5 Most Interesting Facts About Patrick Mahomes' 2020 Season

2020’s defending Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes continued his amazing performance this season, leading the Chiefs to another Super Bowl appearance. At such a young age, he is breaking records made by NFL legends, and is on pace to become the best QB of all time. After trampling through the AFC to make it to the Super Bowl, Tom Brady and the Buccaneers was too hot to handle for Mahomes but the KC Cannon has made his mark on the league already.

Here are the 5 most interesting facts about Patrick Mahomes’ 2020 NFL season:

Love the Limelight

Patrick Mahomes is already doing things never done before.

1st QB age 25 or younger to start multiple Super Bowls in NFL history
4th QB to reach the Super Bowl 2x in their 1st 4 NFL seasons, joining Kurt Warner, Tom Brady, & Russell Wilson

KC Stock Price: $12.17 (via FANDEX)

Early Records

Mahomes has dominated the NFL playoffs and put himself in the history books.

Holds NFL records through 53 career GP since 1970: QB Wins (44), PASS YDS (16,206), PASS TD (131), and PASS RTG (108.8)
Most playoff wins (6) by a QB before turning 26 in NFL history
Most PASS TD in 1st 6 career playoff games: 1. Patrick Mahomes (15), 2. Kurt Warner (14), T-3. 6 tied at 13
1st QB with multiple 300 PASS YDS/3 PASS TD playoff games before turning 26 in NFL history
2nd most career playoff PASS YDS (1,729) for a QB 25 years or younger in NFL history, trailing only Andrew Luck (1829)

Right on Schedule

At this pace, Mahomes will be in the GOAT conversation in no time.

Fewest GP to reach 100 career PASS TD since 1950: Mahomes (40), Marino (44), Warner (50), Unitas (51), Deshaun Watson (53)
3rd player with 4,000 PASS YDS in 3 of their 1st 4 seasons in NFL history, joining Dan Marino & Peyton Manning

Cannon for an Arm

His combination of accuracy and throwing power makes it easy for the speedsters of the Chiefs to take it all the way.

Mahomes deep PASS TDs (20+ Air YDS): 2018 (15, T-1st), 2019 (13, 1st), 2020 (13, T-1st)
Most PASS TD of 30+ YDS (8) in 2020

Better Luck Next Time

His historic season came to a halt, as the Buccaneers defense was too much to handle for Mahomes.

Pressured (29) more in SB55 than the previous Super Bowl record set by Jim Kelly (25) in SB XXVI
Held to 0 TD for the 1st time in his NFL career
Suffered the 1st 2-score loss of his NFL career, ending the longest streak (53 GS) by a QB since starts were 1st tracked in 1950
Ran the most YDS (497) pre-throw and pre-sack by a QB in a game this season
5th most incompletions (23) in Super Bowl history