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Tom Brady retires from the NFL after 23 seasons: Ranking his record seven career Super Bowl titles

Tom Brady retires from the NFL after 23 seasons: Ranking his record seven career Super Bowl titles


While many thought that we may never see the day, Tom Brady’s time in the NFL has come to an end. For the second and final time, the legendary quarterback officially announced his retirement from the NFL on Wednesday after a 23-year career that is unmatched in the game’s history. Brady fades off into the sunset holding every meaningful record, which includes seven Super Bowl titles.ย 

Not only does Brady have more Super Bowls than any other player in league history, but that seventh title he won with the Buccaneers during the 2020 season also surpasses the Pittsburgh Steelers and his former New England Patriotsย for the most Super Bowls won by any FRANCHISE.ย 

As we put the final notes in of what was a once-in-a-generation type of career, it is worth wondering where all of these championships stacks up against the rest. With his playing days in the books, now seems like as good of a time as ever to collect up all seven of TB12’s rings and rank them on importance.ย 

7. Super Bowl XXXVIII

Date: Feb. 1, 2004
Team: New England Patriots
Score: Patriots 32, Panthers 29
Tom Brady’s stats: 32 of 48 passing, 354 yards, three touchdowns, one interception

Even as Super Bowl XXXVIII stands at the bottom of this list, it was an extremely important title for Brady and the Patriots. This showed the rest of the NFL that they were not just a one-off club that caught lightning in a bottle two years prior en route to that Super Bowl XXXVI championship. New England rebounded nicely from a disappointing 2002 campaign where it went 9-7 and failed to make the playoffs as defending champs and were able to get right back in the Super Bowl to defeat the Panthers.ย 

Similar to Super Bowl XXXVI, Brady again flashed his generational clutch gene by leading New England down the field with 1:08 left in the fourth quarter to set up a championship-winning field goal by Adam Vinatieri. Brady’s 32 completions in that game were the most in Super Bowl history and his 48 pass attempts were the most by a winning quarterback (both records he has since broken).ย 

6. Super Bowl LIII

Date: Feb. 3, 2019
Team: New England Patriots
Score: Patriots 13, Rams 3
Tom Brady’s stats: 21 of 35 passing, 262 yards, one interception

Brady’s last Super Bowl title with the Patriots was an embarrassment of riches, really. By this point, he had already established himself as the greatest ever and was simply running up the score by…

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