Who Keeps the Lombardi Trophy? (2024)

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Who Keeps the Lombardi Trophy? ›

Unlike hockey's Stanley Cup, which is passed to the winning team each season, each winning Super Bowl team gets to keep its own Vince Lombardi trophy. The coveted Vince Lombardi Trophy has been designed by Tiffany & Co. since the first Super Bowl in 1967.

Do NFL teams get to keep the Lombardi Trophy? Yes, they do. The NFL casts a new trophy every year to award to the Super Bowl champion. The Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots have the most Lombardi Trophies with six.

Since Super Bowl XXX in January 1996, it has been presented to the owner of the winning team on the field. Packers team president and CEO Bob Harlan and Mark Murphy accepted the trophy on behalf of the Green Bay community after Super Bowl XXXI and Super Bowl XLV, respectively.

The trophy is made entirely out of sterling silver by Tiffany & Co. The first one was created in New Jersey, but since 2017, the trophy has been made in Rhode Island. The cost to make a Lombardi Trophy is $50,000 in total, but the trophy is just $10,000. The process to make one takes four months and 72 hours.

Fans can see the Vince Lombardi Trophy in the Lamar Hunt Super Bowl Gallery. Admittance into this gallery is included with admission into the Hall. The Pro Football Hall of Fame is open every day of the year except Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Unfortunately, the winners of the World Cup are not allowed to keep the trophy. You might think that the victors would be able to keep the trophy in their possession until the competition is played again four years later but that is not the case. In the past, it was very different.

Is There Only 1 Lombardi Trophy Each Year? There's only one official trophy made each year, which remains with the team. Smaller replicas created (worth about $1,000 each) and distributed to all the players, in addition to the Super Bowl rings.

They're not free: The cost per Super Bowl ring can run anywhere from $30,000 to $50,000. The New England Patriots' Super Bowl XLIX rings, for instance, cost $36,500 each. A full set of rings for a team can cost upwards of $5 million. Who pays for them: The NFL contributes $5,000 per ring for the first 150 rings.

How much do Super Bowl tickets cost? On Ticketmaster, verified resale tickets, tickets resold by fans and verified by Ticketmaster, ranged from $6,250 to well over $10,000 on Monday. The most expensive tickets were for front-row seats, Section 125, Row 6, which cost $75,000 each plus fees.

Who has the most Super Bowl ring? ›

Which players have the most Super Bowl wins overall? Tom Brady has won the most Super Bowls of any player in NFL history with seven. Brady won the 2002, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2017, and 2019 Super Bowls quarterbacking the New England Patriots, and the 2021 Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Considering the monetary worth of the trophy itself, as well as the time it takes to produce just one, the answer is no, players do not all receive their own Lombardi Trophy. However, they are given a mini replica of the trophy, which is worth about $1,500.

Mount Olivet Cemetery, Middletown Township, NJ

Vince Lombardi / Place of burial

Fittingly, among Lombardi's most famous quotes is, “Winners never quit, and quitters never win.” Unlike hockey's Stanley Cup, which is passed to the winning team each season, each winning Super Bowl team gets to keep its own Vince Lombardi trophy. The coveted Vince Lombardi Trophy has been designed by Tiffany & Co.

Do Super Bowl winners keep the trophy? Each year, only one official Lombardi Trophy is created for the Super Bowl-winning team, remaining in their possession permanently. Players receive smaller replicas along with Super Bowl rings.

Other designers have included Balfour and Tiffany & Co., the latter of which also designed the Vince Lombardi Trophy, named for the legendary football coach and awarded annually to the Super Bowl champs (the company makes one each year from scratch).