How old was Patrick Mahomes when he won the Super Bowl

Patrick Lavon Mahomes II is quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs. At 25 he is one of the stars of the NFL and this Sunday he will battle it out for his second Super Bowl ring. He will also be looking to be crowned MVP in a Super Bowl for the second consecutive year.

Mahomes' first Superbowl win: starting at 24

At just 21 years old, this Texas Tech University-trained quarterback made his NFL debut in 2017, as a substitute for Alex Smith. In that year he wasn´t a starter until week 17, which was to give a rest to the main man, Smith.

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In 2018, however, he was the starting quarterback throughout the season and in the 2019/20 season, he led his team to the Super Bowl played at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida, against the San Francisco 49ers. The game ended 31-20 for the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes had his first Super Bowl win at the age of just 24, as well as claiming his first MVP.

This season he has helped to take his team to the Super Bowl again, and now targets his second consecutive championship title, this time, against Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Mahomes the leader

Patrick Mahomes became one of the youngest players to win a Super Bowl as a starting quarterback in 2020 and was one of the outstanding stars of the NFL. Thanks to his performances, his team offered him the best contract in the sport's history, for an amount of more than 500 million dollars over 10 years.

Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City ChiefsJamie SquireGetty Images

This was a clear statement that despite his youth, Mahomes is the star and leader of his team.

Brady vs Mahomes: duel of opposites

To get his second ring, Mahomes will have to beat Tom Brady, one of the best players in the history in the NFL and one of the oldest still playing at 43.

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This Sunday the two best current quarterbacks will face off. While Mahomes will be looking for his second Super Bowl, Brady will be aiming for an incredible seventh. Will Mahones be able to defeat Brady and get his second ring?

The game will be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida with 22,000 people, a third of the capacity due to covid-19 restrictions.

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Unless the NFL changes its draft rules, maybe the league's most unbreakable record is that of the youngest Super Bowl winners.

A handful of players have done it at 21, including two as starters — Jamal Lewis and Bryan Bulaga. But it's basically impossible under the current setup for a player younger than 21 to be playing in February the year after they're drafted. That means Lewis and Bulaga might only welcome more company over time, not be bested.

A quarterback could still accomplish that feat, though. No quarterback has started and won the Super Bowl at 21 or even 22 years of age. Not even Patrick Mahomes made it happen quite that fast.

Below, we've got more details on the youngest quarterback to ever win a Super Bowl along with some of the youngest players ever to get a ring.

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Who is the youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl?

The youngest quarterback to start and win a Super Bowl is Ben Roethlisberger, who was 23 in Super Bowl 40 when the Steelers defeated the Seahawks, 21-10. Hines Ward was named Super Bowl MVP, but Roethlisberger was the winning quarterback. Big Ben struggled against Seattle, though, completing 9 of 21 passes for 123 yards and two interceptions.

Some of the other most notable Super Bowl-winning QBs didn't get their first victory until later in their career. Here's a list of some of the top quarterbacks and the age when they first won the Super Bowl:

  • Patrick Mahomes -  24
  • Tom Brady -  24
  • Joe Montana -  25
  • Terry Bradshaw -  26
  • Troy Aikman -  26
  • Aaron Rodgers -  27
  • Eli Manning -  27

If Mahomes wins Super Bowl 55 in February 2021, he'd become the youngest quarterback ever to have won two Super Bowl rings. He doesn't turn 26 until Sept. 17, 2021.

Youngest Super Bowl winners

The tricky part about NFL rosters is that a Super Bowl-winning backup offensive guard could be young and totally out of sight, out of mind. Putting together a list of the youngest players to ever win the Super Bowl meant a tedious journey through Football Reference. But best we can tell, these are the 16 youngest players denoted as "starter" by Football Reference to ever win the Super Bowl — in other words, all the 21- and 22-year-old "starters" to get a ring.

Player Player Age Team Year (Super Bowl No.)
Jamal Lewis 21 Ravens 2001 (35)
Bryan Bulaga 21 Packers 2011 (45)
Jack Lambert 22 Steelers 1975 (9)
Ron Johnson 22 Steelers 1979 (13)
Matt Millen 22 Raiders 1980 (14)
Eric Wright 22 49ers 1981 (15)
Ronnie Lott 22 49ers 1981 (15)
Mark Collins 22 Giants 1987 (21)
Bryant Young 22 49ers 1995 (29)
William Floyd 22 49ers 1995 (29)
Travis Taylor 22 Ravens 2001 (35)
Richard Seymour 22 Patriots 2002 (36)
Randall Gay 22 Patriots 2005 (39)
Antoine Bethea 22 Colts 2007 (41)
Jason Pierre-Paul 22 Giants 2012 (46)
Malcolm Brown 22 Patriots 2017 (51)

One for the ages! Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was just starting school when his Super Bowl LV opponent Tom Brady was winning his first championship in 2002.

“When Tom Brady played — and won — his first Super Bowl in 2002, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen were both in kindergarten,” Fox Sports reporter Bruce Feldman pointed out on Twitter on Sunday, January 24, ahead of Mahomes’ face-off against Bills quarterback Josh Allen in the AFC Championship game. “Crazy.”

When the Kansas City Chiefs, who beat the Bills on Sunday, take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV on Sunday, February 7, it will mark the greatest age difference among starting quarterbacks in Super Bowl history. Mahomes, 25, is 18 years younger than Brady, 43.

How old was Patrick Mahomes when he won the Super Bowl
Patrick Mahomes; Tom Brady. Ed Zurga/AP/Shutterstock; Gerry Broome/AP/Shutterstock

“Patrick Mahomes was in kindergarten when Tom Brady won his first Super Bowl. Now Mahomes will face Brady for the title 19 years later Trophy,” ESPN tweeted on Monday, January 25, sharing a side-by-side photo of the quarterbacks in 2002.

Baseball guru Christopher Kamka pointed out that Mahomes was born in 1995, which is the same year Brady was drafted by the Montreal Expos as a catcher in the 18th round of the MLB draft. The California native opted to go to the University of Michigan instead and play football.

Mahomes, for his part, joked about facing the legendary football player, who is the oldest quarterback in the league, after his win on Sunday.

“Being able to go up against the one of the greatest, if not the greatest, quarterback of all-time in his 150th Super Bowl is gonna be a great experience for me,” he said via Pro Football Talk.

The Texas native will be appearing in his second Super Bowl, winning last year’s game against the San Francisco 49ers. Brady, for his part, has appeared in nine Super Bowls with the New England Patriots, his last being in 2019 when the team beat the Los Angeles Rams.

The father of three, who left the Patriots in March 2020 and went to the Buccaneers, has won six titles over his past 20 seasons in the NFL and could take home No. 7, come February.

In addition to a possible history-making game for Brady — he already has more Super Bowl wins than any quarterback in history — the age differences between the two players is getting fans more excited to tune into the big game.

Sports Center poked fun at the 18-year age gap, sharing a photo of Yoda and Baby Yoda from the Star Wars franchise to represent Brady and Mahomes, respectively.

Twitter Sports shared side-by-side photos of a baby goat (as Mahomes) and a full-grown goat (as Brady), alluding to the athletes being two of the greatest players of all time.

The Buccaneers earned their spot in Super Bowl 2021 by beating the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. Brady celebrated the achievement by finding his son John, 13, in the stands and giving him a big hug. He was also sent congratulatory messages by his wife, Gisele Bündchen, with whom he shares son Benjamin, 11, and daughter Vivian, 8, and his ex Bridget Moynahan, who is the mother of John.

“We love and are so proud of you, papai!!!” the Brazilian supermodel, 40, wrote on a photo of her husband of 11 years via her Instagram Stories.

The Blue Bloods actress, for her part, shared two photos of Brady after making it to his 10th Super Bowl via her Instagram. “Could not be more proud @tombrady said he would do it and he did,” the New York native, 49, wrote. “Congratulations @buccaneers.”