Best Quarterbacks in Green Bay Packers History

The Green Bay Packers are the NFL's third-oldest franchise. From Vince Lombardi's dynasty to Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers, the 13-time NFL champion Packers have four Super Bowl rings and nine titles prior to the AFL/NFL merger.

Founded in 1919 by Earl "Curly" Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun, the Packers are a rare modern-day example of a small-town team, but have stayed relevant over the last century due to their mix of on-field success and storied history.

Much of that legacy comes from who has been slinging the pigskin for Green Bay. While it's tough to choose just five, here are the five best quarterbacks in Packers history, ranked.

Don't forget to vote on our list of the five best Packers running backs ever afterward, too.

Honorable mentions: Don Majkowski (1987-1992), Jordan Love (2020-present)

5. Lynn Dickey (1976-1985)

While current Packers QB Jordan Love will likely replace Dickey on this list (having already matched Dickey's feat of 30-plus touchdowns in a season), Dickey was an irreplaceable fixture of Green Bay's offense in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Dickey came to Green Bay after serving as a backup for the Texans. In 1983, Dickey led the NFL in passing yards and touchdowns, and his 21,369 total passing yards rank fourth all-time for the Packers.

4. Arnie Herber (1930-1940)

Herber is a deep cut here, but he was the center of the Packers' pre-expansion dynasty from 1930 to 1940 that won four NFL championships. Herber earned three All-Pro honors and one All-Star selection.

Known as "Flash," Herber grew up a Packers fan in Green Bay, where he starred for Green Bay West High School and played for the Wisconsin Badgers. Herber joined a Packers team that had just gone undefeated a year prior, starting as a tailback in the Notre Dame Box formation.

Much to do with his dynamic connection with Don Hutson, the league's first true wide receiver who arrived in 1935, Herber led the league in passing yards and touchdowns three times. Hutson's first reception was an 83-yard strike from Herber, and the rest was history. Herber took it all the way to a Hall of Fame career and recognition on the 1930s All-Decade Team.

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3. Brett Favre (1992-2007)

Favre is one of three in the Packers' titanic quarterback trio of history, and his spot among the top three in this list could be argued as interchangeable.

Favre played in Green Bay from 1992 to 2007, joining the Packers after one season as a backup in Atlanta, which had selected him as a second-round pick in the 1991 NFL Draft out of Southern Mississippi. The Packers sent a first-round pick to Atlanta for Favre in 1992, a decision that would permanently alter the state of the franchise.

Favre leads the Packers in all-time passing yards and only trails one other Packers quarterback in touchdowns (this quarterback is rather obvious). His career resume is impeccable: three MVPs, 11 Pro Bowls, six All-Pros, one Super Bowl win and a Hall of Fame nod.

2. Bart Starr (1956-1971)

Starr was the face of the Packers franchise long before any of the other names on this list. The centerpiece of Vince Lombardi's dynasty, Starr -- one of the 10 biggest NFL draft steals ever -- fell to the 200th pick and 17th round of the draft out of Alabama, and made that selection look silly.

Starr played in a far less pass-heavy era, but still ranks third all-time in passing yards and touchdowns. However, the playoff resume is where Starr's career jumps off the page; Starr helped the Packers to five NFL championships with his career 9-1 record in the playoffs.

Starr lost his first playoff game and went 9-0 in the rest, throwing for 1,753 yards, 15 touchdowns and just three interceptions over the coursev of his playoff career.

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1. Aaron Rodgers (2005-2022)

Starr would be number one in any other list but this one. There might never be a better Packers quarterback than Rodgers, who was drafted by the Packers in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft from UC Berkeley, where he posted the lowest single-season and career interception rate.

Not only was Rodgers good at limiting aerial turnovers during his 15 years as a starter with Green Bay, but he was an all-time great in just about every other metric. Four MVPs. A Super Bowl MVP. 10 Pro Bowls. The list goes on.

Rodgers took notes backing up Favre for the first three years of his career spent as his backup, winning Super Bowl XLV in his third year as an NFL starter, becoming the fifth player to win back-to-back NFL MVPs (doing so in 2010 and 2011). Rodgers was a four-time passer rating leader and two-time single-season touchdown leader, and made four first-team All-Pros.

For a career, Rodgers is the all-time NFL passer rating leader with his career mark of 102.2, and the all-time touchdown-to-interception ratio leader with his 4.3-1 mark. His 2011 season was among the best ever put together by a quarterback, and his 122.1 QBR still stands alone.

It's impossible to really encapsulate the greatness of Rodgers' career, even if his time in Green Bay ended sourly with the draft of a potentially future great in Jordan Love and Rodgers' 2023 trade to the New York Jets. Rodgers will more than likely be a first-ballot Hall of Famer during his first year of eligibility, and will be the final accolade in an all-time great career.

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This story was originally published April 22, 2026 at 5:15 AM.