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Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (born August 3, 1977) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 23 seasons. He spent his first 20 seasons with the New England Patriots and was a central contributor to the franchise's dynasty from 2001 to 2019. In his final three seasons, he played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady is widely regarded as the greatest quarterback of all time.<ref name="GOAT" />
After playing college football for the Michigan Wolverines, Brady was selected 199th overall by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL draft, later earning him a reputation as the NFL's biggest draft steal.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He became the starting quarterback during his second season, which saw the Patriots win their first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XXXVI. As the team's primary starter forTemplate:Nbsp18 seasons,Template:Efn Brady led the Patriots toTemplate:Nbsp17 division titles (includingTemplate:Nbsp11 consecutive from 2009 to 2019),Template:Nbsp13 AFC Championship Games (including eight consecutive from 2011 to 2018), nine Super Bowl appearances, and six Super Bowl titles, all NFL records for a player and franchise.Template:Efn He joined the Buccaneers in 2020 and won Super Bowl LV, extending his individual records to ten Super Bowl appearances and seven victories.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 2024, Brady became the lead color commentator for the NFL on Fox<ref name="FoxBroadcast" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and a partial owner of the Las Vegas Raiders.
Brady holds many major quarterback records, including most career passing yards, completions, touchdown passes, and games started. He is the NFL leader in career quarterback wins, quarterback regular season wins, quarterback playoff wins, and Super Bowl Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards, and the only Super Bowl MVP for two different franchises. Additional accolades held by Brady include the most Pro Bowl selections and the first unanimous NFL MVP. The only quarterback to win a Super Bowl in three separate decades, Brady is also noted for the longevity of his success. He was the oldest NFL MVP at ageTemplate:Nbsp40, the oldest Super Bowl MVP at ageTemplate:Nbsp43, and the oldest quarterback selected to the Pro Bowl at ageTemplate:Nbsp44.<ref name="Wesseling2018">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady is the only NFL quarterback named to two all-decade teams (2000s and 2010s)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and was unanimously named to the 100th Anniversary All-Time Team in 2019.
Early life
Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. was born on August 3, 1977, in San Mateo, California, the only son and fourth child of Galynn Patricia (Template:Nee) and Thomas Brady Sr.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady was raised Catholic. His mother has Swedish, Norwegian, German, and Polish ancestry, while his father is of Irish descent; Brady has said his father is 100% Irish.<ref name="Boston Globe-2017">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the 1980s, Brady regularly attended San Francisco 49ers games at Candlestick Park, where he was a fan of quarterback Joe Montana; Brady has called Montana his idol and one of his inspirations.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Aged four, Brady attended the 1981 NFC Championship, against the Dallas Cowboys, in which Montana threw "The Catch" to Dwight Clark.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady attended football camp at the College of San Mateo, where he was taught to throw by camp counselor and future NFL/AFL quarterback Tony Graziani.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Despite the rivalry between the teams, Brady grew up as a Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics fan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady attended Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, where he graduated in 1995.<ref name="Serra_HighSchool">Template:Cite web</ref> He played football, basketball, and baseball in high school. He played against Bellarmine College Preparatory rival Pat Burrell in football and baseball.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady began his career as the backup quarterback on the Padres junior varsity team. At first, Brady was not good enough to start on the 0–8 junior varsity team, which had not scored a touchdown all year.<ref name="Story of boy named Tom Brady">Template:Cite web</ref> Brady ascended to the starting position when the main quarterback was injured. He became the varsity starter in his junior year and held it until he graduated.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> By Brady's senior year, he was striving to be noticed by college coaches. He created highlight tapes and sent them to schools he considered attending.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> This led to interest from many football programs.
The process of recruiting then very different, athletes' rankings were not as prominent. In the 2000s, Brady would have been considered a three or four-star recruit,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and a highly rated prospect.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady was on Blue Chip Illustrated and a Prep Football Report All-American selection.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After his recruiting process, he narrowed his list to five schools.<ref name="bleacherreport.com">Template:Cite web</ref> "Probably the ones that we did hear from and ultimately pared the list to were Cal–Berkeley, UCLA, USC, Michigan and Illinois," his father said.<ref name="bleacherreport.com" /> As a Cal-Berkeley fan, his father hoped Brady would attend the nearby school, where Brady was a silent commit, and that he would be able to watch his son play.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Brady was also known as a great baseball player in high school.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was a left-handed-batting catcher with power. His skills impressed MLB scouts, and he was drafted in the 18th round of the 1995 MLB Draft by the Montreal Expos,<ref name="Story of boy named Tom Brady" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> after the team brought Brady to Candlestick Park to work out with players, an unusual decision.<ref name="speros20170602">Template:Cite web</ref> The Expos projected Brady as a potential All-Star, with then-GM Kevin Malone claiming Brady had the potential to be "one of the greatest catchers ever".<ref name="Bright">Template:Cite web</ref> The team offered him money typical of that offered to a late second-round or early third-round pick,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> but Brady was recruited by football assistant Bill Harris, to play for the University of Michigan in 1995.<ref name="bleacherreport.com" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady became the last active athlete drafted by the Expos.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He finished his high school career by completing 236 of 447 passes (53%) for 3,702 yards andTemplate:Nbsp31 touchdowns.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Brady won All-State and All-Far West honors and the team's Most Valuable Player Award.<ref name="Tom Brady" />
During the summers of 1998 and 1999, Brady was an intern at Merrill Lynch.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was inducted into the Junípero Serra High School Hall of Fame in 2003.<ref name="Tom Brady" /> When Brady visited the school in 2012, after Super Bowl XLVI, administrators announced that they named the football stadium Brady Family Stadium.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
College career
Brady played college football at the University of Michigan for the Wolverines from 1995 to 1999.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="TomBradyAsYouForgotHim">Template:Cite magazine</ref> After redshirting in 1995,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady spent the next two years as a backup quarterback, while future NFL quarterback Brian Griese led the 1997 Wolverines to an undefeated season, capped by victory in the 1998 Rose Bowl and a share of the national championship.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Initially, Brady was seventh on the depth chart, and struggled to get playing time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady hired a sports psychologist to help him cope with frustration and anxiety, and considered transferring to the University of California, Berkeley.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He worked closely with assistant athletic director Greg Harden, who met with Brady every week to build his confidence and maximize his performance.<ref name="TomBradyGuru">Template:Cite web</ref> Brady told 60 Minutes in 2014: "He will always be somebody I rely on for sound advice and mentorship. He has helped me with my own personal struggles in both athletics and in life. Greg really pushed me in a direction that I wasn't sure I could go."<ref>Template:Cite interview</ref>
On September 28, 1996, Brady appeared in his first collegiate game after Michigan was up 35–3 against UCLA late in the fourth quarter. His first-ever pass attempt was intercepted by Phillip Ward and returned for a 42-yard touchdown.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Under Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr, Brady battled for the starting job with Drew Henson<ref name="TomBradyAsYouForgotHim" /> and ultimately started every game in the 1998 and 1999 seasons. Brady was All-Big Ten Conference honorable mention both seasons and team captain in his senior year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> During his first full year as the starter, he set Michigan records for most pass attempts and completions in a season, for a total of 214.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He set a school record for completions in a 31–16 loss against Ohio State in 1998, a season in which Michigan shared the Big Ten title.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady capped that season with a 45–31 win over Arkansas in the 1999 Citrus Bowl.<ref name="football-bowl.com">Template:Cite web</ref>
In the 1999 season, Brady had to hold off Henson again for the starting job. They platooned during the first seven games, with Brady playing the first quarter, Henson second, and Carr deciding upon a quarterback for the second half. The 1999 Wolverines started with a 5–0 record, including a 26–22 win over Notre Dame, and a road win against eventual powerhouse Wisconsin.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Against Michigan State, Brady was not chosen to play the second half; however, after being reinserted with Michigan down byTemplate:Nbsp17 points, he nearly led Michigan all the way back before losing 34–31.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After a 300-yard passing game the following week, Carr went exclusively with Brady for the remainder of the season. On October 30 against Indiana, Brady played the entire game for the first time in the season and threw for 226 yards, his fifth straight game throwing for 200 yards, to lead Michigan in a 34–31 win.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Against Penn State, Brady led Michigan to another 4th-quarter comeback in a 31–27 win, heading into the regular season's final game as winners of three straight.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Michigan concluded the regular season against Ohio State; this was a dramatic game with a trip to the Orange Bowl on the line. With five minutes left, tied 17–17, Brady led Michigan to the winning score.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He led Michigan to an overtime win in the 2000 Orange Bowl over Alabama, throwing for 369 yards and four touchdowns, leading the team back from two 14-point deficits in regulation. He threw the game-winning score on a bootleg play. Michigan won when Alabama missed an extra point following its touchdown.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the two seasons Brady started at Michigan, he posted a 20–5 record, including wins at the 1999 Citrus Bowl and 2000 Orange Bowl. Brady finished his career ranking third in Michigan history with 710 attempts and 442 completions, fourth with 5,351 yards and 62 completion percentage, and fifth with 35 touchdown passes.<ref name="Tom Brady" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He graduated in December 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts in General Studies.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
College statistics
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| 1996 | Michigan | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 63.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1997 | Michigan | 12 | 15 | 80.0 | 103 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 137.7 | 2 | −14 | −7.0 | 0 |
| 1998 | Michigan | 200 | 323 | 61.9 | 2,427 | 7.5 | 14 | 10 | 133.1 | 54 | −105 | −1.9 | 2 |
| 1999 | Michigan | 180 | 295 | 61.0 | 2,217 | 7.5 | 16 | 6 | 138.0 | 34 | −31 | −0.9 | 1 |
| Career | 395 | 638 | 61.9 | 4,773 | 7.5 | 30 | 17 | 134.9 | 90 | −150 | −1.7 | 3 | |
Professional career
Overview
Brady's success has been attributed to his work ethic, competitive spirit, pocket awareness, and intelligence with him generally being a pocket passer during his entire career.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Across 23 seasons, he started 333 regular season and 48 playoff games, the most for an NFL quarterback, spending 20 seasons with the Patriots and three with the Buccaneers.<ref name="Pro Football Reference Profile" /> He was the primary starter for 21 seasons, missing 2008 due to injury, and never played a snap where his team was mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He won 251 regular season and 35 postseason games, the most in NFL history, and is the only quarterback to win 200 regular season games.<ref name="Pro Football Reference">Template:Cite web</ref> He won 17 AFC East titles with New England and led Tampa Bay to a wild card berth in 2020 and NFC South titles in 2021 and 2022.<ref name="Breech">Template:Cite web</ref> Brady is the only quarterback to lead a team to a 16–0 regular season (2007), became one of four quarterbacks to defeat all 32 teams in 2021, holds the most Pro Bowl selections (15), and was named league MVP three times (2007, 2010, 2017), with his 2010 award being the first unanimous MVP.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady's 21 seasons as the primary starter led to seven Super Bowl titles, the most of any player and more than any NFL franchise.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He appeared in a recordTemplate:Nbsp10 Super Bowls and is one of two quarterbacks, along with Peyton Manning, to win with multiple franchises, earning six titles with the Patriots and one with the Buccaneers. Brady holds the record for Super Bowl MVP awards with five<ref name="DaSilva-2017">Template:Cite web</ref> and is the only player to win it with multiple teams.<ref name="Kerr2021">Template:Cite web</ref> Holding nearly every major quarterback record, he is the all-time leader in passing yards, attempts, and touchdowns in both the regular season and playoffs, the only quarterback with 600 career regular-season touchdowns, and the record holder for completions.<ref name="Reiss2015">Template:Cite news</ref> In 333 career starts, he is the only quarterback with three separate streaks of over 100 consecutive starts, with his first ending due to injury in 2008 and his second due to suspension in 2016.<ref name="Tom Brady">Template:Cite web</ref> His longevity led to multiple age-related records.<ref name="Pro Football Reference6">Template:Cite web</ref>
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On the Patriots, Brady and head coach Bill Belichick formed the NFL's most successful quarterback–head coach tandem,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> leading the team's dynasty from 2001 to 2019, commonly referred to as the Brady–Belichick era.<ref name="ESPN">Template:Cite web</ref> The Patriots' dynasty is one of the greatest in sports history, with Brady's contributions helping the team set records for Super Bowl appearances (11) and wins (6, tied with the Pittsburgh Steelers).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Brady's first season as the primary starter, the Patriots won their first championship in Super Bowl XXXVI, followed by consecutive titles in 2003 and 2004.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Patriots won an NFL-record 21 consecutive games (regular season and playoffs) during this period, while Brady won his first 10 consecutive postseason games, another record.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
When Brady signed with Tampa Bay in 2020, the team had not reached the postseason since 2007 or won a playoff game since 2002.<ref name="PlayoffDrought" /> Brady helped end both droughts en route to the Buccaneers winning Super Bowl LV.<ref name="NotClose" /> In 2021, he set the season record for completions and led the league in passing yards and touchdowns; his passing yards were a career-high.<ref name="5000Yards" /> In his final season, despite finishing with a losing record for the first time, Brady broke his single-season completion record and set the season record for attempts.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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New England Patriots
2000: Draft and rookie season on the bench
Brady was a lightly regarded prospect coming out of college,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> with an unimpressive NFL Scouting Combine performance reinforcing this reputation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> As a result, he was not selected until the sixth round of the 2000 NFL draft by the New England Patriots, 199th overall, a compensatory pick the Patriots earned due to the loss of punter Tom Tupa,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and he was the seventh quarterback taken. He and his family believed Brady would be drafted in the second or third round; they watched on television, stunned as six other quarterbacks were drafted before him. Brady was so embarrassed he briefly left the family home during the sixth round and cried when recalling the experience for an interview 11 years later. Brady later said that when the Patriots notified him he would be drafted, he was grateful he would not "have to be an insurance salesman".<ref name="graham20110410">Template:Cite web</ref> According to Michael Holley's book Patriot Reign, the Patriots were considering Brady and Tim Rattay, both of whom had received positive reviews from then-quarterbacks coach Dick Rehbein.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Ultimately, the Patriots front office chose Brady. Considering his success, many analysts have called Brady the best NFL draft pick of all time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Patriots owner Robert Kraft recalled: "I still have the image of Tom Brady coming down the old Foxboro Stadium steps with that pizza box under his arm, a skinny beanpole, and when he introduced himself to me and said 'Hi Mr. Kraft,' he was about to say who he was, but I said 'I know who you are, you're Tom Brady. You're our sixth round draft choice,'" recalled Kraft. "And he looked me in the eye and said 'I'm the best decision this organization has ever made.' It looks like he could be right."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady started the 2000 season as the fourth-string quarterback, behind starter Drew Bledsoe and backups John Friesz and Michael Bishop; by the end of the season, he was number two on the depth chart behind Bledsoe.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> During his rookie season, he was 1-for-3 passing, for six yards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Tight end Rod Rutledge caught Brady's first and only completed pass of the season in a 34–9 loss to the Detroit Lions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001: Taking over as starter and first Super Bowl victory
With Bledsoe as starting quarterback, the Patriots opened the 2001 season with a 23–17 road loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In their second game and home opener on September 23, the Patriots squared off against their AFC East rivals, the New York Jets. Bledsoe was again the starter; in the fourth quarter, he suffered internal bleeding after a hit from Jets linebacker Mo Lewis. Bledsoe returned for the next series, but was replaced with Brady for the Patriots' final series of the game. New York held on to win 10–3, and the Patriots fell to 0–2 on the season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady was named the starter for the season's third game, against the Indianapolis Colts, in which the Patriots posted a 44–13 win.<ref name="nfl">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the Patriots' fifth game, Brady began to find his stride. Trailing the visiting San Diego Chargers 26–16 in the fourth quarter, he led the Patriots on two scoring drives to force overtime, and another in overtime to set up a winning field goal for a 29–26 victory. Brady finished with 33 of 54, for 364 yards and two touchdowns, and was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for the first time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The following week, Brady again played well during the rematch at Indianapolis, with a passer rating of 148.3 in a 38–17 win.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Brady won his second AFC Offensive Player of the Week nomination after a four-touchdown day in a 34–17 win over the New Orleans Saints in Week 11.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Patriots went on to win eleven of the fourteen games Brady started, and six straight to finish the regular season, winning the AFC East and entering the NFL playoffs with a first-round bye.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He finished the 2001 season with 2,843 passing yards and 18 touchdowns, earning an invitation to the Pro Bowl.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In Brady's first playoff game, he threw for 312 yards against the Oakland Raiders and led the Patriots back from a ten-point fourth-quarter deficit to send the game to overtime, where they won on a field goal 16–13. A controversial play occurred in the fourth quarter. Trailing by three points, Brady lost control of the ball after being hit by Raiders cornerback and former Michigan teammate Charles Woodson. Oakland initially recovered the ball but, citing the "tuck rule"Template:Sndswhich states that any forward throwing motion by a quarterback begins a pass even if the quarterback loses possession of the ball as he is attempting to tuck it back toward his bodyTemplate:Sndsreferee Walt Coleman overturned the call on instant replay, ruling it an incomplete pass rather than a fumble.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady finished the game 32-of-52 for 312 passing yards and one interception.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the AFC Championship Game against the Steelers, Brady injured his knee, and he was relieved by Bledsoe. The Patriots won the game by a score of 24–17.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Subsequently, Las Vegas oddsmakers positioned them as 14-point underdogs against the NFC champion St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady returned from his knee injury to start in the Super Bowl at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. Despite being heavy underdogs, the Patriots played well, holding the Rams' high-powered offense in check through the first three quarters. The Rams rallied from a 17–3 deficit to tie the game with 1:30 left in regulation. The Patriots then got the ball back at their own 17-yard line with no timeouts remaining. Sportscaster and former Super Bowl-winning coach John Madden argued that the Patriots should run out the clock and try to win in overtime.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Instead, Brady drove the Patriots' offense down the field to the Rams' 31-yard line before spiking the ball with seven seconds left. Kicker Adam Vinatieri converted a 48-yard field goal as time expired to give the Patriots a 20–17 win and their first ever league championship.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> When discussing the game-winning drive, Madden stated that "what Tom Brady just did, gives me goosebumps".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady was named Super Bowl MVP while throwing for 145 yards, one touchdown, and no interceptions. Aged 24 years and 6 months, Brady became the youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl, surpassing Joe Namath (III) and Joe Montana (XVI).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bledsoe was traded to the Buffalo Bills in April,<ref name="shufbuf">Template:Cite web</ref> which cemented Brady's status as the Patriots' starting quarterback in 2002.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2002 season
In the Patriots' season opener, Brady had 294 passing yards and three touchdowns in the 30–14 win over the Steelers, and earned his third AFC Offensive Player of the Week title.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Week 9, Brady won his second AFC Offensive Player of the Week title for a three-touchdown game in a 38–7 win over Buffalo.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady and the Patriots finished the season at 9–7, tied with the Jets and Miami Dolphins for the best record in the division; however, the Patriots lost the division title to the Jets on tiebreakers. Additionally, the Patriots lost the tiebreaker to the Cleveland Browns for the final wild card spot, causing them to miss the playoffs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Though Brady posted a career-low single-season passer rating of 85.7 and a career-high of 14 interceptions, he threw for a league-leading 28 touchdown passes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 and 2004 seasons: Back-to-back Super Bowl wins
After opening the 2003 season at 2–2, Brady led the Patriots to twelve consecutive victories to finish the regular season at 14–2 to win the AFC East.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Week 14, a 12–0 victory over the Dolphins, he recorded a 36-yard punt.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He won AFC Offensive Player of the Week twice, in Weeks 9 and 17.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady finished with 3,620 passing yards and 23 touchdowns,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and was third in NFL MVP voting to co-winners Peyton Manning and Steve McNair.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
After earning a first-round bye, the Patriots defeated the Tennessee Titans in the Divisional Round, 17–14. In the AFC Championship Game, they defeated the Colts, 24–14. In Super Bowl XXXVIII, Brady led the Patriots to a 32–29 victory over the NFC champion Carolina Panthers and was named Super Bowl MVP for the second time. Brady threw for 354 yards with three touchdowns and set the record for most completions by a quarterback in a Super Bowl with 32. With 1:08 left in the fourth quarter and the score tied 29–29, Brady led a drive with five completions to put the Patriots in position for the game-winning 41-yard field goal by Vinatieri.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
During the 2004 season, Brady helped the Patriots set an NFL record with 21 straight wins dating from the previous year, an accomplishment honored in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (for official records, the NFL considers it an 18-game regular season winning streak; it does not count playoff games).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> New England finished with a 14–2 record, equaling their 2003 record and the best regular-season record ever for a defending champion at the time (though this would later be surpassed by the 2011 Green Bay Packers, who defended their 2010 championship season with a 15-1 record).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Patriots also won the AFC East title for the third time in four years.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady threw for 3,692 yards and 28 touchdowns, with a 92.6 passer rating, and was voted to his second Pro Bowl.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the playoffs, Brady led the Patriots to wins over the Colts in the Divisional Round by a score of 20–3 and the Steelers in the AFC Championship by a score of 41–27.<ref name="2004 PFR">Template:Cite web</ref> Brady played his best game of the year in Pittsburgh despite requiring intravenous therapy the previous night when he ran a temperature of 103 °F.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Against the NFL's best defense,<ref name="2004 PFR" /> he recorded a quarterback passer rating of 130.5, his highest of the season.<ref name="nfl" /> In Super Bowl XXXIX, the Patriots defeated the Philadelphia Eagles, 24–21, capturing their third championship in four years. They became the first franchise since the Dallas Cowboys to do so.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Up until the 2023 season, the 2004 New England Patriots were the last NFL team to win a second straight Super Bowl. Brady threw for 236 yards and two touchdowns in the win.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 and 2006 seasons
During the 2005 season, injuries suffered by running backs forced the Patriots to rely more on Brady's passing.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Brady had to adjust to new center Russ Hochstein and running back Heath Evans. Brady won AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his Week 5 350-yard, three-touchdown victory over the Falcons.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady finished the season with 4,110 yards and 26 touchdowns, the former of which led the league.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He and the Patriots finished with a 10–6 record, winning their third straight AFC East title.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was named to his third Pro Bowl.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the playoffs, Brady recorded 201 passing yards and three passing touchdowns to lead the Patriots to a 28–3 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars in the Wild Card Round. In the Divisional Round the Patriots lost 27–13 to the Denver Broncos.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady threw for 341 yards in the game with one touchdown and two interceptions in his first playoff loss, after ten victories.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After the season's end, it was revealed Brady had been playing with a sports hernia since December.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2006, Brady led the Patriots to a 12–4 record and the fourth seed in the AFC playoffs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady finished the regular season with 3,529 yards and 24 touchdowns.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was not among the players initially selected to the Pro Bowl,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> though was offered an injury-replacement selection when Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers was forced to withdraw; Brady declined.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the postseason, the Patriots first hosted their division rivals, the Jets, in the Wild Card Round. The Patriots defeated the Jets 37–16, as Brady went 22–34 for 212 yards and two touchdowns.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Patriots traveled to San Diego to take on the Chargers in the Divisional Round. This was Brady's first playoff game in his home state of California. The Patriots struggled against the Chargers, whom many had picked as favorites to win Super Bowl XLI. With eight minutes left in the fourth quarter and the Patriots down by eight, Brady and the Patriots started a drive that ultimately decided the game. Brady threw a fourth-down interception to safety Marlon McCree, but wide receiver Troy Brown forced a fumble on McCree that wide receiver Reche Caldwell recovered to convert the first down.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> With a new set of downs, Brady threw a touchdown pass to Caldwell and Faulk scored the two-point conversion to tie the game. On what would be the Patriots' final drive, Brady threw a 49-yard pass play to Caldwell, setting-up a field goal that gave New England a 24–21 lead with 1:10 remaining. The Chargers drove down the field, but missed a game-tying field goal attempt, as the Patriots held on to win.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the AFC Championship, the Patriots traveled to Indianapolis to play the Colts. The Patriots led at halftime, 21–6; however, Peyton Manning led the Colts to a comeback. Brady threw a late-game interception and the Patriots lost, 38–34.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady finished the loss 21 of 34 for 232 yards, one touchdown, and one interception.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007: Perfect regular season and first MVP
Playing with an overhauled receiver corps—in the 2007 off-season, the Patriots acquired wide receivers Donté Stallworth, Wes Welker, Kelley Washington, and Randy Moss; tight end Kyle Brady; and running back Sammy Morris—Brady enjoyed one of the best seasons by a quarterback.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady was named AFC Offensive Player of the Month for September and October.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady led the Patriots to the first 16–0 regular-season record in NFL history, outscoring opponents by an average of 37–17.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He attained career, franchise, and NFL records and milestones in the process. He was named as the AFC Offensive Player of the Week five times.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In a Week 6 game against the Dallas Cowboys, he had a career-high five passing touchdowns in a 48–27 win. The win tied him with Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach for the most wins by a starting quarterback, in his first 100 regular-season starts, with 76.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The next week, in part of a 49–28 win against the Dolphins, he had another record day, with a career-high six passing touchdowns, setting a franchise record. He had the first game with a perfect passer rating of his career.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> As part of a come-from-behind 24–20 victory against the Colts, he threw for another three touchdowns, the ninth consecutive game in which he had done so, breaking Peyton Manning's record of eight.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> During the last game of the season against the Giants in which the Patriots won 38–35, Brady threw his 50th touchdown of the season, breaking Manning's single-season record of 49 from 2004.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady finished the season with 4,806 passing yards, 50 touchdown passes, eight interceptions, and a career-high 117.2 passer rating.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was unanimously voted the greatest passing season ever by ESPN in 2013. His 50:8 touchdown to interception ratio was a then-NFL record. He became the first quarterback to pass for 50 touchdowns. He led the Patriots to the first undefeated regular season since the 16-game schedule was implemented in 1978. He directed an offense that scored a then-NFL record 589 points and 75 total touchdowns. The team's 50 total touchdown passes is the fourth-most ever in a season. Brady was named the Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year. He was honored by the Associated Press as their Male Athlete of the Year, the first time an NFL player earned the honor since Montana won in 1990.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was named as a First-Team All-Pro and to his fourth career Pro Bowl.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the Patriots' first playoff game, a Divisional Round game against the Jaguars, Brady began with an NFL postseason record 16 consecutive completed passes, and finished with 26 completions in 28 attempts, a completion rate of 92.9% as the Patriots won 31–20. That is the highest single-game completion percentage (with at least 20 attempts) in NFL postseason history.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> With the win, the Patriots matched the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins as the only team to win 17 consecutive games in one season.
Statistically, Brady did not fare as well in the AFC Championship Game against the Chargers, throwing for 209 yards, two touchdowns, and three interceptions. Nevertheless, the Patriots won their 18th game of the season, 21–12, to advance to the Super Bowl for the fourth time in seven seasons. Brady, with the 100th win of his career, also set an NFL record for the fewest games needed by a starting quarterback to do so: his 100–26 record is sixteen games better than Joe Montana's.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In Super Bowl XLII against the New York Giants, Brady was pressured heavily and sacked five times. The Patriots managed to take the lead with a Brady touchdown to Moss with less than three minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, but the Giants were able to drive and score a last-minute touchdown to upset the Patriots 17–14, taking away what would have been the first perfect season since the NFL expanded its regular season to 16 games.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008: Injury
In the Patriots' season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs at Gillette Stadium (in which the Patriots won 17–10), Brady's left knee was seriously injured midway through the first quarter on a hit by Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard; Brady left the game and did not return. The team later confirmed that he would require surgery, and it would prematurely end his 2008 season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Brady tore both his anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The injury ended Brady's streak of 111 consecutive starts.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Dr. Neal ElAttrache performed the anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction at the Los Angeles Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic on October 6, using Brady's patellar tendon graft to replace the torn ligament, and also repaired his medial collateral ligament, through a separate incision in his left knee.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> An infection in the wound resulted in further debridement surgery several times since the original procedure. Brady received IV antibiotics for this infection which, at the time, threatened to delay his rehab.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Despite Brady's absence, the Patriots managed to finish the 2008 season with an 11–5 record; however, due to tiebreakers, the Patriots not only failed to win the AFC East division title, but missed the playoffs altogether for the first time since the 2002 season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2009: Return from injury
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In the 2009 season opener against the Bills, Brady's first game in more than a year, he threw for 378 yards and two touchdowns. In the final three minutes of the game, the Patriots were down 24–13 before Brady and tight end Benjamin Watson connected on two straight touchdowns to lead the Patriots to a 25–24 win.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He won AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Bills.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On October 18, 2009, under blizzard conditions, Brady set an NFL record against the Titans for most touchdowns in a quarter, throwing five in the second quarter. Brady finished the game with six touchdowns, tying his career-high from the 2007 season, and 380 yards, completing 29-of-34 attempts, finishing with a nearly perfect passer rating of 152.8.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Patriots' 59–0 victory over the Titans tied the record for the largest margin of victory since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and set a record for largest halftime lead in NFL history, which was 45–0.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He won AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his game against the Titans.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady was later named AFC Offensive Player of the Month for October.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For Week 16, Brady won AFC Offensive Player of the Week for a four-touchdown game in a 35–7 win over the Jaguars.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady finished the 2009 regular season with 4,398 yards passing and 28 touchdowns for a 96.2 rating,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> despite a broken right ring finger and three fractured ribs, which were suffered over the course of the season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was selected as a reserve to the 2010 Pro Bowl and named the 2009 NFL Comeback Player of the Year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady ended the 2009 season throwing for 154 passing yards, two touchdowns, and three interceptions in a 33–14 Wild Card Round loss to the Baltimore Ravens.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> This was his first career home playoff loss and the Patriots' first home playoff loss since 1978.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010: Second MVP
On September 10, 2010, Brady signed a four-year, $72 million contract extension, making him the highest-paid player in the NFL. The extension included $48.5 million in guaranteed money.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady became the fastest quarterback to achieve 100 regular season wins by helping his team defeat the Dolphins 41–14 on October 4.<ref name="Matuszewski">Template:Cite web</ref> On November 25, in a Thanksgiving Day game against the Lions, he earned a perfect passer rating for the second time in his career as the Patriots won 45–24.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The next week, a 45–3 victory over the Jets, Brady set a record of 26 consecutive regular-season home wins, breaking Brett Favre's record.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He won AFC Offensive Player of the Week for the two games against the Lions and Jets.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For December, Brady was named AFC Offensive Player of the Month.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady threw for 3,900 yards with 36 touchdowns and only four interceptions on the season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady was selected as a starter to the 2011 Pro Bowl.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, he pulled out of the game (and was replaced by his former backup Matt Cassel, who then played for the Chiefs) after undergoing surgery for a stress fracture in his right foot dating back to 2008.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady was also the only unanimous selection for the AP All-Pro Team and was named the 2010 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year. By unanimous decision, he won the MVP award for the second time in his career.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On the inaugural NFL Top 100 Players list, Brady was ranked as the best player in the NFL by his peers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
After earning the #1 seed and a bye week, the Patriots lost to the Jets in the Divisional Round, 28–21. Brady finished the game 29-of-45 for 299 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception which ended his NFL record of consecutive pass attempts without an interception at 340.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2011: Loss in Super Bowl XLVI
In Week 1 of the 2011 season, Brady threw for a career-high 517 yards, four touchdowns, and one interception in a 38–24 win over the Dolphins and earned AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the game, he threw a record-tying 99-yard touchdown pass to Wes Welker.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="99 yards">Template:Cite web</ref> Brady won AFC Offensive Player of the Week for the following game against the Chargers. He had 423 yards and three touchdowns in the 35–21 victory.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady closed out the season being named AFC Offensive Player of the Month for November and December.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In addition, he was the Week 16 AFC Offensive Player of the Week.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady had a statistically successful season, and in the regular season finale against the Bills (a 49–21 win), he became the fourth quarterback to throw for 5,000 yards in a season, finishing with 5,235; although Brady surpassed Dan Marino's longstanding record of 5,084 passing yards, he finished the season second in passing yards behind Drew Brees' 5,476.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Patriots finished the season 13–3 and clinched the AFC's #1 seed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For his efforts in the 2011 season, Brady was named to the Pro Bowl and was named as the fourth-best player in the NFL on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2012 by his peers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady led the Patriots to a 45–10 win over the Broncos in the Divisional Round, where he tied an NFL playoff record shared by Daryle Lamonica and Steve Young, throwing for six touchdown passes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The win gave Brady and Patriots head coach Bill Belichick sole possession of the NFL record for postseason wins by a quarterback–head coach duo with 15.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the AFC Championship game against the Ravens, Brady failed to throw a touchdown pass for the first time in 36 games, though he did score a one-yard rushing touchdown late in the game. A missed field goal from Ravens kicker Billy Cundiff gave Brady and the Patriots a 23–20 victory, sending Brady to his fifth Super Bowl.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In Super Bowl XLVI, Brady and the Patriots met the Giants in a rematch of Super Bowl XLII, which the Giants won 21–17. On the Patriots' first offensive series, Brady was penalized for intentional grounding in the end zone, giving up a safety which gave the Giants an early 2–0 lead. Brady would bounce back from this early blunder, leading a Super Bowl record-tying 96-yard touchdown drive to close the first half and at one point completing 16 consecutive passes to give him a 20-of-23 mark partway into the third quarter, another Super Bowl record.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, as was also the case four years earlier, the Patriots could not hold a late lead and allowed Eli Manning to lead the Giants to a game-winning touchdown with less than a minute left, giving Brady his second career Super Bowl loss.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 and 2013 seasons
Brady started all 16 regular season games of the 2012 season and led the Patriots to a 12–4 record. He earned AFC Offensive Player of the Week three times that year in Weeks 4, 8, and 14.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He became the first quarterback to lead his team to ten division titles.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> With a 557-point total, the Patriots became the first team to score at least 500 points in a season four different times, with Brady leading all four squads, also a record. He finished the season with 4,827 passing yards, 34 touchdowns, only eight interceptions, and a passer rating of 98.7.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady was named to the Pro Bowl for the eighth time in his career.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On the NFL Top 100 Players of 2013, Brady was ranked fourth by his fellow players for the second consecutive year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady led the Patriots to a 41–28 win over the Houston Texans in the Divisional Round.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> With the victory, Brady surpassed Joe Montana for most career playoff wins, with 17.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Patriots were then upset by the eventual Super Bowl XLVII champion Ravens, 28–13, in the AFC Championship.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He suffered his first career loss at home when leading by halftime, in which he was previously 67–0.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On February 25, 2013, Brady and the Patriots agreed on a three-year contract extension, which kept him with the team through 2017.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Sportswriter Peter King called it an "amazing" deal and also noted that it reflected Patriots owner Robert Kraft's desire to make sure that Brady retired as a Patriot.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Brady and the Patriots began the season with much upheaval on the offensive side of the ball. Tight end Rob Gronkowski was injured and Aaron Hernandez was arrested. Wes Welker departed to the Broncos, Danny Woodhead left in free agency for the Chargers, and Brandon Lloyd was released from the team. In order to replace the five players, the Patriots signed Danny Amendola in free agency from the Rams, drafted rookie wide receivers Aaron Dobson and Josh Boyce, and signed undrafted rookie free agent wide receiver Kenbrell Thompkins. In the first two games of the season, Brady completed 52% of his passes and had three touchdowns and one interception.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady was in pursuit of Drew Brees' record of at least one touchdown in 54 consecutive regular season games and saw the streak end at 52 games in a Week 5 13–6 loss against the Bengals.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady earned AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his Week 12 overtime victory over the Broncos.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady and the Patriots would go on to finish the season well, as Brady was named to the Pro Bowl for the ninth time in his career and was ranked third on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2014 list in the off-season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Patriots finished the season 12–4 to earn the second seed in the AFC and a first-round bye.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the Divisional Round matchup against the Colts, Brady made his 25th playoff appearance, breaking Brett Favre's career record for playoff appearances by a quarterback. The Patriots won 43–22 behind a four-touchdown performance from running back LeGarrette Blount.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The following week, the Patriots lost 26–16 to the Broncos in the AFC Championship.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014: Fourth Super Bowl win
Brady started the 2014 season with a 33–20 loss to the Dolphins.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was Brady's first opening day loss since the 2003 season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After going 2–1 in the next three games, Brady helped lead the Patriots to a seven-game winning streak. In that stretch, Brady had two games with four touchdown passes and one game with five.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He won AFC Offensive Player of the Month for October.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady clinched his NFL record 12th AFC East division title with a Week 14 win against the San Diego Chargers, later in the season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady was named to his tenth career Pro Bowl and was ranked third by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2015 list.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In a 35–31 Divisional Round win over the Ravens,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady threw for three touchdowns and ran in a fourth, breaking Curtis Martin's club record for rushing touchdowns in the playoffs; Brady also broke Joe Montana's record for playoff touchdowns with 46.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After the Ravens scored on their first two possessions, the Patriots were quickly down 14–0, but would end up tying the game 14–14. Brady threw an interception at the end of the first half, which wound up leading to a Baltimore 21–14 halftime lead. Down 28–14, Brady engineered an 80-yard drive, culminating in a touchdown to Rob Gronkowski to cut the lead to 28–21. The Patriots tied the game once again at 28 off of a trick play where Brady passed laterally to Julian Edelman who then threw a 51-yard touchdown to Amendola. Ravens kicker Justin Tucker converted a 25-yard field goal to give Baltimore a 31–28 fourth quarter lead. Brady got the ball back, and threw a 23-yard touchdown to wide receiver Brandon LaFell to give the Patriots their first lead, 35–31, with 5:13 remaining. After a Duron Harmon interception and a Joe Flacco Hail Mary attempt failed, Brady clinched his record ninth AFC Championship Game appearance. It was his fourth straight overall. After a 45–7 blowout of the Colts,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady advanced to play in his sixth Super Bowl, breaking a tie with John Elway for most career Super Bowl appearances by a quarterback.
In Super Bowl XLIX, Brady completed 37-of-50 passes for 328 yards, four touchdowns, and two interceptions. He guided a then-record ten-point fourth quarter comeback as the Patriots defeated the Seattle Seahawks 28–24 to give Brady his fourth Super Bowl ring, tying him with Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw for most Super Bowl victories by a starting quarterback.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was named Super Bowl MVP for the third time, tying Montana's record.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady's 37 completed passes in the game set a Super Bowl record at the time, which Brady himself would break in Super Bowl LI two years later.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Deflategate report
On May 6, 2015, the NFL published a 243-page report regarding the deflation of footballs used in the previous season's AFC Championship Game.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The report concluded that, more likely than not, Brady was at least generally aware of the intentional deflation. On May 11, Brady was suspended for four games by the NFL for his involvement based on "substantial and credible evidence" that Brady knew Patriots employees were deflating footballs and that he was uncooperative with the investigators.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> That day, Troy Vincent—NFL Executive Vice President of Football Operations—penned a letter to Brady that stated in part: "Your actions as set forth in the report clearly constitute conduct detrimental to the integrity of and public confidence in the game of professional football."<ref name="National Football League">Template:Cite web</ref> Brady, through the NFL Players Association, appealed the suspension on May 14.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On July 28, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell upheld Brady's four-game suspension.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Goodell cited Brady's destruction of his cell phone as a critical factor in his decision to uphold Brady's suspension.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The NFL also filed papers in federal court seeking to confirm Roger Goodell's decision.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady gave permission to the NFLPA to appeal the suspension in federal court,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and released a statement on his Facebook page that expressed disappointment in and criticism of Goodell's decision to uphold the suspension.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Commentary on the initial punishment was mixed. Bleacher Report writer Mike Freeman made a statement agreeing with Goodell's decision, saying the penalties were "brutal, but it deserved to be".<ref name="MFreeman">Template:Cite web</ref> Various commentators also implied that the prior reputation of the Patriots organization as a team that bends rules appeared to factor into the harshness of the punishment.<ref name="MFreeman" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Others described the punishment as "firm but fair".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On September 3, Judge Richard M. Berman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated Brady's suspension; this ruling allowed Brady to play in the first four games of the 2015 NFL season. In his decision, Judge Berman cited the NFL's failure to provide proper notice to Brady of the charges against him and the potential for a suspension.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Post-appeal commentary also criticized Goodell for "manipulating Brady's testimony" at the appeal hearing in his decision.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In February 2022, sportswriter Mike Florio revealed that the NFL falsified data and hid information that would have cleared Brady and the Patriots of wrongdoing. In his book Playmakers: How the NFL Really Works (And Doesn't), Florio revealed that NFL executives, specifically vice president Troy Vincent, jumped to conclusions about the air pressure inside the Patriots' footballs at halftime of the AFC Championship game. He also noted that 11 of the 12 Patriot footballs used in the game were actually not outside the predicted range of Ideal Gas Law, and the other was only slightly below.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Florio also revealed that NFL general counsel Jeff Pash ordered that the records of all PSI data gathered from the 2015 season be deleted. Leaked transcripts revealed that NFL senior VP of football operations Dave Gardi used false numbers in his letter to the Patriots which ordered that the team was to be investigated. It was also shown that Vincent did not instruct anyone to record the timing of the measurements taken, the temperature in the room during testing, if the footballs tested were wet or dry, and that he did not know which of the two air pressure gauges was used to make the pregame measurements. Vincent also admitted that he and other NFL executives never heard of the Ideal Gas Law and were unaware that PSI in a football can change in certain environments.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 season
In the NFL Kickoff game, Brady led the Patriots to a 28–21 win over the Steelers. He threw for 288 yards and four touchdowns, three of them to Rob Gronkowski.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Patriots' victory was the 161st victory of Brady's career, all with the Patriots, which surpassed the record held by former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre for most regular season wins by a starting quarterback with a single team.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Week 2, Brady threw for 466 yards and three touchdowns in a 40–32 win against the Bills. Through the first five games of the season, Brady threw a total of 14 touchdowns with one interception and had a quarterback rating of 118.4.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady was named AFC Offensive Player of the Month for September.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Week 8, a 36–7 victory over the Dolphins, he had 356 passing yards and four touchdowns to earn his 25th career AFC Offensive Player of the Week title.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Despite Brady's success, the Patriots were hit by many injuries to key players on offense, including wide receiver Julian Edelman, and the Patriots eventually lost their first game against the Broncos 30–24 in overtime, who were without Peyton Manning, in Denver following a 10–0 start.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Patriots then lost three of their remaining five games to finish 12–4 for a fourth straight season, earning the 2-seed in the AFC.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady finished the regular season with a league-leading 36 touchdown passes and seven interceptions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was named to his 11th Pro Bowl (seventh straight), and was ranked as the second best player on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2016 behind only league MVP Cam Newton.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
With the return of Julian Edelman from a foot injury, the Patriots defeated the Chiefs in the Divisional Round by a score of 27–20 after advancing with a first round bye.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady completed 28 of 42 passes for 302 yards and two passing touchdowns and one rushing touchdown as he led the team to their fifth consecutive appearance in the AFC Championship.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Patriots advanced to the AFC Championship to face Peyton Manning and the Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. It would turn out to be the 17th and final meeting between the two storied quarterbacks, as Manning would announce his retirement after the season ended. The Broncos' top-ranked defense limited Brady, who completed 27-of-56 passes, for 310 yards, two interceptions and a passing touchdown, all day, and the Patriots eventually lost the game 20–18 after a potential game-tying two-point conversion attempt failed with less than half a minute remaining.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Deflategate suspension
On February 29, 2016, Brady signed a two-year contract extension covering the 2018 and 2019 seasons.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On March 3, the NFL appealed Judge Richard M. Berman's 2015 decision to vacate Brady's four-game suspension as punishment for his alleged role in the Deflategate scandal. At the hearing, the three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit questioned Players Association lawyer Jeffrey L. Kessler and NFL lawyer Paul Clement, with Circuit Judge Denny Chin stating that "the evidence of ball tampering is compelling, if not overwhelming."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On April 25, the decision to vacate Brady's four-game suspension was overturned by the U.S. Appeals Court.<ref name="reinstated suspension">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Circuit Judge Barrington Daniels Parker Jr., joined by Circuit Judge Chin, wrote that they could not "second-guess" the arbitration but were merely determining it "met the minimum legal standards established by the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Circuit Chief Judge Robert Katzmann dissented, writing that the NFL's fines for using stickum was "highly analogous" and that here "the Commissioner was doling out his own brand of industrial justice."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On May 23, Brady appealed for his case to be reheard by the full U.S. 2nd Circuit Court.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The 2nd Circuit Court denied Brady's request for an en banc hearing on July 13.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On July 15, Brady announced that he would give up his Deflategate fight and accept his suspension for the first four regular season games of the 2016 season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2016: Fifth Super Bowl win
After serving his four-game suspension, Brady made his 2016 season debut on October 9 on the road against the Browns; he completed 28-of-40 passes for 406 yards and three touchdowns in a 33–13 victory to earn AFC Offensive Player of the Week.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady's outstanding numbers during his first four games following the suspension earned him the AFC Offensive Player of the Month award for October.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In Week 11, Brady recorded four touchdowns and no interceptions in a 30–17 road win against the 49ers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Those four touchdown passes gave him a total of 444 career regular season touchdown passes with one team, breaking Brett Favre's record with the Green Bay Packers. The following week, Brady completed 30-of-50 passes for 286 yards and two touchdowns in a 22–17 road victory against the Jets.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The win was also the Patriots' 500th victory (including playoffs) in franchise history. During this victory, Brady also became the fifth quarterback to record 60,000 career regular season passing yards, joining Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, Drew Brees, and Dan Marino.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The following week, Brady and the Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams by a score of 26–10,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> giving Brady his record-201st career victory, including playoff games.<ref name="201 wins">Template:Cite web</ref>
With a 16–3 victory over the Broncos,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the Patriots clinched an eighth consecutive AFC East title and a seventh consecutive first-round bye in the playoffs, both NFL records.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On December 20, 2016, Brady was named to the Pro Bowl for the eighth straight season and 12th time overall.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady ended the regular season with 28 passing touchdowns and only two interceptions for the regular season, breaking the previous TD:INT ratio record of Nick Foles's 27:2 figure set in 2013 with the Eagles.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady was named to the AP All-Pro Second Team.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady was also ranked first on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2017 as the best player in the league, becoming the first player to be named as #1 twice since the listing began.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady and the Patriots began their postseason run in the Divisional Round, hosting the Texans, which held the league's No. 1 total defense. Brady completed 18-of-38 passes for 287 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions as the Patriots won 34–16, clinching a record sixth consecutive trip to the AFC Championship Game.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the AFC Championship, the Patriots hosted the Steelers. Brady completed 32-of-42 passes for 384 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions in the 36–17 victory. The win gave Brady and Patriots head coach Bill Belichick their record seventh conference title as a quarterback–head coach tandem, and the Patriots an NFL record ninth Super Bowl appearance.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady and the Patriots faced the NFC champion Atlanta Falcons, who boasted the league's highest-scoring offense, in Super Bowl LI. Brady threw for 43 completions on 62 attempts for 466 passing yards—all Super Bowl records at the time. Brady also threw for two touchdowns and an interception, which was returned for a touchdown by Robert Alford in the second quarter. After trailing 28–3 midway through the third quarter, Brady and the Patriots scored 25 unanswered points to tie the game at the end of regulation. This resulted in the first overtime in Super Bowl history. After winning the overtime coin toss, Brady led the Patriots down the field to score a touchdown and win the game by a score of 34–28,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> completing the largest comeback win in both team history and Super Bowl history. With the victory, Brady won his fifth Super Bowl, which set a record for most Super Bowl victories of any quarterback in history and tied defensive player Charles Haley for the most Super Bowl victories for any player. In addition, Brady set another record by winning his fourth Super Bowl MVP award for his clutch performance.<ref name="Pro Football Reference5">Template:Cite web</ref> On a personal note, this game was also special for Brady because it was the first game this season that his mother had attended in person, after having been previously diagnosed with cancer.<ref name="The Perspective">Template:Cite web</ref>
2017: Third MVP and loss in Super Bowl LII
On May 12, 2017, Brady was announced as the cover athlete for Madden NFL 18.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In a CBS interview on May 17, Charlie Rose asked Brady's wife, Gisele Bündchen, if she wanted Brady to retire, despite the fact that he was still playing at a high level. Bündchen mentioned that Brady suffered from a concussion in 2016, saying, "I mean he has concussions pretty much every—I mean we don't talk about—but he does have concussions. I don't really think it's a healthy thing for anybody to go through."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Following the Bündchen interview, the NFL released a statement: "We have reviewed all reports relating to Tom Brady from the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultants and certified athletic trainer spotters who worked at Patriots' home and away 2016 season games as well as club injury reports that were sent to the league office. There are no records that indicate that Mr. Brady suffered a head injury or concussion, or exhibited or complained of concussion symptoms. Today we have been in contact with the NFLPA and will work together to gather more information from the club's medical staff and Mr. Brady".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady's agent, Don Yee, said that Brady was not diagnosed with a concussion during the 2016 season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Patriots opened up their 2017 season with a 42–27 loss in the NFL Kickoff game to the Chiefs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Week 2, Brady's three touchdown passes and 447 passing yards in a 36–20 win over the New Orleans Saints earned him his 28th AFC Offensive Player of the Week award,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> breaking the record previously held by Peyton Manning for the most AFC Offensive Player of the Week awards in a career.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He won the AFC Offensive Player of the Week again in the following week for his 378-yard, five-touchdown game in a 36–33 win over the Texans.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Week 6, the Patriots defeated the Jets, 24–17.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady obtained his 187th career win, setting the record for most regular season wins in NFL history.<ref name="mostwins">Template:Cite web</ref> In Week 10, Brady won his third AFC Offensive Player of the Month for his three-touchdown game in a 41–16 win over the Broncos.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For the month of November, Brady won AFC Offensive Player of the Month.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On December 19, Brady was selected to the Pro Bowl for the 13th time in his career.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> At age 40, Brady became the oldest quarterback ever to start all of his team's games in an NFL regular season.Template:Efn Brady finished the regular season with a league-leading 4,577 passing yards, making him the oldest player ever to lead the league in passing yards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was named a first-team All-Pro by the Associated Press for the third time in his career.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Earning 40 of 50 votes, Brady was named the NFL Most Valuable Player for the third time in his career.<ref name="Wesseling2018" /> For the second straight year and third time overall, Brady was ranked No. 1 by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady and the Patriots began their postseason run by defeating the Titans, 35–14, in the Divisional Round of the playoffs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> With the win, the Patriots advanced to the AFC Championship Game for the seventh straight year. Days after the divisional round, it was revealed that Brady had a minor cut on his right hand, which required stitches.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Despite this injury, Brady managed to start the AFC Championship Game, where the Patriots hosted the Jaguars. Brady led a fourth quarter comeback to lead the Patriots to a 24–20 victory.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The win gave Brady and Patriots head coach Bill Belichick their eighth conference title as a quarterback–head coach tandem, and the Patriots a berth in Super Bowl LII, their tenth Super Bowl appearance as a team, both of which extended NFL records.
In Super Bowl LII, the Patriots faced the Eagles and their second-string quarterback Nick Foles. Brady completed 28-of-48 attempts for three passing touchdowns, no interceptions, and a Super Bowl record 505 yards–which set a new postseason game record for the most passing yards in NFL history.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> With roughly two minutes remaining in the game and the Eagles leading 38–33, Brady was strip-sacked by Brandon Graham. The Eagles recovered the fumble and cemented their 41–33 win with a field goal, securing their first franchise Super Bowl victory in a game with the most combined total yardage in NFL history.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> This was the third time overall that Brady had lost in a Super Bowl, becoming the fourth starting quarterback in Super Bowl history to lose at least three Super Bowls joining Jim Kelly, Fran Tarkenton, and John Elway.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2018–2019: Sixth Super Bowl win and final season in New England
Brady started his 19th NFL season with 277 passing yards, three touchdowns, and one interception in a 27–20 victory over the Texans in the season opener.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Week 5, in a 38–24 win against the Colts, Brady's 500th career touchdown pass went to Josh Gordon, who became the 71st different player to catch a touchdown from Brady, breaking a record previously held by Vinny Testaverde.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Week 6, in a 43–40 win against the Chiefs, Brady secured his 200th career regular season win, making him the only quarterback in NFL history to accomplish that feat. In Week 15, Brady reached 70,000 passing yards, becoming the fourth quarterback in NFL history to accomplish the feat. During Week 16 against the Bills, Brady was limited to 126 passing yards, but the Patriots won 24–12, clinching the AFC East pennant for the 10th consecutive season and 16th time in 18 years.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Week 17, Brady helped the Patriots clinch a first-round bye, with a 38–3 win against the Jets.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady finished the season completing 375-of-570 passes, 4,355 yards, 29 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He earned his 14th career Pro Bowl nomination.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was ranked sixth by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Following their first-round bye, the Patriots started their playoff run at home against the Los Angeles Chargers in the Divisional Round. The Patriots jumped out to a 35–7 halftime lead en route to a 41–28 win. With the win, the Patriots advanced to the AFC Championship Game for an eighth consecutive year, this time to face the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Patriots went into halftime with a 14–0 lead. However, the Chiefs led by young quarterback Patrick Mahomes battled back in the second half and sent the game into overtime with a score of 31–31. The Patriots won the coin toss to start overtime and elected to receive the ball. Brady led the Patriots on a 75-yard drive that resulted in a game-winning two-yard rushing touchdown by Rex Burkhead, to win the game 37Template:Ndash31. With the victory, Brady earned a third consecutive and ninth overall Super Bowl appearance for his career.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In Super Bowl LIII, Brady completed 21-of-35 passes for 262 passing yards and an interception as the Patriots won 13–3 over the Rams in the lowest-scoring Super Bowl in history. This was the first time in his nine Super Bowl appearances in which Brady did not have a passing touchdown, though with the game tied 3–3 and less than eight minutes left he successfully connected with Rob Gronkowski down the sideline between three defenders to set up the go-ahead touchdown.<ref name="swsplit">Template:Cite web</ref> With the victory, the Patriots became the second NFL team to win six Super Bowls, tying the Steelers for the most in NFL history.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In addition, Brady became the oldest quarterback atTemplate:Nbsp41 years of age to win a Super Bowl,<ref name="The Perspective" /> as well as the first player ever to win six Super Bowls, breaking a tie with Charles Haley.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On August 4, 2019, Brady signed a two-year contract extension worth $70Template:Nbspmillion through the 2021 season;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the terms of the contract allowed Brady to become a free agent after the 2019 season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Against the 2019 Patriots salary cap, Brady was the highest-paid player on the team at $21.5Template:Nbspmillion.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Belichick was unwilling to offer a longer-term deal that Brady sought.<ref name="Princiotti2021">Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady began the season by completingTemplate:Nbsp24 ofTemplate:Nbsp36 passes for 341 yards and three touchdowns in a 33–3 win over the Steelers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> During a 33–7 victory against the Washington Redskins in WeekTemplate:Nbsp5, Brady surpassed Brett Favre for third place on the all-time passing yards list.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The following week in a 35–14 win against the Giants, Brady overtook Peyton Manning for second place on the all-time passing yards list, behind only Drew Brees.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Although the Patriots' defense was performing well, the offense was notedly stagnant, and Brady told friends that he "felt Belichick had taken the offense for granted because of how good it had been for so long"; he said to NBC that he was the "most miserableTemplate:Nbsp8–0 quarterback in the NFL."<ref name="swsplit" /> Brady and the Patriots struggled during the second half of the season, losing three of their next five games following the 8–0 start, including back-to-back losses in WeeksTemplate:Nbsp13 and 14 against the Texans (28–22) and Chiefs (23–16).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In WeekTemplate:Nbsp17, Brady's final regular-season game as a Patriot, he threw for 221 yards and two touchdowns, but also threw an interception that was returned by former Patriots teammate Eric Rowe for a touchdown in a 27–24 loss to the Miami Dolphins. Although the Patriots finished the regular season with a 12–4 record and won the AFC East for the 11th consecutive year, this loss, combined with a win by the Chiefs, denied New England a first-round bye for the first time since 2009. Personally, however, Brady passed Peyton Manning for the second-most touchdown passes in NFL history, with 541.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Patriots began their postseason run in the Wild Card Round, where they faced the Titans. With his team trailing 14–13 and pinned back on its 1-yard line withTemplate:Nbsp15 seconds left in the game, Brady's final pass attempt of the gameTemplate:Sndsand his last as a PatriotTemplate:Sndswas intercepted and returned for a touchdown by Titans cornerback and former teammate Logan Ryan, which effectively sealed the 20–13 win for Tennessee.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> During the NFL's celebration of their 100th season, Brady was named to the NFL 100 All-Time Team.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> He was ranked 14th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2020.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On March 17, 2020, the day before his contract with the Patriots expired, Brady announced that he would not re-sign with the team for the 2020 season, ending his 20-year tenure in New England.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After Brady signed with Tampa Bay, billboards thanking Brady for his services were posted alongside the Massachusetts Turnpike and eleven other locations around New England.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2020 season: Seventh Super Bowl win
Brady signed with the Buccaneers on March 20, 2020. The two-year contract was worth $50 million in fully guaranteed money, with up to $4.5 million each year in incentives. The deal included a no-trade and a no-franchise tag clause.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Although his career number of 12 was assigned to Chris Godwin, Godwin offered it to Brady as a sign of respect and switched his number to 14.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In April 2020, Brady was reunited with former Patriots teammate Rob Gronkowski when the tight end came out of retirement and was traded to the Buccaneers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Head coach Bruce Arians stated that it was Brady who was adamant for the team to trade for Gronkowski.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Making his Buccaneers debut in New Orleans against the Saints on September 13, Brady completed 23-of-36 passes for 239 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions, and additionally scored a rushing touchdown as the Saints defeated the Buccaneers 34–23.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady bounced back with three solid performances as the Buccaneers won their next three games, including a Week 4 performance against the Chargers in which he completed 30 of 46 passes for 369 yards, five touchdowns, and an interception.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady's five touchdowns in the Buccaneers' 38–31 win against the Chargers marked the seventh time in his career he had five touchdowns in a game and, at age 43, made him the oldest quarterback to have a five-touchdown game.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Brady's Week 4 performance earned him the NFC Offensive Player of the Week award for the first time in his career.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For the month of October, Brady won NFC Offensive Player of the Month.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Week 9 against New Orleans, Brady threw for 209 yards and three interceptions during the 38–3 loss. This was the most lopsided loss of Brady's career, as well as the first time in his 20-year career that he had been swept by a divisional opponent.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady later said that playing behind closed doors from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the NFL made it easier for him to execute his new team's unfamiliar football playbook.<ref name="nfl20211025">Archived at GhostarchiveTemplate:Cbignore and the Wayback MachineTemplate:Cbignore: Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref> In Week 16 against the Lions, Brady completed 22-of-27 attempts with 348 yards, four touchdowns, and a perfect passer rating of 158.3 in the first half before being rested in the second half of the 47–7 victory. The win ended a 13-year playoff drought for the Buccaneers.<ref name="PlayoffDrought">Template:Cite web</ref> Overall, he finished the 2020 season with 4,633 passing yards, 40 passing touchdowns, and 12 interceptions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NotClose">Template:Cite web</ref> Due to the Saints winning the division, the Buccaneers settled for a wild card spot, marking a career-first for Brady.<ref name="Breech" />
In the Wild Card Round against the Washington Football Team, Brady threw for 381 yards and two touchdowns in the 31–23 win. During the game, he became the oldest player to throw a touchdown pass in NFL postseason history.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the Divisional Round against the Saints, Brady threw for 199 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for a touchdown in the 30–20 win. As Brady and Saints quarterback Drew Brees were both over 40 years old and were first and second in career touchdown passes and career passing yards, the game was hyped as the potential final matchup between the two stars<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (which it indeed turned out to be, as Brees retired following the season). Brady extended his record of Conference Championship game appearances to 14.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the NFC Championship, Brady threw for 280 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions in a 31–26 win over Aaron Rodgers and the Packers at Lambeau Field. It was another highly anticipated matchup since Brady and Rodgers were two of the most statistically efficient quarterbacks, and this was their first postseason matchup.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The win gave Brady his record-extending tenth Super Bowl appearance, making Brady the fourth quarterback to lead two different teams to the Super Bowl, joining Craig Morton, Kurt Warner, and Peyton Manning, and the second after Morton to reach the Super Bowl from both conferences.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Buccaneers became the first team to play in a Super Bowl in its home stadium.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Super Bowl LV was the first title game where both starting quarterbacks, Brady and his opposing counterpart Patrick Mahomes, have won the AP NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP awards; as Brady is Mahomes' senior by 18 years, some billed the matchup as comparable to Michael Jordan versus LeBron James.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns in Tampa Bay's 31–9 win over the Chiefs. He had led the Buccaneers to become only the seventh Wild Card team to win the Super Bowl and only the fifth to do so by winning three road games.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady was awarded Super Bowl MVP for the game. His two touchdown passes to tight end Rob Gronkowski set a record for most postseason touchdown passes for a passer-receiver duo, with 14, breaking the mark previously held by Joe Montana and Jerry Rice.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady extended his record for most Super Bowl wins by a player with his seventh and extended his record for Super Bowl MVP awards, with five.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady became the second quarterback, joining Peyton Manning, to lead two different teams to Super Bowl wins, but the first to win Super Bowl MVP with two different teams. He was the first quarterback to win the Super Bowl with teams from different conferences.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady became the player with the most championships in NFL history and tied Otto Graham for the most league championships in professional football history by a player at seven. With the win, Brady became the oldest quarterback in Super Bowl history to start, play, win, and receive the MVP award.<ref name="Kerr2021" /> He was ranked seventh by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2021.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021 season
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On February 11, 2021, it was revealed that Brady had knee discomfort through most of the 2020 season and would require a minor arthroscopy for a routine cleanup.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady signed a one-year contract extension through the 2022 season with the Buccaneers on March 12, 2021.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On July 15, it was revealed that Brady had a torn MCL in the knee that had to undergo surgery, an injury that had plagued him for the entire 2020 season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The NFL declined to comment on the Buccaneers' failure to disclose this injury.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the NFL Kickoff game against the Cowboys, Brady threw for 379 yards, four touchdowns, and two interceptions leading the Buccaneers to a 31–29 win. Brady and tight end Rob Gronkowski became the second passer-receiver duo to record 100 touchdown passes, joining Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Week 3, against the Rams, Brady threw for 432 yards, and had two touchdowns, and joined Drew Brees as the only players in NFL history to record 80,000 passing yards during the 34–24 loss.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In his return to New England in Week 4 against Belichick and rookie quarterback Mac Jones, Brady surpassed Brees, who coincidentally was on the sidelines as an analyst for NBC Sunday Night Football, for the most passing yards in National Football League history. He broke the record on a 28-yard completion to Mike Evans in the first quarter.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> With the victory over his former team, Brady became the fourth quarterback in NFL history to record a win against all 32 current teams in the league, joining Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, and Drew Brees. In addition, he became the sixth quarterback to have a victory against every incumbent NFL franchise after Fran Tarkenton and Joe Montana, as the league only had 28 teams during the latter two's respective tenures.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In Week 5, Brady threw for 411 yards and five touchdowns in a 45–17 win over the Dolphins, earning NFC Offensive Player of the Week.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Week 7, Brady became the first quarterback in NFL history to record 600 touchdown passes, with a nine-yard pass to Evans in a win against the Chicago Bears.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Week 14, Brady surpassed Brees for most all-time pass completions list in NFL history and became the first quarterback to record 700 touchdown passes in regular season and postseason combined with a game-winning 58-yard pass to Breshad Perriman against the Bills.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady finished the 2021 season with an NFL record 485 pass completions for a career-high 5,316 passing yards, 43 passing touchdowns, and 12 interceptions.<ref name="NewRecord">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady became the oldest player in NFL history to pass for at least 5,000 yards and his passing yards total marked the third-most for a single season in NFL history.<ref name="5000Yards">Template:Cite web</ref> He was named to the Pro Bowl for the 15th time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the Wild Card Round, the Buccaneers faced off against the Eagles, as a rematch of their Week 6 regular season game. Brady completed 29 of 37 passes for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns as they won 31–15.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady and the Buccaneers advanced to the Divisional Round to face off against the Rams, to whom they previously lost in the regular season. Brady and the Buccaneers fell behind 27–3 in the third quarter, until Brady was able to lead the team to 24 unanswered points and a tie game; however, the Rams scored a field goal in the closing seconds to defeat the Buccaneers 30–27. Brady finished the game with 329 yards, a touchdown, and an interception.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Rams later went on to win Super Bowl LVI.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady announced his retirement on February 1, 2022, after 22 seasons.<ref name="retires">Template:Cite news</ref> In Brady's first two years with Tampa, the Buccaneers posted a regular season record of 24–9, which were the two most successful back-to-back seasons in franchise history. Their 13–4 regular season record in 2021 was the best result in franchise history, eclipsing the 12–4 record of the 2002 Super Bowl winning team.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Prior to Brady's arrival, the franchise had an all-time playoff record of 6–9; at the time of Brady's retirement, the all-time playoff record for Tampa Bay stood at 11–10.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was ranked first by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2022, his fourth time being ranked first.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022 season
On March 13, 2022, just 40 days after initially announcing his retirement, Brady announced he would return to the Buccaneers for the 2022 season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the Buccaneers' season-opening game against the Cowboys, Brady became the oldest quarterback to start a game in NFL history.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In Week 3 against the Packers, Brady became the first quarterback in NFL history to reach 85,000 career passing yards.<ref name="Pro Football Reference7">Template:Cite web</ref> Brady and the Buccaneers lost in Weeks 6, 7, and 8, dropping the team to 3–5. It was the first three-game losing streak for Brady since his 2002 season with the Patriots.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Week 8 against the Ravens, Brady was sacked by Justin Houston just before halftime. In turn, Brady became the most sacked quarterback in NFL history with 555 sacks taken, passing Ben Roethlisberger.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In Week 9 against the Rams, Brady became the first quarterback in NFL history to reach 100,000 passing yards in his career (combined regular season and postseason).<ref name="brady100k">Template:Cite web</ref> With nine seconds left in regulation, Brady completed a touchdown pass to rookie tight end Cade Otton to win 16–13. The game-winning drive was the 55th of Brady's career, passing Peyton Manning for the most all-time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The following week, Brady led the Buccaneers to a 21–16 victory over the Seahawks in a game played in Germany, making Brady the first quarterback to win NFL games in three different countries outside the U.S. (having won games played in England and Mexico while he was with New England).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On November 27, Brady saw a streak end. He was 218–0 when his team was leading by at least seven points in the final two minutes of regulation. Facing the Browns, the Buccaneers led by seven until the final thirty seconds when the Browns tied the game on a touchdown in an eventual overtime win by Cleveland.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In a Week 13 matchup against the Saints, Brady threw a touchdown pass to Rachaad White with three seconds remaining to complete a 13-point comeback.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> This was the second time in Brady's career that he had surmounted a fourth quarter deficit of 13-plus points, the first being versus the Falcons in Super Bowl LI when the Patriots came back after being down 28–3 to win in overtime.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In Week 17, against the Panthers, he passed for 432 yards and three touchdowns in the 30–24 victory.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Week 18 against the Falcons, Brady broke his own NFL record for completions in a season, as well as Matthew Stafford's 2012 record for pass attempts in a season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, the Buccaneers lost 30–17, giving Brady his first career losing season as the starter.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 2022 marked the first season in which Brady lost eight or more games.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady was pulled in the second quarter to prevent injury, as the Buccaneers had clinched their playoff position the previous week by winning the NFC South.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Against the Dallas Cowboys in the Wild Card Round, Brady passed for 351 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception in the 31–14 loss.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the loss, Brady set postseason single-game franchise records for pass attempts (66) and pass completions (35).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The loss to the Cowboys marked the first time since 2013 that Brady lost in the playoffs in consecutive seasons.<ref name="Pro Football Reference Profile" />
Retirement
On February 1, 2023, Brady announced on social media that he was retiring "for good".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He filed his retirement papers with the NFL and NFLPA nine days later.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> During a halftime ceremony on September 10, 2023, the Patriots' first game of the season, Robert Kraft announced he would waive the traditional four-year post-retirement waiting period required for Brady's candidacy to the Patriots Hall of Fame, as well as directly inducting him without the customary ballot. His induction took place on June 12, 2024 (the date chosen in reference for the number of championships Brady won in New England, as June is the sixth month of the year, and with his jersey number representing the day), in the first Patriots Hall of Fame induction ceremony to take place within Gillette Stadium.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady was the first person in Gillette Stadium history to become a "Keeper of the Light", ringing the bell in the newly redesigned lighthouse.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the presence of his family, former teammates, coaches, friends, as well as a crowd of over 60,000 fans at Gillette Stadium, the Patriots celebrated Brady's career with the franchise in a dedicated three-hour event. After speaker panels and video tributes, he was inducted as the 35th member of the Patriots Hall of Fame. Brady delivered a heartfelt speech to the crowd, declaring: "All our lives take us on different journeys, they take us to different places, they bring different people into our lives, but one thing I am sure of — and that will never change — is that I am a Patriot for life."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In an Instagram post in December 2023, reflecting on the year, Brady stated that he heavily considered un-retiring a second time in May 2023 to play the 2023 season but was "forced" to decide against it when his friends hosted a surprise retirement party for him.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On June 12, 2024, prior to the induction ceremony, Governor Maura Healey declared June 12 officially "Tom Brady Day" in Massachusetts.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Kraft announced that the franchise would formally retire Brady's number 12 jersey and revealed that a Template:Convert statue of Brady was being constructed to be placed at the Patriots Hall of Fame building.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The statue of Tom Brady, displayed in front of Gillette Stadium, was unveiled in a public ceremony on August 8, 2025.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Broadcasting career
On May 10, 2022, Fox Sports announced that Brady would join the network as the lead color commentator.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady's deal with Fox will reportedly pay him $375 million over 10 years, making Brady the highest paid sports commentator in history.<ref name="FoxBroadcast">Template:Cite web</ref> Brady began his broadcasting career during the 2024 UFL Championship Game's second quarter,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and made his NFL on Fox debut alongside play caller Kevin Burkhardt starting with the 2024 NFL season. Brady was also a part of the Fox broadcast team for Super Bowl LIX.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
However, the NFL has put several restrictions on Brady after he submitted a bid to become part owner of the Las Vegas Raiders. Brady may not attend in-person or online broadcast production meetings, nor is he allowed to have access to team facilities, coaches, or players. He also must follow rules in the NFL constitution and bylaws that prohibit owners or prospective owners from publicly criticizing game officials and other teams.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> These restrictions were "relaxed" prior to the 2025 NFL season where Brady was allowed to attend production meetings remotely and to interview players off-site.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
NFL career statistics
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| 2000 | NE | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 42.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | NE | 15 | 14 | 11–3 | 264 | 413 | 63.9 | 2,843 | 6.9 | 91 | 18 | 4.4 | 12 | 2.9 | 86.5 | 36 | 43 | 1.2 | 12 | 0 | 41 | 216 | 12 | 1 |
| 2002 | NE | 16 | 16 | 9–7 | 373 | 601 | 62.1 | 3,764 | 6.3 | 49 | 28 | 4.7 | 14 | 2.3 | 85.7 | 42 | 110 | 2.6 | 15 | 1 | 31 | 190 | 11 | 5 |
| 2003 | NE | 16 | 16 | 14–2 | 317 | 527 | 60.2 | 3,620 | 6.9 | 82 | 23 | 4.4 | 12 | 2.3 | 85.9 | 42 | 63 | 1.5 | 11 | 1 | 32 | 219 | 13 | 5 |
| 2004 | NE | 16 | 16 | 14–2 | 288 | 474 | 60.8 | 3,692 | 7.8 | 50 | 28 | 5.9 | 14 | 3.0 | 92.6 | 43 | 28 | 0.7 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 162 | 7 | 5 |
| 2005 | NE | 16 | 16 | 10–6 | 334 | 530 | 63.0 | 4,110 | 7.8 | 71 | 26 | 4.9 | 14 | 2.6 | 92.3 | 27 | 89 | 3.3 | 15 | 1 | 26 | 188 | 4 | 3 |
| 2006 | NE | 16 | 16 | 12–4 | 319 | 516 | 61.8 | 3,529 | 6.8 | 62 | 24 | 4.7 | 12 | 2.3 | 87.9 | 49 | 102 | 2.1 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 175 | 12 | 4 |
| 2007 | NE | 16 | 16 | 16–0 | 398 | 578 | 68.9 | 4,806 | 8.3 | 69 | 50 | 8.7 | 8 | 1.4 | 117.2 | 37 | 98 | 2.6 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 128 | 6 | 4 |
| 2008 | NE | 1 | 1 | 1–0 | 7 | 11 | 63.6 | 76 | 6.9 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 83.9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | NE | 16 | 16 | 10–6 | 371 | 565 | 65.7 | 4,398 | 7.8 | 81 | 28 | 5.0 | 13 | 2.3 | 96.2 | 29 | 44 | 1.5 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 86 | 4 | 2 |
| 2010 | NE | 16 | 16 | 14–2 | 324 | 492 | 65.9 | 3,900 | 7.9 | 79 | 36 | 7.3 | 4 | 0.8 | 111.0 | 31 | 30 | 1.0 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 175 | 3 | 1 |
| 2011 | NE | 16 | 16 | 13–3 | 401 | 611 | 65.6 | 5,235 | 8.6 | 99 | 39 | 6.4 | 12 | 2.0 | 105.6 | 43 | 109 | 2.5 | 13 | 3 | 32 | 173 | 6 | 2 |
| 2012 | NE | 16 | 16 | 12–4 | 401 | 637 | 63.0 | 4,827 | 7.6 | 83 | 34 | 5.3 | 8 | 1.3 | 98.7 | 23 | 32 | 1.4 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 182 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | NE | 16 | 16 | 12–4 | 380 | 628 | 60.5 | 4,343 | 6.9 | 81 | 25 | 4.0 | 11 | 1.8 | 87.3 | 32 | 18 | 0.6 | 11 | 0 | 40 | 256 | 9 | 3 |
| 2014 | NE | 16 | 16 | 12–4 | 373 | 582 | 64.1 | 4,109 | 7.1 | 69 | 33 | 5.7 | 9 | 1.5 | 97.4 | 36 | 57 | 1.6 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 134 | 6 | 3 |
| 2015 | NE | 16 | 16 | 12–4 | 402 | 624 | 64.4 | 4,770 | 7.6 | 76 | 36 | 5.8 | 7 | 1.1 | 102.2 | 34 | 53 | 1.6 | 13 | 3 | 38 | 225 | 6 | 2 |
| 2016 | NE | 12 | 12 | 11–1 | 291 | 432 | 67.4 | 3,554 | 8.2 | 79 | 28 | 6.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 112.2 | 28 | 64 | 2.3 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 87 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | NE | 16 | 16 | 13–3 | 385 | 581 | 66.3 | 4,577 | 7.9 | 64 | 32 | 5.5 | 8 | 1.4 | 102.8 | 25 | 28 | 1.1 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 201 | 7 | 3 |
| 2018 | NE | 16 | 16 | 11–5 | 375 | 570 | 65.8 | 4,355 | 7.6 | 63 | 29 | 5.1 | 11 | 1.9 | 97.7 | 23 | 35 | 1.5 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 147 | 4 | 2 |
| 2019 | NE | 16 | 16 | 12–4 | 373 | 613 | 60.8 | 4,057 | 6.6 | 59 | 24 | 3.9 | 8 | 1.3 | 88.0 | 26 | 34 | 1.3 | 17 | 3 | 27 | 185 | 4 | 1 |
| 2020 | TB | 16 | 16 | 11–5 | 401 | 610 | 65.7 | 4,633 | 7.6 | 50 | 40 | 6.6 | 12 | 2.0 | 102.2 | 30 | 6 | 0.2 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 143 | 4 | 1 |
| 2021 | TB | 17 | 17 | 13–4 | 485 | 719 | 67.5 | 5,316 | 7.4 | 62 | 43 | 6.0 | 12 | 1.7 | 102.1 | 28 | 81 | 2.9 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 144 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022 | TB | 17 | 17 | 8–9 | 490 | 733 | 66.8 | 4,694 | 6.4 | 63 | 25 | 3.4 | 9 | 1.2 | 90.7 | 29 | −1 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 160 | 5 | 4 |
| Career | 335 | 333 | Template:Nowrap | 7,753 | 12,050 | 64.3 | 89,214 | 7.4 | 99 | 649 | 5.4 | 212 | 1.8 | 97.2 | 693 | 1,123 | 1.6 | 22 | 28 | 565 | 3,576 | 134 | 54 | |
Postseason
| Year | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | Sacked | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2001 | NE | 3 | 3 | 3–0 | 60 | 97 | 61.9 | 572 | 5.9 | 29 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 77.3 | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | NE | 3 | 3 | 3–0 | 75 | 126 | 59.5 | 792 | 6.3 | 52 | 5 | 4.0 | 2 | 1.6 | 84.5 | 12 | 18 | 1.5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | NE | 3 | 3 | 3–0 | 55 | 81 | 67.9 | 587 | 7.2 | 60 | 5 | 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 109.4 | 7 | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 57 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | NE | 2 | 2 | 1–1 | 35 | 63 | 55.6 | 542 | 8.6 | 73 | 4 | 6.3 | 2 | 3.2 | 92.2 | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | NE | 3 | 3 | 2–1 | 70 | 119 | 58.8 | 724 | 6.1 | 49 | 5 | 4.2 | 4 | 3.4 | 76.5 | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 2007 | NE | 3 | 3 | 2–1 | 77 | 109 | 70.6 | 737 | 6.8 | 53 | 6 | 5.5 | 3 | 2.3 | 96.0 | 4 | −1 | −0.3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 52 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | NE | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 23 | 42 | 54.8 | 154 | 3.7 | 24 | 2 | 4.8 | 3 | 7.1 | 49.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | NE | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 29 | 45 | 64.4 | 299 | 6.6 | 37 | 2 | 4.4 | 1 | 2.2 | 89.0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | NE | 3 | 3 | 2–1 | 75 | 111 | 67.6 | 878 | 7.9 | 61 | 8 | 7.2 | 4 | 3.6 | 100.4 | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | NE | 2 | 2 | 1–1 | 54 | 94 | 57.4 | 664 | 7.1 | 47 | 4 | 4.3 | 2 | 2.1 | 84.7 | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | NE | 2 | 2 | 1–1 | 37 | 63 | 58.7 | 475 | 7.5 | 53 | 1 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 87.7 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | NE | 3 | 3 | 3–0 | 93 | 135 | 68.9 | 921 | 6.8 | 46 | 10 | 7.4 | 4 | 3.0 | 100.3 | 11 | 10 | 0.9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | NE | 2 | 2 | 1–1 | 55 | 98 | 56.1 | 612 | 6.2 | 42 | 3 | 3.1 | 2 | 2.0 | 76.6 | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | NE | 3 | 3 | 3–0 | 93 | 142 | 65.5 | 1,137 | 8.0 | 48 | 7 | 4.9 | 3 | 2.1 | 97.7 | 9 | 13 | 1.4 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | NE | 3 | 3 | 2–1 | 89 | 139 | 64.0 | 1,132 | 8.1 | 50 | 8 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 108.6 | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | NE | 3 | 3 | 3–0 | 85 | 125 | 68.0 | 953 | 7.6 | 35 | 2 | 1.6 | 3 | 2.4 | 85.9 | 5 | −4 | −0.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | NE | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 20 | 37 | 54.1 | 209 | 5.6 | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.7 | 59.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | TB | 4 | 4 | 4–0 | 81 | 138 | 58.7 | 1,061 | 7.7 | 52 | 10 | 7.2 | 3 | 2.2 | 98.1 | 13 | −3 | −0.2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | TB | 2 | 2 | 1–1 | 59 | 91 | 64.8 | 600 | 6.6 | 55 | 3 | 3.3 | 1 | 1.1 | 90.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 49 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | TB | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 35 | 66 | 53.0 | 351 | 5.3 | 30 | 2 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.5 | 72.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| Career | 48 | 48 | 35–13 | 1,200 | 1,921 | 62.5 | 13,400 | 7.0 | 73 | 88 | 4.6 | 40 | 2.1 | 89.8 | 114 | 133 | 1.2 | 15 | 7 | 81 | 512 | 16 | 5 | |
Super Bowl
| Year | Template:Abbr | Team | Template:Abbr | Passing | Rushing | Result | ||||||||||
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| 2001 | XXXVI | NE | STL | 16 | 27 | 59.3 | 145 | 5.4 | 1 | 0 | 86.2 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | W 20–17 |
| 2003 | XXXVIII | NE | CAR | 32 | 48 | 66.7 | 354 | 7.4 | 3 | 1 | 100.5 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | W 32–29 |
| 2004 | XXXIX | NE | PHI | 23 | 33 | 69.7 | 236 | 7.2 | 2 | 0 | 110.2 | 1 | −1 | −1.0 | 0 | W 24–21 |
| 2007 | XLII | NE | NYG | 29 | 48 | 60.4 | 266 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 82.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | L 17–14 |
| 2011 | XLVI | NE | NYG | 27 | 41 | 65.9 | 276 | 6.7 | 2 | 1 | 91.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | L 21–17 |
| 2014 | XLIX | NE | SEA | 37 | 50 | 74.0 | 328 | 6.6 | 4 | 2 | 101.1 | 2 | −3 | −1.5 | 0 | W 28–24 |
| 2016 | LI | NE | ATL | 43 | 62 | 69.4 | 466 | 7.5 | 2 | 1 | 95.2 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | W 34–28 (OT) |
| 2017 | LII | NE | PHI | 28 | 48 | 58.3 | 505 | 10.5 | 3 | 0 | 115.4 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | L 41–33 |
| 2018 | LIII | NE | LAR | 21 | 35 | 60.0 | 262 | 7.5 | 0 | 1 | 71.4 | 2 | −2 | −1.0 | 0 | W 13–3 |
| 2020 | LV | TB | KC | 21 | 29 | 72.4 | 201 | 6.9 | 3 | 0 | 125.8 | 4 | −2 | −0.5 | 0 | W 31–9 |
| Career | 277 | 421 | 65.8 | 3,039 | 7.2 | 21 | 6 | 97.7 | 14 | 28 | 2.0 | 0 | W−L 7–3 | |||
NFL career records
Regular season
- Most games won by a player: 251<ref name="Pro Football Reference" />
- Most games won at quarterback with a single team: 219<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most games played by a non-kicker: 335<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most games played at quarterback with a single team: 285<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most games started by a player: 333<ref name="Pro Football Reference8">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most division titles: 19 (17 with New England, 2 with Tampa Bay)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Fourth quarterback to beat all 32 teams<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Best touchdown to interception ratio in a season: 28:2 (2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Oldest quarterback to lead the league in passing yards: 44 (5,316 yards: 2021)<ref name="Porter-2018">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Oldest player to win NFL MVP: 40<ref name="Pro Football Reference7" />
- Most career passing yards: 89,214<ref name="Pro Football Reference7" />
- Most career pass completions: 7,753<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most career passing attempts: 12,050<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most career touchdown passes: 649<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most career passing yards with one team: 74,571<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most career pass completions with one team: 6,377<ref name=":10">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most career passing attempts with one team: 9,988<ref name=":10" />
- Most career passing touchdowns with one team: 541<ref name=":10" />
- Most Pro Bowl selections: 15<ref name="Pro Football Reference9">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most NFL Player of the Month selections: 11<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most NFL Player of the Week selections: 40<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most seasons as passing touchdowns leader: 5<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most 4th quarter comebacks: 46<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most game-winning drives: 58<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Longest pass-play: 99 yards, tied (2011)<ref name="Pro Football Reference2" />
- Total quarterback rating, single season: 88.2 (2007)
- Most pass attempts, single season: 733 (2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most passes completed, single season: 490 (2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Career approximate value leader: 326<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Career (weighted) approximate value leader: 184<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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Playoffs
- Most consecutive seasons in the NFL playoffs by a team, player or head coach: 14<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most games started: 48<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Stites-2018">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Most games won by a starting quarterback: 35<ref name="Stites-2018" />
- Most consecutive wins by a starting quarterback: 10 (2001–2005)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most consecutive wins to start a career by a starting quarterback: 10 (2001, 2003–2005)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most touchdown passes: 88<ref name="Schechter2015">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Most passing yards: 13,400<ref name="Reiss2015" />
- Most passing yards in a single playoff game: 505 (Super Bowl LII)<ref name="Breech-2018" />
- Most passes completed: 1,200<ref name="David Smith-2018">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Most passes attempted: 1,921<ref name="David Smith-2018" />
- Most NFL conference championship appearances by a starting quarterback: 14<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most NFL conference championship wins by a starting quarterback: 10<ref name="NE Patriots-2018">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Oldest quarterback to win an AFC title game: 41 years, 5 months, 17 days<ref name=":11">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Oldest quarterback to win an NFC title game: 43 years, 5 months, 21 days<ref name=":11" />
- Most career 300+ passing yard games: 19<ref name="David Smith-2018" />
- Most game-winning drives: 14<ref name="DaSilva-2017" />
- Most fourth-quarter comebacks: 9<ref name=":11" />
- Most multi-TD pass games: 29<ref name="NE Patriots-2018" />
- Most teams beaten by a quarterback: 19<ref name=":11" />
- Most stadiums won in by a quarterback: 13<ref name=":11" />
Super Bowl
- Most NFL championships by player: 7<ref name=":11" />
- The only starting quarterback to win the Super Bowl for both the AFC and NFC<ref name=":12">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most Super Bowl MVPs: 5<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- One of only two starting quarterbacks to win a Super Bowl for two separate teams (Peyton Manning)<ref name=":12" />
- Most touchdown passes: 21<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most passing yards: 3,039<ref name="Breech-2018">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Most passes completed: 277<ref name="Breech-2018" />
- Most passes attempted: 421<ref name="Breech-2018" />
- Most passes completed in a single Super Bowl: 43 (LI)<ref name="DaSilva-2017" />
- Most passes attempted in a single Super Bowl: 62 (LI)<ref name="DaSilva-2017" />
- Most passing yards in a single Super Bowl: 505 (LII)<ref name="Breech-2018" />
- Most Super Bowl appearances: 10<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most passing attempts without an interception in a single Super Bowl: 48 (XLII & LII)<ref name="Kirk-2018">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Oldest quarterback to start a Super Bowl: 43 years, 6 months, and 4 days<ref name="PFHOF">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Oldest quarterback to win a Super Bowl: 43 years, 6 months, and 4 days<ref name="PFHOF" />
- Oldest player to win Super Bowl MVP: 43 years, 6 months, and 4 days<ref name="Fucillo2021">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Most consecutive completions in a single Super Bowl: 16 (XLVI)<ref name="Kirk-2018" />
- Most game-winning drives: 6<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
New England Patriots franchise records
- Games played: 285<ref name="Pro Football Reference Profile" />
- Games played (playoffs): 41<ref name="Pro Football Reference Profile" />
- Most seasons played: 20<ref name="Pro Football Reference Profile" />
- Games won as starter: 219<ref name="Pro Football Reference Profile" />
- Games won as starter (playoffs): 30<ref name="Pro Football Reference Profile" />
- Games won as starting QB, single season: 16 (2007)<ref name="Pro Football Reference2" />
- Passing yards, career: 74,571<ref name="Pro Football Reference3">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Passing touchdowns, career: 541<ref name="Pro Football Reference3" />
- Pass completions, career: 6,377<ref name="Pro Football Reference3" />
- Pass attempts, career: 9,988<ref name="Pro Football Reference3" />
- Passing yards, single season: 5,235 (2011)<ref name="Pro Football Reference2">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Passing touchdowns, single season: 50 (2007)<ref name="Pro Football Reference2" />
- Pass completions, single season: 402 (2015)<ref name="Pro Football Reference2" />
- Passer rating, single season: 117.2 (2007)<ref name="Pro Football Reference2" />
- Completion percentage, single season: 68.9% (2007)<ref name="Pro Football Reference2" />
Tampa Bay Buccaneers franchise records
- Passing touchdowns, single season: 43 (2021)<ref name="tamssl">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Pass completions, single season: 490 (2022)<ref name="tamssl" />
- Pass attempts, single season: 733 (2022)<ref name="tamssl" />
- Passing yards, single season: 5,316 (2021)<ref name="tamssl" />
- Completion percentage, single season: 67.5% (2021)<ref name="tamssl" />
- Passer rating, single season: 102.2 (2020)<ref name="tamssl" />
Awards and honors
NFL
- 7× Super Bowl champion: XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX, LI, LIII, LV (most for any individual player or franchise)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 5× Super Bowl MVP: XXXVI, XXXVIII, XLIX, LI, LV<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 3× NFL Most Valuable Player: 2007, 2010, 2017<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2× NFL Offensive Player of the Year: 2007, 2010<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 5× AFC Offensive Player of the Year: 2007, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2009 NFL Comeback Player of the Year<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 3× First-team All-Pro: 2007, 2010, 2017<ref name="Pro Football Reference Profile" />
- 3× Second-team All-Pro: 2005, 2016, 2021<ref name="Pro Football Reference Profile" />
- 15× Pro Bowl: 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009–2018, 2021<ref name="Pro Football Reference9" /><ref name="Pro Football Reference Profile" />
- 2007 Bert Bell Award<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2007 DC Touchdown Club NFL Player of the Year
- 2009 Ed Block Courage Award<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2021 FedEx Air NFL Player of the Year<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 20× FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week<ref name=":3" />
- 11× NFL Player of the Month<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 40× NFL Player of the Week<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 4× NFL Top 100 #1 Ranked Player: 2011, 2017, 2018, 2022<ref name="Pro Football Reference Profile" />
- 5× NFL Passing Touchdowns Leader: 2002, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2021<ref name="Pro Football Reference Profile" />
- 4× NFL Passing Yards leader: 2005, 2007, 2017, 2021<ref name="Pro Football Reference Profile" />
- 2× NFL Passer Rating leader: 2007, 2010<ref name="Pro Football Reference Profile" />
- 2× NFL Quarterback Rating leader: 2007, 2010<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 3× NFL Pass Attempts leader: 2017, 2021, 2022<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2× NFL Pass Completions Leader: 2021, 2022<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2007 NFL completion percentage leader<ref name="Pro Football Reference Profile" />
- 2× NFL Approximate Value leader: 2007, 2017<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- NFL 2000s All-Decade Team<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- NFL 2000s Player of the Decade<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- NFL 2000s Team of the Decade: New England Patriots<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- NFL 2010s All-Decade Team<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- NFL 2010s Player of the Decade<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- NFL 2010s Team of the Decade: New England Patriots<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team (unanimous selection)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 7× NFL Top 100 Teams of All Time: #7 – 2007, #16 – 2004, #21 – 2016, #32 – 2003, #46 – 2014, #51 – 2001, #79 – 2018<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- NFL Greatest Quarterback of All Time: 2019<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2001 New England Patriots 12th Player Award<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- New England Patriots Hall of Fame<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- New England Patriots All-2000s Team<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- New England Patriots 50th Anniversary Team<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- New England Patriots All-2010s Team<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- New England Patriots All-Dynasty Team<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- New England Patriots All-Time Team<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- New England Patriots No. 12 Retired<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Statue outside Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts
NCAA
- 1997 National Champion (Associated Press Poll) (as backup QB)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2× Big Ten Champion: 1997 (as backup QB), 1998<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1998 Rose Bowl Champion (as backup QB)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Week 5, 1998 Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1998 Academic All-Big Ten<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2× All-Big Ten honorable mention: 1998, 1999<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1999 Florida Citrus Bowl champion<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1999 Big Ten completion percentage leader<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1999 Big Ten PER leader<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1999 Michigan Team Captain<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1999 Michigan Most Valuable Player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2000 Orange Bowl Champion<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2000 East–West Shrine Bowl Champion<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- East–West Shrine Bowl All-Century Team<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
High School
- Junípero Serra High School<ref name=":3">Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2× Team MVP: 1994, 1995<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1994 Football Blanket Award<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1994 All-State<ref name=":4">Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1994 All-Far West<ref name=":4" />
- 1994 Blue Chip Illustrated All-American<ref name=":5">Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1994 Prep Football Report All-American<ref name=":5" />
- 1994 CCS Baseball Championship<ref name="Bright" />
- 1994 Second Team All-WCAL (baseball)<ref name=":6">Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1995 First Team All-WCAL (baseball)<ref name=":6" />
- 1995 First Team All-County (baseball)<ref name=":6" />
- 1995 Mercury News First Team All-CCS (baseball)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1995 James P. Shea Award<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Hall of Fame Class of 2004<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Selected by the Montreal Expos in the 18th Round of the 1995 MLB Draft<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- California High School Football Hall of Fame Inaugural Class of 2023<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- California Interscholastic Federation 100th Anniversary Fall All-Century Team<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Media
- 2007 Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2007 NEA Jim Thorpe Memorial Trophy<ref name="Pro Football Reference Profile" />
- 2007 NFL Alumni Quarterback of the Year<ref name=":3" />
- 2× United States Sports Academy Male Athlete of the Year: 2015, 2017<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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Other endeavors
TV and film
Brady has featured as a guest star on television programs, hosting Saturday Night Live in 2005<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> voicing himself in the 2005 The Simpsons episode "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass" and in the 2006 Family Guy episode "Patriot Games".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2009, Brady appeared as himself in an episode of Entourage<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and in 2015, Brady had cameos as fictionalized versions of himself in the Entourage movie<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and Ted 2.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Gotham Chopra filmed Brady during the 2017 off-season and regular season for a Facebook Watch documentary series entitled Tom vs Time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady launched a production company, 199 Productions, in 2020.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2022, Netflix announced that Brady would be featured in a series of specials called "Greatest Roasts of All Time: GROAT." Brady is the executive producer.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Roast of Tom Brady aired on Netflix on May 5, 2024<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and drew two million live viewers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Endorsements and product development
In 2007, Brady was a model for the Stetson cologne.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He has endorsed brands including Uggs, Under Armour, Movado, Aston Martin and Glaceau Smartwater. Brady earned about $7 million from endorsements in 2014.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2016, he began appearing in a Beautyrest Black commercial campaign for Simmons Bedding Company<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and launched a line of vegan snacks.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2016, Brady announced the launch of TB12Sports.com, which features his training regimen information and a store to purchase TB12 merchandise.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On August 23, 2016, the TB12 brand expanded to offer a snack line.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady announced the formation of the TB12 Foundation, a nonprofit to provide free post-injury rehabilitation and training to underprivileged young athletes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2017, Brady partnered with meal-kit startup Purple Carrot to offer TB12 Performance Meals. The meals utilize whole foods and focus on providing nutrients for workout recovery.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In September 2017, Simon & Schuster published Brady's first book The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance, which became a number one best-seller on Amazon.com<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and The New York Times weekly Best Sellers list.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2021, Brady endorsed Subway and its partnership with Hero Bread, a company that produces low-net-carb baked goods in which he is an investor.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2021, Brady and Richard Rosenblatt co-founded a sports-based NFT platform called Autograph.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Autograph reached a deal with DraftKings for exclusive distribution on Autograph's sports products, creating the DraftKings Marketplace.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In January 2021, Autograph announced it raised $170M in funding.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2023, the company announced layoffs for nearly a third of its workforce.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On September 6, 2023, it was announced that Delta Air Lines had hired Brady as a strategic advisor.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In January 2024, Brady agreed to merge his health and apparel brands with NoBull and to become its second largest shareholder.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Also in 2021, Brady, among other athletes and celebrities, was a paid spokesperson for FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange. In 2022, FTX filed for bankruptcy, wiping out billions of dollars in customer funds. He, alongside other spokespeople, is being sued through a class-action lawsuit, for promoting unregistered securities.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In February 2022, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a lawsuit against Bitconnect that the Securities Act of 1933 extends to targeted solicitation using social media.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2023, it was reported Brady owned 1 million shares in FTX, and he and his wife lost an estimated combined value of $45 million when FTX went bankrupt.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In November 2025, Brady announced that blood drawn from his family's elderly dog prior to its death was used in non-invasive cloning technology. Brady partnered with Colossal Biosciences to create the clone named Junie and is an investor in the company.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Team ownership
In March 2023, Brady purchased a minority stake in the Las Vegas Aces of the WNBA from the team's majority owner Mark Davis. Aces went on to win the WNBA Championship.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In May 2023, Brady and business partner, Knighthead Capital Management co-founder Tom Wagner, entered into an agreement to purchase 10% of the Las Vegas Raiders from majority owner Mark Davis.<ref name="raidersowner">Template:Cite web</ref> The original deal was delayed due to concerns from NFL owners that Brady was receiving too big a discount.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In October 2024, a revised agreement was approved by NFL owners, with Brady owning a 5% stake and Wagner owning 5%.<ref name="raidersowner"/> In August 2023, Brady became a minority owner and chairman of a new advisory board at English football club Birmingham City.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2023, Tom founded Team Brady,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> an electric boat racing team which competes in the E1 Series. After winning three races in 2024, the team became world champions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady participated in The Match, a charity golf event featuring professional golfers and other athletes, from 2020-2022.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Personal life
Brady was raised Catholic, but in a 2015 interview, expressed he was less religious than spiritual.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
During his career with the Patriots, Brady and his family lived in the Boston suburb of Brookline, Massachusetts, and in New York City.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> They own several homes and spend time during the summer at the Yellowstone Club near Big Sky, Montana, and at their home at Silo Ridge in Amenia, New York.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> When Brady signed with the Buccaneers, he rented a mansion in Tampa, Florida.<ref name="Tampa Home">Template:Cite web</ref> In December 2020, Brady and Bündchen reportedly bought a home in Indian Creek, Florida.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Family and relationships
Brady dated actress Bridget Moynahan from 2004 until December 2006.<ref name="People">Template:Cite web</ref> Brady and Moynahan ended their relationship soon after Moynahan became pregnant.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In February 2007, Moynahan confirmed to People magazine that she was more than three months pregnant with Brady's child.<ref name="People" /> Their son, John Edward Thomas "Jack" Moynahan,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> was born in August 2007.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady began dating Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen in December 2006.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady and Bündchen married on FebruaryTemplate:Nbsp26, 2009, in a Catholic ceremony at St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica, California.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Together, they have two children: a son, Benjamin Rein Brady, born in 2009,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and a daughter, Vivian Lake Brady, born in 2012.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In October 2022, the couple announced their divorce.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady and baseball player Kevin Youkilis became brothers-in-law in 2012 when Youkilis married Brady's sister Julie.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady's niece, Maya Brady, is a college softball player for the UCLA Bruins.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady is a distant cousin of former MLB pitcher and left fielder Pete Meegan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Politics
Brady attended the 2004 State of the Union Address as a guest of then-president George W. Bush.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Brady told ESPN The Magazine in 2004 that being a U.S. senator would be his "craziest ambition".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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Brady is a friend of President Donald Trump.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="TrumpPost">Template:Cite news</ref> At a political event in New Hampshire on the day before the 2016 presidential election, Trump said he had received a call from Brady, and that Brady told him: "Donald, I support you, you're my friend, and I voted for you." After Bündchen was asked on Instagram whether she and Brady backed Trump, she answered "NO!"<ref name="TrumpBack">Template:Cite news</ref> After a Trump campaign "Make America Great Again" cap was photographed in Brady's locker, Brady said Bündchen told him to not discuss politics anymore, which he thought was a "good decision".<ref name="etPolitics">Template:Cite web</ref> Brady did not join the Patriots in visiting Trump at the White House in 2017 after their Super Bowl victory, citing "personal family matters".<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
In an interview on The Howard Stern Show in April 2020, Brady explained that Trump had reached out to him to speak at the 2016 Republican National Convention, and he declined, saying, "It was uncomfortable for me because you can't undo things, not that I would undo a friendship, but political support is totally different than the support of a friend." Brady said he has known Trump since 2001 and that Trump asked him to be a judge in the Miss USA pageant, after Brady led the Patriots to victory in Super Bowl XXXVI. Brady explained that Trump used to come to Patriots games and would call him and golf with him occasionally; however, Brady said he did not see the benefit of getting involved in an event as polarizing as a presidential election.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady said in 2022 that he had not spoken with Trump in "years" and that their relationship had been mischaracterized.<ref name="Moreau">Template:Cite web</ref>
While there has been speculation that Brady would run for political office,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in a 2015 interview he stated he had no interest in it.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brady reiterated in 2022 that he would avoid a political career because, "I don't think anyone's fond of politics these days."<ref name="Moreau" /> In 2018, Brady endorsed Republican Helen Brady (no relation) for State Auditor of Massachusetts.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Diet and lifestyle
Brady's health regimen includes transcendental meditation, yoga, hydrating, an 80/20 diet (meaning 80% alkaline and 20% acidic), early bedtime, resistance training, and neuroplasticity training.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brady and his family adhere to his controversial and strict diet, dubbed the TB12 Method.<ref name="TB12">
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One of Brady's former teammates, tight end Rob Gronkowski, has followed Brady and Alex Guerrero's plant-based diet plan since 2017.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Other athletes who follow Brady's diet include quarterback Kirk Cousins<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and hockey player Mark Scheifele.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Stuck on You | Computer geek |
| 2015 | Ted 2 | Himself |
| Entourage | Himself | |
| 2023 | 80 for Brady | Himself |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | In the Game | Himself | Television documentary |
| 2005 | Saturday Night Live | Himself/Host | Season 30 Episode 17 |
| The Simpsons | Himself | Episode: "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass" | |
| 2006 | Family Guy | Himself | Episode: "Patriot Games" |
| 2009 | Entourage | Himself | Episode: "Fore!" |
| 2017 | Huang's World | Himself | Season 2 Episode 6: "Cape Cod" |
| 2018 | Tom vs Time | Himself | 6 episode Facebook Watch sports documentary series |
| 2019 | Living with Yourself | Himself | Episode: "The Best You Can Be" |
| 2021 | Man in the Arena: Tom Brady | Himself | 10 episode ESPN miniseries |
| 2024 | The Dynasty: New England Patriots | Himself | 10 episode Apple TV+ sports documentary series |
| The Roast of Tom Brady | Himself | Netflix comedy special | |
| LEGO Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition | Himself (voice) | Disney+ special | |
| 2025 | Speed Goes Pro | Himself | Guest appearance in the IShowSpeed YouTube series |
See also
- List of gridiron football quarterbacks passing statistics
- List of NFL quarterback playoff records
- List of NFL quarterbacks with 5,000 passing yards in a season
- List of Super Bowl starting quarterbacks
- Michigan Wolverines football statistical leaders
- Tom Brady–Peyton Manning rivalry
Notes
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