Who Has The Most Game Winning Drives In NFL History?
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We looked at the NFL’s all-time leading quarterbacks in game-winning drives and found out who has the most in NFL history.
Tom Brady
Tom Brady has the most game winning drives in NFL history. He also has the most Super Bowl wins of any player in NFL history.
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. The Patriots compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team plays its home games at Gillette Stadium in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts, which is located 28 miles (45 km) southwest of downtown Boston.
The Patriots are also headquartered at Gillette Stadium. An owner of the team is Robert Kraft, who bought the Patriots in 1994 for $172 million. The team’s head coach is Bill Belichick, who has been with the Patriots since 2000. The Patriots have appeared in ten Super Bowls in franchise history: winning six of them, most recently Super Bowl LIII in February 2019. With their victory on February 3, 2019, they became tied with the Pittsburgh Steelers for the most Super Bowl wins (6), and achieved their tenth overall appearance, tying them with the Denver Broncos and Dallas Cowboys for second place behind only the Pittsburgh Steelers’ eleven total appearances.
Super Bowl Wins
Tom Brady has led the New England Patriots to five Super Bowl victories, the most of any quarterback in NFL history. He also has the most Super Bowl appearances (seven), and Super Bowl losses (three).
Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning has the most game winning drives in NFL history. He has had 54 game winning drives in his career, which is more than any other player in NFL history. Manning has also had the most fourth quarter comebacks in NFL history, with 45.
Indianapolis Colts
Peyton Manning is a retired American football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Indianapolis Colts. He played college football for the University of Tennessee, and was drafted by the Colts as the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft. From 1998 to 2010, he improved the fortunes of the struggling Colts franchise and helped transform them into perennial playoff contenders. During his tenure as quarterback, Manning led the team to eight division championships, two AFC championships, and Super Bowl XLI, where they defeated the Chicago Bears to win their first Super Bowl in over three decades.
Super Bowl Wins
Peyton Manning is a retired American football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League, primarily with the Indianapolis Colts. He is a five-time NFL Most Valuable Player, was the most valuable player of Super Bowl XLI, and has been selected to 14 Pro Bowls, tied for second all-time. He holds many NFL records, including career passing yards (71,940), touchdowns (539), and AP MVP award wins (5), as well as becoming the only starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl with two different teams.
Drew Brees
Drew Brees has the most game winning drives in NFL history with 54. He has been in the league for 18 years and has played for the New Orleans Saints for the majority of his career. He is a 3 time NFL Offensive Player of the Year and was the Super Bowl XLIV MVP.
New Orleans Saints
Drew Brees is the current NFL all-time leader in game winning drives with 46. He has led the New Orleans Saints to 9 fourth quarter come-from-behind victories in his tenure with the team, which began in 2006.
Brees’ most recent game winning drive came in Week 11 of the 2018 season against the Philadelphia Eagles. Down by 1 point with less than a minute to play, Brees led the Saints down the field for a game winning touchdown pass to wide receiver Tre’Quan Smith.
In his career, Brees has 43 come-from-behind fourth quarter victories and 3 game winning drives in overtime. He is also tied for the most career regular season comeback wins with Peyton Manning.
Super Bowl Wins
Brees has led the Saints to victory in the Super Bowl twice, in 2010 and 2020. He was named the Super Bowl MVP in 2010 after leading the Saints to a 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. In 2020, he led the Saints to a narrow 13-10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.
