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Who is the greatest AFC Championship Game quarterback?

By YPB Team

Nine conference titles at the top, a few lonely trips further down, and one round that keeps ending the same way for Buffalo.

  1. Tom Brady — ranked #11
    Tom Brady
    Patriots quarterback who won the AFC title nine times between the 2001 and 2018 seasons.
    1000pts
  2. Ken Stabler — ranked #22
    Ken Stabler
    Raiders left-hander who beat Pittsburgh for the 1976 AFC title on the way to the franchise's first Super Bowl.
    943pts
  3. Peyton Manning — ranked #33
    Peyton Manning
    Colts and Broncos quarterback who won four AFC title games, including a 2007 comeback from 21-6 down against Brady.
    877pts
  4. Jim Kelly — ranked #44
    Jim Kelly
    Bills quarterback who won four straight AFC Championship Games from the 1990 to 1993 seasons.
    840pts
  5. Terry Bradshaw — ranked #55
    Terry Bradshaw
    Steelers quarterback who won four AFC titles in the 1970s and then all four Super Bowls.
    692pts
  6. Dan Marino — ranked #66
    Dan Marino
    Dolphins quarterback who won his only AFC title in his second season, 1984.
    692pts
  7. Bernie Kosar — ranked #77
    Bernie Kosar
    Browns quarterback on the losing end of The Drive and The Fumble against Denver.
    600pts
  8. Patrick Mahomes — ranked #88
    Patrick Mahomes
    Chiefs quarterback who reached seven AFC Championship Games in his first seven seasons as a starter.
    360pts
  9. John Elway — ranked #99
    John Elway
    Broncos quarterback who won five AFC titles, three of them against Cleveland in the 1980s.
    360pts
  10. Ben Roethlisberger — ranked #1010
    Ben Roethlisberger
    Steelers quarterback who won AFC titles after the 2005, 2008 and 2010 seasons.
    360pts
  11. Steve McNair — ranked #1111
    Steve McNair
    Titans quarterback who won the 1999 AFC title at Jacksonville.
    360pts
  12. Dan Fouts — ranked #1212
    Dan Fouts
    Chargers passer who reached two AFC title games in the Air Coryell era and lost both.
    0pts
  13. Josh Allen — ranked #1313
    Josh Allen
    Bills quarterback who reached two AFC Championship Games, both on the road in Kansas City.
    0pts
  14. Joe Burrow — ranked #1414
    Joe Burrow
    Bengals quarterback who won the January 2022 AFC title game in overtime at Arrowhead.
    0pts

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Comments 1

Both of Allen's AFC Championship Games were played in Kansas City against Mahomes. The round's full history, Brady and Elway included: https://youpick.best/articles/mahomes-vs-allen-ranked

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