Top 5 QB's of all time

Who are the Top 5 QB's of all time in your opinion?

For me it's...

Joe Montana
Tom Brady
John Elway
Johnny Unitas
Peyton Manning

Dan Marino
Joe Montana
Johnny Unitas
John Elway
Peyton Manning/Steve Young

Tom Brady
Peyton Manning
Brett Favre
Donovan McNabb
Drew Brees

These are the best I've seen in my time of watching ball. I can't give an all-time list because I haven't gotten to see some of these aforementioned players in their prime. If you didn't grow up watching someone your opinion is moot. For the same reason when people ask who the greatest basketball player of all-time was I say Kobe is the best I've ever seen. I didn't grow up watching Jordan or see him in his prime. You can only go by what you've seen on a consistent basis. Highlights don't cut it.

Cise wrote:

Tom Brady
Peyton Manning
Brett Favre
Donovan McNabb
Drew Brees

These are the best I've seen in my time of watching ball. I can't give an all-time list because I haven't gotten to see some of these aforementioned players in their prime. If you didn't grow up watching someone your opinion is moot. For the same reason when people ask who the greatest basketball player of all-time was I say Kobe is the best I've ever seen. I didn't grow up watching Jordan or see him in his prime. You can only go by what you've seen on a consistent basis. Highlights don't cut it.

Cosign big time...just like all the fools who say Muhammad Ali is their favorite boxer, even though he was way before their time and didn't watch any of his fights.

I don't see how Marino can be number one with zero Super Bowl victories and subpar postseason stats.

And Cise, I respect your honesty but highlights DO cut it. I was only 5 when Muhammad Ali retired from boxing, but I still say he's the greatest athlete of all time because I saw his fights on tape and he was simply dominant. I listed Johnny Unitas because I've seen footage of his games and he was simply amazing, same goes for Jim Brown, whom I list as a Top 5 RB (which is another thread I'll start soon). If you haven't seen footage of those guys, check it out sometime.

Nvm, my point was favorites of all time, not the best of all time.

Warren Moon
Steve McNair
Cody Carlson
Bucky Richardson (tied with Neil O'Donnell)
Rusty Smith

lol fucking Rusty Smith...Dude was solid as hell, how many pick 6 did he throw?

NO ONE CARES ABOUT RINGS!


TROY AIKMAN
JOE MONTANA
DAN MARINO
JOHN ELWAY
BRETT FAVRE
STEVE YOUNG
WARREN MOON
RANDALL CUNNINGHAM
JIM KELLY

etc.

ARE JUST A FEW ALL BETTER THAN NO TOM DAMN BRADY OR PEYTON STICK IN ASS MANNING

Myestro wrote:

Warren Moon
Steve McNair
Cody Carlson
Bucky Richardson (tied with Neil O'Donnell)
Rusty Smith

Dude....this thread is TOP 5 QB's of all time, not your 5 favorite QB's of all time.

If that were the case, I would have listed Phil Simms.

Tom Brady
Brett Favre
Steve Young
Joe Montana
Matt Ryan

Big Daddy Kool wrote:

Myestro wrote:

Warren Moon
Steve McNair
Cody Carlson
Bucky Richardson (tied with Neil O'Donnell)
Rusty Smith

Dude....this thread is TOP 5 QB's of all time, not your 5 favorite QB's of all time.

If that were the case, I would have listed Phil Simms.

I highly doubt Rusty Smith is one of his favorites, fool.

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

NO ONE CARES ABOUT RINGS!


TROY AIKMAN
JOE MONTANA
DAN MARINO
JOHN ELWAY
BRETT FAVRE
STEVE YOUNG
WARREN MOON
RANDALL CUNNINGHAM
JIM KELLY

etc.

ARE JUST A FEW ALL BETTER THAN NO TOM DAMN BRADY OR PEYTON STICK IN ASS MANNING

None of those dudes except for Montana and maybe Elway are as good as Brady or Manning. You could argue Favre is as good as Manning but it's very close.

Aikman was carried by Emmitt, Irvin, and one of the best offensive lines in history. Great QB, but nowhere near the best ever.

Young was carried by Jerry Rice, Ricky Watters, and a great defense. Again he was great, but not even close to being the best of all time.

The rest of the guys you listed didn't win any rings, without rings you CANNOT be considered better than a guy like Brady.

Victor Shade wrote:

Big Daddy Kool wrote:

Myestro wrote:

Warren Moon
Steve McNair
Cody Carlson
Bucky Richardson (tied with Neil O'Donnell)
Rusty Smith

Dude....this thread is TOP 5 QB's of all time, not your 5 favorite QB's of all time.

If that were the case, I would have listed Phil Simms.

I highly doubt Rusty Smith is one of his favorites, fool.

He named all former Oilers/Titans QB's, and they're his fav team so OF COURSE HE'S ONE OF HIS FAVS, FOOL!!!

You really don't understand sarcasm huh?

Victor Shade wrote:

Tom Brady
Brett Favre
Steve Young
Joe Montana
Matt Ryan

No way in hell is Ryan a Top 5 QB of all time.

Big Daddy Kool wrote:

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

NO ONE CARES ABOUT RINGS!


TROY AIKMAN
JOE MONTANA
DAN MARINO
JOHN ELWAY
BRETT FAVRE
STEVE YOUNG
WARREN MOON
RANDALL CUNNINGHAM
JIM KELLY

etc.

ARE JUST A FEW ALL BETTER THAN NO TOM DAMN BRADY OR PEYTON STICK IN ASS MANNING

None of those dudes except for Montana and maybe Elway are as good as Brady or Manning. You could argue Favre is as good as Manning but it's very close.

Aikman was carried by Emmitt, Irvin, and one of the best offensive lines in history. Great QB, but nowhere near the best ever.

Young was carried by Jerry Rice, Ricky Watters, and a great defense. Again he was great, but not even close to being the best of all time.

The rest of the guys you listed didn't win any rings, without rings you CANNOT be considered better than a guy like Brady.

...but Joe Montana wasn't carried by Jerry Rice? C'mon...

LMAO at Troy Aikman being "carried" lmao!!!!!!!

I guess Larry Fitz is a horrible receiver since he can't carry his QBs like that....

And LMAO at those sorry NY fans obsessed about championships.

Yeah, and all Elway had were scrubs in Terrell Davis and Shannon Sharpe.

Big Daddy Kool wrote:

I don't see how Marino can be number one with zero Super Bowl victories and subpar postseason stats.

And Cise, I respect your honesty but highlights DO cut it. I was only 5 when Muhammad Ali retired from boxing, but I still say he's the greatest athlete of all time because I saw his fights on tape and he was simply dominant. I listed Johnny Unitas because I've seen footage of his games and he was simply amazing, same goes for Jim Brown, whom I list as a Top 5 RB (which is another thread I'll start soon). If you haven't seen footage of those guys, check it out sometime.

I don't follow boxing so I can't comment on that.

I guess we will have to agree to disagree on the issue of highlights. Its not that big of a deal anyways. We both share a love for sports and that's all that matters.

I would have to lookup highlights on those guys. Can't say I've seen much from them.

gametheory91 wrote:

Big Daddy Kool wrote:

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

NO ONE CARES ABOUT RINGS!


TROY AIKMAN
JOE MONTANA
DAN MARINO
JOHN ELWAY
BRETT FAVRE
STEVE YOUNG
WARREN MOON
RANDALL CUNNINGHAM
JIM KELLY

etc.

ARE JUST A FEW ALL BETTER THAN NO TOM DAMN BRADY OR PEYTON STICK IN ASS MANNING

None of those dudes except for Montana and maybe Elway are as good as Brady or Manning. You could argue Favre is as good as Manning but it's very close.

Aikman was carried by Emmitt, Irvin, and one of the best offensive lines in history. Great QB, but nowhere near the best ever.

Young was carried by Jerry Rice, Ricky Watters, and a great defense. Again he was great, but not even close to being the best of all time.

The rest of the guys you listed didn't win any rings, without rings you CANNOT be considered better than a guy like Brady.

...but Joe Montana wasn't carried by Jerry Rice? C'mon...

Montana won his first Super Bowl WITHOUT Jerry

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

LMAO at Troy Aikman being "carried" lmao!!!!!!!

I guess Larry Fitz is a horrible receiver since he can't carry his QBs like that....

And LMAO at those sorry NY fans obsessed about championships.

So a guy like Jim Kelly who never won any Super Bowls and got blown out in three of them is better than a guy like Tom Brady who won three SB's and has one of the best winning percentages in history? GTFOH with that bullshit.

Fitz is a great reciever, it's just that Rice and Irvin were on another level. Especially Rice, who may arguably be the best football player of all time.

As for Troy Aikman, nobody outside of Texas ever mentions him as the best ever. In fact, some would say that Roger Staubach was better than Aikman. Not to mention that Troy fell off after Michael Irvin retired. He's a great QB, but not the best of all time.

You're clearly just naming your favorite QB's of all time, I think myself and Slang are the only people on this thread (even though I don't agree with all of his picks) who have done otherwise. Jim Kelly, Warren Moon, and Randall Cunningham are not better than Brady or Manning. Not by any stretch of the imagination.

Victor Shade wrote:

Yeah, and all Elway had were scrubs in Terrell Davis and Shannon Sharpe.

I put Elway in my Top 5, fool!

Elway got helped, fool!

Steve Young was carried by Rice so he can't be considered among the greats, but Elway is a top QB, even though he had Terrell Davis and Shannon Sharp???...Yeah fuckin' hypocrite...big surprise coming from you.

Bubby Brister
Bobby Hoying
Doug Pederson
Rodney Peete
Ty Detmer

Oh Wait, I thought it said bullshit QB1's Eagle fans like myself had to put up with between Randall & Donovan.

At least they are all better than Eli

Peyton Manning
Brett Favre
Joe Montana
Tom Brady
Dan Marino

Big Daddy Kool wrote:

gametheory91 wrote:

Big Daddy Kool wrote:

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

NO ONE CARES ABOUT RINGS!


TROY AIKMAN
JOE MONTANA
DAN MARINO
JOHN ELWAY
BRETT FAVRE
STEVE YOUNG
WARREN MOON
RANDALL CUNNINGHAM
JIM KELLY

etc.

ARE JUST A FEW ALL BETTER THAN NO TOM DAMN BRADY OR PEYTON STICK IN ASS MANNING

None of those dudes except for Montana and maybe Elway are as good as Brady or Manning. You could argue Favre is as good as Manning but it's very close.

Aikman was carried by Emmitt, Irvin, and one of the best offensive lines in history. Great QB, but nowhere near the best ever.

Young was carried by Jerry Rice, Ricky Watters, and a great defense. Again he was great, but not even close to being the best of all time.

The rest of the guys you listed didn't win any rings, without rings you CANNOT be considered better than a guy like Brady.

...but Joe Montana wasn't carried by Jerry Rice? C'mon...

Montana won his first Super Bowl WITHOUT Jerry

He also won 3 WITH Jerry. Young won 1.

1. John Elway
2. Joe Montana
3. Johnny U
4. Fran Tarkenton
5. Tom Brady

Victor Shade wrote:

Elway got helped, fool!

Steve Young was carried by Rice so he can't be considered among the greats, but Elway is a top QB, even though he had Terrell Davis and Shannon Sharp???...Yeah fuckin' hypocrite...big surprise coming from you.

Look at Elway's all time stats compared to Young's...it's a complete blowout in favor of Elway.

Young was a great QB, but IMO he wasn't among the 5 best of all time. If you feel differently though then that's fine. Matt Ryan damn sure ain't in the Top 5 of all time after just 3 years in the league.

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

At least they are all better than Eli

They're all better than Romo as well.

RompedOutCutthoat wrote:

Oh Wait, I thought it said bullshit QB1's Eagle fans like myself had to put up with between Randall & Donovan.

Randall and Donovan are easily the best QB's in Eagles history, and how can you leave out Jaws???

Jaws>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Everybody you listed.

None of those guys are Top 5 of all time, but an all time Eagles QB list has to include those guys.

Uh... did you even read what he said?

Have you heard the song "Black & Yellow" by Wiz Khalifa? Well, think of the chorus, then read this:

Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning

Shaun wrote:

Uh... did you even read what he said?

Still doesn't explain why he left out Jaws.

Yes it does lol. It says QBs that started between the times of Cunningham and McNabb. Jaws played before them.

Big Daddy Kool wrote:

Victor Shade wrote:

Elway got helped, fool!

Steve Young was carried by Rice so he can't be considered among the greats, but Elway is a top QB, even though he had Terrell Davis and Shannon Sharp???...Yeah fuckin' hypocrite...big surprise coming from you.

Look at Elway's all time stats compared to Young's...it's a complete blowout in favor of Elway.

Young was a great QB, but IMO he wasn't among the 5 best of all time. If you feel differently though then that's fine. Matt Ryan damn sure ain't in the Top 5 of all time after just 3 years in the league.

ok, I hate making a case against Elway cause he is a top 5 QB IMO, but so is Steve Young. Steve Young's numbers aren't as good overall simply cause Elway had far more playing time. I think the length of Elways career is what may make him a little better than Young, but on a per game basis, Young's numbers are generally better. He averages more passing TD's per game. He averages more total TD's per game. He averages less int's per game. His career passer rating smashes Elway's(96.8 for Young and 79.9 for Elway). He's got one more MVP award than Elway too.

Is Steve Young a Mormon?

hmmm this is a good question

well number ONE goes to Joe Montana EASILY....just the perfect QB with the perfect throwing motion and a strong arm plus a pedigree for both leading his team and winning football games, so for me he's number one easily....


2.John Elway-very similar to Montana's characteristics including the leadership abilities and playing winning football, but he had an even stronger arm (wr's used to say that catching an Elway pass during a game would hurt..lol) and he had an incredible ability to scramble too, he was like a white Michael Vick earlier and during the prime of his career....


3.Tom Brady-this guy has been special ever since he starting playing on a full time basis in 2001 after Drew Bledsoe got hurt....he's got it all...fiery leadership...championship rings...a very strong arm....a beautiful deep ball...and he just wins with anyone...whether that be David Patten, Deion Branch, Wes Welker or Randy Moss....Tom Brady is the TRUTH mane!


4.Dan Marino-it's gotta be the RELEASE..lol...that release is legendary and saved his ass from receiving a bunch of sacks throughout his career, that plus his ability to lead, his extra strength throwing arm, his accuracy, his yardage totals, his comebacks, his HUGE win over those '85 Bears on Monday Night (possibly the greatest defense in NFL history), etc,etc.. yes I know he's ringless but this dude made all the opposing teams he played against scared to death until the clock read 0:00..


5.Brett Favre-the GUNSLINGER, also he was FEARLESS....those describe Brett perfectly, along with that arm strength, that leadership ability, the many big throws. he won with a bunch of different targets throughout his looong career, he was extremely difficult to sack (both Strahan whom he gave the sack record too in '02 and Sapp said neither one of them could catch Brett unless he wanted them too...lol)...Brett redefined the position of QB, he was like a modern day Johnny Unitas, Brett played with blood, sweat, and tears every single game and when you add in his consecutive games played streak, well then he easily makes my top 5 QB's of all-time list.....


so there is my top 5 QB's of all-time in order:

1.Joe Montana
2.John Elway
3.Tom Brady
4.Dan Marino
5.Brett Favre

Joe Montana
John Elway
Brett Favre
Steve Young
Dan Marino

Big Daddy Kool wrote:

Shaun wrote:

Uh... did you even read what he said?

Still doesn't explain why he left out Jaws.

Wow! Just...wow...

RompedOutCutthoat wrote:

Bubby Brister
Bobby Hoying
Doug Pederson
Rodney Peete
Ty Detmer

Your list puts mine to shame.

Big Daddy Kool wrote:

Victor Shade wrote:

Big Daddy Kool wrote:

Myestro wrote:

Warren Moon
Steve McNair
Cody Carlson
Bucky Richardson (tied with Neil O'Donnell)
Rusty Smith

Dude....this thread is TOP 5 QB's of all time, not your 5 favorite QB's of all time.

If that were the case, I would have listed Phil Simms.

I highly doubt Rusty Smith is one of his favorites, fool.

He named all former Oilers/Titans QB's, and they're his fav team so OF COURSE HE'S ONE OF HIS FAVS, FOOL!!!

Just because someone played for my favorite team means they're one of my favorites? Vince Young isn't on that list, and he is/was a Titan. And my favorite football player is Adrian Wilson...I WISH he was on the Titans.

Myestro wrote:

Big Daddy Kool wrote:

Victor Shade wrote:

Big Daddy Kool wrote:

Myestro wrote:

Warren Moon
Steve McNair
Cody Carlson
Bucky Richardson (tied with Neil O'Donnell)
Rusty Smith

Dude....this thread is TOP 5 QB's of all time, not your 5 favorite QB's of all time.

If that were the case, I would have listed Phil Simms.

I highly doubt Rusty Smith is one of his favorites, fool.

He named all former Oilers/Titans QB's, and they're his fav team so OF COURSE HE'S ONE OF HIS FAVS, FOOL!!!

Just because someone played for my favorite team means they're one of my favorites? Vince Young isn't on that list, and he is/was a Titan. And my favorite football player is Adrian Wilson...I WISH he was on the Titans.

Well then why'd you name all Titans players then? None of those guys except for maybe Moon deserves mention in this catagory. I liked McNair a lot, but he's not a GOAT caliber QB, and those other three are just laughable.

Had I listed Phil Simms, everyone here would be giving me shit, and he's better than Carlson, Richardson, and Smith easily.

Phil is the only great QB to put on a G-Sluts uniform. Other than Kurt.

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

Phil is the only great QB to put on a G-Sluts uniform. Other than Kurt.

Eli will be considered great before his career is all said and done, right now he's very good and if he wins another SB then he'll be in the discussion of great QB's.

KJ just asks questions so he can talk shit to everyone who answers him...

I and 99% of the world doesn't care about superbowls.

Big Daddy Kool wrote:

Eli will be considered great before his career is all said and done, right now he's very good and if he wins another SB then he'll be in the discussion of great QB's.