It’s hard to have a conversation about the greatest NFL players of all-time without mentioning Tom Brady. His longevity combined with his playoff success has him at the top of the list. Playing in three different decades, he dominated, playing the majority of his career with the New England Patriots, before finishing his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Tom Brady’s Career Stats, Records, and Accolades: The Ultimate Compilation
Since Tom Brady has officially retired, it’s time to take a deeper look into the quarterback’s stats. It’s especially interesting given that he is regarded as the best NFL player of all-time.
He had a prolific 23-year career in the NFL with the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers that will never be replicated. The former sixth-round pick’s illustrious career featured nearly every accolade possible.
Brady is a seven-time Super Bowl champion who ended his career as the NFL’s all-time leader in passing yards (89,214) and touchdown passes (649). The three-time league MVP passed for 4,694 yards – third most in the NFL – and 25 touchdowns in 2022, his third year with the Buccaneers.
From 2000-2011, Brady went 140-41, passed for 45,264 yards, threw 338 touchdown passes, won 16 playoff games, three of which were Super Bowls. From 2012-2021, he went 138-44, passed for 52,305 yards, threw 372 touchdowns, won 19 playoff games, four of which were Super Bowls.
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How Many Years Has Tom Brady Played in the NFL?
In 23 NFL seasons, Brady played for just two teams. Most of those years were in New England playing for the Patriots. After being drafted by them in the sixth round, he played for the team from 2000-2019, becoming a starter in 2001 and winning his first Super Bowl the same year. At the age of 24 years and six months, Brady became the youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl.
He then went on to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2020-2022. He won his seventh and final Super Bowl the first season there. With the win, Brady became the oldest quarterback in Super Bowl history to start, play, win, and receive the MVP award.
In his 23 NFL seasons he was selected to the Pro Bowl a record 15 times. He’s a three-time First Team All-Pro, three-time AP MVP and a seven-time Super Bowl Champion, which is not only the most of any player, but it’s also more than any franchise.
How Many Records and Accolades Does Tom Brady Hold?
Regular Season Records
The list of records and accolades for Tom Brady is massive. He holds seven regular season records and 10 playoffs records. It doesn’t get much better than that. All show not just the longevity of his career, but how successful he was.
With 251 career wins, it shows not only that he was on some very successful teams, but also that he sustained successful throughout his career. He may have played with some great players, but he was the glue that brought everything together.
Being voted to 15 Pro Bowls is a dominance never seen by another player. Brady just edged out the other four players who had 14 Pro Bowls, one of which was rival Peyton Manning.
During his career Brady was quite the gunslinger. Much of that had to do with who he was throwing to. He used Wes Welker, Randy Moss and more importantly Rob Gronkowski as prime targets throughout his career. He has the most completions all-time with 7,753 and 12,050 attempts.
Brady also has the most amount of passing yards all-time. He total of 89,214 is almost 10,000 more yards than No. 2 all-time Drew Brees, who has 80,358 passing yards. Brady is also the only quarterback to throw over 600 career touchdown passes with 649. Brees is at No. 2 with 571.
Postseason Records
Brady has 20 career playoff appearances, which is the most all-time. That also means he made the playoffs 87 percent of the time. His 48 playoff games started is way in front of Jerry Rice with 29. Rice played with Hall of Fame quarterbacks Joe Montana and Steve Young and is widely considered the best wide receiver of all-time.
His 35 playoff wins and 10 Super Bowl appearances are also the most of all-time. His seven championships, which he won in all different ways at different parts of his career, makes it all the more special. The next closest person to him in Super Bowl victories is Charles Haley with five. Five is also the number of times he won the Super Bowl MVP award, which is another record.
His completions, passing yards and touchdowns are also No. 1 by a mile. He has 1,200 completions, 13,400 passing yards, along with 88 passing touchdowns in the playoffs. While those numbers are once again out of this world, his game winning drives and fourth quarter comebacks in the playoffs may be the most impressive of any stat.
Brady had 14 game-winning drives and nine fourth quarter comebacks. No other quarterback in the league has half that number. Former Denver Broncos legend QB John Elway is behind Brady with six game-winning drives in the playoffs. Three of those fourth quarter drives come in the Super Bowl, with arguable the biggest being against the Falcons in 2016 when the Patriots were down 28-9 going into the fourth.
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Tom Brady’s Win/Loss Record
Tom Brady’s win-loss record in regular season games was 251-82, while his postseason win-loss record was 35-13. He has 19 more wins than the second-winningest playoff quarterback, which just so happens to be Brady’s childhood idol, Joe Montana. That’s a big reason why the Patriots have the highest winning percentage by a team in the playoffs, winning 62.7 percent of the time.
The most important win-loss record to Brady would be for the Super Bowl. While he didn’t win them all, he won seven of 10. The 10 Super Bowls he played in is the most all-time and likely isn’t to be broken any time soon if ever.
How to Watch the NFL Without Cable?
While there will never be another Tom Brady, you can catch the action of his former teams and the rest of the NFL on Fubo for the upcoming season. Make sure you’re subscribed to Fubo, which gives you access to all nationally televised NFL games, as well as regional coverage during the season.
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FAQs about Tom Brady
Can Tom Brady throw 100 yards?
Brady has thrown for 100 or more yards in multiple games throughout his career. His longest pass was a 99-yard touchdown throw against the New Orleans Saints in 2009. Brady has also thrown passes of over 90 yards against the Denver Broncos (97 yards in 2011) and the Oakland Raiders (92 yards in 2009).
Does Tom Brady hold the most NFL records?
Brady holds a total of 17 NFL records, combining the regular season and the playoffs. Holding nearly every major quarterback record, Brady is the NFL leader in career passing yards, attempts, and touchdown passes in both the regular season and playoffs. He is the only NFL quarterback to have 600 passing touchdowns in the regular season. Brady also holds career and postseason records for completions.
How many games did Tom Brady play in his career?
Brady played in 335 regular season games in his career. He played in another 48 games during the playoffs.
