Tom Brady, underrated

Here is every single game of Tom Brady’s career by total EPA

Tom Brady

- Most regular seasons and playoff runs averaging 27+ PPG

- Most regular seasons and playoff runs averaging 30+ PPG

This game began a 59-game stretch where Tom Brady went 50-9

Tom Brady:

• #1 in career PFF WAR (68.8)
• #1 in career PFF WAR/Season (4.30)

• Best collection of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 seasons

• There are 18 QB seasons with at least 4.8 WAR: Brady has 7 of those (39%)

Per PFF PFF_Steve (2006-2023)

— Conf. Champ Games & Super Bowls
— 4th Quarter/OT
— Tied or Trailing by 1-10 Points

There are 2 QBs since 1999 with at least 100 plays in this situation:
(per nflindex):

Tom Brady:
100 TD drives led in 10 playoff runs to the Super Bowl

Patrick Mahomes:
40 TD drives led in 4 playoff runs to the Super Bowl

Tom Brady’s domination of the Steelers:

Including the playoffs, he played 16 games against them

Went 12-4 with an MVP stat line

(and during the Brady era, the Steelers had the #2 defense in football)

Record w/ 50+ Pass Attempts in a Game
(updated through the 2023 season)

#1 in Wins: Tom Brady (25)
(nobody else more than 5)

#1 in Win%: Tom Brady (64.1%)

Source: Stathead (min. 5 games w/ 50+ PA; playoffs included)

Game-Winning Drive Percentage
(updated through the 2023 season)

#1 in GWDs: Tom Brady (72)
#1 in GWD%: Tom Brady (56.7%)

(Data is from Pro Football Reference Stathead and goes back to 1994; reg+post combined)

FEA year

Rolling 3 & 5 year averages (by passing DYAR/game) for Brady, Peyton, Rodgers, Brees, Mahomes, Montana, Marino:

Per FTN Fantasy

Brady has a bunch of the most efficient seasons ever. Don’t listen to anyone who chalks his career up to only “longevity” and “rings.”

If you don’t think he has the best peak ever, it’s definitely top 2.

He has records and won a lot because he played at such a high level.