Active NFL QBs with the most pick-sixes ft. Tom Brady

Pick-sixes are one of the most entertaining events in all of football. But that's not something you want to happen to your favorite team's quarterback. Pick-sixes and the tragic interceptions that they follow usually help tip the game in favor of the defense that helped obtain them.

Even great quarterbacks still playing in the NFL, like Tom Brady and Matthew Stafford, are subject to costly mistakes. They are human after all. Here are the top five active quarterbacks with the most pick-sixes.

Which NFL QB has the most pick-sixes?

#5 - Andy Dalton - 15

Chicago Bears v Detroit Lions

Oddly enough, the least successful on this list is the QB that has the least amount of pick-sixes in the NFL. That could be because Andy Dalton has seen much less playing time due to no longer being a starting QB. Dalton currently serves as the backup quarterback to rookie Justin Fields. Dalton was supposed to remain a starter for the Chicago Bears, but Coach Nagy had other plans.

Both Fields and Dalton seem to be a bit of a mess, but Fields has his rookie year excuse to fall back on. Dalton has been in the league for 11 seasons now. Dalton may not be who he once was with the Cincinnati Bengals, but he hasn't committed too many pick-sixes.

#4 - Tom Brady - 17

Tampa Bay Buccaneers v Indianapolis Colts

Even the mighty Tom Brady has been known to fall victim to pick-sixes, every once in a great while. His 17 is quite low considering he is now in his 21st season. That's less than one pick-six a season, though some might say that 17 is too high for a QB that is arguably the best to ever play in the NFL.

However, Brady and the rest of the football-loving world know that defenses can be tricky in their setups, and they can have great ballhawks like Xavien Howard from the Miami Dolphins and Jalen Ramsey from the Los Angeles Rams. Both of which Brady has faced on multiple occasions.

Top 3 active NFL QBs with the most pick-sixes

Who has the most pick-sixes among active QBs?

#3 - Ben Roethlisberger - 18

Pittsburgh Steelers v Cincinnati Bengals

Even with how Ben Roethlisberger has been declining as of late, he hasn't particularly made too many mistakes that lead to pick-sixes. He only has one more than Brady, and he has been in the league for only 17 seasons. That's five less than Brady.

Still, Roethlisberger has been steadily declining in his production the past few seasons, and due to more recent injuries, he will likely retire after this season. He will, at least, go down in history as one of the QBs who threw far fewer pick-sixes than others on this list.

#2 - Matt Ryan - 19

Atlanta Falcons v Jacksonville Jaguars

Another QB who has been struggling, as of late, is Matt Ryan of the Atlanta Falcons. Even so, he has 19 pick-sixes over the course of his career. That is only two over Tom Brady. Even with the number of pick-sixes that Ryan, Roethlisberger, and Brady have committed, it doesn't seem to be that many in the grand scheme of their careers.

This is only Ryan's 14th season in the NFL. Although he seems to have thrown pick-sixes in each of his seasons, it also could show that he doesn't make too many mistakes. That number could be a lot higher, especially given how bad the Falcons seem to have been the past two seasons.

#1 - Matthew Stafford - 22

Los Angeles Rams v San Francisco 49ers

The man leading the pack is none other than newly acquired Los Angeles Rams QB Matthew Stafford. Stafford has committed 22 pick-sixes in his career between the Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Rams. In his defense, the Lions have always been a troublesome organization. They never quite put the pieces together for Stafford to have a truly winning season.

The Rams, however, have bought into the fact that Stafford is going to take them to the Super Bowl and have acquired mass amounts of star players to make sure that happens. Hopefully, 22 is the number of pick-sixes that will remain for the rest of his career.