oldest quarterback to start a playoff game

Tom Brady is the oldest quarterback in a playoff game. He was 45 years and 166 days old in the 2022 NFC Wild Card game versus the Cowboys on January 16, 2023.

	NAME	AGE	DATE	ROUND	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Tom Brady T. Brady	45-166	1/16/2023	NFC Wild Card	TB	vs	DAL	35	66	53.0	351	5.3	2	1	72.2	3.0	1.5	2	17
2	Tom Brady T. Brady	44-173	1/23/2022	NFC Divisional	TB	vs	LAR	30	54	55.6	329	6.1	1	1	72.2	1.9	1.9	3	21
3	Tom Brady T. Brady	44-166	1/16/2022	NFC Wild Card	TB	vs	PHI	29	37	78.4	271	7.3	2	0	115.2	5.4	0.0	4	28
4	Tom Brady T. Brady	43-188	2/7/2021	Super Bowl	TB	vs	KC	21	29	72.4	201	6.9	3	0	125.8	10.3	0.0	1	6
5	Tom Brady T. Brady	43-174	1/24/2021	NFC Championship	TB	@	GB	20	36	55.6	280	7.8	3	3	73.8	8.3	8.3	1	5
6	Tom Brady T. Brady	43-167	1/17/2021	NFC Divisional	TB	@	NO	18	33	54.5	199	6.0	2	0	92.9	6.1	0.0	1	10
7	Tom Brady T. Brady	43-159	1/9/2021	NFC Wild Card	TB	@	WAS	22	40	55.0	381	9.5	2	0	104.3	5.0	0.0	3	16
8	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	43-055	1/7/2007	AFC Wild Card	NE	vs	NYJ	0	0		0		0	0				0	0
9	Tom Brady T. Brady	42-154	1/4/2020	AFC Wild Card	NE	vs	TEN	20	37	54.1	209	5.6	0	1	59.4	0.0	2.7	0	0
10	Drew Brees D. Brees	42-002	1/17/2021	NFC Divisional	NO	vs	TB	19	34	55.9	134	3.9	1	3	38.1	2.9	8.8	0	0
11	Drew Brees D. Brees	41-361	1/10/2021	NFC Wild Card	NO	vs	CHI	28	39	71.8	265	6.8	2	0	107.3	5.1	0.0	0	0
12	Tom Brady T. Brady	41-184	2/3/2019	Super Bowl	NE	@	LAR	21	35	60.0	262	7.5	0	1	71.4	0.0	2.9	1	9
13	Tom Brady T. Brady	41-170	1/20/2019	AFC Championship	NE	@	KC	30	46	65.2	348	7.6	1	2	77.1	2.2	4.3	0	0
14	Tom Brady T. Brady	41-163	1/13/2019	AFC Divisional	NE	vs	LAC	34	44	77.3	343	7.8	1	0	106.5	2.3	0.0	0	0
15	Drew Brees D. Brees	40-355	1/5/2020	NFC Wild Card	NO	vs	MIN	26	33	78.8	208	6.3	1	1	90.4	3.0	3.0	3	31
16	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	40-218	12/21/1974	AFC Divisional	MIA	@	OAK	0	0		0		0	0
17	Josh McCown J. McCown	40-185	1/5/2020	NFC Wild Card	PHI	vs	SEA	18	24	75.0	174	7.3	0	0	94.8	0.0	0.0	6	14
18	Tom Brady T. Brady	40-185	2/4/2018	Super Bowl	NE	vs	PHI	28	48	58.3	505	10.5	3	0	115.4	6.3	0.0	1	5
19	Tom Brady T. Brady	40-171	1/21/2018	AFC Championship	NE	vs	JAX	26	38	68.4	290	7.6	2	0	108.4	5.3	0.0	3	12
20	Tom Brady T. Brady	40-163	1/13/2018	AFC Divisional	NE	vs	TEN	35	53	66.0	337	6.4	3	0	102.5	5.7	0.0	0	0
21	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	40-121	12/22/1974	NFC Divisional	WAS	@	LA	6	12	50.0	78	6.5	0	3	31.3	0.0	25.0	1	8
22	George Blanda G. Blanda	40-119	1/14/1968	Super Bowl	OAK	vs	GB	0	0		0		0	0
23	Brett Favre B. Favre	40-106	1/24/2010	NFC Championship	MIN	@	NO	28	46	60.9	310	6.7	1	2	70.0	2.2	4.3	0	0
24	George Blanda G. Blanda	40-105	12/31/1967	AFL Championship	OAK	vs	HOU	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
25	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	40-103	12/31/1961	NFL Championship	NYG	@	GB	4	8	50.0	54	6.8	0	0	71.9	0.0	0.0	1	5

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