Tom Brady

Cross-checked NFL career retrospectives, championship histories, contemporary game accounts, and verified Sportsboxd box scores. The order treats championships as the central fact of Brady's career while distinguishing the unprecedented comeback, the performance that ended a ten-year title gap, his late-career reinvention in Tampa Bay, and both ends of the original Patriots dynasty.

1. #1. Brady erased a 28–3 deficit with a Super Bowl-record 466 passing yards, directing five straight scoring drives and the first overtime possession in Super Bowl history to secure his fifth title. NFL: Top moments of Tom Brady's career
2. #2. Against the defending champion Seahawks and the league's defining defense, Brady threw for 328 yards and four touchdowns, completing a ten-point fourth-quarter comeback to end New England's decade-long title drought. NFL: Top moments of Tom Brady's career
3. #3. At age 43 and in his first season outside New England, Brady threw three first-half touchdown passes and won Super Bowl MVP as Tampa Bay became the first team to win the championship in its home stadium. NFL: Brady's Tampa Bay championship case
4. #4. Brady delivered the fullest performance of the first Patriots dynasty, throwing for 354 yards and three touchdowns before steering the last-minute drive for the winning field goal in Super Bowl XXXVIII. NFL: Top moments of Tom Brady's career
5. #5. In his first season as a starter, Brady calmly moved New England into field-goal range with no timeouts to upset the heavily favored Rams, winning Super Bowl MVP and launching the sport's longest dynasty. NFL: Top moments of Tom Brady's career

Reviewed through 2026-08-11