Patrick Mahomes vs Tom Brady

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Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady compared on their NFL careers: Patrick Mahomes played 10 seasons, 2017 to 2026, Tom Brady 23 seasons, 2000 to 2022. Patrick Mahomes has 36,505 passing yards to Tom Brady's 89,214. Patrick Mahomes won 3 titles, Tom Brady won 7 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady career totals
128GP335
36,505YDS89,214
272TD649
7.7AVG7.4

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady postseason
21GP48
5,814YDS13,400
46TD88
7.7AVG7

Where each stands all time

Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady all-time places
29th (36,505)Passing yards1st (89,214)
19th (272)Passing touchdowns1st (649)

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

  • Patrick Mahomes: 3 championships; MVP ×2, Offensive Player of the Year, Super Bowl MVP ×3
  • Tom Brady: 7 championships; Super Bowl MVP ×5, MVP ×3, Offensive Player of the Year ×2, Comeback Player of the Year

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.

Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady season by season
YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else.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 for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
1st2017284012000600
2nd20185,097501220012,8431812
3rd20194,03126520023,7642814
4th20204,74038620033,6202312
5th20214,839371320043,6922814
6th20225,250411220054,1102614
7th20234,183271420063,5292412
8th20243,928261120074,806508
9th20253,587221120087600
10th20265665120094,3982813
11th————20103,900364
12th————20115,2353912
13th————20124,827348
14th————20134,3432511
15th————20144,109339
16th————20154,770367
17th————20163,554282
18th————20174,577328
19th————20184,3552911
20th————20194,057248
21st————20204,6334012
22nd————20215,3164312
23rd————20224,694259

What the columns mean: INT