Joe Montana vs Patrick Mahomes

Joe Montana

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Patrick Mahomes

1of 3 lines

Joe Montana and Patrick Mahomes compared on their NFL careers: Joe Montana played 15 seasons, 1979 to 1994, Patrick Mahomes 10 seasons, 2017 to 2026. Joe Montana has 40,551 passing yards to Patrick Mahomes's 36,505. Joe Montana won 4 titles, Patrick Mahomes won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Joe Montana leads in 2 of the 3 lines, Patrick Mahomes in 1. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Joe Montana and Patrick Mahomes career totals
192GP128
40,551, betterYDS36,505
273, betterTD272
7.5AVG7.7, better

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Joe Montana and Patrick Mahomes postseason
23GP21
5,772YDS5,814, better
45TD46, better
7.9, betterAVG7.7

Where each stands all time

Joe Montana and Patrick Mahomes all-time places
24th (40,551), betterPassing yards32nd (36,505)
20th (273), betterPassing touchdowns21st (272)

Among the NFL players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Joe Montana and Patrick Mahomes titles and awards
4, betterChampionships3
3Super Bowl MVP3
1, betterComeback Player of the Year—
1Offensive Player of the Year1
2MVP2

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Joe Montana and Patrick Mahomes season by season
YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
1st1979961, better0, better2017284, better01
2nd19801,795159, better20185,097, better50, better12
3rd19813,565191220194,031, better26, better5, better
4th19822,613171120204,740, better38, better6, better
5th19833,9102612, better20214,839, better37, better13
6th19843,6302810, better20225,250, better41, better12
7th19853,6532713, better20234,183, better2714
8th19862,23689, better20243,928, better26, better11
9th19873,05431, better1320253,587, better2211, better
10th19882,981, better18, better10202656651, better
11th19893,521268————
12th19903,9442616————
13th199212620————
14th19932,144137————
15th19943,283169————

What the columns mean: INT