Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes has already established himself as one of the most dominant quarterbacks in the history of the league. But he still has a long way to go before he catches Tom Brady in terms of playoff wins.
This postseason, Patrick Mahomes has a chance to tie or pass Joe Montana for the second-most playoff wins of any quarterback in the history of the league, as Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk points out.
“If the Chiefs win their divisional round playoff game, Mahomes will tie Joe Montana for the second-most playoff wins by a starting quarterback in NFL history. Montana won 14 playoff games with the 49ers and two with the Chiefs,” Michael David Smith wrote for Pro Football Talk.
“When Mahomes won his 15th postseason game in last year’s Super Bowl, he moved into third place all by himself, ahead of Peyton Manning, John Elway and Terry Bradshaw, who each won 14 postseason games in their careers.”
But even though Mahomes could rank second on the NFL’s list of all-time Super Bowl wins before his 30th birthday, that doesn’t mean he’s anywhere close to the record currently held by Tom Brady.
In fact, it would take Mahomes more than half a decade to reach Brady’s total even if he wins three playoff games a season, which could be an unrealistic expectation, even for Mahomes and the Chiefs.
“Mahomes is still a very long way from catching Tom Brady, who has the all-time NFL record with 35 postseason wins. Mahomes would have to win three postseason games a year, every year, until 2031 to surpass Brady,” Smith pointed out.
But even though Mahomes is a long way from matching Brady’s total for postseason wins in a career, there is still a chance that he could make a run at Brady’s record for Super Bowl wins eventually.
Brady set the record for seven Super Bowl wins in his career. Mahomes currently has three Super Bowl wins before he turns 30.
We’ll have to see whether or not Mahomes can match Brady in these categories. But for now, he’s not really all that close.