The belt vs. the champion

27 seasons with a Grey Cup playoffs final

The belt doesn't care about brackets. But how often does it end the season in the same hands as the trophy? Here's the team that won each season's last Grey Cup playoffs game next to the team holding the belt when the season's games ran out.

24Seasons it matched

89%Match rate

3Seasons it didn't

1Current matching streak

Season	Champion	Belt at season's end
2025	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Same team
2024	Toronto Argonauts	Edmonton Elks
2023	Montreal Alouettes	Montreal Alouettes	Same team
2022	Toronto Argonauts	Toronto Argonauts	Same team
2021	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Same team
2019	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Same team
2018	Calgary Stampeders	Edmonton Eskimos
2017	Toronto Argonauts	Toronto Argonauts	Same team
2016	Ottawa Redblacks	Montreal Alouettes
2015	Edmonton Eskimos	Edmonton Eskimos	Same team
2014	Calgary Stampeders	Calgary Stampeders	Same team
2013	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Same team
2012	Toronto Argonauts	Toronto Argonauts	Same team
2011	BC Lions	BC Lions	Same team
2010	Montreal Alouettes	Montreal Alouettes	Same team
2009	Montreal Alouettes	Montreal Alouettes	Same team
2008	Calgary Stampeders	Calgary Stampeders	Same team
2007	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Same team
2006	BC Lions	BC Lions	Same team
2005	Edmonton Eskimos	Edmonton Eskimos	Same team
2004	Toronto Argonauts	Toronto Argonauts	Same team
2003	Edmonton Eskimos	Edmonton Eskimos	Same team
2002	Montreal Alouettes	Montreal Alouettes	Same team
2001	Calgary Stampeders	Calgary Stampeders	Same team
2000	BC Lions	BC Lions	Same team
1999	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Same team
1998	Calgary Stampeders	Calgary Stampeders	Same team

The belt vs. the champion

Know the second a belt changes hands