Thread by @waitbutwhy

To honor Tom Brady's retirement, the 10 craziest Brady stats:

1. In his 20 seasons, he racked up by far the most regular season wins by a QB, going 243-73 overall.

He played the most games of any QB (316) AND had the highest win percentage (76.9%) of any QB with 100+ starts.

Still on #1, here's Brady's wins per season. His three worst seasons were 9-7 (once) and 10-6 (twice). Over 20 seasons, he averaged 12.1 wins a season.

2. Brady's teams made the playoffs 19 of his 20 seasons and won the division 18 times.

3. Brady's teams made the conference finals 14/20 seasons. He was 10-4 in those 14 games.

4. Brady played in 10 Super Bowls in 20 seasons. Half!

5. Brady won 7 Super Bowls with two separate dynasties, 10 years apart. That's more SB rings than any other TEAM (Patriots and Steelers have the most with 6). He won the Super Bowl in 35% of his seasons.

6. Brady played in 47 playoff games, going 35-12. 35 is more than double the playoff wins of #2 (Joe Montana with 16).

Before we go to #7 - Brady's total win count (regular season + playoff) blows every other QB out of the water.

7. Then there are stats, where Brady is #1 in the three major QB categories.

8. Brady has thrown touchdown passes to a ridiculous 92 different players. The below image, made early in the 2021 season, covers 88 of them (Bernard, Bell, Perriman, Grayson were added to the list by the end).

Image:
@PatsDynastyInfo

9. Brady pulled off by far the NFL's biggest playoff comeback in the 2016 season Super Bowl, scoring 31 unanswered points to come back from down 25 points with less than 3 minutes to go in the third quarter and win. This was also the best day of my life.

10. After turning 37, an age when many QBs retire, Brady won FOUR more Super Bowls—which alone would have tied him with Montana and Bradshaw for the most rings. He had an entire Hall of Fame career after turning 39, playing in four Super Bowls and winning three.

Not bad for the 199th pick of the draft!