We must give Joe Flacco some credit. Not a great quarterback. Not a guy anybody would ever even mention as a candidate when drawing up a list of the top 20 quarterbacks of all time.
But the guy wins big games.
He’s 10-4 in the postseason, and that’s not easy to do, even if you have a good defense and some timely plays by other guys helping out along the way.
Among quarterbacks with double-digit wins in the playoffs, only Terry Bradshaw and Troy Aikman (who also both got a lot of help from others) have a higher winning percentage.
I don’t think I missed any, but here are the win-loss records for the 29 quarterbacks I believe have started at least 10 playoff games. I’ve got active quarterbacks in bold.
PLAYOFF QUARTERBACKS (10 G) | |||
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Player | W | L | Pct |
Bart Starr | 9 | 1 | .900 |
Jim Plunkett | 8 | 2 | .800 |
Terry Bradshaw | 14 | 5 | .737 |
Troy Aikman | 11 | 4 | .733 |
Eli Manning | 8 | 3 | .727 |
Joe Flacco | 10 | 4 | .714 |
Joe Montana | 16 | 7 | .696 |
Tom Brady | 18 | 8 | .692 |
Kurt Warner | 9 | 4 | .692 |
John Elway | 14 | 7 | .667 |
Ben Roethlisberger | 10 | 5 | .667 |
Roger Staubach | 11 | 6 | .647 |
Phil Simms | 6 | 4 | .600 |
Ken Stabler | 7 | 5 | .583 |
Steve Young | 8 | 6 | .571 |
Donovan McNabb | 9 | 7 | .563 |
Drew Brees | 6 | 5 | .545 |
Bob Griese | 6 | 5 | .545 |
Fran Tarkenton | 6 | 5 | .545 |
Brett Favre | 13 | 11 | .542 |
Jim Kelly | 9 | 8 | .529 |
Steve McNair | 5 | 5 | .500 |
Mark Brunell | 5 | 5 | .500 |
Danny White | 5 | 5 | .500 |
Craig Morton | 5 | 5 | .500 |
Peyton Manning | 11 | 12 | .478 |
Matt Hasselbeck | 5 | 6 | .455 |
Dan Marino | 8 | 10 | .444 |
Warren Moon | 3 | 7 | .300 |
—Ian Allan