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Factoid

Old quarterbacks

Brady tops, Favre and Moon 2nd

Earlier in the week I ran an item about how Tom Brady got better with age as an NFL (and fantasy) quarterback. He's without question the best of the old-man quarterbacks we've ever seen, and no doubt will ever see. But he's not the only one.

Brett Favre, most will recall, also had several really good years at the end of his career. His last year in Green Bay, his first year with the Vikings, and a couple others -- he was a top-11 fantasy quarterback in four straight seasons until his final-year crash back to Earth in Minnesota.

Only one other aged quarterback (for the purposes of this factoid, I pulled the numbers for all quarterbacks 37 years old and up) has had four top-15 fantasy seasons in his career, using a scoring system with 4-point touchdown passes and 1 point for every 20 passing yards and 10 rushing yards, with 6-point rushing touchdowns. That was Warren Moon (pictured), who did it with the Vikings for a couple of those seasons.

Table shows all top-15 fantasy seasons from quarterbacks 37 years old or older. There have been 42 such seasons, 7 by Brady. Rodgers, if he plays a couple more years, could be the fourth member of that exclusive group.

TOP-15 FANTASY SEASONS, AGED QUARTERBACKS (37-PLUS YEARS OLD)
YearPlayerAgePassPaTDRunRuTDFF PtsRk
2013Peyton Manning, Den.37547755-311498.81
1998Steve Young, S.F.374170364546441.91
2015Tom Brady, N.E.38477036533410.42
2016Drew Brees, N.O.37520837202422.42
2002Rich Gannon, Oak.374689261563376.12
2017Tom Brady, N.E.40457732280363.73
1995Warren Moon, Min.39422833820351.63
2014Peyton Manning, Den.38472739-240394.03
2020Aaron Rodgers, G.B.374299481493440.33
1993Warren Moon, Hou.373485211451278.83
1978Fran Tarkenton, Min.38346825-61278.84
1997John Elway, Den.373635272181319.64
2008Kurt Warner, Ariz.37458330-20351.04
1979Roger Staubach, Dall.373586271720304.54
2021Tom Brady, T.B.44531643812457.94
1994Warren Moon, Min.38426418550296.75
2020Tom Brady, T.B.4346334063410.37
1997Warren Moon, Sea.41367825401293.97
2009Brett Favre, Min.4042023370343.67
2007Brett Favre, G.B.38415528120321.07
1999Doug Flutie, Buff.373171194761288.27
2006Brett Favre, G.B.37388518291275.28
2021Aaron Rodgers, G.B.384115371013381.98
2018Drew Brees, N.O.39399232224356.99
1998Dan Marino, Mia.37349723-31272.610
2018Philip Rivers, LAC3743083270354.110
2008Brett Favre, NYJ39347222431274.111
2017Drew Brees, N.O.38433423122321.911
1991Steve DeBerg, K.C.37296517-150214.811
2014Tom Brady, N.E.37410933570343.211
2000Vinny Testaverde, NYJ37373221320277.811
1995Dave Krieg, Ariz.37355416290254.612
2018Tom Brady, N.E.41435529352350.913
1994Joe Montana, K.C.38328316170231.913
2009Kurt Warner, Ariz.38375326100292.713
2019Philip Rivers, LAC38461523290327.713
1970Johnny Unitas, Balt.37221314160168.313
2020Ben Roethlisberger, Pitt.38380333110327.314
1998John Elway, Den.38280622941246.114
1993Phil Simms, NYG38303815310215.414
2019Tom Brady, N.E.42405724343322.315
1981Craig Morton, Den.38319521180245.615

--Andy Richardson

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