Patriots' Tom Brady Passes Elway for 3rd Place on All-Time QB Wins List

With Sunday's 30-7 triumph in Minnesota, Director of AFC Football Communications Jon Zimmer indicated that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady passed former Denver Broncos QB John Elway for sole possession of third place on the NFL's all-time quarterback wins list.

In a game that didn't require much of him, Brady completed 15 of his 22 pass attempts for 149 yards and a touchdown, providing an efficient performance while letting the New England defense do most of the heavy lifting in a blowout of the Vikings.

Brady's 149th win leaves him trailing only Brett Favre (186) and Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (169) for the most victories in NFL history.

Of course, Brady is first in what many would consider to be the more important statistic, with his 18 playoff victories besting Joe Montana's 16 atop the all-time leaderboard.

Brady's 149-44-0 regular-season record is good for a ridiculous .772 winning percentage, which is far ahead of Manning's .698 mark (159-73-0) and Favre's .624 (186-112-0).

While well behind Manning and Favre in terms of career touchdowns and passing yardage, the 37-year-old Brady stands a pretty good chance to set the mark for most yardage with one team.

Brady has 49,547 career passing yards, leaving him a bit more than 12,000 shy of the 61,655 that Favre compiled in a Green Bay Packers uniform.

Unless otherwise noted, all stats courtesy of Pro-Football-Reference.com.