Let's compare some career statistics between the two: 1) Completion percentage: Montana 63.2, Young 64.3
2) Yards per attempt: Montana 7.5, Young 8.0
3) Interception percentage: Montana 2.6, Young 2.6
4) QB rating: Montana 92.3, Young 96.8
5) TD per attempt percentage: Montana 5.1, Young 5.6 Strictly on statistics, Young has the slightly better numbers. Click on the "Joe Montana Stats" and "Steve Young Stats" links below to see year and career stats for both.
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Easy, Montana won 4 Super Bowls as a starting quarterback and Steve Young won 1. So Montana was the better quarterback.
Joe Montana was the starting QB and Steve Young was the backup.
Montana: 1,676 rushing yards Young: 4,239 rushing yards Steve Young had more rushing yards
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Steve young and joe Montana
Steve Young has 3 Super Bowl Wins - two as Joe Montana's backup, one as a starter.
Joe Montana Jerry Rice Steve Young
Steve Young, who also was a Hall of Fame player.
Joe Montana (4) and Steve Young (1).
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