Ranking the greatest quarterbacks of all-time: Here’s where Aaron Rodgers currently ranks on the list

| American Football | 03/23/2025

By Bryan DeArdo

While his plans for the 2025 season are a mystery, Aaron Rodgers‘ place in NFL history is not. Regardless of what he does next, Rodgers will go down as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all-time whenever he decides to hang up his cleats for good.

Rodgers, 41, has a pretty stacked trophy case that includes four league NFL MVP trophies. Rodgers is also the owner of a Super Bowl MVP trophy after leading the Packers to their fourth and most recent Super Bowl win at the end of the 2010 season. Rodgers is also a 10-time Pro Bowler, four-time All-Pro and a member of the 2010s All-Decade Team. Not bad for a player who wasn’t recruited by a single major Division 1 program coming out of high school.

Where does Rodgers rank among the best quarterbacks of all-time? To find out, we put together a list of the top-30 quarterbacks in the history of the NFL. Here was the criteria used when making the list.

  • Individual accolades
  • Records set
  • Team success
  • Enduring legacy

Only two active quarterbacks made the cut, but it’s safe to assume that Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson and Matthew Stafford, will each crack this list sometime in the near future. Eli Manning will probably crack the list one day as well, especially if he ever receives induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Honorable mention: George Blanda

Owner of one of the most unique careers in NFL history, Blanda’s career spanned a record 26 seasons and included a stint as a linebacker with the Bears early in his career. A three-time AFL champion with the Oilers, Blanda is the last quarterback to throw seven touchdown passes in a game, doing so during a win over the Titans in 1961. Blanda was also a prolific kicker who became the first player to score over 2,000 career points.

Honorable mention: Bobby Layne

One of the NFL’s original gun slingers, Layne led the Lions to the franchise’s first two championships in 1952 and 1953. He capped off his career by going 27-19-2 in five seasons with the Steelers, who had just two winning seasons prior to his arrival in 1958.

30. Norm Van Brocklin

Van Brocklin helped revolutionize the quarterback position during the 1960s. After leading the Rams to the NFL title game in 1950, Van Brocklin capped off his career by leading the Eagles to a win over Vince Lombardi’s Packers in the 1960 NFL title game.

29. Joe Namath

Namath’s career is defined by his role in the arguably the biggest upset in the history of American professional sports. In Super Bowl III, Namath led the AFL champion Jets to a 16-7 win over the NFL champion Colts, who were 18-point favorites. Namath’s career accolades also includes him being the first player in AFL/NFL history to throw for more than 4,000 yards in a season.

28. Warren Moon

Moon started his career in Canada before finally getting his shot in the NFL with the Oilers at age 28. Moon spearheaded a resurgence in Houston (who were just 13-35 in his first three seasons) that included seven consecutive playoff berths. Moon, whose patented deep ball helped him win back-to-back passing titles later in his career, was third all-time in career passing yards (behind only Dan Marino and John Elway) at the time of his retirement.

27. Philip Rivers

During his 17-year career, Rivers led the NFL in passing yards (2010), touchdown passes (2008), completion percentage (2013), completions and attempts (2015) and average yards gained per pass attempt twice (2008-09). Rivers’ most memorable NFL moment may have been his gritty performance against the then-undefeated Patriots in the 2007 AFC title game while playing with a torn ACL.