Top 5 Quarterback Seasons In NFL History

Of the 52 MVPs in NFL

history

, 34 have been

quarterback

s, so you know this list is going to be the cream of the crop. We evaluated all the stats, wins, big moments, super bowls, disappointing losses and everything in between to answer this question: Who had the best season ever? by a 1984

quarterback

, Dan Marino, this is the oldest season on the list and he is truly the guardian of what greatness looks like. What Dan Marino did as a second-year pro we wouldn't see again until a young Patrick Mahomes arrived. The offenses were not as explosive. in 84 as they are in 2020 and the rules were not written in his favor, which is why Mourinho's 1984 could be the most special regular season in

history

.

He broke the single-season passing yards and touchdowns record by throwing 48 touchdowns and becoming the first person to break 5,000 yards passing something that wouldn't happen for another 27 years, he emerged from the first game of the season scoring five touchdowns in the Redskins and that success continued over the next 10 games starting 11-0 which included a route by Dan Marino's boyhood team, the Steelers, who passed him up in the draft despite being defeated late in the year in two close games, the Finns finished 14-2, only the second team to break 500 points in the season, the passing record for each season basically belonged to the young dark-haired man at this point, as his 13 became synonymous with MVP, No quarterback had ever thrown 40 touchdowns before and Mourinho came close to 50.

He rewrote history in yards per attempt while throwing more and completing more passes than we've ever seen. They made the playoffs by defeating the Seahawks and beating the Steelers in a close rematch despite not winning the Super Bowl 19. Mourinho broke records for completions and attempts he couldn't throw his team into the ring and that's why. that mourinho's 84 is not the best season in history 2007 tom brady among brady's first and second trio of world titles, led new england to first 16-0 season, you know, that's all the patriots got randy moss for oakland peanuts because he was supposedly done, all he did was connect with brady for an unbreakable record of 23. touchdowns they brought in wes welker and brady had immediate chemistry with him.

Spygate happened accusing the Pats of being cheaters and giving a false sale of how they won their first three Super Bowls in their best Michael Jordan impression. Tom Brady took that personally, he was perfect. storm, they weren't just winning games, they were beating teams and leaving them for dead before the first half expired, they took on the undefeated Cowboys in Week 6, letting them hang around before Brady wiped them out in the second half to another double digit. Brady was throwing touchdowns in bunches. Brady faced every challenge undefeated and finished the season as the first player to throw 50 touchdown passes.

They broke the single-season scoring record. They scored the most first downs and converted the most first downs in history. Brady won his first MVP. breaking records while completing 69 percent of his passes and recording the highest qbr in his history, they made it through the playoffs and faced the New York giants in the Super Bowl, while he had four comebacks in 2007 to remain perfect. He couldn't make it in the Super Bowl. bowl 42 the pats fell short of perfection 2007 was the best season by the greatest player the nfl has ever seen, but it's still not the greatest quarterback season of all time 2013 peyton manning peyton manning was ruled out after a career in the hall of fame with the colts there wasn't much after the spinal surgery he could come back and be himself again, right, we should have known better than to doubt the sheriff looked dapper in bronco orange and blue.

Manning put on a show in the first game of the 2013 season, seven touchdown passes that will really help the average, but Peyton is anything but average, he threw 20 touchdowns before his first pick of the season that came in a classic where somehow He scored 10 points in the last two minutes to achieve the impossible victory over the cowboys, the Broncos' offense was legendary and was at the top of all records. scored most points, most touchdowns, most 50 point games, 293 first down passes, most second half points, the staff was the master of that, the perfect combination of brain and arm talent, threw 55 touchdown passes, 55, that's five more than Brady's record, surpassed 50 with a full game still to go threw double-digit touchdown passes to four different players 5,477 yards eclipsed the Brady and Breez's season number, record holder, Manning threw for four more touchdowns nine times, breaking the old record of six games, we could probably continue with the rest of this video Speaking of the records Payton set, he took the MVP by a landslide when denver faced brady and the pats in the afc title game, manning put on a clinic throwing for 400 yards and two touchdowns as they advanced to super bowl 48.

If they weren't. defeated by the Seahawks in that game, Manning could have easily topped this list. He had the best qb regular season of all time, but to have the best overall season ever, you have to dominate when it matters most and not many were better in the big game than our number two, 1989 joe montana, joe cool ya He was a legend in San Fran at the time bringing three Super Bowls to the Bay, but in 1989 Joe Montana was impeccable, completing 70 of his passes while throwing for almost 10 yards on a Montana try to put the Niners up. completely on his back in week three against the Eagles despite being sacked eight times, he completed 73 percent of his passes for 428 yards and five touchdowns with 11 points in the quarter, throwing four touchdowns to win the game.

It was already his second game. winning run in three weeks would be the Niners' quarterback and achieved five wins back in the regular season. His numbers during the season aren't as eye-popping as some of the other guys on this list, but every time his play was questioned, the answer was Joe Montana. Once January rolled around, Montana was on the verge of putting together the best postseason we've ever seen Minnesota was the first victim 240 yards and four touchdowns The game ended before the half of the NFC Championship Los Angeles was burned and destroyed before the half who only threw four incomplete passes in that game when the super bowl came around it was supposed to be a matchup of the ages between montana and elway but montana turned it into a one man show montana threw a then record five touchdown passes completed 75 percent of his passes and had a near-perfect passer rating in the Super Bowl 24 Montana couldn't fail in the postseason 89 Montana threw 11 touchdowns without throwing a pick completing nearly 80 percent of his passes for 800 yards in just three games He was the first quarterback to win a Super Bowl without throwing an interception in the playoffs, they were the golden playoffs of the Golden Boy Montana was named MVP offensive player of the year and MVP of the Super Bowl in the same year, only the third time in the Super Bowl era that happened and Montana's most dominant playoff. almost makes it the best season by a quarterback, we said almost 1994, steve young, you guessed it?

Steve Young did everything Joe Montana did in '89, but better, he won the regular season MVP throwing 35 touchdowns with only 10 interceptions and broke Joe's season passer. qualification record in 1994, Young reached all Montana records. People call his Super Bowl the game in which he stepped out of Montana's shadow, but in reality throughout the entire season he broke the record for completion percentage. Montana owned the TD mark of he is a 49er franchise record and at that time. was in the top five, but in no way had better playoffs than Montana in '89, right, wrong, Steve Young was better, he was the first person since Montana to win a Super Bowl without throwing a pick, talking about that Super Bowl 29 against San Diego.

Steve Young's Chargers turned in the best Super Bowl performance in their half-century of existence. He threw a touchdown pass less than three minutes into the game and then proceeded to continue lighting it up every time the Niners touched the rock. Young threw them into the end zone. and broke Joe Montana's last record for touchdown passes in a Super Bowl. He only took the first play of the fourth quarter when Young threw his record-setting sixth touchdown, then took a victory lap and sat out the rest of the game. he downed the Chargers 49-26 after years of being in Montana's shadow, criticized for failing to win the big game.

The young man erased that narrative with style. He was the proud owner of almost all of the Niners' single-season records. He won a Super Bowl MVP and brought together the best. season of a quarterback in nfl history