A natural consequence of such a strong year is that many will suggest that this is the greatest All Black side in modern times and has many of the best players.
Their top combination has some all-time stars and collective layers of ability, but with few weaknesses.
Their power is in their aggregate talent, driven by the top echelon of Richie McCaw, Daniel Carter, Kieran Read and Tony Woodcock.
That allows others, such as Ma'a Nonu and Brodie Retallick, to display the ability which makes the rest of the world sit up and take notice of the team's achievements.
There will be significant praise for the All Blacks at Thursday's annual awards ceremony in Auckland (live SS1) as those who remember the entire rugby season and all the variations of the sport within that calendar chew over their memories.
The debates will grow. There will be those arguing, for example, that Conrad Smith's portfolio puts him at the summit of talent in recent memory - until others with a more adjusted assessment throw the names of Joe Stanley and Frank Bunce into the discussion.
They were part of the 1987 side which went unbeaten in all seven of their tests and the class of 97 who won 11 and drew another in that stellar year.
On the number of tests and the extraordinary amount of air points they gathered, this season's All Blacks top the podium.
They took 36 players and an apprentice for the final four test sprint.
The '97 All Blacks also took 36 players for their end-of-year visit to England, Ireland and Wales, but they played six midweek games on top of their four tests.
That was just after rugby turned professional and the sport was much different to that which occupied our attention this season. Players' conditioning and the pace, shape and laws of rugby were all different.
Time embellishes and dims recollections and perspective. But in anyone's rugby language, most of those who wore the All Black jersey in 1997 were at least the equal of the 2013 edition.
That squad had Christian Cullen, Jeff Wilson, Bunce, Tana Umaga, Jonah Lomu, Andrew Mehrtens, Justin Marshall, Zinzan Brooke, Josh Kronfeld, Ian Jones, Robin Brooke, Olo Brown, Craig Dowd and Sean Fitzpatrick, who will always figure in conversations about the greats who have played for the All Blacks.
Keven Mealamu, Andrew Hore and perhaps Sam Whitelock would join McCaw, Carter, Read, Woodcock, Conrad Smith and Nonu in that sort of list from the current squad.
If you go back to '87, when the first World Cup triumph was part of their champion season, you would be putting Steve McDowall, the Whetton twins, Michael Jones, Wayne Shelford, Grant Fox, John Kirwan and John Gallagher into the ballot box.
The conclusion is that New Zealand is blessed with a conveyor belt of talent and the expertise of coaches to keep the All Blacks at the head or near the top of the world ratings.
We can compare players - it is part of the richness of rugby and the conversations which entrench its hold on New Zealand. Some sides teams face better-calibre rivals while others have their records enhanced by less worthy opponents.
Read should be the New Zealand player of the year for his performance at the highest level and the leadership he is providing to the All Blacks. He was immense in a strong All Black group which pulled off a flawless record. The debate should be brief.
That was 2013. But if we are comparing Read to Zinzan Brooke or Shelford and the efforts of the All Blacks in '87 and '97, you need to take a pew and get set for the long-haul conversations.
