The New England Patriots could break many records if they beat the Seattle Seahawks at Super Bowl LX.
Among them, they’re hoping for a record seventh ring, breaking the tie they’ve held with the Pittsburgh Steelers for seven years.
But they could also break a two-decade-long record: Quarterback Drake Maye could become the youngest ever quarterback to win a Super Bowl.
Maye will be 23 years, 5 months, and 9 days on February 8, when the Patriots and the Seahawks go head-to-head at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
That’s younger than the current recordholder for the youngest winning starting quarterback in Super Bowl history, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who was 23 years, 11 months, and 3 days old at the time of his win in 2006.
Maye, who’s in his second year in the NFL, is also expected to be the youngest quarterback to start in a Super Bowl game, behind only Dan Marino. Marino, who never won a Super Bowl, was 23 years, 4 months, and 5 days old when he played for the Miami Dolphins in the 1985 Super Bowl.
Here’s a look at other great quarterbacks who helped their team win the ultimate prize at impressively young ages.
10. Tom Brady
Age: 26 years, 5 months, and 29 days old
Of course, Tom Brady made this list twice. The New England Patriots legend won his second Super Bowl with the team in 2004, defeating the Carolina Panthers 32-29.
9. Jim McMahon
Age: 26 years, 5 months, and 5 days old
Jim McMahon was part of the star-studded 1985 Chicago Bears lineup, which included Walter Payton, Richard Dent, and William “The Refrigerator” Perry when they defeated the Patriots 46-10 to win the franchise’s only Super Bowl in January 1986.
McMahon rushed for two touchdowns, becoming the first quarterback to do so in the Super Bowl.
8. Terry Bradshaw
Age: 26 years, 4 months, and 10 days old
Terry Bradshaw won the first of his four Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1975 in a 16-6 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. He would go on to win again the following year, as well as in 1979 and 1980.
7. Troy Aikman
Age: 26 years, 2 months, and 10 days old
Troy Aikman helped the Dallas Cowboys usher in a new era. Despite the team finishing 1-15 during his rookie season in 1989, the team rebounded just a few years later to beat the Buffalo Bills 52-17 in Super Bowl XXVII in 1993. Aikman threw for 273 yards, including four touchdowns, and earned the title MVP. It was the first of his three Super Bowls with the Cowboys franchise.
In a 2022 interview with The Los Angeles Times, Aikman’s agent, Leigh Steinberg, recalled telling him after the game that his life would never be the same now that he was “Troy Aikman, Super Bowl MVP, superstar.”
6. Joe Montana
Age: 25 years, 7 months, and 13 days old
Joe Montana’s first of four Super Bowl wins came in 1982 in Super Bowl XVI. He was named MVP in the San Francisco 49ers’ 26-21 win over the Cincinnati Bengals, an honor he’d receive twice more in his career.
5. Joe Namath
Age: 25 years, 7 months, and 12 days old
Joe Namath and the New York Jets defeated favorites, the Baltimore Colts (now the Indianapolis Colts), 16-7 to give the team their first — and only — Super Bowl win to date at Super Bowl III in 1969. Namath was named MVP.
4. Russell Wilson
Age: 25 years, 2 months, and 4 days old.
Russell Wilson led the Seattle Seahawks to their first-ever Super Bowl title in 2014. He threw for more than 200 yards, including two touchdowns, in a dominating 43-8 performance over Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos to win Super Bowl XLVIII.
After the game, Wilson told Fox Sports reporter Pam Oliver, “In the beginning of the season, I told the guys, ‘Hey, you know, why not us?’ You know, we believed that we could get here; we had the talent, we had the coaching staff, we had the best fans in the National Football League, and we wanted to win it all.”
3. Tom Brady
Age: 24 years and 6 months old
The seven-time Super Bowl champion and five-time Super Bowl MVP had to start somewhere. Brady’s first Super Bowl celebration came after the Patriots beat the St. Louis Rams (now known as the LA Rams) 20-17 in 2002’s Super Bowl XXXVI.
2. Patrick Mahomes
Age: 24 years, 4 months, and 16 days old
During the 2019-2020 season, Patrick Mahomes led the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl appearance since 1970. He had two passing touchdowns and one rushing touchdown to help the Chiefs beat the 49ers 31-20, and he became the youngest quarterback ever to win the Super Bowl MVP award.
“I mean, obviously, I’ve had a good start to my career,” Mahomes told reporters at the time.
That win was the first of his three Super Bowl titles with the team so far.
1. Ben Roethlisberger
Age: 23 years, 11 months, and 3 days old
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger became the youngest starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl in NFL history thanks to the team’s 21-10 defeat over the Seahawks in 2006’s Super Bowl XL.
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