I used weight factors of 60 percent for the regular season QB rating and 40 percent for the playoffs to come up with a cumulative QB rating. So QBs who had great regular seasons but faltered in the playoffs are penalized. Alternatively, QBs who had good seasons but elevated their play in the playoffs are rewarded. Without further ado, I give you: 1. Joe Montana - 1989 Season QB rating = 112.4 (26 TDs, 8 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 146.4 (11 TDs, 0 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 126.0 2. Bart Starr - 1966 Season QB rating = 105.0 (14 TDs, 3 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 135.6 (6 TDs, 1 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 117.2 3. Steve Young - 1994 Season QB rating = 112.8 (35 TDs, 10 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 117.2 (9 TDs, 0 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 114.6 4. Drew Brees - 2009 Season QB rating = 109.6 (34 TDs, 11 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 117.0 (8 TDs, 0 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 112.6 5. Kurt Warner - 1999 Season QB rating = 109.2 (41 TDs, 13 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 112.6 (8 TDs, 4 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 110.6 6. Troy Aikman - 1992 Season QB rating = 89.5 (23 TDs, 14 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 126.4 (8 TDs, 0 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 104.3 7. Ken Stabler - 1976 Season QB rating = 103.4 (27 TDs, 17 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 104.1 (4 TDs, 0 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 103.7 8. Troy Aikman - 1993 Season QB rating = 99.0 (16 TDs, 6 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 104.0 (5 TDs, 3 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 101.0 9. Brett Favre - 1996 Season QB rating = 95.8 (39 TDs, 13 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 107.5 (5 TDs, 1 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 100.5 10. Ben Roethlisberger - 2005 Season QB rating = 98.6 (17 TDs, 9 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 101.7 (7 TDs, 3 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 99.8 11. Tom Brady - 2004 Season QB rating = 92.6 (28 TDs, 14 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 109.4 (5 TDs, 0 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 99.5 12. Joe Theisman - 1982 (stike shortened season) Season QB rating = 91.3 (13 TDs, 9 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 110.7 (8 TDs, 3 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 99.1 13. Troy Aikman - 1995 Season QB rating = 93.6 (15 TDs, 6 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 106.1 (4 TDs, 1 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 98.6 14. Joe Montana - 1988 Season QB rating = 87.9 (18 TDs, 10 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 117.0 (8 TDs, 1 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 98.3 15. Joe Montana - 1984 Season QB rating = 102.9 (28 TDs, 10 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 89.8 (7 TDs, 5 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 97.7 16. Mark Rypien - 1991 Season QB rating = 97.9 (28 TDs, 11 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 91.2 (4 TDs, 2 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 96.4 17. Terry Bradshaw - 1978 Season QB rating = 84.7 (28 TDs, 20 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 104.1 (8 TDs, 4 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 92.5 18. Joe Montana - 1981 Season QB rating = 88.4 (19 TDs, 12 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 94.3 (6 TDs, 4 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 90.8 19. John Elway - 1998 Season QB rating = 93.0 (22 TDs, 10 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 85.9 (3 TDs, 1 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 90.2 20. Peyton Manning - 2006 Season QB rating = 101.0 (31 TDs, 9 Ints) Playoff QB rating = 70.5 (3 TDs, 7 Ints) Cumulative QB rating = 88.8
It makes you wonder if the quarterbacks of 15-20 years ago would even be playing professionally today. The people playing now are so much more athletic than the old schoolers.
Surprised Peyton Manning made it after his team won the Super Bowl in spite of him. Can't believe people gave him credit for that playoff run... With 3 TD's 7 INT's, you're just trying to give it away..
Well obviously they could not. But you can always compare them to the players of their era. Just like you would Babe Ruth, who has to go down as the best baseball player of all time, given the fact no one else was hitting home runs, much less hitting between 40 and 60 constantly.
In fairness to Starr, Bradshaw, Stabler, in those days it was a different game, run the ball, and passing was less frequent, and no west coast offense with its short passing attack. You went down the field to a WR, and those were lower percentage passes. Does that affect the passer rating? If so, we're comparing apples and oranges.
