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Top 18 NFL Quarterbacks of the 1990s

By YPB Team

Hall of Fame gunslingers share this list with steady game managers who got their teams to the big game once, and the decade's late arrivals who were only getting started.

  1. Brett Favre — ranked #11
    Brett Favre
    Packers quarterback who won three straight NFL MVP awards from 1995 to 1997 and won Super Bowl XXXI.
    1000pts
  2. Neil O'Donnell — ranked #22
    Neil O'Donnell
    Started for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XXX after the 1995 season.
    640pts
  3. Steve Young — ranked #33
    Steve Young
    49ers quarterback who won NFL MVP in 1992 and 1994 and threw six touchdown passes in Super Bowl XXIX.
    607pts
  4. Warren Moon — ranked #44
    Warren Moon
    Houston Oilers quarterback who led the NFL in passing yards in both 1990 and 1991.
    571pts
  5. Drew Bledsoe — ranked #55
    Drew Bledsoe
    No. 1 overall pick in 1993 who led the Patriots to Super Bowl XXXI.
    530pts
  6. Steve McNair — ranked #66
    Steve McNair
    Led the Tennessee Titans to Super Bowl XXXIV in the 1999 season.
    434pts
  7. Peyton Manning — ranked #77
    Peyton Manning
    No. 1 overall pick in 1998 who threw a rookie-record 26 touchdown passes and led the Colts to a 13-3 record in 1999.
    434pts
  8. Joe Montana — ranked #88
    Joe Montana
    Led the 49ers to a 14-2 record in 1990, then took Kansas City to the AFC Championship Game in the 1993 season.
    434pts
  9. Jim Kelly — ranked #99
    Jim Kelly
    Ran Buffalo's no-huddle offense and started four consecutive Super Bowls, XXV through XXVIII.
    376pts
  10. Kurt Warner — ranked #1010
    Kurt Warner
    Undrafted Rams quarterback who won both the NFL MVP and Super Bowl XXXIV MVP awards for the 1999 season.
    310pts
  11. Jim Harbaugh — ranked #1111
    Jim Harbaugh
    Led the NFL in passer rating in 1995 and took the Colts to that season's AFC Championship Game.
    234pts
  12. Troy Aikman — ranked #1212
    Troy Aikman
    Cowboys quarterback who won Super Bowls XXVII, XXVIII and XXX and was named MVP of Super Bowl XXVII.
    233pts
  13. Mark Brunell — ranked #1313
    Mark Brunell
    Jaguars left-hander who led the NFL in passing yards in 1996 and took Jacksonville to that season's AFC title game.
    233pts
  14. John Elway — ranked #1414
    John Elway
    Won back-to-back Super Bowls with Denver after the 1997 and 1998 seasons and was MVP of Super Bowl XXXIII.
    233pts
  15. Vinny Testaverde — ranked #1515
    Vinny Testaverde
    Made the Pro Bowl in 1998 while leading the 12-4 Jets to the AFC Championship Game.
    233pts
  16. Mark Rypien — ranked #1616
    Mark Rypien
    Washington quarterback who was named MVP of Super Bowl XXVI after the 1991 season.
    233pts
  17. 17
    Randall Cunningham
    Scrambling quarterback who ran for 942 yards with Philadelphia in 1990 and threw 34 touchdown passes for the 15-1 Minnesota Vikings in 1998.
    145pts
  18. Dan Marino — ranked #1818
    Dan Marino
    Dolphins passer who passed Fran Tarkenton in 1995 to become the NFL's career leader in passing yards and touchdowns.
    145pts

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