EA’s Madden NFL video game has predicted the correct Super Bowl winner with 65% accuracy—and it just picked this year’s game

EA’s Madden video game predicts the winner of the 2024 Super Bowl.

While the oddsmakers are giving the San Francisco 49ers a slight edge in this year’s Super Bowl, one of the most accurate predictors of the game disagrees.

EA’s Madden NFL football franchise regularly rules the video game sales charts, but it also has an uncanny track record when it comes to the Big Game. And this year, the game predicts, the Chiefs will emerge victorious, by a score of 30-28.

The Madden series has a 65% accuracy rate, accurately predicted the winner of the Super Bowl for 13 of the past 20 years (including prognosticating the exact score in 2015). Patrick Mahomes, the game says, will be the third player ever to win back-to-back MVP honors.

(Keep in mind, last year, Madden thought the Eagles would walk away as the winners.)

This year’s prediction was a bit different than others. EA did not give a quarter-by-quarter breakdown or additional insight into how it arrived at the final score.

Madden is just a video game, though, right? Why should anyone care what it says? Well, first, there’s that track record. Beyond that, though, the game leans heavily into artificial intelligence during development, which could improve its predictive performance.

The NFL has been keeping statistics about games and players since 1920, but in 2014, it outfitted RFID tags onto the shoulder pads of every player in a program called Next Gen Stats, later adding them to referee uniforms, first down markers and the pylons at the edge of the end zone. Using those, the league was able to capture a treasure trove of more precise data, including player speed, field location, and movement patterns. Madden NFL 22, which debuted in 2021, deeply integrated that data, allowing it to make on-screen players more realistic than ever.

Want a little historical perspective before you decide whether to trust a video game as you place your bets? Here’s a look at how the game’s complete track record.

Super Bowl LVII

Madden: Eagles 31, Chiefs 17

Actual Score: Chiefs 38, Eagles 35

Super Bowl LVI

Madden: Bengals 24, Rams 21

Actual Score: Rams 23, Bengals 20

Super Bowl LV

Madden: Chiefs 37, Buccaneers 27

Actual Score: Buccaneers 31, Chiefs 9

Super Bowl LIV

Madden: Chiefs 35, 49ers 31

Actual Score: Chiefs 31, 49ers 20

Super Bowl LIII

Madden: Rams 30, Patriots 27

Actual Score: Patriots 13, Rams 3

Super Bowl LII

Madden: Patriots 24, Eagles 20

Actual Score: Patriots 34, Eagles 28

Super Bowl LI

Madden: Patriots 27, Falcons 24

Actual Score: Patriots 34, Falcons 28

Super Bowl 50

Madden: Panthers 24, Broncos 20

Actual Score: Broncos 24, Panthers 10

Super Bowl XLIX

Madden: Patriots 28, Seahawks 24

Actual Score: Patriots 28, Seahawks 24

Super Bowl XLVIII

Madden: Broncos, 31, Seahawks, 28

Actual score: Seahawks 43, Broncos, 8

Super Bowl XLVII

Madden: Ravens, 27, 49ers, 24

Actual score: Ravens, 34, 49ers, 31

Super Bowl XLVI

Madden: Giants, 27, Patriots, 24

Actual score: Giants, 21, Patriots, 17

Super Bowl XLV

Madden: Steelers, 24, Packers, 20

Actual score: Packers, 31, Steelers, 25

Super Bowl XLIV

Madden: Saints 35, Colts 31

Actual score: Saints 31, Colts 17

Super Bowl XLIII

Madden: Steelers 28, Cardinals 24

Actual score: Steelers 27, Cardinals 23

Super Bowl XLII

Madden: Patriots 38, Giants 30

Actual score: Giants 17, Patriots 14

Super Bowl XLI

Madden: Colts 38, Bears 27

Actual score: Colts 29, Bears 17

Super Bowl XL

Madden: Steelers 24, Seahawks 19

Actual score: Steelers 21, Seahawks 10

Super Bowl XXXIX

Madden: Patriots 47, Eagles 31

Actual score: Patriots 24, Eagles 21

Super Bowl XXXVIII

Madden: Patriots 23, Panthers 20

Actual Score: Patriots 32, Panthers 29

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