StaTuesday: Packers' Rodgers among all-time best playoff QBs

BY Dave Heller • January 24, 2017

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has one of the best postseason passer ratings in NFL history.

Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers couldn't completely run the table, but the quarterback did continue his history of playing well in the postseason.

In his 16 postseason games since 2009 (Rodgers appeared in a 2007 playoff game but didn't attempt a pass), he has had a quarterback rating of 90 or better in all but three. He that mark in all three of Green Bay's 2016 playoff games, including 125.2 against the Giants, which was his third-best postseason QB rating.

Quite simply, Rodgers is one of the best quarterbacks in NFL playoff history.

Among quarterbacks who have appeared in at least six playoff games and have had 200 pass attempts, Rodgers is fourth in career postseason passer rating at 99.4. And the three quarterbacks listed above Rodgers all played in fewer playoff games.

Player	G	Comp %	Avg Yds	TD	INT	Rating
Bart Starr	10	61.0	8.2	15	3	104.8
Kurt Warner	13	66.5	8.6	31	14	102.8
Drew Brees	11	65.9	7.6	24	6	100.7
Aaron Rodgers	17	63.5	7.5	36	10	99.4
Matt Ryan	7	67.6	7.5	16	7	98.8
Joe Montana	23	62.7	7.9	45	21	95.6
Alex Smith	6	60.0	6.7	12	2	94.5
Russell Wilson	12	61.6	8.3	20	11	94.1
Joe Theismann	10	60.7	8.4	11	7	91.4
Tom Brady	33	62.4	6.8	61	30	88.7
Joe Flacco	15	56.6	7.2	25	10	88.6
Troy Aikman	16	63.7	7.7	23	17	88.3
Eli Manning	12	60.5	7.0	18	9	87.4
Peyton Manning	27	63.2	7.1	40	25	87.4
Brett Favre	24	60.8	7.4	44	30	86.3
Steve Young	22	62.0	7.1	20	13	85.8
Rich Gannon	9	63.5	7.0	11	8	85.5
Phillip Rivers	9	60.3	8.0	11	9	85.2

In Green Bay's first two playoff games this year, Rodgers passed for over 350 yards in each. That made him just the third quarterback to have two 350+-yard games in any one playoffs, joining Kurt Warner (1999) and Drew Brees (2011).

Rodgers had six touchdown passes in those two games and nine overall in this postseason. That gives him 36 career playoff TDs, vaulting him to fifth place on the NFL's all-time list. His touchdown percentage of 6.1 percent is as good a anyone else's in the top five.

Player	G	TD	TD%
Tom Brady	33	61	4.8
Joe Montana	23	45	6.1
Brett Favre	24	44	5.6
Peyton Manning	27	40	3.9
Aaron Rodgers	17	36	6.1
Dan Marino	18	32	4.7
Kurt Warner	13	31	6.7
Terry Bradshaw	19	30	6.6
John Elway	22	27	4.1
Joe Flacco	15	25	5.6
Ben Roethlisberger	20	25	4.0
Drew Brees	11	24	5.2
Donovan McNabb	16	24	2.0
Roger Staubach	20	24	5.9
Troy Aikman	16	23	4.6
Jim Kelly	17	21	3.9
Russell Wilson	12	20	8.3
Steve Young	22	20	4.2

While Rodgers might be one of the best playoff QBs of all-time, it would be hard to say he's the best in Packers history. As seen in the first chart, Bart Starr has the best passer rating. Starr also had a 7.0 TD percentage -- also the best in NFL history.

But one thing Starr didn't do is run.

Rodgers is one of 14 quarterbacks who have rushed for 200 or more yards in the playoffs.

Player	G	Yds	Avg
Steve Young	22	594	6.2
Colin Kaepernick	6	507	9.9
John Elway	22	461	4.9
Roger Staubach	20	432	4.9
Donovan McNabb	16	422	5.9
Steve McNair	10	355	6.5
Russell Wilson	12	354	5.9
Joe Montana	23	314	5.0
Otto Graham	7	292	5.3
Terry Bradshaw	19	274	5.3
Aaron Rodgers	19	274	6.0
Randall Cunningham	12	273	5.6
Michael Vick	6	271	7.3
Ben Roethlisberger	20	230	3.2
Cam Newton	6	221	4.0
Alex Smith	6	207	6.7