Want to be the smarty pants of your Super Bowl party?
Well, you’re in the right spot. From against-the-spread trends and player data, to national anthem run times and Gatorade shower colours, we’ve compiled a wide-ranging list of insightful tidbits for the NFL’s big game.
Before the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs kick off on Feb. 9, check out our 59 Super Stats for Super Bowl 59, and use our NFL Team and Player Stats pages when doing research before placing your bets.
Super Bowl 59 stats
- Full Super Bowl Markets
- Super Bowl 59 Injury Report
- Kansas City Chiefs Team Stats
- Philadelphia Eagles Team Stats
Player/Coach stats
1. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts has 22 rushes inside the five-yard line this season (second-most in the NFL).
2. Hurts, who had three rushing TDs in the NFC championship, also had three rushing TDs vs. the Chiefs in Super Bowl 57.
3. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes averaged just 3.4 air yards per attempt during the regular season (32nd among quarterbacks with 250+ attempts).
4. Mahomes’ stats in four Super Bowls: 267.8 yards/game, 7 TDs, 5 INTs.
5. Hurts has eight passing TDs and nine rushing TDs in his postseason career (eight games).
6. Hurts threw two interceptions in his playoff debut back in 2021, but he hasn’t been picked off in the postseason since. His 206 consecutive INT-free postseason passes are just nine shy of Drew Brees’ NFL record (215).
7. Mahomes has 6+ rush attempts in five straight playoff games. In 20 career playoff games, he’s averaged 5.4 carries and 29.1 rush yards.
8. Mahomes is 17-3 in his playoff career. He’s second all-time among QBs in playoff wins, trailing only Tom Brady (35).
9. Eagles running back Saquon Barkley has 4+ red zone carries in eight of his past nine games.
10. Barkley has 13 carries of 20+ yards in his past 10 games.
11. During the regular season, Barkley averaged an NFL-high 3.8 yards per rush before contact.
12. Barkley has rushed for 205+ yards twice this season (including in the divisional round). The Super Bowl rushing record is 204 yards, set by Washington’s Timmy Smith in Super Bowl 22.
13. In Kansas City’s AFC championship win over Buffalo, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce had just 19 yards on two catches. But before that, he had posted 70+ receiving yards in 14 straight postseason matchups.
14. Kelce recently made his 10th consecutive Pro Bowl, but did so while posting career lows in receiving yards (823), TDs (three) and yards per reception (8.5).
15. Kelce has only been targeted inside the 10-yard line once in his past nine games.
16. Eagles kicker Jake Elliott is 1-for-8 on field goals from 50+ yards (including a miss in the NFC championship game).
17. Over the past three postseasons, Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is 23-for-23 on PATs and 21-for-22 on field goal attempts (his lone miss came in Super Bowl 57 against the Eagles).
18. Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt has a rushing TD in all six career postseason games.
19. In the past 15 Super Bowls, 11 MVP winners have been quarterbacks (including Mahomes in three of the past four). In that time, two defensive players have been MVP — but none since Denver edge rusher Von Miller in Super Bowl 50.
20. A running back hasn’t been Super Bowl MVP since Terrell Davis in 1998.
21. Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert has 4+ catches in nine straight playoff games. He had six catches for 60 yards against the Chiefs in Super Bowl 57.
22. In the NFC championship win over Washington, Eagles receiver A.J. Brown had six catches for 96 yards and a touchdown … and that was his exact stat line against the Chiefs in Super Bowl 57.
23. Eagles receiver DeVonta Smith has caught all 12 of his targets this postseason (exactly four in each game). His 76.4% catch rate ranks in the 92nd percentile.
24. From Weeks 1-12, Chiefs receiver Xavier Worthy had zero games with 5+ catches. He has since recorded 5+ catches in seven straight games (excluding Week 18 when he was among KC’s resting starters).
25. Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco has averaged fewer than 4.0 yards per rush in six straight games.
26. Kansas City’s Andy Reid and Philadelphia’s Nick Sirianni will be the fifth head coaching duo to meet in multiple Super Bowls. In the previous four instances, the head coach who won the first matchup also won the second (including Reid last year vs. 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan).
Super Bowl team stats
27. Both the Chiefs (32 points) and the Eagles (55 points) set their season-high scoring totals in the conference championship round.
28. The Chiefs have won nine straight playoff games (one shy of the Patriots’ record, which was set between 2001-05).
29. The Chiefs have only lost four fumbles this season (tied for the second-fewest in the NFL).
30. The Eagles forced 22 fumbles this season (tied for most in the NFL).
31. The Chiefs have won 17 consecutive one-score games.
32. The Eagles allowed the fewest pass yards per attempt (5.5) and the lowest dropback success rate (41.5%).
33. The Eagles led the NFL in rushing TDs (39), run play percentage (56.52%) and EPA per rush.
34. Only five of the Eagles’ 20 opponents have amassed 250+ passing yards.
35. Philly is third in the NFL in fourth-down conversion rate (73.33%). KC is right behind in fourth (70.0%).
36. The Chiefs have struggled to prevent conversions on third down (43.9%. 28th in the NFL). The Eagles have struggled to prevent opponents from converting on fourth down (62.5% conversion rate allowed, 23rd in the NFL).
37. KC ranks fourth in blitz rate (31.6%) and second in QB knockdown rate (12.8%).
38. Philly generates 2.7 seconds of pocket time per dropback for Jalen Hurts (No. 1 in the NFL).
39. These are two of the least-penalized teams in the NFL. Philly averages the third-fewest penalty yards (45.1), and KC averages the fifth-fewest (46.3).
40. Both teams tend to force their opponents to run the ball out on kickoffs. Philly averages the fewest opponent touchbacks per game (2.1) while KC allows the second-fewest (2.4).
41. This is only the second time a pair of teams have met twice in the Super Bowl in three years. The other instance was Bills vs. Cowboys, which was the matchup in 1992 and ’93 (Dallas won both).
Novelty stats
42. In the past 20 years, Super Bowl teams wearing white jerseys are 16-4. The Chiefs will wear white jerseys, while the Eagles will wear green (same jersey matchup as Super Bowl 57).
43. Heads has been the coin toss winner in three of the past four Super Bowls.
44. Tails (30-28) holds a slight edge, historically, in Super Bowl coin toss results and is 7-4 since Super Bowl 48.
45. Purple has been the Gatorade colour in back-to-back Super Bowls (both won by the Chiefs, of course). The Chiefs used orange Gatorade for the celebratory bath in Super Bowl 54.
46. Blue Gatorade has been the colour of choice in three of the past six Super Bowls.
47. The last time a Gatorade colour was used three-plus years in a row was 2005-08 (clear).
48. When the Eagles won Super Bowl 52, they used yellow Gatorade for the celebratory bath. That’s the only time yellow Gatorade has been used in the past 15 Super Bowls.
49. Last year, Reba McEntire performed the U.S. national anthem in 1:35. That was the shortest anthem length in the past 12 Super Bowls.
50. Seven of the past 10 national anthem performances have lasted more than two minutes.
51. Dating back to Super Bowl 33, no national anthem performance has gone under 1:30.
Super Bowl betting stats
52. Underdogs are 5-7 SU and 7-5 ATS in the postseason this year.
53. KC is 9-10 ATS this year, while Philly is 13-7 ATS.
54. Collectively, unders were 22-17 (56.4%) in Chiefs and Eagles games this season.
55. Since 2017, underdogs are 59-39 ATS in the playoffs.
56. Super Bowl underdogs are 11-6 SU and 13-4 ATS in the past 17 years.
57. Overs are 7-5 in the past 12 Super Bowls, and the over has cashed in back-to-back title games.
58. Three of the past four Super Bowl underdogs were given three or fewer points. They all earned SU victories.
59. When playing as either a favourite of three or fewer points, or as an underdog, Mahomes is 28-9-1 ATS in his career.
In addition to NorthStar’s stats pages, Super Bowl stats info in this article was gathered from the following sources: Team Rankings, RBSDM.com, TheLines.com, RotoWire, Fantasy Pros, Action Network, VegasInsider.com.
Jordan enjoys writing data-driven game previews and analysis articles — especially for MLB markets or NFL/NBA props. And as a proud Ohio University grad, he’ll always have a soft spot for college sports (especially if the Bobcats are involved). Previous stops include mlb.com, Sportsnet and The Athletic.