30 greatest NFL QBs of all time: Where does Patrick Mahomes rank now?

We have finally arrived to the namesake of this article. The man who has the closest claim to be number one in due time. Patrick Mahomes is the fifth-best quarterback to ever play the game of football. Yes, he’s only played 80 regular season games, but he’s been so much better than any player we’ve ever seen at the position, he could retire today and be a top-five QB of all time. We’ve seen glimpses of this from Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Dan Marino, and others in their careers, but we’ve never seen a player take over a team and go bonkers like Mahomes has to start his career.

Mahomes is coming off his second Super Bowl Championship, providing an insane comeback against the stacked Philadelphia Eagles. The win put Mahomes into another sphere in terms of quarterback rankings. He and the Chiefs found themselves down by 10 at halftime, but they dominated the second half. Mahomes found a way to win with whoever was on the field with him.

This isn’t anything new for Mahomes. We can talk about the incredible stats (5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns in his first professional season, record-breaking 5,570 total yards in 2022), but his comebacks are the stuff of legend. He has 13 wins and only nine losses in games in which he trailed by more than 10 points in the regular season. He is the only QB with a winning record in such games, and it’s four games over .500!

It doesn’t matter who Mahomes is playing with. Travis Kelce could get injured. Tyreek Hill could get traded. Sammy Watkins can leave in free agency. It can be a revolving door of receivers, and Mahomes still dominates. He just won the Super Bowl with a starting WR core of Juju Smith-Schuster, Kadarius Toney, Skyy Moore, and Marquez Valdes-Scantling. While Brady and Manning had years to build chemistry with guys, the Chiefs just throw anyone at Mahomes and ask him to make it work. And he does. This is someone who will be the best ever if he keeps on this trajectory. Heck, don’t even talk about just football. He could beat out Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali, and Lionel Messi for best athlete ever.