Most Wins By A Starting Quarterback (NFL)
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s in regular season wins. In the NFL, the starting quarterback is the only position that is credited with records of wins and losses.
Tom Brady Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (born August 3, 1977) is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He spent his first 20 seasons with the New England Patriots organization, with which ...
holds the record for the most regular season wins with 250.
Otto Graham Otto Everett Graham Jr. (December 6, 1921 – December 17, 2003) was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL). Graha ...
holds the record for the highest winning percentage with a minimum of 50 starts at (57–13–1). Brady also holds the record for the most postseason wins with 35, and the record for combined wins in the regular season and postseason, with 285.


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This sortable table shows the top 100 NFL quarterbacks in order of regular season wins, since the start of the modern era, 1950. The table also shows every team that a quarterback played for and his record with each team. ;Notes *The NFL did not officially count ties in the standings until . Therefore, ties occurring prior to 1972 do not count toward a quarterback's win percentage, while ties occurring in 1972 or later count as half-win, half-loss. * Bobby Layne is listed as having started all 12 games for the Bulldogs (NFL) in 1949, and that team finished 1–10–1. Combined with his official post-1949 won–loss–tied record of 80–51–4 (.607), his overall estimated won–loss–tied record is 81–61–5 (.568). *The 1950 Baltimore Colts are a defunct NFL team and not affiliated with the current Indianapolis Colts. *Conerly is estimated to have gone 7–8–0 as a starter from 1948–1949. Combined with his official post-1949 record of 58–31–1 (), his overall estimated record is 65–39–1 (). *Graham also started 55 games for the Cleveland Browns when they were in the
All-America Football Conference The All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949. One of the NFL's most formidable challengers, the AAFC attracted many of the ...
(1946–1949), and is estimated to have gone 48-4-3. Combined with his NFL record of 57–13–1 (), his overall estimated professional record (AAFC and NFL) is 105–17–4 ().


Postseason wins

The following 39 quarterbacks have won at least five postseason games during their career:


See also

* NFL individual wins records *
NFL starting quarterback playoff records ''For playoff quarterback touchdown record see List of National Football League playoffs career passing touchdowns leaders.'' The first official National Football League (NFL) playoff game was the 1933 NFL Championship Game between the Chicago B ...
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List of most consecutive starts by a National Football League quarterback In the history of the National Football League, there have been twelve starts streaks of at least 100 consecutive games by eleven different quarterbacks, with four of those with a regular season streak of at least 200 games. Brett Favre has held ...


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