(NBC Sports) - Until this year, no team ever had three 1,000-yard receivers. But the 2008-2009 Arizona Cardinals did. With Larry Fitzgerald (96 catches, 1,431 yards), Anquan Boldin (89 catches, 1,038 yards in 12 games) and Steve Breaston (77 catches, 1,006 yards) at Kurt Warner’s disposal, the Cardinals have – statistically – the most daunting trio of pass-catchers ever to play in a Super Bowl. Are they the best group ever? We’ll wait until after the Super Bowl to figure that out. Meanwhile, who are the other Super Tandems and Trios in Super Bowl history? Here they are, in order.

This is a subjective list of the best pass-catching partnerships in Super Bowl history. We included all the tandems in which both targets had 1,000-yard seasons. We gave special dispensations to John Stallworth and Lynn Swann in 1979 and the Raiders' Big 3 from 1976 based on their historic careers and the game-breaking abilities that they showed in the postseason. Ratings were made primarily by their statistics in the Super Bowl season they’re listed for. We also took into account the extent to which their offenses revolved around them and the "scare factor" they put into defenses with the sum of their talents.

1. Rice and Taylor
Jerry Rice and John Taylor
1989 49ers

The legendary Rice caught 82 passes for 1,483 yards and 17 touchdowns in the regular season. Taylor caught 60 for 1,077 and 10 scores. They averaged 18.1 and 18.0 yards per catch, respectively. In the Super Bowl, Rice caught seven passes for 148 yards and three touchdowns. Taylor caught three for 49 yards and a touchdown in the 55-10 demolition of the Broncos.

2. Holt, Bruce and Faulk
Torry Holt, Isaac Bruce and Marshall Faulk
2001 Rams

The key targets in The Greatest Show on Turf caught a combined total of 228 passes during the regular season. Holt caught 81 passes for 1,363 yards and seven scores; Bruce caught 64 for 1,106 yards and six scores; and Faulk caught a team-high 83 passes for 765 yards and nine touchdowns. This season was much more impressive than the performance of the group in 1999. Both Holt and Bruce were kept relatively in check in the Super Bowl with five catches apiece for 56 and 49 yards respectively.

3. Duper and Clayton
Mark Duper and Mark Clayton
1984 Dolphins

The Marks Brother combined for 144 catches and 2,695 yards during the regular season, combining on 26 touchdowns (18 for Clayton). This was the season Dan Marino set the single season record for passing yards (5,146), and these two relatively small wideouts (Duper was 5'9", 185 lbs.; Clayton was 5'9", 177) were the beneficiaries of the outburst. Clayton had six catches for 92 yards in the 38-16 loss to the Niners in the Super Bowl. Duper had just one for 11 yards.

4. Stallworth and Swann
John Stallworth and Lynn Swann
1979 Steelers

This pair of Steelers legends were at their best in ’79. Both 27, Stallworth caught 70 passes for 1,183 yards (16.9 average) and eight touchdowns, while Swann caught 41 balls for 808 yards in his 13 games in 1979. A pair of playoff game-breakers (Swann was the star of Super Bowl X and caught the clinching touchdown in Super Bowl XIII), Stallworth clinched this Super Bowl for the Steelers with an over-the-shoulder touchdown grab of a Terry Bradshaw bomb in the fourth quarter.

5. Sauer and Maynard
George Sauer and Don Maynard
1968 Jets

Sauer, a split end, had 66 catches for 1,141 yards in 1968. Maynard, a 33-year-old flanker, had 57 catches for 1,297 yards. Their averages (17.3 and 22.8) bespoke an explosiveness that just doesn’t exist in today’s age of the Cover-2 and wide-roaming safeties. They caught 13 of the Jets' 20 regular season touchdown passes between them. Maynard was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987. Sauer was a four-time Pro Bowler and two time All-Pro in a short career that ended in 1970 at age 27.

6. Branch, Biletnikoff and Casper
Cliff Branch, Fred Biletnikoff and Dave Casper
1976 Raiders

Between them, the whippet-quick Branch, glue-fingered Biletnikoff and wonderfully-agile tight end Casper combined in 1976 to catch 29 of the 33 touchdown passes thrown by Raiders quarterbacks in 1976 (27 by Ken Stabler, six by Mike Rae). Branch had 46 catches for 1,111 yards (24.2 average) and 12 TDs. Casper caught 53 passes for 691 yards and 10 scores, and the 33-year-old Biletnikoff caught 43 balls for 551 yards and seven TDs. Biletnikoff, a Hall of Famer, won Super Bowl MVP honors for a four-catch, 79-yard performance in the Super Bowl. Casper and Biletnikoff made the Hall of Fame. Branch was a four-time Pro Bowler and three-time All-Pro.

7. Moss and Welker
Randy Moss and Wes Welker
2007 Patriots

Moss had an insane regular season, catching 98 passes for 1,493 yards and a record 23 touchdowns. Welker, the Slot Machine, caught an eye-popping 112 balls for 1,175 yards and eight more scores. Welker had a big Super Bowl with 11 catches for 103 yards, while Moss was kept in check most of the game in the upset by the Giants. He finished with five catches for 62 yards and a touchdown.

8. Harrison and Wayne
Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne
2006 Colts

At 34, Harrison had a massive season for the Super Bowl-winning Colts. He caught 85 passes for 1,366 yards and 12 scores, while Wayne, 28 at the time, caught 86 for 1,310 yards and nine scores. A team propelled by its passing attack, the Colts throttled down, and Joseph Addai and Dominic Rhodes – the Colts running backs – were the keys to the Colts' Super Bowl win.

9. Monk and Clark
Art Monk and Gary Clark
1991 Redskins

Clark had 70 catches for 1,340 yards and 10 touchdowns for the deep-tossing Redskins. Monk caught 71 passes for 1,049 yards and eight scores. To a lesser extent, Ricky Sanders was also a threat, catching 45 for 580 and five scores. All were members of the Washington "Fun Bunch" that ravaged NFC secondaries in the eighties and early nineties.

10. Smith and Sharpe
Rod Smith and Shannon Sharpe
1997 Broncos

The underrated Smith caught 70 balls for 1,180 yards and 10 touchdowns in the regular season, while Sharpe – a tight end in name and wideout in deed – caught 72 passes for 1,107 yards and three scores. They averaged 16.9 and 15.2 yards per catch between them and were a daunting pair to deal with running their crossing routes off the Broncos bootleg action when the deadly stretch running play was ditched.

11. Smith, McCaffrey and Sharpe
Rod Smith, Ed McCaffrey and Shannon Sharpe
1998 Broncos

Going to the next level after the franchise’s first Super Bowl win in 1997, Smith caught 86 balls for 1,222 yards, and McCaffrey chipped in with 64 catches for 1,053. Sharpe had 64 catches for 768 yards. The three of them combined for 26 regular season touchdown grabs.

12. Brooks and Freeman
Robert Brooks and Antonio Freeman
1997 Packers

In their best season as a tandem, they combined for 141 catches, 2,253 yards and 19 regular season scores as Brett Favre won the last of his three straight MVP awards. Freeman had a big Super Bowl in the loss to the Broncos with nine catches for 126 yards and two scores.

13. Reed and Lofton
Andre Reed and James Lofton
1991 Bills

The beneficiaries of the Bills' no-huddle K-Gun offense, Reed and Lofton both topped 1,000 yards in 1991, catching 81 for 1,113 yards and 57 for 1,072 yards, respectively. The two combined for 18 regular season touchdowns. Wideout Don Beebe, tight end Keith McKellar and running back Thurman Thomas were also major targets in the Bills' wide-open attack.

14. Martin and Mathis
Tony Martin and Terance Mathis
1998 Falcons

Who knew? The Dirty Birds' offense was more than just Jamal Anderson running the ball. Mathis caught 64 passes for 1,136 yards and 11 touchdowns; Martin caught 66 balls for 1,181 yards and six scores. They averaged 17.8 and 17.9 yards per catch respectively, tracking down throws from quarterback Chris Chandler.

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