Every Super Bowl offers an opportunity for players to not only walk away with the coveted Lombardi Trophy as the Super Bowl champion, but to also produce record-setting performances. Sunday’s Super Bowl LVIII will be no different.
Because the Kansas City Chiefs will be playing in their fourth Super Bowl in five seasons, they have a few players within reach of career records.
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But that doesn’t mean they’ve cornered the market on reachable Super Bowl records. The San Francisco 49ers have a couple in their sights as well.
Following are the five most attainable Super Bowl records and accomplishments in Super Bowl LVIII.
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Career receptions
Current record: Jerry Rice (33)
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has 22 receptions in three Super Bowl appearances. That places him seventh on the career. All he needs is another game like the AFC Championship Game, when he caught 11 passes against Baltimore, to match Rice’s all-time mark. Eight more catches will put Kelce into second place all-time ahead of Rob Gronkowski, making Kelce the Super Bowl receptions leader among tight ends.
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Most field goals made
Current record: Adam Vinatieri and Stephen Gostkowski (7 each)
This is likely the most attainable of all the records. Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has made five Super Bowl field goals to rank third all-time. All he needs is two more to match Vinatieri and Gostknowski, and Butler averages 2.3 field goals per playoff game this season. He also made two more field goals in 11 games during the season.
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Youngest QB to win MVP
Current record: Patrick Mahomes (24 years, 4 months, 16 days)
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy will be 24 years and 46 days on Super Bowl Sunday. So, if the 49ers win and Purdy is honored as the game’s MVP, he would supplant the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes as the youngest quarterback to win the honor in Super Bowl history. He would be the third youngest overall behind Marcus Allen and Lynn Swann. The only quarterbacks to start a Super Bowl at a younger age than Purdy are Dan Marino and Ben Roethlisberger.
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Rushing touchdowns
Current record: Jalen Hurts and Terrell Davis (3)
Sunday will be the first Super Bowl appearance for San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey. Then why is this record so attainable? Because McCaffrey was a touchdown machine in 2023, leading the NFL with 21. If he gets 25-30 touches on Sunday, as expected against a Chiefs’ defense that is weaker against the run, then McCaffrey is fully able to reach the end zone on three occasions. Hurts did it against the Chiefs last year.
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Most Super Bowl victories
Current record: New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers (6)
The San Francisco 49ers have been stuck at five Super Bowl wins since 1995. Since then, they have lost two staew — to the Baltimore Ravens, 35-31, in Super Bowl XLVII, and to the Kansas City Chiefs, 31-20, in Super Bowl LIV. Here they are once again against Mahomes and the Chiefs, who rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to deny the 49ers their sixth franchise championship. Head coach Kyle Shanahan doesn’t need another Super Bowl defeat on his coaching resume.