Top 20 quarterback performances in Super Bowl history

MIAMI, FL - January 14, 1968: Quarterback Bart Starr #15 of the Green Bay Packers turns to hand the ball off against the Oakland Raiders during Super Bowl II at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. The Packers won the game 33-14. Starr played for the Packers from 1956-71. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) /

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Arizona’s Kurt Warner passes in the first half as the Pittsburgh Steelers face the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, Sunday, February 1, 2009. (Photo by Jacob Langston/Orlando Sentinel/MCT via Getty Images) /

11. Kurt Warner, Super Bowl XLIII

Yes, I can hear the outcry coming already. How does Kurt Warner’s third Super Bowl belong on this list since he, you know, lost?

The Arizona Cardinals did lose Super Bowl XLIII, but it wasn’t due to a poor showing from Warner. Warner, who had already been to two Super Bowls with the Rams, revived his career in the desert and brought the Cardinals to their first Super Bowl in 2008 and nearly won it in the process.

Despite entering the contest as 6.5 point underdogs, the Cardinals gave Pittsburgh all they could handle. Warner’s brilliance was a big key to that as the veteran completed 31 of 43 passes for 377 yards with three touchdowns, including the 54-yard go-ahead score to Larry Fitzgerald with 2:35 left on the clock.

The Cardinals’ defense couldn’t make that lead stand, however, as Pittsburgh drove down the field to go back in front on an all-time great catch from Santonio Holmes. His tight rope toe tap in the end zone broke the Cardinals’ hearts, but it can’t take away from an all-time great performance out of Warner.

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