Tom Brady’s Super Bowl records

Posted by Michael David Smith on February 8, 2021, 4:13 AM EST
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Tom Brady already owned a slew of Super Bowl records, and he set even more in Super Bowl LV, when he won for the first time with the Buccaneers. Here’s a list of all of Brady’s Super Bowl records:

Games played: Super Bowl LV was Brady’s 10th Super Bowl, by far the most in NFL history. Two other players have played in six Super Bowls, former Bills and Broncos defensive lineman Mike Lodish, and Brady’s old teammate Stephen Gostkowski. John Elway is the only quarterback other than Brady to play in even five Super Bowls.

Games won: Brady has now won seven Super Bowls. Former 49ers and Cowboys linebacker Charles Haley is the only other player with five Super Bowl rings.

Super Bowl MVPs: Brady won his fifth MVP at Super Bowl LV. No one else even has four, and the only other player with three Super Bowl MVPs is Joe Montana. Bart Starr, Terry Bradshaw and Eli Manning each won two Super Bowl MVPs, and no one else has more than one.

Oldest player in a Super Bowl: At age 43, Brady became the oldest player ever to play in a Super Bowl at Super Bowl LV. The previous oldest was Colts kicker Matt Stover, who had just turned 42 when he played in Super Bowl XLIV.

Pass attempts: Brady has thrown 421 passes in Super Bowls. Peyton Manning has thrown the second-most, with 155.

Pass attempts in one game: Brady threw a Super Bowl-record 62 passes in the Patriots’ overtime win over the Falcons in Super Bowl LI.

Completions: Brady has completed 277 passes in Super Bowls. Peyton Manning has the next most, with 103 completions.

Completions in one game: Brady has the record with 43 completions against the Falcons. He also has the second-most completions in any Super Bowl, with 37 against the Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX.

Consecutive completions: Brady completed 16 straight passes against the Giants in Super Bowl XLVI, a Super Bowl record.

Passing yards: Brady has thrown for 3,039 yards in Super Bowls, by far the most ever. Kurt Warner has thrown for the second-most yards in Super Bowls, with 1,156.

Yards gained in one game: Brady owns the single-game record with 505 passing yards in Super Bowl LII against the Eagles. He also has the second-most in a game, throwing for 466 yards in Super Bowl LI against the Falcons.

Touchdown passes: Brady owns the record with 21 touchdown passes in Super Bowls. Joe Montana is next, with 11.

Most attempts without an interception: Brady threw 48 passes against both the Giants in Super Bowl XLII and the Eagles in Super Bowl LII without an interception. That’s the most passes without an interception in Super Bowl history.

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47 responses to “Tom Brady’s Super Bowl records”

  1. It’s almost laughable that there are people out there who claim Brady isn’t the goat QB. Those records are just ridiculous. Go Bucs!

  3. In my mind, last night I heard Julian Edelman screaming at Brady on the sidelines:

    “YOU’RE TOO OLD!!!!”

    And Brady sitting there, nodding his head, as he leads his team to another Super Bowl win.

    Three Super Bowls from age 40, up. THREE.

    Greatest Quarterback of All Time …… there’s not even a discussion.

  4. Brady is on a two year, 50 million deal- 25 mil a year. Looking at the list of accomplishments, makes it real hard to understand Prescott, Rodgers, Watson and others holding out, demanding trades, complaining about their contracts while demanding or currently earning more than Brady.

  5. What about Bill Belichick ‘s record? He has coached the greatest player for the longest number of years

  6. thegregwitul says:
    February 8, 2021 at 4:20 am
    It’s almost laughable that there are people out there who claim Brady isn’t the goat QB. Those records are just ridiculous. Go Bucs!

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    Up until this year, I still felt Joe Montana was the best quarterback. He had never lost a Super Bowl. He played during an era where the defense could absolutely mug receivers. His coolness under pressure was obviously legendary. But one can’t argue anymore. Brady is the greatest. It is interesting to consider what Montana might have done if he started at the same time as Brady and used the same kind of training methods….but that’s my “Rocky Balboa movie” fantasy.

  7. People who say he’s not the GOAT are simply jealous. The only person in the conversation with him is Bill Russell

  8. The fact that Brady left NE and helped the Bucs win a SB is pretty incredible. I don’t see how there’s any argument about who the GOAT is anymore.

  10. Brady didn’t need top paid WR, didn’t need top paid O-line and took pay cut.

    With all the money Brady saved for him, Belichick couldn’t even build a defense as the one Bruce Arian built.

    What a pathetic “genius”!!!

  12. It’s gonna get even crazier watching Brady and the Bucs go for another one next year. It’s the most amazing dominance at the toughest and most impactful position we’ve ever seen in our lives.

  14. Belichick says: He’s washed up, can’t throw, too old, can’t run, can’t find the open man…..

    HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

  17. I haven’t been a Brady fan in years and I still wouldn’t say I’m a fan, but I’ve come around to recognize his unique greatness.

    It’s almost as if there is space between him (“The GOAT”) and second place as there is between second place and last place.

    That is certainly (obviously) true in “Superbowl Games and Superbowl Metrics.”

    Probably not true in “career stats” but to say there’s even a close second is almost laughable at this point.

    Give me Bart Starr, Jim Brown, Jerry Rice, Joe Montanta…NO PLAYER ever was AS DOMINANT for AS LONG as Tom Brady. Jim Brown was probably as dominant, but for less than a decade. Time in counts for a lot in the “Not For Long” league.

  20. Perhaps more important than Brady’s numbers is his leadership, his ability on a personal level to establish a culture. an attitude among his teammates, in which winning is expected. And that’s nothing that can be taught.

  21. Jim Brown’s career is a good comparison, and while it was shorter than Brady’s, it was still remarkably long for a running back today and especially in that era. Never missed a game and his final season showed that he had much more left in the tank.

  22. This is the third “Dynasty” that Brady has humbled. The Rams, The Seahawks and now the Chiefs. The first 2 never won a SB again, although they were predicted to win many more. So, lets wait to see how the Chiefs recover.

  23. Hated Brady for all those years with the Pats but it was sure fun betting on him as an UNDERDOG for this entire Playoff and SB!! He’s the greatest ever.

  26. Brady has thrown 421 passes in Super Bowls. Peyton Manning has thrown the second-most, with 155.

    That one could stand the test of time. Have to play in 10 SB’s averaging 42 passes a game.

  27. Can’t argue that Brady is the GOAT but I think the SB MVP should have been given to the Bucs defensive line. Mahomes spent the entire game running for his life.

  28. Tom will never be satisfied I don’t know what drives him . Coach Carr in Michigan not recognizing his talent drafted in the 6th round Indianapolis calling out his integrity Bill letting him go . He is simply the mentally toughest player ever at the position . Despite his boyish looks he is a stone cold …..

  29. fun fact mahomes and russ wilson both won it all in year 2…now they have both lost to the king in year 3

  30. @bigw54

    At this point my money would be on Brady having been a sixth round pick, and the utter nonsense of deflate-gate as keeping a chip on Brady’s shoulders all these years. I think Carr recognized Brady was the best QB he had at Michigan Brady’s last two years, otherwise Carr would have succumbed to the Michigan boosters and started local hero Henson ahead of Brady, which never happened. Henson probably got more playing time than Carr wanted to give him, with some platooning of the two, but Carr had to appease the know nothing boosters a little.

  31. I have no problem saying Brady is the Goat. He has been on the big stage the most and done pretty darn well. But still not best QB in my eyes. It takes good coaches and other great players to win a SB. Ask Marino and the like. Aikman could have easily won 5 SBs without an owners ego, but if had won that many, he may have been in Goat talk, but no way Aikman was on the level of great QBs. It’s a team sport, but for Tommy, you guys put the I in team.

  32. I have the feeling that Brady’s next goal is to make the Bucs a dynasty.
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    I think it is back to back, so he would be the first to do it…again…since 03-04. Bucs front office is about to see the ‘Brady Effect’ on signing veterans. If this team stays intact, they have a good chance to repeat.

  34. Some of those stats almost seem fictitious they’re so far ahead of the #2 guy. Most of these won’t even be approached much less surpassed. Ever. Mahomes is the only one that even has a shot and it would require a Patriot-like 5-7 year run; unlikely to say the least.

  36. He’s 43 and in his last two games he beat the reigning league MVP (Rodgers) on the road and then he whooped up on the “Anointed One” (Mahomes).

  37. Tom Brady now has as many Super Bowl wins as all 60 QBs drafted in the first round since he was drafted in 2000. Combined.

  38. eaglesmancave says:
    February 8, 2021 at 7:28 am
    thegregwitul says:
    February 8, 2021 at 4:20 am
    It’s almost laughable that there are people out there who claim Brady isn’t the goat QB. Those records are just ridiculous. Go Bucs!

    ——————————————————————————————

    Up until this year, I still felt Joe Montana was the best quarterback. He had never lost a Super Bowl. He played during an era where the defense could absolutely mug receivers. His coolness under pressure was obviously legendary. But one can’t argue anymore. Brady is the greatest. It is interesting to consider what Montana might have done if he started at the same time as Brady and used the same kind of training methods….but that’s my “Rocky Balboa movie” fantasy.

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    That’s your fantasy? Mine is being able to see Babe Ruth during the steroid era. That would have been something. And Babe is still widely considered the best of all time even without era being factored in. Crazy

  39. I don’t think I’ve seen this listed as a record (pardon me if I missed it above) — I assume TD passes from Brady to Gronk were the first TD passes from a QB-Receiver combo for more than one team in a Super Bowl.

  41. aarons444 says:
    February 8, 2021 at 2:30 pm
    Tom Brady only needed to score 13 points to win the last 2 Super Bowls he was in

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    You’re right. He always does a what’s necessary to win. Good point.

  42. aarons444 says:
    February 8, 2021 at 2:30 pm
    Tom Brady only needed to score 13 points to win the last 2 Super Bowls he was in.
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    But he scored them right? And got the W? So job done? Yup.

  43. tb12bestqbevah says:
    February 8, 2021 at 11:52 am
    He’s 43 and in his last two games he beat the reigning league MVP (Rodgers) on the road and then he whooped up on the “Anointed One” (Mahomes).

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    Brady doesn’t play defense. Just like you said when Foles beat him.

  44. It’s time for everyone who hates Brady to come to terms with the fact he is the greatest QB of all time. Just be grateful you get to watch it all happen even though he may not be on your team.
    And to think he was a 6th round pick is even more absurd.

  46. GOATs get held to 14 and lose to Eli? I don’t think so. They certainly don’t lose to Eli twice. I know those super bowls were a long time ago and some people get confused, but those weren’t the LT Giant defenses. Pretty sure GOATs don’t get out played by Nick Foles……

  47. Those that say he is the GOAT don’t consider players from an era where you also played defense as a starter and also lead your team to 10 consecutive championship games.

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