Payton, arguably the greatest running back in NFL history, would have made the list. 

Without further ado, let’s take a look at the all-time, 53-man Super Bowl roster, with a practice squad to boot.

Offense

Quarterbacks: Tom Brady, Joe Montana, and Terry Bradshaw are a combined 15-3 in Super Bowl competition, with 10 MVP trophies to boot. Brady currently holds the Super Bowl single-game passing record (505 yards), a record that had been previously held by both Montana and Bradshaw. Brady’s greatest Super Bowl moment may have been his first one when he led the Patriots past the heavily-favored Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI. Montana’s signature Super Bowl moment took place in Super Bowl XXIII, when he led the 49ers on a 92-yard, game-winning drive that was capped off with his game-winning pass to John Taylor. A decade earlier, Bradshaw threw for then Super Bowl records 318 yards and four…