Joe Montana, born June 11th, 1956, is arguably the greatest quarterback in the 1980s and 1990s. He grew up in New Eagle, Pennsylvania and was the starting quarterback for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from 1975-1978. In 1979 he was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the third round as the 82nd overall pick. Tom Brady was born 21 years after Joe Montana on August 3rd, 1977, and is currently terrorizing teams in the NFL. He grew up in San Mateo, California and played for their high school team as their starting quarterback. After high school, he played in college for Michigan from 1996-1999, leading his team to two Big Ten conference championships. In the 2000 NFL Draft, Tom Brady was taken by the New England Patriots in the sixth round as the 199th overall pick.
In the NFL regular season, both quarterbacks have put up almost identical
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Montana played 15 years in the league, 13 of them as a 49er, and two of them as a Kansas City Chief. Tom Brady has played 16 seasons for the Patriots with no signs of slowing down or retiring. To get a better perspective of how amazing these guys were able to play football, these statistics are strictly from their seasons where they started at quarterback. Since Montana struggled with injuries, these statistics show how he would have performed based on his actual performance from his previous games that season. On average, Montana attempted 522 passes per season, while completing 330 of them. This gives him a completion rate of 63.2%. Brady, on the other hand, attempted 557 passes and completed 355 of them, giving him the edge with a completion rate of 63.8%. With such a high completion rate, they are both in the top 15 quarterbacks for completion percentage. Another useful way to compare these two quarterbacks is with their total rushing