NFL: Ranking every MVP winner in league history based on pro career

Ranking every MVP winner in NFL history: 2. Peyton Manning

Stats:

• 71,940 passing yards
• 539 passing touchdowns
• 251 interceptions

Peyton Manning was a prodigy well before he placed a helmet on his head. With his father, Archie, doing damage as both a pro and on the colligate level, Peyton Manning not only lived up to the hype but he surpassed it.

Coming into the pros has never been easy, even the most successful players the game has ever seen have struggled mightily. As a rookie, Hall of Famer John Elway threw for only 1,663 yards, to go along with seven touchdowns and 14 interceptions while completing 47.5% of his passes. Troy Aikman also struggled. The 2006 Hall of Famer pumped out just 1,749 yards, nine touchdowns, and 18 interceptions.

But while many of the best signal-callers to ever play the game needed time to adjust, Manning was a monster from the very beginning. Manning threw for over 3,700 yards in his first year and outside of his final year in the league where he was a shell of his former self, Manning would continue to throw for at least that many yards for the rest of his career.

No matter where in the quarterback record books you look, Manning’s name will appear. He collected two Super Bowl titles, ranks third in passing yards with 71,940, and third in passing touchdowns with 539 and five MVP awards. Simply put, Manning could sit at the table with any quarterback in history.