Who Are The Top Quarterbacks In The NFL?

The NFL season is in full swing and the race for the playoffs is heating up. Who are the top quarterbacks in the league so far?

Tom Brady

Tom Brady is widely considered to be the best quarterback in the NFL. He has led the New England Patriots to six Super Bowl victories and has been named Super Bowl MVP four times. Brady has also been selected to 14 Pro Bowls and has been named First-Team All-Pro nine times.

New England Patriots

Tom Brady is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He is one of only two players in NFL history to win six Super Bowls (the other being Charles Haley), and he is the only player to win them all playing for one team. Brady has also been selected to 14 Pro Bowls, more than any other quarterback in NFL history.

Drafted by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft, Brady spent his first season as a backup to Drew Bledsoe. He became the starter after Bledsoe was injured early in the 2001 season, and led New England to their first Super Bowl that year, which they won against the heavily favored St. Louis Rams. Brady was named Super Bowl MVP for his performance, and went on to win that award again two more times over his career.

Career highlights

Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (born August 3, 1977), nicknamed Tom Terrific and Touchdown Tom, is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He spent his first 20 seasons with the New England Patriots, where he played in nine Super Bowls, winning six of them, including his victories in Super Bowls XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX, LI, and LIII. He also owns several NFL records including most regular season wins (219), most playoff wins (30), most consecutive division titles (11), and most Super Bowl appearances (10). Brady is one of only two quarterbacks to win a Super Bowl in their first season as a starter (the other being Kurt Warner).

After playing college football for the University of Michigan, Brady was drafted by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. Due to his late selection, Brady is considered the biggest “steal” in the history of the NFL Draft. He led New England to 16 divisional titles before they won their first league championship in 2001. Following consecutive Super Bowl losses in 2008 and 2012, he won three more championships –XXXIX over the Philadelphia Eagles,, XLIX over the Seattle Seahawks,, and LI over the Atlanta Falcons – during a five-year span between 2014 and 2018. In 2016 and 2017 seasons respectively he was named NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) by Associated Press (AP)and unanimously by all 50 members of Pro Football Writers Association(PFWA), becoming only one of two players to achieve that feat more than once; he also led his team to more divisional championships(13) than any other quarterback has ever achievedbreak in game .

Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers is the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. He was born on December 2, 1983, in Chico, California. He played college football at the University of California, Berkeley, and was drafted by the Packers in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft. As of 2019, he is the NFL’s all-time leader in career passer rating.

Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) North division. It is the third-oldest franchise in the NFL, dating back to 1919, and is the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team based in the United States. Home games have been played at Lambeau Field since 1957.

The Packers are the last of the “small town teams” which were common in the NFL during the league’s early days of 1920–1930. Founded in August 1919 by George Whitney Calhoun, Curly Lambeau, and George Strickler under the name of the Green Bay Athletic Association, they joined the American Professional Football Association (now NFL) on August 27, 1921. The club was renamed to Green Bay Packers, Inc. in 1922 after Calhoun sold his ownership stake to Lambeau for $500. In 1961, they became a publicly owned corporation with 410 stockholders selling $5 shares giving 576,000 people co-ownership of the franchise; this arrangement protected Vince Lombardi’s coaching tenure from 1962 to 1968 against distrustful members of management and shareholders who constantly meddled with team decisions as it related to personnel and game strategies during that era despite Lombardi’s unprecedented success on and off field winning five NFL Championships including Super Bowls I and II which resulted in two dynasty teams recognized as not only one of football’s greatest teams ever assembled but also one of sports greatest teams ever assembled as well.

In addition to 13 NFL Championships (the most in NFL history), which includes nine pre-Super Bowl NFL titles (the most in NFL history), they have won four Super Bowls (the most by any team in NFL history), all under Hall of Fame head coach Vince Lombardi; they are also the only team to have won more than one Super Bowl while being coached by Lombardi; they have appeared in more Super Bowls than any other team (five total), and have an overall playoff record of 33 wins and 26 losses (a .559 winning percentage).

Career highlights

Aaron Rodgers is a quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Packers in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft. Rodgers played college football at the University of California, Berkeley, where he set several career passing records, including most touchdown passes in a single season.

Rodgers has been named the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) twice, in 2011 and 2014. He was also named Super Bowl MVP after leading the Packers to victory in Super Bowl XLV. He has led the Packers to five NFC Championship Games and one Super Bowl appearance. Rodgers is the NFL’s all-time career leader in passer rating during the regular season with a 104.1 rating.

Drew Brees

New Orleans Saints

Drew Brees is the current starting quarterback for the New Orleans Saints. He was born on January 15, 1979, in Austin, Texas. Brees attended Purdue University and was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He spent five seasons with the Chargers before signing with the Saints in 2006.

During his time with New Orleans, Brees has led the team to six NFC South division titles (2006–2011, 2013), one NFC Championship (2009), and a Super Bowl Championship (2010). He has been selected to eleven Pro Bowls (2004–2014), was named the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year in 2004, and was awarded the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player in 2010. In 2012, he set an NFL record for single-season passing yards with 5,476 yards.

Career highlights

Drew Brees is a professional American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He left college as one of the most decorated quarterbacks in NCAA history, having passed for 11,413 yards and eclipsed many NCAA records. As a member of the Saints, he won Super Bowl XLIV in 2010.

Since joining the Saints in 2006, he has led all NFL quarterbacks in touchdowns, passing yards, and completions, completing 66 percent of his passes for more than 32,000 yards while averaging more than 7.5 yards per attempt. He has thrown 205 touchdown passes with only 86 interceptions. In 2009, he established an NFL record for completion percentage with 70.6%, breaking his own previous record of 69.2% set in 2007. Brees has been selected to 10 Pro Bowls, was named Super Bowl MVP and Offensive Player of the Year in 2010, and Offensive Player of the Year again in 2014.

Russell Wilson

Wilson has been one of the most consistent quarterbacks in the NFL over the past few years. He doesn’t have the strongest arm, but he is very accurate and makes good decisions. Wilson is also a great runner and can extend plays with his legs. He is one of the most exciting players to watch in the NFL.

Seattle Seahawks

Russell Wilson is an American football quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). Wilson played college football for the University of Wisconsin during the 2011 season, in which he set the single-season FBS record for passing efficiency (191.8) and led the team to a Big Ten title and the 2012 Rose Bowl. He was selected by the Seahawks with the 12th pick in the third round (75th overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft. In his rookie season, Wilson tied Peyton Manning’s record for most passing touchdowns by a rookie (26) and was named the NFL Rookie of the Year. Wilson has won more games than any other quarterback in NFL history through their first seven seasons (89). He has also led Seattle to six divisional championships (2013–2016, 2018), four NFC Championship Games (2013–2016), and Super Bowl XLVIII, winning in 2014.

Career highlights

Wilson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Tammy Wilson, a legal nurse consultant, and Harrison Benjamin Wilson III, a lawyer. He has an older brother, Harry, and two younger sisters, Anna and Taylor. Wilson’s father played football at Dartmouth College and was a wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers[7] preseason squad in 1980. His mother graduated from the University of Richmond with a degree in fashion merchandising.[8][9]

Wilson started playing football when he was four years old. As a young child, Wilson had difficulty learning how to throw a football because he could not grip it properly with his small hands.[10] Even after numerous attempts to teach himself how to throw a spiral,[11][12] he felt discouraged because every time he threw the ball it would wobble.[10] Against his parents’ wishes,[13] Wilson continued to play football at the age of five because he could not stand being on the sideline anymore;[14] his father had to wake up early on Saturday mornings to take him to games.[15][16][17]

At age 14, Wilson attended Harrison B. Woodson High School in Fort Washington, Maryland.[18][19] Playing quarterback for Woodson’s team,[20] he completed 96 of 163 passes for 1,546 yards with 13 touchdowns and three interceptions en route to being named honorable mention All-Metropolitan by The Washington Post.[21][22]

Ben Roethlisberger

Ben Roethlisberger, nicknamed “Big Ben”, is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He is one of only two quarterbacks to have won multiple Super Bowl titles in back-to-back years.

Pittsburgh Steelers

Ben Roethlisberger, nicknamed Big Ben, is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Miami University, and was drafted by the Steelers in the first round (11th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft.

Career highlights

-Two-time Super Bowl winner
-Six-time Pro Bowl selection
-Two-time All-Pro selection
-NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year
-Passing yards leader in 2014
-NFL passing touchdowns leader in 2014