oldest qb to start a game before 2021

Before 2021, Steve DeBerg was the oldest quarterback in a game. He was 44 years and 342 days old against the Dolphins on December 27, 1998.

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oldest qb to start a regular-season game before 2021
NAMEAgeDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
44-342
12/27/1998
vs
5
10
50.0
85
8.5
1
0
112.5
10.0
0.0
0
0
2Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
44-314
11/29/1998
@
5
12
41.7
75
6.3
1
0
90.6
8.3
0.0
1
7
3Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
44-307
11/22/1998
vs
2
3
66.7
14
4.7
0
0
77.1
0.0
0.0
0
0
4Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
44-286
11/1/1998
vs
1
2
50.0
8
4.0
0
0
60.4
0.0
0.0
0
0
5Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
44-279
10/25/1998
@
9
20
45.0
117
5.9
0
1
43.1
0.0
5.0
3
36
6Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
44-272
10/18/1998
vs
7
10
70.0
60
6.0
1
0
118.8
10.0
0.0
1
11
7Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
44-265
10/11/1998
@
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
44-258
10/4/1998
vs
1
2
50.0
10
5.0
0
0
64.6
0.0
0.0
1
6
9Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
44-047
12/30/2007
@
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
44-026
12/9/2007
@
13
28
46.4
84
3.0
0
1
38.4
0.0
3.6
1
6
11Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
44-019
12/2/2007
vs
17
26
65.4
169
6.5
2
2
77.2
7.7
7.7
2
12
12Warren Moon
W. Moon
44-008
11/26/2000
@
12
31
38.7
130
4.2
0
1
38.4
0.0
3.2
5
46
13Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
44-005
11/18/2007
@
19
37
51.4
258
7.0
2
2
69.4
5.4
5.4
2
7
14Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
43-363
11/11/2007
vs
13
28
46.4
153
5.5
0
0
63.5
0.0
0.0
2
8
15Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
43-349
10/28/2007
vs
12
20
60.0
82
4.1
0
1
48.3
0.0
5.0
0
0
16Warren Moon
W. Moon
43-339
10/22/2000
vs
3
3
100.0
78
26.0
1
0
158.3
33.3
0.0
0
0
17Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
43-335
10/14/2007
@
20
33
60.6
206
6.2
1
0
88.7
3.0
0.0
2
13
18Tom Brady
T. Brady
43-153
1/3/2021
vs
26
41
63.4
399
9.7
4
1
117.8
9.8
2.4
1
8
19Tom Brady
T. Brady
43-145
12/26/2020
@
22
27
81.5
348
12.9
4
0
158.3
14.8
0.0
1
7
20Tom Brady
T. Brady
43-139
12/20/2020
@
31
45
68.9
390
8.7
2
0
110.4
4.4
0.0
3
25
21Tom Brady
T. Brady
43-132
12/13/2020
vs
15
23
65.2
196
8.5
2
0
120.9
8.7
0.0
0
0
22Tom Brady
T. Brady
43-118
11/29/2020
vs
27
41
65.9
345
8.4
3
2
96.1
7.3
4.9
1
3
23Tom Brady
T. Brady
43-112
11/23/2020
vs
26
48
54.2
216
4.5
2
2
62.5
4.2
4.2
1
7
24Tom Brady
T. Brady
43-104
11/15/2020
@
28
39
71.8
341
8.7
3
0
124.0
7.7
0.0
1
7
25Tom Brady
T. Brady
43-097
11/8/2020
vs
22
38
57.9
209
5.5
0
3
40.4
0.0
7.9
3
23

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