Who is The Best QB of All Time? NFL Names Top 10 Quarterbacks in History

The NFL spent more than a month naming the top 100 players in league history to celebrate 100 years of the NFL. It culminated Friday night with the naming of the top 10 quarterbacks of all time.

It's an argument that has gone on for decades, even as offenses evolved from run-oriented attacks to all-out aerial assaults.

Here are the 10 quarterbacks on the list (note: Joe Montana and Tom Brady had previously been named to the all-time top 100 list, and stats are current as of 12/27/2019):

Sammy Baugh

• 2-time NFL Champion
• 3-time First-Team All-Pro
• 6-time Pro Bowler
• T-Most defensive INTs in a single game in NFL history (4)
• Led NFL in completions, punt yards and defensive INTs in 1943

Tom Brady

• 6-time Super Bowl Champion (4-time SB MVP)
• 3-time NFL MVP ('07, '10, '17)
• 3-time First-Team All-Pro, 14-time Pro Bowler
• 219 wins (most by QB in NFL history)
• 74,350 pass yards (2nd in NFL history), 539 pass TD (T-2nd)

John Elway

• 2-time Super Bowl Champion (SB XXXIII MVP)
• 1987 NFL MVP
• 1992 Walter Payton Man of the Year
• 9-time Pro Bowler
• NFL 1990s All-Decade Team

Brett Favre

• Super Bowl XXXI Champion
• 3-time NFL MVP ('95-'97)
• 3-time First-Team All-Pro, 11-time Pro Bowler
• 4th in pass yards (71,838) and pass TDs (508) in NFL history
• 18 seasons with 3,000+ pass yards (most ever)

Otto Graham

• 3-time NFL Champion
• 7-time First-Team All-Pro (T-Most by QB in NFL history)
• 5-time Pro Bowler
• 9 yards/attempt (most in NFL history)

Peyton Manning

• 2-time Super Bowl Champion
• 5-time NFL MVP ('03, '04, '08, '09, '13)
• 7-time First-Team All-Pro, 14-time Pro Bowler
• Single-season NFL records for pass yards (5,477), pass TD (55) in 2013

Dan Marino

• 1984 NFL MVP
• 3-time First-Team All-Pro
• 5th all-time pass yards and TDs
• First player with 5,000+ pass yards in a single season (1984)

Joe Montana

• 4-time Super Bowl Champion (3-time SB MVP)
• 2-time NFL MVP (1989, 1990)
• 3-time First-Team All-Pro
• 8-time Pro Bowler
• NFL 1980s All-Decade Team

Roger Staubach

• 2-time Super Bowl Champion (VI MVP)
• 1978 Walter Payton Man of the Year
• 6-time Pro Bowler
• NFL 1970s All-Decade Team

Johnny Unitas

• Super Bowl V Champion, 3x NFL Champion
• 2-time NFL MVP (1964, 1967)
• 1970 Walter Payton Man of the Year
• 5-time First-Team All-Pro, 10-time Pro Bowl

Here is the all-time NFL top 100 list per NFL.com, which includes players and the top 10 coaches in 100 years of NFL football.

A 26-person panel made of coaches, team and league executives, former players and members of the media began rating players for this list beginning in 2018. The results were revealed over the last month, beginning with the top running backs and ending December 27 with the top quarterbacks and all-time top 100.