Ranking the greatest Super Bowl halftime show memes of all time, including Kendrick Lamar's stare and Left Shark (2025 edition)

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2023 and has been updated.

The Super Bowl halftime show is one of the best things about NFL’s annual title game — and for some, it’s THE best thing.

But for us, the memes that come out of halftime that are in the top-3 best things about the Super Bowl.

We’ve had so many legendary memes that explode that night and last for weeks. And Kendrick Lamar’s 2025 Super Bowl halftime show performance delivered several memorable moments, including a meme after he smiled into the camera while trolling Drake.

That’s why it’s a good time to rank the best of the best, the ones that we loved sharing.

Here they are, the best Super Bowl memes of all time, ranked:

10. Chris Martin looks left out (2016)

Coldplay headlined Super Bowl 50’s halftime show, but Beyonce and Bruno Mars stole all the headlines.

And this Chris Martin meme summed it all up:

Even Chris Martin can't believe he's allowed to perform with Beyoncé #SB50 pic.twitter.com/X50rElaM2F

— Rebecca Zamon (@RebZam) February 8, 2016

Dead pic.twitter.com/uw0VLootvL

— OnSMASH (@OnSMASH) February 8, 2016

Chris Martin was the Left Shark of this year's halftime show #SB50 pic.twitter.com/gYyXKIAC6q

— LispyJimmy (@UnitedgamerzHQ) February 8, 2016

9. What’s Dr. Dre playing on the piano? (2022)

LOL! Too funny.

https://twitter.com/BeefyFinger/status/1493613271244591117

8. Beyoncé’s snapshot (2013)

Sorry, ⁦The Weekend⁩… but Beyoncé had the greatest Super Bowl meme of all time. pic.twitter.com/Qt549ricTg

— Kate Hyde (@KateHydeNY) February 8, 2021

7. Justin Timberlake’s Selfie Kid (2018)

A great moment for this kid!

When you don’t know who Justin Timberlake is #PepsiHalftime #SuperBowlAds #Super Bowl pic.twitter.com/6EOPzS53x3

— Kansas City Chiefs Clips (@kcchiefsclips) February 5, 2018

#SuperBowlSelfies pic.twitter.com/LKabieKCfg

— NBC Entertainment (@nbc) February 5, 2018

6. Rihanna’s stare (2023)

pic.twitter.com/o97KO4M9aN

— Tamoor Hussain (@tamoorh) February 13, 2023

5. Kendrick Lamar’s staredown while saying “Drake”

This was so good.

Kendrick Lamar namedrops Drake on Live TV during his Super Bowl halftime performance of Not Like Us

Kendrick looked right in the camera and said “say Drake”
pic.twitter.com/tJ2Tq8tpVX

— DailyRapFacts (@DailyRapFacts) February 10, 2025

“Say Drake” pic.twitter.com/giyssNyl5c

— DΛVΣ (@DoyersDave) February 10, 2025

Kdot when he said, "Say Drake…" and looked dead into the camera pic.twitter.com/2yGMRsBW2Q

— Danita Faith♡ (@Nitafa) February 10, 2025

4. Lady Gaga leaps (2017)

my mom: so if your friends jump off a bridge you gonna jump too?

me: pic.twitter.com/jybVVBAXIl

— maris (@damarismjackson) February 6, 2017

Spongebob did it first pic.twitter.com/k6WuqB1yXE

— Jack “CouRage” Dunlop (@CouRageJD) February 6, 2017

3. Upside down 50 Cent (2022)

An instant classic.

Me looking for my charger under the bed #HalfTimeShow #50cent pic.twitter.com/SNC5qcFVkV

— Robert Ybarra (@robert_ybarra1) February 14, 2022

When 50 Cent came on...