Every Madden Super Bowl prediction since 2004

EA Sports puts its Madden NFL games to the test every year when they use it to predict the result of the Super Bowl

When it comes to football games, there’s nothing that comes close to EA Sport’s Madden NFL series. While there are issues here and there, like the servers permanently losing your save file, it’s still the go-to for virtual football simulation.

Every year since 2004, EA Sports have tried to show off just how realistic their game is by running a simulation of that year’s Super Bowl to predict the winner. While it can be quite hit-and-miss, some of the hits are quite spectacular, Super Bowl 49 in particular.

We’ve gone through the predictions from every year and compared them to the real results to see how they stack up, with help from SportingNews.

Year	Madden score	Real score	Correct winner?
Super Bowl 57	Eagles 31 Chiefs 17	Chiefs 38 Eagles 35	No
Super Bowl 56	Bengals 24 Rams 21	Rams 23 Bengals 20	No
Super Bowl 55	Chiefs 37 Buccs 27	Buccs 31 Chiefs 9	No
Super Bowl 54	Chiefs 35 49ers 31	Chiefs 21 49ers 20	Yes
Super Bowl 53	Rams 30 Patriots 27	Patriots 13 Rams 3	No
Super Bowl 52	Patriots 24 Eagles 20	Eagles 41 Patriots 33	No
Super Bowl 51	Patriots 27 Falcons 24	Patriots 34 Falcons 28	Yes
Super Bowl 50	Panthers 24 Broncos 20	Broncos 24 Panthers 10	No
Super Bowl 49	Patriots 28 Seahawks 24	Patriots 28 Seahawks 24	Perfect
Super Bowl 48	Broncos 31 Seahawks 28	Seahawks 43 Broncos 8	No
Super Bowl 47	Ravens 27 49ers 24	Ravens 34 49ers 31	Yes
Super Bowl 46	Giants 27 Patriots 24	Giants 21 Patriots 17	Yes
Super Bowl 45	Steelers 24 Packers 20	Packers 31 Steelers 25	No
Super Bowl 44	Saints 35 Colts 31	Saints 31 Colts 17	Yes
Super Bowl 43	Steelers 28 Cardinals 24	Steelers 27 Cardinals 23	Yes
Super Bowl 42	Patriots 38 Giants 30	Giants 17 Patriots 14	No
Super Bowl 41	Colts 38 Bears 27	Colts 29 Bears 17	Yes
Super Bowl 40	Steelers 24 Seahawks 19	Steelers 21 Seahawks 10	Yes
Super Bowl 39	Patriots 47 Eagles 31	Patriots 24 Eagles 21	Yes
Super Bowl 38	Patriots 23 Panthers 20	Patriots 32 Panthers 29	Yes

For the stats fans, that’s a total of 11 out of 20 correct predictions, which comes out to a hit rate of 55%. That's quite impressive, especially considering that includes a perfect score prediction. Although, it’s worth noting that it has only been correct once in the past five years, so maybe the newer games aren’t as spot-on as the old ones.

With Super Bowl 57 just a month away, it will be interesting to see how Madden 23 fares at picking the right winner, especially as we've already seen what the data says is Madden NFL 23's best team.