The 17 Best Super Bowl Commercials of All Time

Thirty seconds, a national audience, and one shot at being remembered. Some of these are older than the people voting on them.

1

Coca-Cola: Mean Joe Greene

The 1980 spot where a battered Steelers lineman trades his jersey for a kid's Coke.

2

Pepsi: Cindy Crawford

The 1992 ad where Cindy Crawford steps out of a red convertible for a can of Pepsi.

3

Apple: 1984

Ridley Scott's dystopian Macintosh launch ad, aired once during Super Bowl XVIII.

4

Budweiser: Whassup

The 2000 spot whose one-word phone greeting turned into a national catchphrase.

5

Budweiser: Frogs

Three swamp frogs croaking 'Bud-weis-er' in the 1995 game, still the brand's most quoted ad.

6

Wendy's: Where's the Beef

Clara Peller's 1984 growl at a rival's tiny burger patty became a pop-culture line.

7

Volkswagen: The Force

A pint-sized Darth Vader discovers his powers on a Passat in the 2011 game.

8

EDS: Cat Herders

Weathered cowboys describe the hardship of driving ten thousand housecats across the plains.

9

Snickers: Betty White

The 2010 spot that launched 'You're not you when you're hungry' with Betty White in a mud puddle.

10

Reebok: Terry Tate

An office linebacker enforces workplace rules with full-speed tackles in 2003.

11

Chrysler: Imported from Detroit

Eminem drives through his home city in a two-minute 2011 ad for the Chrysler 200.

12

McDonald's: The Showdown

Michael Jordan and Larry Bird play trick shots for a Big Mac in the 1993 game.

13

Budweiser: Puppy Love

A puppy keeps escaping to visit a Clydesdale in the 2014 tearjerker.

14

Always: Like a Girl

The 2015 spot that reframed a schoolyard insult into a statement about confidence.

15

Budweiser: Respect

The Clydesdales bow toward the New York skyline in a 9/11 tribute aired once in 2002.

16

Coca-Cola: America the Beautiful

The 2014 ad in which the patriotic anthem is sung in several languages.

17

Doritos: Ultrasound

An unborn baby lunges toward a chip in the crowd-sourced 2016 spot.