1 Peyton Manning
2 Joe Montana
3 John Elway
4 Dan Marino
5 Bret Favre
6 Johny Unitas
7 Bart Starr
8 Tom Brady
9 Otto Graham
10 Steve Young
Just missed
Troy Aikman, Terry Bradshaw, Sammy Baugh, Roger Staubach
tt's thought
Peyton Manning is still the greatest QB of all time. No shame losing to perhaps the greatest D in a single season, The Seatle Seahawks. His receivers were never open and the D didn't show up. He has a ring and the records. Almost every team in the league would cut their qb to have Manning.
I don't really like comparing era's. How many here even seen Graham,Baugh,Unitas. It's a different game now and shouldn't be seen as who has the most td yards or championships.
Brady hasn't won anything since Spygate so he has dropped. You can argue 4 championships and the toughness of Bradshaw alone should put him in.
The fact marino has no superbowl rings and is in almost everyones top 5 alone tells you that championships are overrated as far as making a list of top players and that Football is a team game.
Drew Brees is a good qb but if he really thinks he is a top qb just because he had a record in this new age and their system. He needs to take a long look in the mirror and realize the nfl is different now. He is top 20 but not top 10. He could be someday.
You can stick different QB's on different teams and see a different outcome. Seatle can win 3 more superbowls the next 3 years but would anyone put Wilson as a top ten qb of all time????? The answer to that is no.