Tom Brady is regarded as the greatest quarterback of all-time by many NFL analysts. He now has 7 Super Bowl rings. His latest came at age 43 after beating the Kansas City Chiefs during Super Bowl LV on a different team for the first time in his career. Brady has more accolades than one cant count and it isn’t stopping any time soon.
Let’s take a look at how many times the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers won games against teams with a winning record with Tom Brady as their starting quarterback.
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 anyone good. 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.
First off and most importantly, quarterback wins are a team statistic. Secondly, very few quarterbacks in the NFL have a winning record against teams who finished the season above .500 in the league.
>>>Every NFL QB’s record against winning teams<<<
What is Tom Brady’s record against winning teams?
Since entering the NFL in 2000, Tom Brady is 78-49 (.614) against teams that finished the season with a winning record.
In 2021, with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tom Brady was 4-2 (.666) against winning teams as the starting quarterback.
- Week 2: Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost to the Los Angeles Rams (12-5 in the regular season) 24-34.
- Week 3: Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Los Angeles Rams (12-5 in the regular season) 34-24.
- Week 4: Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the New England Patriots (10-7 in the regular season) 19-17.
- Week 9: Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the New Orleans Saints (9-8 in the regular season) 36-27.
- Week 14: Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost to the Buffalo Bills (11-6 in the regular season) 27-33.
- Week 15: Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the New Orleans Saints (9-8 in the regular season) 9-0.
In 2020, with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tom Brady was 1-4 (.200) against winning teams as the starting quarterback.
- Saints (loss)
- Packers (win)
- Saints (loss)
- Rams (loss)
- Chiefs (loss)
From 2000-2019, with the New England Patriots, Tom Brady was 73-43 (.629) against winning teams as the starting quarterback.
2019: 3-3
2018: 5-2
2017: 6-2
2016: 3-1
2015: 4-2
2014: 6-3
2013: 2-2
2012: 3-3
2011: 0-2
2010: 7-1
2009: 3-4
2008: 0-0 (Missed entire season due to injury)
2007: 7-0
2006: 2-3
2005: 3-6
2004: 7-1
2003: 7-0
2002: 3-6
2001: 2-2
2000: 0-0 (Didn’t start any games against winning teams)
What quarterbacks have a winning record against winning teams?
There are currently 6 active NFL quarterbacks with winning records against winning teams.
- Ben Roethlisberger
- Jimmy Garoppolo
- Lamar Jackson
- Patrick Mahomes
- Russell Wilson
- Tom Brady
You can digest that information on your own. The only 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.
