Dec 26, 2025, 02:03 PM ET<\/p>\n
Blowouts can be newsworthy, but epic comebacks are even more fun. Some of the best NFL quarterbacks have built their reputations on clutch performances. It’s a thrill when a team rallies from behind in the fourth quarter and marches down the field one last time to seal the game.<\/p>\n
In December 2025, Carolina Panthers<\/a>‘ Bryce Young<\/a> led his team to a win with a game-winning drive for the sixth time this season. It was the 12th of his career and the most of any quarterback since 2023.<\/p>\n Who are the all-time great quarterbacks synonymous with late-game heroics? Take a look at leaders during the regular season and playoffs below:<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n 2 Related<\/p>\n Most regular-season game-winning drives (since 1950)<\/p>\n Tom Brady, 58<\/p>\n Peyton Manning, 54<\/p>\n Drew Brees, 53<\/p>\n Ben Roethlisberger, 53<\/p>\n Matthew Stafford<\/a>, 50<\/p>\n Dan Marino, 47<\/p>\n Matt Ryan, 46<\/p>\n Brett Favre, 43<\/p>\n John Elway, 40<\/p>\n Russell Wilson<\/a>, 40<\/p>\n Johnny Unitas, 38<\/p>\n Eli Manning, 37<\/p>\n Aaron Rodgers<\/a>, 36<\/p>\n Derek Carr, 35<\/p>\n Warren Moon, 35<\/p>\n Carson Palmer, 35<\/p>\n Philip Rivers<\/a>, 35<\/p>\n Most regular-season fourth-quarter comebacks (since 1950)<\/p>\n Tom Brady, 46<\/p>\n Peyton Manning, 43<\/p>\n Ben Roethlisberger, 41<\/p>\n Matthew Stafford, 39<\/p>\n Matt Ryan, 38<\/p>\n Drew Brees, 36<\/p>\n Johnny Unitas, 34<\/p>\n Dan Marino, 33<\/p>\n Russell Wilson, 32<\/p>\n John Elway, 31<\/p>\n Philip Rivers, 29<\/p>\n Fran Tarkenton, 29<\/p>\n Vinny Testaverde, 29<\/p>\n Derek Carr, 28<\/p>\n Brett Favre, 28<\/p>\n Eli Manning, 27<\/p>\n Most postseason game-winning drives (since 1950)<\/p>\n Tom Brady, 14<\/p>\n Patrick Mahomes, 7<\/p>\n John Elway, 6<\/p>\n Eli Manning, 5<\/p>\n Joe Montana, 5<\/p>\n Terry Bradshaw, 4<\/p>\n Dan Marino, 4<\/p>\n Ben Roethlisberger, 4<\/p>\n Russell Wilson, 4<\/p>\n Most postseason fourth-quarter comebacks (since 1950)<\/p>\n Tom Brady, 9<\/p>\n Patrick Mahomes<\/a>, 6<\/p>\n Joe Montana, 5<\/p>\n Terry Bradshaw, 4<\/p>\n John Elway, 4<\/p>\n Eli Manning, 4<\/p>\n Russell Wilson, 4<\/p>\n Ben Roethlisberger, 3<\/p>\n Ken Stabler, 3<\/p>\n Dan Marino, 3<\/p>\n Dan Fouts, 3<\/p>\n Check out the ESPN NFL hub page<\/a> for standings<\/a>, scores<\/a>, stats<\/a>, schedules<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dec 26, 2025, 02:03 PM ET Blowouts can be newsworthy, but epic comebacks are even more fun. Some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-370592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}