Highest Rated Super Bowls

  1. overall rank..........................................................................# of households % of households year
  2. 5 Super Bowl XVI (San Francisco 49ers vs. Cincinnati Bengals) 40.02 million 49.1% 1982
  3. 6 Super Bowl XVII (Washington Redskins vs. Miami Dolphins) 40.48 million 48.6% 1983
  4. 8 Super Bowl XX (Chicago Bears vs. New England Patriots) 41.49 million 48.3% 1986
  5. 12 Super Bowl XII (Dallas Cowboys vs. Denver Broncos) 34.41 million 47.2% 1978
  6. 13 Super Bowl XIII (Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys) 35.09 million 47.1% 1979
  7. 15 Super Bowl XVIII (Los Angeles Raiders vs. Washington Redskins) 38.88 million 46.4% 1984
  8. 16 Super Bowl XIX (San Francisco 49ers vs. Miami Dolphins) 39.39 million 46.4% 1985
  9. 17 Super Bowl XIV (Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Los Angeles Rams) 35.33 million 46.3% 1980
  10. 18 Super Bowl XXX (Dallas Cowboys vs. Pittsburgh Steelers) 44.15 million 46.0% 1996
  11. 22 Super Bowl XXI (New York Giants vs. Denver Broncos) 40.03 million 45.8% 1987
  12. 24 Super Bowl XXVIII (Dallas Cowboys vs. Buffalo Bills) 42.86 million 45.5% 1994
  13. 27 Super Bowl XXVII (Dallas Cowboys vs. Buffalo Bills) 41.99 million 45.1% 1993
  14. 30 Super Bowl XXXII (Denver Broncos vs. Green Bay Packers) 43.63 million 44.5% 1998
  15. 31 Super Bowl XI (Oakland Raiders vs. Minnesota Vikings) 31.61 million 44.4% 1977
  16. 32 Super Bowl XV (Oakland Raiders vs. Philadelphia Eagles) 34.54 million 44.4% 1981
  17. 33 Super Bowl VI (Dallas Cowboys vs. Miami Dolphins) 27.45 million 44.2% 1972
  18. 39 Super Bowl XXIII (Cincinnati Bengals vs. San Francisco 49ers) 39.32 million 43.5% 1989
  19. 41 Super Bowl XXXIV (St. Louis Rams vs. Tennessee Titans) 43.62 million 43.3% 2000
  20. 42 Super Bowl XXXI (New England Patriots vs. Green Bay Packers) 42.00 million 43.3% 1997
  21. 44 Super Bowl XLII (New York Giants vs. New England Patriots) 48.66 million 43.1% 2008
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(by % of households tuning in)