Thirty seconds, a national audience, and one shot at being remembered. Some of these are older than the people voting on them.
1Coca-Cola: Mean Joe GreeneThe 1980 spot where a battered Steelers lineman trades his jersey for a kid's Coke.
2Pepsi: Cindy CrawfordThe 1992 ad where Cindy Crawford steps out of a red convertible for a can of Pepsi.
3Apple: 1984Ridley Scott's dystopian Macintosh launch ad, aired once during Super Bowl XVIII.
4Budweiser: WhassupThe 2000 spot whose one-word phone greeting turned into a national catchphrase.
5Budweiser: FrogsThree swamp frogs croaking 'Bud-weis-er' in the 1995 game, still the brand's most quoted ad.
6Wendy's: Where's the BeefClara Peller's 1984 growl at a rival's tiny burger patty became a pop-culture line.
7Volkswagen: The ForceA pint-sized Darth Vader discovers his powers on a Passat in the 2011 game.
8EDS: Cat HerdersWeathered cowboys describe the hardship of driving ten thousand housecats across the plains.
9Snickers: Betty WhiteThe 2010 spot that launched 'You're not you when you're hungry' with Betty White in a mud puddle.
10Reebok: Terry TateAn office linebacker enforces workplace rules with full-speed tackles in 2003.
11Chrysler: Imported from DetroitEminem drives through his home city in a two-minute 2011 ad for the Chrysler 200.
12McDonald's: The ShowdownMichael Jordan and Larry Bird play trick shots for a Big Mac in the 1993 game.
13Budweiser: Puppy LoveA puppy keeps escaping to visit a Clydesdale in the 2014 tearjerker.
14Always: Like a GirlThe 2015 spot that reframed a schoolyard insult into a statement about confidence.
15Budweiser: RespectThe Clydesdales bow toward the New York skyline in a 9/11 tribute aired once in 2002.
16Coca-Cola: America the BeautifulThe 2014 ad in which the patriotic anthem is sung in several languages.
17Doritos: UltrasoundAn unborn baby lunges toward a chip in the crowd-sourced 2016 spot.
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Mean Joe Greene traded his jersey for a kid's Coke in an ad from 1 October 1979; Cindy Crawford bought a can at a roadside stop in the 1992 game: https://youpick.best/articles/coca-cola-vs-pepsi-ranked
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