QUARTERBACK STUFF

Updated; 11/13/26

I decided to add a little bit here, with each manager’s TOP 5. Can you guess yours? Josh couldn’t.

TOP 5 MOST STARTED

Chris Dave Matt Trigger
1 Josh Allen (78) A. Rodgers (98) P. Mahomes (66) Matt Ryan (53)
2 M. Stafford (21) Brett Favre (22) Phillip Rivers (44) Tom Brady (46)
3 Big Ben (20) J. Herbert (22) Russ Wilson (16) D. Culpepper (31)
4 Kurt Warner (20) Drew Brees (21) Tom Brady (16) P. Manning (30)
5 Carson Palmer (20) Tony Romo (19) 6-Way Tie (15) L. Jackson (22)
Jones Kronner Kasier Jim
1 Tom Brady (45) M. Stafford (60) Eli Manning (59) Big Ben (43)
2 Tony Romo (31) D. McNabb (51) Jay Cutler (31) Tom Brady (31)
3 Dak Prescott (29) Phillip Rivers (45) Big Ben (26) M. Hasselbeck (26)
4 Brett Favre (25) Justin Herbert (30) Drew Brees (25) Drew Brees (24)
5 Drew Brees (19) Kyler Murray (28) Steve McNair (21) Brett Favre (18)
Josh Ryan Kyle Shaun
1 Kurt Warner (37) Drew Brees (72) Tom Brady (45) Drake Maye (16)
2 Lamar Jackson (23) A. Rodgers (34) Russ Wilson (16) Jayden Daniels (4)
3 Drew Brees (21) Jared Goff (24) Matt Stafford (11) Aaron Rodgers (3)
4 TB/AR/Schaub Joe Burrow (17) Jared Goff (8) Sam Darnold (2)
5 15 each ^ TB/Stafford (15) Geno Smith (8) Geno Smith/Tyrod Taylor

Crazy how many 15’s are in there – start someone all year, playoffs included, and then never speak to them again…

Most Top 5 Appearances;

  1. Brady/Brees – 7
  2. Stafford/Favre – 4
  3. Rodgers/Roethlisberger – 3

Matt Schaub has the fewest total starts (36) of any retired players to make a Top 5 (Josh’s tie) and he just missed making it twice. He was edged out by just 1 start on Jon’s list, landing behind Brees 19-18.

Top 50 All-Time

These are the most used QBs, not just by us, but adding in all previous managers as well.

Rank QB Active Retired Total
1 Tom Brady 235 41 276
2 Drew Brees 221 2 223
3 Aaron Rodgers 183 3 186
4 Peyton Manning 75 102 177
5 Phillip Rivers 124 30 154
6 Matt Ryan 111 39 150
7 Matthew Stafford 149 0 149
8 Eli Manning 129 9 138
9 Big Ben 104 28 132
10 Patrick Mahomes 106 10 116
11 Brett Favre 106 0 106
12 Donovan McNabb 85 14 99
13 Russ Wilson 85 13 98
14 Lamar Jackson 80 14 94
14 Tony Romo 74 20 94
14 Josh Allen 88 6 94
17 Jared Goff 56 30 86
18 Dak Prescott 73 12 85
19 Cam Newton 42 41 83
20 Carson Palmer 26 53 79
21 Kirk Cousins 40 34 74
22 M. Hasselbeck 51 20 71
23 Justin Herbert 57 10 67
24 Andrew Luck 15 51 66
25 Kurt Warner 62 0 62
26 Michael Vick 57 4 61
27 Kyler Murray 42 18 60
28 Jalen Hurts 40 19 59
29 D. Culpepper 40 17 57
30 Jay Cutler 39 13 52
31 Mark Bulger 49 0 49
32 Joe Burrow 47 0 47
33 Deshaun Watson 20 23 43
34 Trent Green 30 13 43
35 M. Schaubb 36 6 42
36 Joe Flacco 35 6 41
37 Derek Carr 22 18 40
38 Jeff Garcia 26 13 39
39 Jameis Winston 24 13 37
40 Trevor Lawrence 23 9 32
41 Jon Kitna 29 2 31
42 Brad Johnson 7 22 29
43 Carson Wentz 12 15 27
44 Marcus Mariota 10 15 25
45 Baker Mayfield 16 8 24
45 Tua Tagovailoa 19 5 24
45 Jordan Love 23 1 24
48 Drake Maye 23 0 23
49 Ryan Fitzpatrick 3 19 22
50 Andy Dalton 8 13 21
50 Jayden Daniels 21 0 21

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve expanded this from 25 to 50, and there has been quite a bit of movement. I haven’t counted TNF yet, but when I update this next, Daniels is gonna knock Dalton off the list entirely. Baker, Tua and Love are in a 3-way tie just a game behind Mariota and one ahead of Drake Maye. We have another 3-way which wont be broken anytime soon; Russ, Lamar and Romo all sit at 94 starts. Meanwhile Stafford still has an outside chance of reaching the Top 5 if he can hold off benching to Bryce Young…

CURRENT MANAGERS

QUARTERBACK CT DA BK JJ MS MA MK JK RK JT KS SK TOTAL
Tom Brady 7 15 45 46 16 15 15 31 45 235
Drew Brees 9 21 19 15 15 25 21 72 24 221
Aaron Rodgers 98 16 16 15 34 1 3 183
Matthew Stafford 21 3 60 4 13 15 7 15 11 149
Eli Manning 15 10 15 12 59 2 16 129
Phillip Rivers 15 45 6 44 1 12 1 124
Matt Ryan 17 2 17 53 15 7 111
Brett Favre 1 22 25 16 15 9 18 106
Patrick Mahomes 1 5 16 16 68 106
Big Ben 20 6 1 3 5 26 43 104
Josh Allen 78 10 88
Russ Wilson 15 12 1 2 1 16 11 10 2 16 86
Donovan McNabb 7 8 51 5 14 85
Lamar Jackson 15 22 12 23 5 77
Peyton Manning 8 7 15 30 15 75
Tony Romo 15 19 31 9 74
Dak Prescott 10 29 1 3 19 11 73
Kurt Warner 20 5 37 62
Justin Herbert 22 30 3 2 57
Michael Vick 16 4 11 10 11 5 57
Jared Goff 10 1 1 8 4 24 8 56
Matt Hasselbeck 10 2 9 1 3 26 51
Mark Bulger 1 15 15 10 1 7 49
Joe Burrow 5 2 15 17 8 47
Cam Newton 8 16 5 13 42
Kyler Murray 28 13 1 42
D. Culpepper 5 31 4 40
Jalen Hurts 9 6 9 10 6 40
Kirk Cousins 2 6 5 1 10 9 7 40
Jay Cutler 1 5 1 31 1 39
Matt Schaubb 18 3 15 36
Joe Flacco 6 1 2 1 5 13 3 4 35
Aaron Brooks 4 10 14 5 1 34
Rich Gannon 15 18 1 34
Trent Green 13 1 1 15 30
Jon Kitna 19 2 8 29
Steve McNair 6 1 21 1 29
Chad Pennington 10 11 6 1 28
Kerry Collins 12 1 12 1 1 27
Carson Palmer 20 1 1 4 26
Jeff Garcia 2 15 1 8 26
Alex Smith 1 1 18 1 4 25
Josh Freeman 11 10 4 25
Jameis Winston 16 1 7 24
Drake Maye 6 1 16 23
Jordan Love 2 5 5 7 4 23
Ryan Tannehill 1 7 5 6 2 2 23
Trevor Lawrence 14 7 2 23
Derek Carr 3 8 2 5 4 22
Jayden Daniels 11 6 4 21
Deshaun Watson 1 1 15 3 20
Jake Delhomme 7 1 2 7 2 19
Tua Tagovailoa 8 1 10 19
Caleb Williams 1 2 1 5 9 18
Brock Purdy 4 4 9 17
Baker Mayfield 1 2 3 1 2 7 16
Brian Griese 11 1 3 1 16
Andrew Luck 1 6 8 15
Daniel Jones 1 1 2 10 1 15
Geno Smith 1 2 1 8 1 13
Byron Leftwich 1 3 2 6 12
Carson Wentz 1 10 1 12
Jake Plummer 7 5 12
Josh Campbell 1 1 9 1 12
Justin Fields 6 2 2 1 11
Kyle Orton 1 6 4 11
Rex Grossman 1 10 11
Blake Bortles 1 3 4 1 1 10
Marcus Mariota 1 4 5 10
Matt Cassel 10 10
Sam Darnold 3 2 1 1 1 2 10
Nick Foles 1 8 9
Sam Howell 9 9
Andy Dalton 5 1 2 8
Bo Nix 1 1 6 8
Drew Bledsoe 7 1 8
Jimmy Garoppolo 5 3 8
Joey Harrington 3 4 1 8
Brad Johnson 1 1 5 7
CJ Stroud 2 4 1 7
Colin Kapernick 4 2 6
Jacoby Brissett 3 1 1 1 6
Bryce Young 1 1 3 5
Gardner Minshew 2 1 1 1 5
M. Leinhart 5 5
Teddy Bridgewater 4 1 5
TJ Edwards 5 5
Vince Young 2 3 5
Case Keenum 1 1 2 4
David Carr 2 2 4
David Garrard 3 1 4
M. Brunell 1 2 1 4
Charlie Batch 1 2 3
Josh McCown 2 1 3
Kevin Kolb 1 1 1 3
Michael Penix Jr. 3 3
Patrick Ramsey 3 3
Ryan Fitzpatrick 1 1 1 3
Sam Bradford 1 1 1 3
Shaun Hill 2 1 3
Tim Couch 3 3
Tyrod Taylor 1 1 1 3
Anthony Richardson 1 1 2
Billy Volek 2 2
Curtis Painter 1 1 2
D. Huard 2 2
Derek Anderson 1 1 2
Gus Ferrotte 2 2
Jake Locker 1 1 2
Jaxon Dart 2 2
JJ McCarthy 1 1 2
JP Losman 2 2
Mac Jones 2 2
Mitch Trubinsky 1 1 2
RG3 1 1 2
Sage Rosenfels 1 1 2
T. Rattay 2 2
Trey Lance 2 2
Vinny Testerverde 2 2
Bryan Hoyer 1 1
Chad Henne 1 1
Charlie Frye 1 1
Christian Ponder 1 1
Clemons 1 1
Colt McCoy 1 1
Cooper Rush 1 1
Dan Orlovsky 1 1
Davis Mills 1 1
Jim Miller 1 1
JT O’Sullivan 1 1
K. Boller 1 1
Kelly Holcomb 1 1
Kyle Allen 1 1
M. Sanchez 1 1
Mason Rudolph 1 1
R. Mallet 1 1
Shane Matthews 1 1
Tavaris Jackson 1 1
Tommy Maddox 1 1
Trent Dilfer 1 1
Trevor Siemian 1 1
Tyler Shough 1 1
Will Levis 0 1 1
CT DA BK JJ MS MA MK JK RK JT KS SK

We added a couple new names to the chart recently; Michael Penix Jr. and Tyler Shough each got their first career play in Week 6.

Some random observations…

  • Tom Brady is the most started QB for both Jon (45) and Kyle (45), but isn’t Trigger’s most started despite his 46 game mark.
  • Of eligible managers, only Kaiser and Tansuche, neve started Tom Brady a single game.
  • Similarly, Kronner and Kyle are the only eligible managers without a Drew Brees start in their stats.
  • For Stafford, it’s Matt, Jim and Shaun.
  • Russell Wilson was similarly passed around like the town bicycle, with only Josh refraining a ride.

Observations….

Brady remains the most started QB in SCL history with 276 starts.

  • The greatest disparity that I noticed, from one week to the next belongs to Jones. Jon started Billy Volek two weeks in a row. The first game he was rewarded with 548 points, only to be punished for it the next week when Volek put up -24 points.
  • The record for most starts by any QB among current managers goes to Tom Brady (235).
  • The most starts by a current QB for an active Manager is Aaron Rodgers for Dave with 98.
  • Most surprising (to me) QB to break 40 starts; Marc Bulger (49), with Dave and Kronner each strating him 15 times making up the bulk.
  • Guys that somehow started more than 10 games; Kyle Orton, Josh Freeman, Rex Grossman,  Brian Griese, Josh Campbell…

And here is what the Champs have looked like…

Year Manager Main QB Final Game QB
2001 Kronner Rich Gannon Rich Gannon
2002 Pete Drew Bledsoe Chad Pennington
2003 Jones Matt Hasselbeck Chad Pennington
2004 Timmy Peyton Manning Peyton Manning
2005 Byrd Carson Palmer Carson Palmer
2006 Kronner Donovan McNabb Joey Harrington
2007 Ryan Drew Brees Drew Brees
2008 Chris Matt Cassel Matt Cassel
2009 Ryan Aaron Rodgers Aaron Rodgers
2010 Josh Matt Schaub Matt Schaub
2011 Jones Tony Romo Tony Romo
2012 Kaiser Michael Vick Andrew Luck
2013 Chris Tony Romo Tony Romo
2014 Trigger Peyton Manning Peyton Manning
2015 Dave Aaron Rodgers Aaron Rodgers
2016 Steve Andrew Luck Andrew Luck
2017 John Tom Brady Tom Brady
2018 Jones Carson Wentz Nick Foles
2019 Kaiser Dak Prescott Dak Prescott
2020 Kyle Tom Brady Tom Brady
2021 Jones Dak Prescott Dak Prescott
2022 Matt Patrick Mahomes Patrick Mahomes
2023 Trigger Lamar Jackson Lamar Jackson
2024 Jones Justin Herbert Bryce Young
2025 Jones Dak Prescott/J. Love Dak Prescott
“You chodes let me win two fucking championships in here! HAHA”

Observations…

  • Dak Prescott is now the only QB to ever win 3 championships. Who saw that coming?
  • Two years in a row (02 & 03), the champs rolled through the season with another QB, but started Chad Pennington in the final to close it out.
  • No QB has ever won more than 2 titles, but there are seven who have done it twice. DAK now has 2.
  • 2018 marked a mirror of the NFL, as Jones started Wentz most of the year, and then started Nick Foles in the championship.