Comparing GOATs: Who’s Better Between Tom Brady and Martin Brodeur?
By Nick Villano
Regular Season Success/Records
Tom Brady has been dominant across his career. He’s second in career passing yards behind Drew Brees. He’s first in career passing touchdowns, beating Brees by ten. He has the seventh-best passer rating of all time, tied with Dak Prescott. His counterpart on Super Bowl Sunday Patrick Mahomes leads the all-time rankings. When it comes to wins, nobody even comes close to Brady. Brett Favre and Peyton Manning both have 186 wins. Brady has 230. It’s as if Brady has almost three full seasons worth of wins over his counterparts.
Brodeur also has records for days. He has the most wins all time with 691. Patrick Roy is second with 551. Again, more than a full 82-game season’s worth of wins over number two. Brodeur also has the most shutouts, beating Terry Sawchuk’s former record by more than 20. Brodeur’s save percentage doesn’t look so great overall. He ranks in the 40s with Marc-Andre Fleury.
Both these players were dominant in the regular season. If they were healthy, they were going to lead their team to wins. There were always players who would be compared to them. Mahomes, Brees, Manning, and Aaron Rodgers were all considered one of the best in the league during Brady’s run. Brodeur had similar comparables in Dominick Hasek, Roy, Roberto Luongo, Jose Theodore, and Henrik Lundqvist. They drove both these GOATs to keep getting better. There was never time to rest because someone was inevitably going to be there to replace you.
This one is extremely close. It’s razor thin who was better before things really counted, but Brodeur gets the edge.