Tom Brady now owns all the important NFL QB wins records

A 24-17 victory Sunday wasn’t just the 25th time Tom Brady has defeated the Jets — it also pushed the future Hall of Famer into a class of his own when it comes to winning regular season games.

Brady’s victory was the 187th of his 18-year career, setting the NFL record for most regular season victories by a quarterback. The victory pushed him out of a tie with Brett Favre and Peyton Manning to become the league’s winningest passer.

Brady now holds all or shares the important NFL wins records. His five Super Bowl victories are tied for most all-time with former 49ers and Cowboys linebacker Charles Haley. His 25 postseason victories are unparalleled. And he’d passed Favre and Manning in terms of total wins -- regular season and playoffs — in 2016.

There are plenty of astonishing numbers in that record-setting run. He’s carved up the AFC East in his 18 years as the Patriots’ start. Brady is 25-8 against the Jets, 20-9 against the Dolphins, and a ludicrous 26-3 against the Bills.

He’s 102-19 at home in the regular season and 85-37 on the road. The only NFL division Brady has a losing record against is the since-defunct NFC Central — he threw three passes at the tail end of a blowout loss to the Lions in 2000. There are only two franchises against whom Brady has a losing record in the regular season — the Carolina Panthers and Seattle Seahawks,

He’s beaten each of those teams in the Super Bowl.

Brady went 2-1 head-to-head against Favre. In the greatest one-sided rivalry of the 2000s, he went 11-6 against Peyton Manning. He’s only 2-3 against Drew Brees, but he’s 7-2 against Ben Roethlisberger.

Brady’s record will stand for a while. Not only is the veteran interested in playing four or five more years despite starting 2017 at age 40, but he’s got a major cushion over the rest of the league. The closest active quarterback is 38-year-old Brees, who has 133 career wins in the regular season. Roethlisberger, with 126 wins, is just behind him.

Sunday’s win was just another victory for a man who has seen plenty in his storied career. It will also stand as an affirmation of Brady’s status as one of the greatest — if not the greatest — quarterback of all time.