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Patrick Mahomes is on pace to leave a legendary mark on the NFL. He has already won two MVP awards and two Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs.
With so much success, let’s take a peek at how much of it has come against winning teams.
The reason for QB wins against winning teams
I started to dive into this stat for every quarterback because the new hot argument is to say that a certain quarterback didn’t beat any good teams. I often see people use this argument to say players like Kirk Cousins and Matthew Stafford are not good and just put up empty stats. At the end of the day, there is much more to the story.
Most importantly, quarterback wins are a team statistic. A great example of that is how Stafford had a horrible record with Detroit and won a Super Bowl after being traded to the LA Rams. Additionally, very few quarterbacks in the NFL have a winning record against teams who finished the season above .500 in the league. Most losses for everyone come against good teams. Go figure.
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What is Patrick Mahomes record against winning teams?
Patrick Mahomes is 22-12 (.647) against teams with a winning record during his entire career.
Patrick Mahomes vs winning teams 2022
In 2022, Patrick Mahomes was 5-2 (.714) against winning teams as the starting quarterback.
- Chargers (win)
- Bills (loss)
- 49ers (win)
- Jaguars (win)
- Chargers (win)
- Bengals (loss)
- Seahawks (win)
Patrick Mahomes vs winning teams 2021
In 2021, Patrick Mahomes was 7-4 (.636) against winning teams as the starting quarterback.
- Charger (loss)
- Eagles (win)
- Bills (loss)
- Titans (loss)
- Packers (win)
- Raiders (win)
- Cowboys (win)
- Raiders (win)
- Chargers (win)
- Steelers (win)
- Bengals (loss)
Patrick Mahomes vs winning teams 2020
In 2020, Patrick Mahomes was 5-0 against winning teams as the starting quarterback.
- Ravens (win)
- Bills (win)
- Buccaneers (win)
- Dolphins (win)
- Saints (win)
Patrick Mahomes vs winning teams 2019
In 2019, Mahomes was 2-2 (.500) against winning teams as the starting quarterback. Matt Moore went 1-1 against winning teams in 2019 for the Chiefs when he filled in for an injured Mahomes.
- Ravens (win)
- Texans (loss)
- Titans (loss)
- Patriots(win)
Patrick Mahomes vs winning teams 2018
In 2018, Mahomes was 3-4 (.428) against winning teams as the starting quarterback. Mahomes won the NFL MVP award for his amazing performance this season.
- Chargers (win)
- Steelers (win)
- Patriots (loss)
- Rams (loss)
- Ravens (win)
- Chargers (loss)
- Seahawks (loss)
What quarterbacks have a winning record against winning teams?
As seen on our master QB record vs winning teams chart, there are only a handful of NFL quarterbacks that have a record above .500 against winning teams.
You can digest that information on your own. The main thing I want you to take away from this is that it is extremely rare to have a winning record against teams that finished the season with a winning record.
Conclusion of Patrick Mahomes against winning teams
Almost every quarterback in the NFL holds a losing record against winning teams. It only makes sense because those are the games you are most likely to lose every year. This has not been the case for Patrick Mahomes.
While Mahomes is an amazing talent, he benefited from being drafted into a good situation. He is paired with an amazing head coach in Andy Reid who spent a lot of time with him getting things right early on. Additionally, Mahomes wasn’t expected to play right away as he sat behind an established Alex Smith early on. This was crucial to his early success because like most QB’s he wasn’t ready right away.
Below is the first impression Chiefs star receiver had of Patrick Mahomes. Hill even said “I thought he was trash” after seeing him perform early on at training camp. He then described how Mahomes worked hard with the coaches to learn and improve.
Tyreek Hill on his first impression of Patrick Mahomes in 2017: “I thought he was trash. I ain’t gonna cap. I was like, ‘this is who y’all drafted?’” 😂
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) December 2, 2020
(via @insidetheNFL) pic.twitter.com/gWFQ8lj0Qx
