Who's REALLY the worst Super Bowl-winning QB?: a semi-serious investigation

Trent Dilfer, right? That's what I assumed, too. But, just for the hell of it, let's bring some numbers into it.

| TDS| INT | YARDS| Rating ---|---|----|----|---- Bart Starr**(2) | 152| 138| 24,718| 80.5 Joe Namath**| 173| 220| 27,663| 65.5 Len Dawson** | 239| 183| 28,711| 82.6 Johnny Unitas**| 290| 253| 40,239| 78.2 Roger Staubach**(2)| 153| 109| 22,700| 83.4 Bob Griese**(2)| 192| 172| 25,092| 77.1 Terry Bradshaw**(4)| 212| 210| 27,989| 70.9 Ken Stabler| 194| 222| 27,938| 75.3 Jim Plunkett(2)| 164| 198| 25,882| 67.5 Joe Montana**(4)| 273| 139| 40,551| 92.3 Joe Theismann | 160| 138| 25,206| 77.4 Jim McMahon| 100| 90| 18,148| 78.2 Phil Simms| 199| 157| 33,462| 78.5 Doug Williams| 100| 93| 16,998| 69.4 Jeff Hostetler| 94| 71| 16,430| 80.5 Mark Rypien| 115| 88 | 18,473| 78.9 Troy Aikman**(3)| 165| 141| 32,942| 81.6 Steve Young** | 232| 107| 33,124| 96.8 Brett Favre| 508| 336| 71,838| 86.0 John Elway**(2)| 300| 226| 51,475| 79.9 Kurt Warner| 208| 128| 32,344| 93.7 Trent Dilfer| 113| 129| 20,518| 70.2 Tom Brady(4)| 396| 143| 53,546| 96.1 Brad Johnson| 166| 122| 29,054| 82.5 Ben Roethlisberger (2)| 252| 132| 39,408| 93.9 Peyton Manning| 530 | 235| 69,866| 97.3 Eli Manning (2)| 259| 185| 39,948| 82.3 Drew Brees| 397| 195| 56,388| 95.3 Aaron Rodgers| 229| 57| 28,767| 106.3 Joe Flacco| 148| 92| 25,648| 84.4 Russell Wilson| 73| 27| 10,201| 98.3

^**Denotes ^Hall ^of ^Fame

^Italics ^denote ^active ^player

^((x)^) ^denotes ^multiple ^wins

Worst by TD/INT ratio

• Joe Namath - 0.786

• Jim Plunkett - 0.828

• Ken Stabler - 0.874

• Trent Dilfer - 0.875

• Terry Bradshaw - 1.010

• Doug Williams - 1.075

• Jim McMahon - 1.111

Worst by Rating

• Joe Namath - 65.5

• Jim Plunkett - 67.5

• Doug Williams - 69.4

• Trent Dilfer - 70.2

• Terry Bradshaw - 70.9

• Ken Stabler - 75.3

• Bob Griese - 77.1

THE WHO'S WHO OF "WHO'S THAT?"

In terms of name recognition among Super Bowl-winning QB's, Trent Dilfer is just slightly ahead of Jeff Hostsetler and Mark Rypien, and probably about on par with Brad Johnson and Doug Williams. Which, if we're being fair, is about where he ranks on this list as well.