will play in his 10th Super Bowl in just a few days, a feat that seemed impo sible before the quarterback entered the NFL in 2000. When Brady was a rookie, John Elway set the standard for Super Bowl appearances by a starting quarterback with five (went 2-3 in those games). Reaching five Super Bowls was the gold standard, which Brady hit at the age of 34 (Elway was 38 when he played in his fifth Super Bowl).Brady has made five Super Bowls since turning 37, as many as Elway reached in his career. That just demonstrates the impre sive feat Brady has accomplished in his career -- a quarterback who has made the Super Bowl in 10 of his 21 seasons (47.6% of the time). If the 2008 season
is counted out (the year Brady tore his ACL in Week 1 of the season), Brady has made the Super Bowl 50% of his career.Brady's Super Bowl resume is unmatched in NFL history, which we'll take a look at in this week's "By The Numbers." We'll also look at Brady's numbers compared to the all-time greats in the 88-year history of NFL championship games, which date back to 1933. Tom Brady (Patriots/Buccaneers) -- 10John Elway () -- 5Joe Montana () -- 4 (Colts/Broncos) -- 4Terry Bradshaw () -- 4Jim Kelly () -- 4Roger Staubach () -- 4Brady is going to be the first quarterback to start a Super Bowl in three different decades (2000s, 2010s, 2020s) and just the third quarterback ever to start a championship game in three different decades (Norm Van Brocklin and Johnny Unitas are the others).What has made Brady's resume even more incredible is his succe s after turning 37 years old. Brady will be starting his fifthsince turning 37 (he's 3-1 in his previous four starts), which is more starts than all but one quarterback has throughout his entire career inhistory (Elway). Brady has started three Super Bowls since turning 40, one more thanandto play in their entire careers.Brady joins Peyton Manning, Craig Morton and Kurt Warner as the
only quarterbacks to start a Super Bowl for two different teams. Manning is the only quarterback to start and win a Super Bowl for two different teams (,) and Morton is the only other quarterback to start a Super Bowl for a different team in each conference (, Denver Broncos). Since Brady has double the amount of Super Bowl starts as any other quarterback, it's not surprising he dominates the top of many Super Bowl pa sing statistics. Let's take a look at how dominant Brady has been in the Super Bowl.Tom Brady (Patriots) -- 256Peyton Manning (Colts/Broncos) -- 103Kurt Warner (Rams/Cardinals) -- 83Joe Montana (49ers) -- 83Jim Kelly (Bills) -- 81Tom Brady (Patriots) -- 2,838Kurt Warner (Rams/Cardinals) -- 1,156Joe Montana (49ers) -- 1,152John Elway (Broncos) -- 1,128Peyton Manning (Colts/Broncos) -- 1,001Tom Brady (Patriots) -- 18Joe Montana (49ers) -- 11Terry Bradshaw (Steelers) -- 9Roger Staubach (Cowboys) -- 8Kurt Warner (Rams/Cardinals) -- 6Steve Young (49ers) -- 6Tom Brady (Patriots) -- 6Joe Montana (49ers) -- 4Terry Bradshaw (Steelers) --
4Troy Aikman (Cowboys) -- 3Brady has completed 65.3% of his pa ses for 2,838 yards and 18 touchdowns to six interceptions in the Super Bowl, compiling a 95.6 pa ser rating. He's completed 33 pa ses for 20-plus yards in the Super Bowl, two of which have gone for touchdowns.Brady has played 18 seasons with a playoff game, the most inhistory. His 44 playoff appearances are more than 21have in their franchise history (tied with the ). He has more playoff wins (33) than all but four franchises. Only the,,andhave more -- and Brady has 30 of the' playoff wins. If one adds Brady's playoff stats to the regular season, Brady is the NFL's all-time leader in pa sing yards (92,252) and pa sing touchdowns (661). His 263 wins are the most ever by a starting quarterback and his 37 comeback wins (down by 10-plus points in a game) are the most in NFL history.Finally, we'll take a look at Brady's accomplishments in the 88-year history of NFL championship games.Tom Brady (Patriots) -- 6Herb Adderley
(Packers/Cowboys) -- 6Forrest Gregg (Packers/Cowboys) -- 6Fuzzy Thurston (Colts/Packers) -- 6Tom Brady (Patriots) -- 6Bart Starr () -- 5Joe Montana (49ers) -- 4Terry Bradshaw (Steelers) -- 4Otto Graham technically has the most championships with seven, winning four straight in the All-American Football Conference with the from 1946 to 1949. Only three of those championships count
as NFL titles (Browns joined the NFL in 1950). Graham played in a championship game in all 10 of his profe sional football seasons, the same amount as Brady -- and the most for a starting quarterback in NFL history. A seventh Super Bowl title would match Graham's championship record, which is next on Brady's incredible list of achievements. Brady already has more than double the playoff wins (33) as second on the all-time list (Joe Montana has 16) and has the most pa sing touchdowns in Buccaneers franchise history (seven) -- and he's only played three postseason games (and one season) with the franchise.Brady can add to these incredible championship statistics even more with another Super Bowl title, which would be his third in five years. That feat has only been accomplished six times in NFL history (twice by Brady). Brady's legacy is already established as the GOAT -- and another Super Bowl championship will only make sure that title is unchallenged.
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