Rondé Barber's unforgettable pick-six in the 2002 NFC Championship Game to silence Veterans Stadium and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to their first Super Bowl has been selected by thousands of fan votes as the Top Moment in franchise history. It had to beat out a field of 63 other memorable players, plays, games and trophies thrown over open water to take the crown, but specifically it won four head-to-head battles to make it to the Final Four.

First, Barber's 92-yard sprint beat out an even longer play, the team-record 98-yard touchdown run by Ronald Jones against Carolina during the Bucs' other Super Bowl season, in 2020. That led to a matchup with the Buccaneers' 1982 season finale, in which Doug Williams led a 17-point comeback to beat Chicago in overtime and clinch a playoff spot. Williams' team didn't have enough steam to rally against Rondé, as it turned out.

The next round brought a very tough matchup, as the opponent was the first playoff victory in franchise history, a rousing 24-17 finale against the Eagles at Tampa Stadium in 1979 in which Ricky Bell famously ran 38 times for 142 yards. Bell couldn't catch Barber any more than Jones could. Now in the finals for the Red Bracket, Barber came up against yet another running back, as fan voting had pushed Mike Alstott's 19-yard pinball run off nine different Browns defenders past three other competitors. There may not be two more popular players in franchise history than Alstott and Barber, but the gravity of Barber's pick-six won the day.

The Final Four voting was a four-way free-for-all, with Barber's play and the Bucs becoming the first team in NFL history to play (and win) a Super Bowl in its own home stadium getting more votes than Derrick Brooks' dagger of a pick-six in Super Bowl XXXVII and Mike Evans extending his 1,000-yard streak on the very last play of the 2024 regular season.

All that was left was for those two winning plays to go head-to-head in the championship final, and once again, there was no stopping the biggest moment of Barber's illustrious career…and of the first half-century of Buccaneers football.

Here's how all of the voting went down, from 64 moments down to win. In each case, the winning moment is presented in bold type.

Round of 64

Red Bracket:

• Barber Shuts Down the Vet vs. Jones Jets for 98
• Bucs Open RJS with Win vs. Bucs Clinch vs. Bears
• Sapp Punishes 49ers vs. Wilder Sets Records
• Bucs' First Playoff Win vs. Brooks Limps Home on MNF
• Jurevicius Hits the Jets vs. Alstott Pinballs vs. CLE
• FR Score Seals Division vs. Bucs Hit Saints with 594
• Barber First to 40/25 vs. Bucs Rally to Beat WAS
• Bucs Stifle Rams vs. Evans' First Big Game

Pewter Bracket:

• Brooks' Super Bowl Dagger vs. Alstott Goes in Backward
• Quarles Scores from 98 vs. Mayfield Stiff-Arms Bosa
• "The Yucks" No More vs. White's Overtime Save
• Turner Goes the Distance vs. Bucs D Swamps Favre, Pack
• Bryant Good from 62 vs. Stadium Packed for Champs
• Smith's Super Bowl Pick-6 vs. Brady Rallies Past ATL
• Fournette Untouched in SB vs. Brooks Finishes Ravens
• Selmon 1st Buc into Hall vs. McCoy Hugs Goodell

Creamsicle Bracket:

• Bucs' Homefield History vs. Joe Tips it to Himself
• Alstott Goes for Two vs. Caddy's Cleats to Canton
• Bucs Trade for Gruden vs. Baker Perfect at Lambeau
• Dunn-King Pitch Magic vs. Giles Scores 4 in Miami
• Scotty Goes Deep in GB vs. Shaq Sets Sack Record
• Bucs End Playoff Drought vs. Bucs Clinch in Chicago
• Winfield's Goal-Line FF vs. Sale to Glazer Finalized
• Tom Brady Chooses Bucs vs. New Uniforms Unveiled

White Bracket:

• Franchise's First Win vs. Evans Catches 100th TD
• Run, Micheal Run! vs. Revenge in New Orleans
• SB MVP Jackson Picks Two vs. Gronk Scores Twice in SB
• Boat Parade Trophy Toss vs. Bucs Clinch in Monsoon
• Winfield Gives Peace Sign vs. Brady's Kickoff Comeback
• Evans: 1000 on Final Play vs. Bucs Sack McNabb, Eagles
• Doug Martin's Record Day vs. Alstott/Dunn Stun Vikings
• One Round, Two HOF-ers vs. David Clinches WC Win

Round of 32

Red Bracket:

• Barber Shuts Down the Vet vs. Bucs Clinch vs. Bears
• Bucs' First Playoff Win vs. Sapp Punishes 49ers
• Alstott Pinballs vs. CLE vs. Bucs Hit Saints with 594
• Bucs Stifle Rams vs. Bucs Rally to Beat WAS

Pewter Bracket:

• Brooks' Super Bowl Dagger vs. Mayfield Stiff-Arms Bosa
• "The Yucks" No More vs. Bucs D Swamps Favre, Pack
• Bryant Good from 62 vs. Smith's Super Bowl Pick-6
• Selmon 1st Buc into Hall vs. Fournette Untouched in SB

Creamsicle Bracket:

• Bucs' Homefield History vs. Alstott Goes for Two
• Dunn-King Pitch Magic vs. Baker Perfect at Lambeau
• Scotty Goes Deep in GB vs. Bucs End Playoff Drought
• Tom Brady Chooses Bucs vs. Winfield's Goal-Line FF

White Bracket:

• Franchise's First Win vs. Revenge in New Orleans
• SB MVP Jackson Picks Two vs. Boat Parade Trophy Toss
• Winfield Gives Peace Sign vs. Evans: 1000 on Final Play
• One Round, Two HOF-ers vs. Alstott/Dunn Stun Vikings

Sweet 16

Red Bracket:

• Barber Shuts Down the Vet vs. Bucs' First Playoff Win
• Alstott Pinballs vs. CLE vs. Bucs Stifle Rams

Pewter Bracket:

• Brooks' Super Bowl Dagger vs. Bucs D Swamps Favre, Pack
• Selmon 1st Buc into Hall vs. Smith's Super Bowl Pick-6

Creamsicle Bracket:

• Bucs' Homefield History vs. Baker Perfect at Lambeau
• Tom Brady Chooses Bucs vs. Scotty Goes Deep in GB

White Bracket:

• Revenge in New Orleans vs. Boat Parade Trophy Toss
• Evans: 1000 on Final Play vs. One Round, Two HOF-ers

Elite Eight

Red Bracket:

• Barber Shuts Down the Vet vs. Alstott Pinballs vs. CLE

Pewter Bracket:

• Brooks' Super Bowl Dagger vs. Selmon 1st Buc into Hall

Creamsicle Bracket:

• Bucs' Homefield History vs. Tom Brady Chooses Bucs

White Bracket:

• Evans: 1000 on Final Play vs. Boat Parade Trophy Toss

Final Four

• Barber Shuts Down the Vet
• Brooks' Super Bowl Dagger
• Bucs' Homefield History
• Evans: 1000 on Final Play

Championship Round

• Barber Shuts Down the Vet vs. Bucs' Homefield History