So I'll call both of these lists 1.0 because I can definitely see myself changing a few spots in the future. My criteria isn't fully finished yet either. Who knows, I may post in here a month from now with a different list.
On the all-time list I'm not going to include the following:
Arnie Herber
Benny Friedman
Red Dunn
Ed Danowski
Bob Waterfield
For me, I can't properly rank them since they're missing info some of the later quarterbacks have. I make an exception for Baugh and Luckman thanks to
@Ice_Ice_Brady calculating their estimated win/loss.
1. Tom Brady
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2. Joe Montana
3. Otto Graham
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4. Bart Starr
5. Sammy Baugh
6. Roger Staubach
7. Johnny Unitas
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8. Peyton Manning
9. Steve Young
10. Sid Luckman
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11. John Elway
12. Aaron Rodgers
13. Len Dawson
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14. Terry Bradshaw
15. Dan Marino
16. Drew Brees
17. Brett Favre
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18. Norm Van Brocklin
19. Bobby Layne
20. Bob Griese
21. Kurt Warner
22. Fran Tarkenton
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23. Troy Aikman
24. Jim Kelly
25. Russell Wilson
26. Y.A. Tittle
27. Ben Roethlisberger
28. Sonny Jurgensen
29. Ken Stabler
30. Dan Fouts
Some quick thoughts
- Brady is absolutely hilarious. The gap between him and every other quarterback in history is insane. In baseball, basketball, and hockey at least you can make arguments for the greatest.
- I tend to go back and forth with Montana and Graham.
- 4-7 may be one of the toughest rankings I've done on any subject. You could make an argument for every single one of these guys to be in different spots. I'd love to hear any thoughts or arguments that could persuade me to change up the order. They're all that close to me. Same goes for 8-10.
- I think Wilson has the opportunity to get in the 15-20 range depending on how he finishes his career.
- Mahomes has the opportunity to reach the top 10 given the fast start to his career but it's going to be tough.
- Starr and Staubach are the most underrated quarterbacks of all-time. Most of the time you see them in the 15-25 range.