After winning MVP in his first season as a starter and then bringing the Rams to a second Super Bowl in three years in 2001, Warner just fell off a cliff. Steve Bartkowski Theismann won the Offensive Player of the Year award in 1983, and was also named All-Pro. Len Dawson's numbers suggest that he couldn't hang in the NFL and only found success after journeying to the less-talented AFL before the 1962 season. Manning will likely be known as the greatest regular season quarterback ever, as he’s a five-time MVP winner, and has the record for single-season passing TDs. Donovan McNabb He won five championships, made a handful of Pro Bowls and won NFL MVP in 1966. Injuries cost him his job in St. Louis before he spent a forgetful year with the Giants. Moon may have been higher on this list if he hadn’t spent the first six years of his career in Canada. He set the passing yardage record in 1979 and then broke it in 1980 and 1981. TheGrio. Jim Zorn Montana mastered the West Coast offense, earning 40,551 career passing yards. 45. The top 10 greatest black quarterbacks of all time. The one-time Super Bowl champion should have another ring in his personal trophy case (why didn't Pete Carroll feed Marshawn Lynch?!? He is first all-time in passing touchdowns, although Drew Brees and Tom Brady are closing in quickly. Traded from the Bucs, and backing up a future Hall-of-Famer, Young got his chance with an injury to Montana, but then lost out to Steve Bono with an injury of his own. 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This is important, too: He might have the lushest beard in NFL history. Fouts is 16th all-time in passing yards, and 20th all-time in passing touchdowns. According to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Vince Lombardi once referred to Sonny Jurgensen as "the best the league has ever seen" and "the best I have seen." He also posted above a .500 record in his career. Len Dawson Always free! The best QB of his era, Graham guided the Cleveland Browns to three championships from 1950-55, and he won three MVP awards during his illustrious career. Via Pro-Football-Reference, George Blanda is one of eight men to toss seven touchdowns in a single game. He was prone to interceptions, with 247 in his career, which is one of the higher numbers in his career. The bulk of Daryle Lamonica's time as a starting QB occurred from 1967 through through 1972 with the Oakland Raiders. Share Share Tweet Email Comment. Trent Green came into the league at age 27, attempted one pass in his rookie year, and then started the next for Washington before missing the entire 1999 season with an injury. Joe Namath The 11-time Pro Bowler who owns a Super Bowl MVP award is on the cusp of passing Peyton Manning for the most career passing yards in history. Chris Chandler Statistically, he posted his best passing numbers after the Eagles acquired Hall of Fame wide receiver Terrell Owens. It’s also become harder to rate quarterbacks across the decades because the game has changed so much and continues to move far more towards a passing-first league. 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Tittle is also known for playing through extreme pain, including enduring a concussion and cracked sternum bank, a moment solidified in one of the most famous pictures in football history. Montana was the 1989 Offensive Player of the Year, where he completed 70% of his passes. There’s a reason why coaches don’t ask their players to do that anymore: It’s really hard. He had 192 passing touchdowns, was also a two-time Super Bowl Champion which helps his cause on this list. He is already over the age of 35, and does have a Super Bowl and two MVPs to show for it, but has also had two seasons cut short due to injury and a moron head coach for the last ten years. One of the best quarterbacks of the 70s, Staubach’s 11-year career with the Cowboys saw five Super Bowl appearances, two wins, and an MVP in one of those victories. His football IQ is equaled by few, if any. Throwing for 4,000 yards isn’t really singularly impressive today. Van Brocklin was one of the top quarterbacks of the decade beginning in 1950, when he was named to the first of nine Pro Bowl teams. This was another quarterback who was surrounded by a good defense and stellar running game as well. He also hit a career high 4,802 yards and 33 touchdowns in 1981. A less than impressive record during the postseason gives us pause. 94. Rodgers can launch the ball downfield seemingly with the flick of a wrist. Brady has over 500 passing touchdowns in counting, and we look back at the 2007 team that nearly ran the table, but the Randy Moss connection was one of the best we have ever seen. San Francisco lucked out with a string of strong quarterback play, and Steve Young followed Joe Montana in an era where San Francisco was winning titles left and right. While he may be a terrible announcer, Phil Simms is a two-time Super Bowl champion, and went to the Pro Bowl twice as well. ... number of African-Americans starting at quarterback to being the ... as its ninth-greatest black quarterback of all-time. 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Tarkenton’s passer rating dropped 22 points in the playoffs, which drops him down this list. In their own ways, these players created the archetypes of the quarterback position—and, in doing so, put themselves in the top echelons of their profession. Andy Dalton In 1978, Joe Theismann earned the keys to the offense of the Washington Redskins when he was 29 years old. There’s no doubt Fouts benefitted from playing under Don Coryell, but you can’t argue against his production. He also played over 200 games and was over a .500 quarterback as well. 54. Again, however, this was a much different game, so it’s more difficult to qualify these stats, especially considering what were generally weaker defenses. 26. Aikman did come through whenever Dallas was forced to pass the ball, though. He certainly has a case. Ken Anderson He also completed just 50% of his passes, and was under .500 for a record in his career. Eli Manning 85. His last season he went out with nearly 3,500 yards and 32 touchdowns. Young is a Hall of Famer, and won three Super Bowl titles. He played for the Giants as well in the late 60s. Those of course came after a point early in his career where the Broncos were blown out in the Super Bowl three times in four years. To celebrate the 100th year of the NFL, our crew at USA TODAY Sports is looking back at the last century of football. Tarkenton is a Hall of Famer, and went to nine Pro Bowls. He had a strong arm, a quick release and was supremely accurate. That's downright remarkable considering Luckman played decades before what became known as the league's modern era. Jaworski was a Pro Bowler just once. Tony Romo He led the league in passer rating in each of his final two seasons and was coming off a fifth consecutive Pro Bowl season. Daryle Lamonica It’s a debate that will rage on . He was named to four Pro Bowl squads between 1988 and 1998. O'Brien, of course, stunned everybody in March when he traded DeAndre Hopkins, one of the best wide receivers in the league, to the Arizona Cardinals for running back David Johnson and a second-round draft pick. George Blanda Vinny Testaverde is 16th all-time in passing touchdowns, and 14th in passing yards. 83. In order to view the gallery, please allow Manage Cookies. 95. Jon Kitna Neil Lomax Starr was at his best in the postseason, posting a 104.1 passer rating and a 9-1 record. He was one half of the indelible reception that was so amazing it simply became known as ‘The Catch.' As Don Pierson of the Chicago Tribune explained, Sid Luckman mastered the T-formation better than anybody in the 1940s. According to Vic Tafur of the San Francisco Chronicle , the Snake's .661 winning percentage when he retired trailed only those belonging to Roger Staubach and Terry Bradshaw. Gannon led the NFL in passing yards that same season. To build this list, I used Pro Football Reference’s “approximate value” AV rankings to get a baseline, and then made some individual calls off of that. Michael Vick He became known as Mr.