The Publish requested its six soccer writers to rank their 10 best quarterbacks all time, after which tallied up the outcomes. Gamers obtained 10 factors for a first-place rating, 9 for a second-place rating and so forth.
Listed below are the tabulated outcomes, together with every author’s poll and his personal clarification:
The Publish’s All-Time Nice QB rankings
1. Tom Brady (56)
2. Joe Montana (50)
3. Patrick Mahomes (48)
4. Peyton Manning (35)
5. Johnny Unitas (33)
6. John Elway (22)
7. Otto Graham (18)
8. Dan Marino (15)
9t. Aaron Rodgers (14)
9t. Roger Staubach (14)
11. Brett Favre (7)
12. Terry Bradshaw (6)
13. Bart Starr (5)
14. Drew Brees (4)
15. Steve Younger (3)
Mark Cannizzaro
1. Tom Brady
2. Patrick Mahomes
3. Joe Montana
4. Peyton Manning
5. Johnny Unitas
6. John Elway
7. Dan Marino
8. Brett Favre
9. Aaron Rodgers
10. Drew Brees
The fascinating chase to look at is whether or not Mahomes will sometime overtake Brady as one of the best ever. If he and the Chiefs win Sunday, that’ll be 4 Tremendous Bowl titles for Mahomes, which is able to nonetheless be three behind Brady’s seven. However Mahomes, at 29, figures to have loads extra probabilities. The query is whether or not he’ll stay as pushed as Brady was into his 40s to take care of the chase.
Brian Costello
1. Otto Graham
2. Roger Staubach
3. Patrick Mahomes
4. Joe Montana
5. Tom Brady
6. Bart Starr
7. Peyton Manning
8. Steve Younger
9. Aaron Rodgers
10. Johnny Unitas
If Mahomes wins Sunday, I’d transfer him to No. 2 on the checklist. Graham is forgotten by many individuals, however look it up: He performed in 10 championship video games in 10 seasons and received seven of them. His common of 8.63 yards per go try stays an NFL document. I look for individuals who dominated their period and Graham owned his.
Ryan Dunleavy
1. Tom Brady
2. Patrick Mahomes
3. Joe Montana
4. Peyton Manning
5. John Elway
6. Johnny Unitas
7. Dan Marino
8. Drew Brees
9. Aaron Rodgers
10. Brett Favre
Mahomes is already No. 2, with the again half of his profession simply attempting to catch the gold normal. I put a premium on 5 classes: MVP; postseason success; sturdiness; touchdown-to-interception ratio; and altering how the sport is performed. That’s how you find yourself with authentic gunslinger Marino, however not four-time Tremendous Bowl champion Terry Bradshaw, and with pioneer Unitas, however not comparatively short-lived Roger Staubach.
Paul Schwartz
1. Tom Brady
2. Joe Montana
3. Johnny Unitas
4. Patrick Mahomes
5. Otto Graham
6. John Elway
7. Peyton Manning
8. Brett Favre
9. Aaron Rodgers
10. Dan Marino
Mahomes is the one lively participant in my high 10, and he actually shouldn’t be mounted the place he’s at No. 4. If he succeeds in an unprecedented three-peat for the Chiefs in Tremendous Bowl 2025, transfer him up one spot. He has a methods to go to supplant Brady, however he’s solely 29 and exhibits no signal of slowing down.
Steve Serby
1. Tom Brady
2. Joe Montana
3. Johnny Unitas
4. Patrick Mahomes
5. Peyton Manning
6. Aaron Rodgers
7. Dan Marino
8. John Elway
9. Otto Graham
10. Roger Staubach
Tremendous Bowl championships aren’t the be-all and end-all (see Dan Marino, don’t see Terry Bradshaw) except you win seven of them (Brady). Otherwise you win 4 of them with 11 TDs with out an interception (Montana). A Mahomes three-peat pushes him to No. 2. Ask any old-timer in regards to the management and greatness of Unitas and Graham.
Mike Vaccaro
1. Tom Brady
2. Joe Montana
3. Patrick Mahomes
4. Peyton Manning
5. Terry Bradshaw
6. Johnny Unitas
7. Roger Staubach
8. John Elway
9. Dan Marino
10. Aaron Rodgers
I’m all the time looking out for recency bias, which is why I’m nonetheless not keen to slip Mahomes previous Montana, although the hour is drawing close to. It’s additionally why I want to make sure that the world doesn’t overlook that the place wasn’t invented round 1985, so please don’t forget Staubach, Unitas, Bradshaw (and others simply off the checklist).
