Super Bowl ring

These rings are typically made of yellow or rose gold with diamonds. They usually include the team name, team logo, the phrase "World Champions", and the Super Bowl number (usually indicated in Roman numerals). Many rings feature diamonds in the shape of the Vince Lombardi Trophy or a football, to illustrate the number of Super Bowls that the franchise has won.[7] Also, the rings are customized with the player's name and uniform number. The NFL contributes approximately $5,000-$7,000 per ring for up to 150 rings for the winning team; any additional costs are borne by the team.[8] Most rings are manufactured by memorabilia company Jostens. The rings often are normally presented in an elegant box and/or display case.

The winning team can typically present any number of rings to whomever they choose, including usually, but not limited to: players (active roster, inactive roster, or injured reserve), coaches, trainers, executives, personnel, and general staff. Some teams have given rings to former players and coaches that were on the team at some point during the season, despite not having been on the winning roster for the Super Bowl itself.[9][10] Sometimes a team will make rings available to fans as part of a charity raffle.[11] A recent trend over the last 15–20 years has been lesser rings awarded to front office staff. These are commonly called "B" and "C" level rings and are smaller and contain fewer diamonds or contain faux diamonds. The first instance of this was the Redskins Super Bowl XVII ring when many in the front office received rings that were not solid gold and contained cubic zirconia stones (which resemble diamonds). When Tampa Bay won Super Bowl XXXVII, the players and coaches received rings with a diamond-centered Lombardi trophy.[12] Some staff received rings with a metal Lombardi trophy and real diamonds surrounding the trophy and the "C" level ring did not contain any diamonds. Per the CBA, players that were on the winning team's practice squad at the time of the Super Bowl victory are also entitled to a ring, but it can be one of lesser value.[13]

The Green Bay Packers' Super Bowl XLV ring[14] contained more than 100 diamonds. The Packer logo, in the center of the ring, made up 13 diamonds, one for each title the team has won, dating back to 1929. The New England Patriots Super Bowl XLIX rings reportedly cost $36,500 each, making them the most expensive rings Jostens had ever produced at that time, only to be surpassed by the rings awarded for Super Bowl 50 and Super Bowl LI.[15][16] The New England Patriots' Super Bowl LI ring has 283 diamonds, to commemorate their comeback from being down 28–3 versus the Atlanta Falcons late in the 3rd quarter,[17] about which Falcons owner Arthur Blank reportedly confronted Patriots owner Robert Kraft in August 2017 over his perceived "insult-by-karat".[18] The Philadelphia Eagles' ring for Super Bowl LII contains 127 diamonds on the bezel, which is the total from the numbers of the jerseys of the three players who handled the ball after the snap on the Philly Special trick play—Corey Clement (30), Trey Burton (88) and Nick Foles (9).[19][20]

Replicas of the rings for various years are popular collectibles, along with genuine rings.[21] Dave Meggett is known to have placed his ring for sale on eBay. Two Super Bowl rings from the 1970 Steelers sold on eBay for over $69,000 apiece in mid-2008.[22] Patriots safety Je'Rod Cherry raffled his ring from Super Bowl XXXVI in November 2008 to benefit several charities working to help children in Africa and Asia.[23] Tight end Shannon Sharpe, meanwhile, gave his first Super Bowl ring to his brother Sterling, who had his career cut short by injury.[24]

In 2005, a minor international incident was caused when it was reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin had taken a Super Bowl ring from New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Kraft quickly issued a statement saying that he had given Putin the ring out of "respect and admiration" he had for the Russian people and Putin's leadership.[25] Kraft later said his earlier statement was not true, and had been issued under pressure from the White House.[26][27][28][29] The ring is on display at the Kremlin, along with other "gifts".[30]

• Eight: Bill Belichick: six as head coach of the New England Patriots, two as defensive coordinator of the New York Giants
• Seven:
  • Tom Brady: seven as quarterback; six with the New England Patriots, one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • Neal Dahlen: five as administration San Francisco 49ers. two as administration Denver Broncos
• Six: fourteen people.
  • Robert Kraft: six as owner of the New England Patriots
  • Dan Rooney and Art Rooney II: each as an executive with Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Chuck Noll: four as head coach and two as a team consultant with Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Josh McDaniels has won six with the New England Patriots: his first as special teams coach, second as defensive coaching assistant, third as quarterbacks coach, and his fourth, fifth, and sixth as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
  • Ivan Fears has won six with New England Patriots his first as wide receivers coach and the remaining as running backs coach.
  • Ernie Adams has won six with New England Patriots as a football research director
  • Nick Caserio has won six with the New England Patriots, one as a coaching assistant, one as a scout, four as director of player personnel
  • Bill Nunn: each as a scout with Pittsburgh Steelers[31][32]
  • "Mean" Joe Greene: four as a defensive tackle, two as a special assistant for player personnel, all with the Pittsburgh Steelers[33]
  • Conditioning coach Mike Woicik: three with Dallas Cowboys and three with New England Patriots
  • Brian Smith: six as an assistant coach, scout, scouting director, scouting coordinator, and 1 as director of player personnel New England Patriots[34][35][36]
• Five: seventeen people.
  • Charles Haley, five (two as a linebacker with the San Francisco 49ers and three as a defensive end with the Dallas Cowboys), currently second-most as a player. Most wins as a player without a loss.
  • Edward J. DeBartolo Jr., five as owner of San Francisco 49ers
  • Keith Simon: five as CFO and Executive VP with San Francisco 49ers
  • Bobb McKittrick: five as offensive line coach with San Francisco 49ers
  • Ray Rhodes: five as an assistant coach with San Francisco 49ers
  • Bill McPherson: five as defensive line coach with San Francisco 49ers
  • Dick Hoak: each as a running backs coach with Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Romeo Crennel: two as a defensive coach with New York Giants and three as a defensive coordinator with New England Patriots
  • Dante Scarnecchia has won five with New England Patriots as an offensive line coach, along with being assistant head coach for three of them
  • George Seifert: three as an assistant coach and two as a head coach all with San Francisco 49ers
  • Dwight Clark: two as a player and three as a member of the front office, all with San Francisco 49ers
  • Pepper Johnson: two as a linebacker for New York Giants and three as an assistant coach with New England Patriots
  • Monsignor Peter Armstrong: five as chaplain for San Francisco 49ers
  • Markus Paul: three as an assistant strength and conditioning coach with the New England Patriots, and two as an assistant strength and conditioning coach with the New York Giants[37]
  • Tim Rooney: Three with Pittsburgh Steelers and two with New York Giants (as Pro Personnel Director/Scout)
  • Brian Daboll has won five with New England Patriots, one as a defensive coaching assistant, two as wide receivers coach, and two as tight ends coach
  • Jim Whalen has won five with the New England Patriots as Head Athletic Trainer.[38][39]
• Four: at least 40 players, many coaches and staff.
  • The first player to win four Super Bowl rings was tight-end Marv Fleming, who got a pair with Green Bay Packers in 1966 and 1967, and another pair with Miami Dolphins in 1972 and 1973.
  • Twenty-two players earned four rings with Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970s: Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Lynn Swann, John Stallworth, Mel Blount, Jack Lambert, Jack Ham, Mike Webster, Donnie Shell, L. C. Greenwood, Rocky Bleier, Gerry Mullins, Larry Brown, Mike Wagner, J.T. Thomas, Loren Toews, Jon Kolb, Sam Davis, Steve Furness, Dwight White, Randy Grossman and the previously mentioned Joe Greene (who later added two more rings). At least five coaches were with the team all four years: George Perles, Louis Riecke, Woody Widenhofer and (as noted above) Chuck Noll and Dick Hoak. The list of Steelers front office staff receiving four rings during that era includes Director of Player Personnel Dick Haley.
  • Tom Flores: First person to have rings as a player (Kansas City Chiefs), assistant coach and head coach (Oakland Raiders)
  • Joe Montana, Keena Turner, Jesse Sapolu, Eric Wright, Mike Wilson and Ronnie Lott each won four Super Bowl rings with the 49ers. Dwaine Board was a member of four San Francisco 49ers' Super Bowl winning teams; Super Bowl XVI, Super Bowl XIX and Super Bowl XXIII as a player, and Super Bowl XXIX as a coach.
  • Kicker Adam Vinatieri won three with the New England Patriots and one with the Indianapolis Colts
  • Russ Grimm won three with Washington Redskins and one as a coach with Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Ted Hendricks won one with Baltimore Colts and three with Oakland Raiders
  • Bill Romanowski won two with San Francisco and two with Denver Broncos
  • Coach Charlie Weis won one with New York Giants and three with New England Patriots
  • Matt Millen has four rings while playing for four cities and three teams, one with Oakland Raiders, one with Los Angeles Raiders, one with San Francisco 49ers, and one with Washington Redskins (only player to earn a ring with four cities)
  • Sherman Lewis won three as running backs coach with San Francisco 49ers and one as offensive coordinator with Green Bay Packers
  • Willie Davis[40] Won all four rings with Green Bay Packers: two as a player, one as a member of the team's board of directors, and one as an emeritus director. He is the only person to possess all four of Green Bay's Super Bowl rings. Davis also won rings as a member of the 1961, 1962 and 1965 NFL Championship Green Bay Packer teams, bringing his total championship ring count to seven, with the first three having been awarded prior to the creation of the Super Bowl.
  • Mike Pope won all four of his Super Bowl rings as the long time Tight End coach for New York Giants
  • Ken Norton Jr. was the first member of 3 Super Bowl-winning teams in a row as a player, and gained a 4th ring as the Linebacker coach for the 2013 Seattle Seahawks
  • Larry Izzo won three Super Bowls with New England Patriots, and one as the special teams assistant coach with New York Giants
  • Coach Gary Kubiak won one with San Francisco 49ers as quarterbacks coach, two with Denver Broncos as offensive coordinator, and one as the head coach of the Broncos
  • Brian Pariani has won four rings. One as an offensive assistant coach with San Francisco 49ers and three as the tight ends coach with the Denver Broncos
  • Brendan Daly won three Super Bowls with the New England Patriots as defensive assistant and defensive line coach and won one Super Bowl as the defensive line coach for the Kansas City Chiefs
  • Rob Gronkowski won three Super Bowls with the New England Patriots during the 2010s, and his fourth was with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Notably, all four came when he partnered with Tom Brady.
• Three: many players, coaches and staff
  • Among the many figures with three are Brent Jones, Bill Walsh, John Elway, Mike Ditka, Mike Shanahan, Art Shell, Jerry Rice, Steve Young, Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, Chad O’Shea, Jay Novacek, Michael Irvin, Larry Brown, Eric Mangini, Joe Gibbs, Dave Dalby, Cliff Branch, Roger Craig, Shannon Sharpe, Ed McCaffrey, Mark Schlereth, Forrest Gregg, Herb Adderley, Tom Coughlin, Matt Patricia, LeGarrette Blount, Matt Cavanaugh, Steve Hoffman and Dave Merritt.
  • Twenty-two players earned three rings with the New England Patriots during the early 2000s: Troy Brown, Willie McGinest, Richard Seymour, Ty Law, Mike Vrabel, Tedy Bruschi, Kevin Faulk, Matt Light, Patrick Pass, Ted Johnson, Lonie Paxton, Stephen Neal, Joe Andruzzi, David Patten, Roman Phifer, Tom Ashworth, Adrian Klemm, Je'Rod Cherry, Matt Chatham, the aforementioned Adam Vinatieri (who later added a fourth ring with the Colts), the aforementioned Tom Brady (who went on to win three additional Super Bowls with the Patriots and one with the Buccaners), and the aforementioned Larry Izzo (who won a fourth with the Giants).
  • Fourteen players earned three rings with the New England Patriots during the 2010s: Marcus Cannon, James White, James Develin, Julian Edelman, Dont'a Hightower, Devin McCourty, Patrick Chung, Duron Harmon, Matthew Slater, Nate Ebner, Ryan Allen, Stephen Gostkowski and the aforementioned Tom Brady (who had already won three previous Super Bowls with the Patriots during the 2000s and one with the Buccaneers in the 2020s) and Rob Gronkowski.

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• Images and list of all the 53 Super Bowl Rings from 1967 to 2019 at foxfans