After the Kansas City Chiefs win in Super Bowl XLVIII, Aaron Schatz of Football Outsiders wrote an article ranking every Super Bowl champion in order, ranking every team using his DVOA data, estimating for teams that won before 1981 while accounting for the strength of the NFL in games that were AFL vs. NFL.
Here’s a basic breakdown of DVOA in Schatz’s words.
“DVOA is a method of evaluating teams, units, or players. It takes every single play during the NFL season and compares each one to a league-average baseline based on situation.