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Compare And Contrast Brady And Manning

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Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are undoubtedly two of the greatest quarterbacks to ever grace a football field. But one question has always been asked; who is better? Brady or Manning? Everyone has their own opinion of who’s the best. Brady and Manning have comparable statistics in the regular season and postseason. It all comes down to the numbers.
Both quarterbacks put up great regular season numbers. Starting with Manning, he has played in 18 seasons. He has accumulated a total of 240 career games. He has thrown a career total of 64,964 yards and 491 touchdowns. Tom Brady has played in 17 seasons. He has played in a total of 193 games in his career, 47 less than Peyton Manning. He has thrown 49,149 yards and 359 touchdowns. Using Brady’s average yards per game, roughly 255, and the difference in games played, Brady would throw for 61,134 …show more content…

Using the same idea for touchdowns, a safe assumption for Brady’s total in touchdowns is 453. Moving to interceptions, which negatively impact their teams, Manning has thrown 219 interceptions while Brady has 134. Using Brady’s average rounded to 1 interception per game, Brady would throw for 181 interceptions. These numbers are very similar with Manning taking the slight edge in yards and touchdowns while Brady gets the nod for interceptions. Peyton Manning has achieved a win/loss record of 167-73. That comes to a 69.6 winning percentage. Brady has

achieved a win/loss record of 148-43, a win percentage of 77.5 percent. Brady has the highest win percentage of all active quarterbacks in the NFL. He is also the only quarterback to ever have 100 more wins than losses. Peyton Manning has won 5 regular season MVPs to Brady’s 2. However, Brady is the player that received a unanimous MVP. Brady also led his team to the only 16-0 regular season in history. They both are about even in regular season play.The post season means more than the

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