5 fascinating facts about Royal Rumble winners you may not know

#4 The worst Royal Rumble winner, statistically, is...

Actually, no - it isn't Jim Duggan.

People often scoff when Jim Duggan comes out as a surprise entrant in the Royal Rumble. I mean, sure, the "HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" is cool for a second but then you set your timers to see how quickly he gets eliminated once the nostalgia fades. But we can't judge Jim Duggan's overall performance on his recent failures in the Royal Rumble. In fact, he's not even the least impressive Rumble winner, statistically.

It's Alberto Del Rio.

Aside from Big John Studd, who only entered once, Alberto Del Rio has the lowest cumulative time in the Royal Rumble match out of any winner. In three appearances, Del Rio only went a total of 19 minutes and 16 seconds, never once reaching the 10-minute mark. Sure, he won the only 40-man Royal Rumble in history, but he also entered at #38, so how is that any more noteworthy than entering and winning from #28 is in any other Rumble?

Additionally, he has the fewest eliminations out of any winner who entered more than once (Studd also had two and Vince McMahon had one). In three appearances, he only eliminated two people - Randy Orton and Santino Marella. Both of those eliminations came in 2011 when he won.

With all due respect, these numbers are comparable to that of a half-adequate Royal Rumble performer, not a former Rumble winner. Still, his best time is still better than Brock Lesnar's. Speaking of which...