Winning: Joe Montana has the best winning percentage in modern history. Brett Favre has the most wins in history. During Montana's career, there was limited free agency and no salary cap, so his team could keep all the best players. For all but the first two full seasons for Favre, there was a cap. Few can argue that winning is not harder now, and that makes this a virtual toss-up.
Championships: As previously discussed, Joe has an edge of four-to-one in this category. But during his championship years, the teams whom the 'Niners had to contend with were either the Giants, Bears, Offensively Named Ones (that's that team in Washington), OR the Cowboys.
No other teams made it through the NFC Championship game, rarely was there more than one contender, and no AFC Champion ever won the Super Bowl. This means that to win a title, he had to win that one big game.
During Favre's career, the following NFC teams made the Super Bowl: the Cowboys, 49ers, Eagles, Bears, Rams, Giants, Buccaneers, Falcons, and Seahawks. In each case, more than one of those teams were in contention.
After getting through the NFC, Green Bay actually had to worry about the AFC champion, with Denver being one of two repeat champions (along with New England) in the free agency/salary cap era. In other words, Favre always had to win two big games to get a title, if not more.
Now, I will offer two reasons why I think Favre is every bit as valid in the conversation:
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