ESPN.com · Jan 2, 2019
2009 vs. 2011 vs. 2018: Which team is Saints' best ever?
METAIRIE, La. -- The obvious choice is 2009.
That was the only Super Bowl team in New Orleans Saints history. And they proved just how good they were in the playoffs by rolling through future Hall of Fame quarterbacks Kurt Warner, Brett Favre and Peyton Manning.
But if it's possible to just compare regular seasons, the battle for "best team in Saints history" is awfully tight between '09, 2011 and this current 2018 edition -- all of which finished 13-3 and led the NFL in point differential under the direction of Sean Payton and Drew Brees.
Point differential:
2009: 1st (plus-169)
2011: 1st (plus-208)
2018: 1st (plus-151)
Points per game:
2009: 1st (31.9)
2011: 2nd (34.2)
2018: 3rd (31.5)
