at how Brady stacks up against the greatest quarterbacks of all time in the postseason, in Super Bowls, and in the regular season.
POSTSEASON: All-Time Quarterback Leaderboard
Most postseason games
Brady – 29
Brett Favre – 24
Peyton Manning – 24
Joe Montana – 23
Most postseason victories
Brady – 21
Montana – 16
Terry Bradshaw – 14
John Elway – 14
Most postseason game-winning drives (source profootballreference.com)
Brady – 9
Elway – 6
Montana – 5
Eli Manning – 5
Most postseason fourth-quarter comebacks (source profootballreference.com)
Brady – 6
Montana – 5
Eli Manning – 4
Elway – 4
Bradshaw – 4
Best postseason win percentage (min. 10 games)
Bart Starr – .900 (9-1)
Jim Plunkett – .800 (8-2)
Terry Bradshaw – .737 (14-5)
Troy Aikman – .733 (11-4)
Eli Manning – .727 (8-3)
Brady – .724 (21-8)
Best postseason win percentage (min. 20 games)
Brady – .724 (21-8)
Montana – .696 (16-7)
Elway – .667 (14-7)
Favre – .542 (13-11)
Peyton Manning – .458 (11-13)
Most division championships
Brady – 12
Most conference title game appearances
Brady – 9 (6-3)
Montana – 7 (4-3)
Bradshaw – 6 (4-2)
John Elway – 6 (5-1)
Roger Staubach – 6 (4-2)
Most postseason games, 50+ attempts
Brady – 5 (4-1 record)
Jim Kelly – 3 (0-3)
Drew Brees – 2 (0-2)
Jeff George – 2 (0-2)
Dan Marino – 2 (0-2)
Warren Moon – 2 (0-2)
Most wins in postseason, 50+ attempts
Brady – 4 (4-1)
Dan Fouts - 1 (1-0)
Bernie Kosar - 1 (1-0)
Eli Manning - 1 (1-0)
No other quarterback has won a postseason game passing 50+ times. Combined record: 0-27.
Most postseason passing yards
Tom Brady – 7,345
Peyton Manning – 6,800
Brett Favre – 5,855
Joe Montana – 5,772
Most postseason TD passes
Brady – 53
Joe Montana – 45
Brett Favre – 44
Peyton Manning – 38
Dan Marino – 32
Most postseason pass attempts
Brady – 1,085
Peyton Manning – 935
Brett Favre – 791
Most postseason completions
Brady – 683
Peyton Manning – 598
Brett Favre – 481
Most postseason rush TD by a quarterback
Steve Young – 8
John Elway – 6
Steve McNair – 6
Brady – 5
SUPER BOWL: All-Time Quarterback Leaderboard
Most Super Bowl appearances:
Brady – 6
Elway – 5
Most Super Bowl victories:
Brady, Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw – 4
Most Super Bowl MVP awards:
Brady, Montana – 3
Most Super Bowl attempts
Brady – 247
Elway – 152
Jim Kelly – 145
Most Super Bowl completions
Brady – 164
Peyton Manning – 90
Montana – 83
Warner – 83
Kelly – 81
Most Super Bowl passing yards
Brady – 1,605
Warner – 1,156
Montana – 1,142
Elway – 1,128
Most Super Bowl TD passes
Brady – 13
Montana – 11
Bradshaw – 9
Staubach – 8
Most completions in a Super Bowl
Brady – 37 (Super Bowl XLIX)
Peyton Manning - 34 (Super Bowl XLVIII)
Brady – 32 (Super Bowl XXXVIII)
Drew Brees – 32 (Super Bowl XLIV)
Jim Kelly – 31 (Super Bowl XXVIII)
Kurt Warner – 31 (Super Bowl XLIII)
REGULAR SEASON: All-Time Quarterback Leaderboard
Winning percentage (min. 100 games)
Brady – .773 (160-47)
Staubach – .746 (85-29)
Montana – .713 (117-47)
Peyton Manning – .699 (179-77)
Bradshaw – .677 (107-51)
Win-Loss Differential
Brady – +113 (160-47)
Peyton Manning + 102 (179-77)
Favre – +74 (186-112)
Montana – +70 (117-47)
Elway – +66 (148-82)
Most wins by a starting quarterback
Favre – 186
Peyton Manning – 179
Brady – 160
Elway – 148
Marino – 147
Highest average points per game by starting QB
Aaron Rodgers – 28.5 PPG
Brady – 28.1 PPG
Pass completions
Brett Favre – 6,300
Peyton Manning – 5,927
Dan Marino – 4,967
Drew Brees – 4,937
Tom Brady – 4,551
Pass attempts
Favre – 10,169
Peyton Manning – 9,049
Marino – 8,358
Brees – 7,458
John Elway – 7,250
Brady – 7,168
Passing yards
Favre – 71,838
Peyton Manning – 69,691
Marino – 61,361
Brees – 56,033
Brady – 53,258
Passing touchdowns
Peyton Manning – 530
Favre – 508
Marino – 420
Brees – 396
Brady – 392
Passer rating
Aaron Rodgers – 106.0
Tony Romo – 97.6
Peyton Manning – 97.5
Steve Young – 96.8
Brady – 95.9
Interception percentage
Rodgers – 1.6%
Brady – 2.0%
Game-winning drives
Peyton Manning – 52
Marino – 51
Brady – 46
Elway – 46
Favre – 45
Fourth-quarter comebacks
Peyton Manning – 41
Marino – 36
Brady – 35
Elway – 35
Montana – 31
