Who Is the Top Quarterback in the NFL?

The answer to this question may be hotly contested, but we’ve compiled a list of the top quarterbacks in the NFL based on a variety of factors.

Tom Brady

Tom Brady is the top quarterback in the NFL. He has led the New England Patriots to eight Super Bowl appearances, winning five of them. He is also a three-time NFL MVP and a 14-time Pro Bowler. In addition, Brady holds numerous NFL records, including the most career passing yards and most career touchdown passes.

New England Patriots

Tom Brady is the current starting quarterback for the New England Patriots, a position he has held since 2001. He is a five-time Super Bowl champion, four-time Super Bowl MVP, and three-time NFL MVP. In 2016, he was named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player by the Associated Press for a record fourth time. Brady is also one of only two quarterbacks to win five Super Bowls (the other being his childhood idol Joe Montana), and he is the only player to win five Super Bowls and four Super Bowl MVPs.

Super Bowl wins

Tom Brady is an American football quarterback who has played for the New England Patriots in the National Football League (NFL) for 19 seasons. He has led the Patriots to nine Super Bowl appearances, winning six of them, which is the most for any quarterback in NFL history. He is also one of only two quarterbacks to have won a Super Bowl in their first season as a starter, along with Kurt Warner.

Aaron Rodgers

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 in the United States. The Packers are also the last of the NFL’s small town teams.

The team was founded in August 1919 by former high-school football rivals Earl “Curly” Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun. Lambeau solicited funds for uniforms from his employer, the Indian Packing Company. He was given $500 (equivalent to $6,562 in 2018) for uniforms and equipment, on the condition that the team be named for its sponsor. The Green Bay Packers have played their home games at Lambeau Field since 1957.

Super Bowl wins

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The NFL is one of the four major North American sports leagues, the highest professional level of American football in the world, the wealthiest professional sport league by revenue, and the sport league with the most valuable teams.

The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL). The game is the culmination to a regular season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. Normally, Roman numerals are used to identify each game, rather than the year in which it is held. For example, Super Bowl XLVII was played on February 3, 2013, following the 2012 regular season. The most recent Super Bowl was Super Bowl LIII, played on February 3, 2019 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

Super Bowl wins by quarterback:

-Tom Brady: 7
-Peyton Manning: 2
-Joe Montana: 4
-Steve Young: 1

Drew Brees

Drew Brees is the top quarterback in the NFL because of his production, consistency, and leadership. He has been a Pro Bowl quarterback thirteen times and has led the New Orleans Saints to a Super Bowl victory. Brees is also the NFL’s all-time leader in passing yards and passing touchdowns.

New Orleans Saints

Drew Brees is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He is the all-time leading passer in NFL history, and holds the single-season record for passing yards. He has been selected to 11 Pro Bowls, was named the Associated Press Offensive Player of the Year in 2008 and 2011, and was named Super Bowl MVP in 2010. Brees has also led New Orleans to seven playoff appearances, five NFC South division championships, four NFC Championship Games, and one Super Bowl victory.

Super Bowl wins

Brees has led the Saints to ten playoff appearances, six NFC South division championships (2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2020), five NFC Championship Games (2006, 2009, 2010, 2018, 2020), and Super Bowl XLIV in 2010—winning the franchise’s first championship. He was named Super Bowl MVP.

Russell Wilson

Since entering the NFL in 2012, Russell Wilson has been one of the most successful quarterbacks in the league. He has led the Seattle Seahawks to seven playoff appearances, including two Super Bowl appearances, and has been named to the Pro Bowl eight times. Wilson has also been named the NFL MVP twice.

Seattle Seahawks

Russell Wilson is an American football quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Wisconsin, and was drafted by the Seahawks in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft. With the Seahawks, Wilson has appeared in two Super Bowls, winning both. He holds several NFL records, including career passing efficiency (110.1), and is tied for second place in career touchdown to interception ratio (4.33), behind only Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (4.23).

Super Bowl wins

Super Bowl wins are often used as a gauge for greatness for quarterbacks. Russell Wilson has won 2 Super Bowls in his 8 year NFL career. That puts him in some pretty elite company. Below is a list of quarterbacks with 2 or more Super Bowl wins.

-Tom Brady – 7
-Terry Bradshaw – 4
-Troy Aikman – 3
-Joe Montana – 4
-Peyton Manning – 2
-Eli Manning – 2
-Bart Starr – 2
-Bob Griese – 2