List of Super Bowl starting quarterbacks explained

This is a list of National Football League (NFL) quarterbacks who have started in the Super Bowl.

Winning and losing quarterbacks

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Season	Super Bowl	Winning QB	Team	Losing QB	Team

Quarterbacks with multiple Super Bowl starts

Super Bowl wins are often used to determine the greatness of a quarterback.^[1] Of the eligible players, only Jim Plunkett has won multiple Super Bowls and not been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are the only starting quarterbacks to have won Super Bowls for two NFL teams, while Craig Morton and Kurt Warner are the only other quarterbacks to have started for a second team. Jim McMahon won a second Super Bowl ring having been a backup on the Brett Favre-led Green Bay Packers team that won Super Bowl XXXI.

Starts	Win(s)		Player	Record		Team(s)	Super Bowl(s)	Win %		Ref
				7–3		New England Patriots^A	XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLII, XLVI, XLIX, LI, LII, LIII			^[2]
						Tampa Bay Buccaneers^N	LV
				2–3		Denver Broncos^A	XXI, XXII, XXIV, XXXII, XXXIII			^[3]
				4–0		Pittsburgh Steelers^A	IX, X, XIII, XIV			^[4]
				4–0		San Francisco 49ers^N	XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV			^[5]
	3			3–1		Kansas City Chiefs^A	LIV, LV, LVII, LVIII
				2–2		Dallas Cowboys^N	VI, X, XII, XIII			^[6]
				2–2		Indianapolis Colts^A	XLI, XLIV			^[7]
					Denver Broncos^A	XLVIII, 50
				0–4		Buffalo Bills^A	XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII			^[8]
				3–0		Dallas Cowboys^N	XXVII, XXVIII, XXX			^[9]
				2–1		Miami Dolphins^A	VI, VII, VIII			^[10]
				2–1		Pittsburgh Steelers^A	XL, XLIII, XLV			^[11]
				1–2			XXXIV, XXXVI			^[12]
					Arizona Cardinals^N	XLIII
				0–3		Minnesota Vikings^N	VIII, IX, XI			^[13]
				2–0		Green Bay Packers^n	I, II			^[14]
				2–0			XV, XVIII			^[15]
				2–0		New York Giants^N	XLII, XLVI			^[16]
				1–1		Kansas City Chiefs^a	I, IV			^[17]
				1–1		Washington Redskins^N	XVII, XVIII			^[18]
				1–1		Green Bay Packers^N	XXXI, XXXII			^[19]
				1–1		Seattle Seahawks^N	XLVIII, XLIX			^[20]
				0–2		Dallas Cowboys^N	V			^[21]
						Denver Broncos^A	XII
Starts	Win(s)		Player	Record		Team(s)	Super Bowl(s)	Win %		Ref

Notes

• BOLD formatting indicates that the game was won.
• Starr was 3–1 in NFL Championship games (1960, 1961, 1962, and 1965) played before the NFL and AFL met in the first Super Bowl.
• Dawson was 1–0 in an AFL Championship game (1962) played before the NFL and AFL first met in the Super Bowl.
• Three pairs of quarterbacks faced off twice in the Super Bowl: Staubach and Bradshaw, Aikman and Kelly, and Brady and Eli Manning. In each case the same quarterback (Bradshaw, Aikman, and Manning) won both games.^[22]

See also

• List of Super Bowl champions
• List of Super Bowl MVPs
• List of Super Bowl head coaches
• List of National Football League quarterback playoff records

Notes and References

1. News: Brooks . Bucky . Game's best quarterbacks produce stats as well as victories . July 11, 2009 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130210162725/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d811407b1/article/games-best-quarterbacks-produce-stats-as-well-as-victories . February 10, 2013 . live .
2. http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=566 Tom Brady – Official New England Patriots Biography
3. http://www.johnelway.com/bio.aspx John Elway Biography
4. http://www.mcmillenandwife.com/bradshaw_career_stats.html Bradshaw's Career Stats
5. Web site: Joe Montana – NFL Career Achievements . March 16, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090125034157/http://thedebster.com/nflstats.html . January 25, 2009 . dead .
6. http://www.famoustexans.com/rogerstaubach.htm Roger Staubach
7. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MannPe00.htm Peyton Manning
8. http://football.about.com/od/legends/l/bl_jimkelly.htm Jim Kelly – Pro Football Hall of Fame
9. http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=254 Troy Aikman
10. Web site: HickokSports.com – Biography – Bob Griese . March 16, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080330025246/http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/griesebob.shtml . March 30, 2008 . dead .
11. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RoetBe00_playoffs.htm Ben Roethlisberger
12. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WarnKu00_playoffs.htm Kurt Warner
13. http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=209 Frank Tarkenton
14. http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?PLAYER_ID=200 Bart Starr
15. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PlunJi00_playoffs.htm Jim Plunkett
16. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MannEl00.htm Eli Manning
17. http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?PLAYER_ID=53 Len Dawson
18. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TheiJo00_playoffs.htm Joe Theismann
19. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FavrBr00_playoffs.htm Brett Favre
20. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WilsRu00/gamelog/post/ Russell Wilson
21. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MortCr00_playoffs.htm Craig Morton
22. http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2012/02/super-bowl-quarterbacks-special-every-super-bowl-qb-matchup-ranked-1-46/ Every Super Bowl Quarterback Matchup Ranked 1–46