Mahomes chasing the GOAT

[RedinTexas]

It seems inarguable that Brady is the GOAT, but we're past the end of his 23 season career and we see the entirety of his achievements. Mahomes is only in his 7th season, so it would be fair to compare Brady at the same point in his career. Since success is the ultimate measure for such a comparison, I only looked at playoff performance.

Brady started his career at age 23 while Mahomes started at age 22 and both players made their first playoff start in their second season. Currently, Mahomes is finishing his 7th season and will finish with 18 career playoff starts. At the end of his 7th season Brady had made 14 playoff starts. Brady did not get to 18 playoff starts until the end of his 10th season.

Mahomes is currently 14-3 (.824) in his playoff starts while Brady was 12-2 (.857) after his 7th season and 14-3 (.824) after his 17th playoff start.

At the end of his 7th season, Mahomes will have either 2 or 3 Super Bowl wins, while at the end of his 7th season Brady had 3 Super Bowl wins and after his 18th playoff game he was still at 3 Super Bowl wins.

Mahomes' numbers are better than Brady's across the board too. All of these comparisons are after 17 playoff games:

Completions - Mahomes (M) 422 - Brady (B) 372
Completion % - M 67.4 - B 62.5
Yards/attempt - M 7.7 - B 6.6
Yards - M 4802 - B 3954
Touchdowns - M 39 - B 26
Interceptions - M 7 - B 12
Sacks - M 32 - B 28

Rushing stats
Attempts - M 81 - B 42
Yards - M 458 - B 68
Yards/attempt - M 5.65 - B 1.62
Touchdowns - M 5 - B 2

None of this is presented to say that Mahomes should be called the GOAT over Brady, but he is well on the way to getting there.

All statistics are from pro football reference.