Strongest Arms in NFL History: Vick, Favre, Marino & More! 

Vicks flicking motion and the velocity of the ball is the craziest thing I’ve ever witnessed in football. The guys arm talent was something to behold.

Say what you want about Vick, but he was an amazing talent. He not only had a rifle for an arm, but he could also run a 4.3 forty. Incredible athlete.

Moon, Marino and Vick stood out the most to me. Moon's spirals were gorgeous, Marino was insanely fast with his release and Vick made it look effortless - like he could easily throw it much further.

All of them have cannons for the deep ball, but if you watch Favre highlights, the VELOCITY on the short to intermediate routes were UNMATCHED

Warren Moon threw the most beautiful spiral ever. It's a shame he tends to be left out of great QBs discussions because he was exactly that....One of the greatest!

I always felt like Vick could throw it two football fields, the way he flicks it is so effortless.

Jeff George was throwing bullets at 50 yards. Also had the quickest release ive ever seen.

I watched nearly every game Elway played at Granada Hills High School in 1977 and 1978. You could hear the ball cutting through the air when he threw it. A man among boys. Unbelievable.

Even tho he didn't have the greatest career, anyone who truly knows football or QBs can't deny that Jay Cutler had a cannon. Dude could throw it 80 yards barely trying. Half the time it got intercepted but hey, still had an arm. I'm not even a Bears fan and I gotta give credit wear it's due. He did indeed have a strong arm.

Warren Moon definitely throws the most pretty passes in history

i know i am in a very small minority but MIchael Vick was and still is one of my favorites. when he threw the ball it just seemed effortless. one of the most exciting players in the history of the NFL.

Really glad you included Bert Jones here. A lot of people don't know of him but he was one of the greatest passers I've ever seen. Sadly, he struggled with a lot of injuries during his career because of a horrendous offensive line with the Colts. But this is a guy who won the MVP in '76 and had an almost unheard of (for the time) 100+ passer rating for that season. Amazing passer who could have been one of the all time greats if the Colts could have protected him.

Of all the QB's in this video I will say the bombs Michael Vick threw just looked so effortless. Man has a cannon.

Marino, Vick and Rodgers throw a pretty ball but Warren Moon's throws are just drop dead gorgeous.

Greenbay was incredibly lucky to have two of the greatest quarterbacks play for the past 30 years.

Bradshaw broke the national HS javelin record, glad he wasn’t overlooked

Jeff George had arguably the sickest arm ever. I once saw him throw a strike 80 yards falling backwards.

Dan Marino, phew. Whenever I think of "Nice Velocity" I think of him

That Vick to DeSean pass always gets me. Vick threw it so hard, DeSean was already well downfield and still had to full-on sprint to barely catch that ball. Insane rocket for an arm.

I always thought Cunningham had a slingshot for an arm. He had kind of a thin frame but he could absolutely launch the ball.

I’m glad y’all put Mike Vick In here ppl underestimate how talented of a passer he was

The precision of Rodgers and Marino is unreal.

So much respect for Jim Kelly... From a 30+yr Cowboys fan. Also, imagine if Marino and Moon had an actual team around them.

Marino! Wow, what an arm and lightning quick release!

Randy Moss: get me a quarterback with an arm. NFL: Say less

Best deep throw of all-time has to be what Randall Cunningham did against the Bills. No clue how that wasn't a safety, but to escape that and then chuck that ball up was a thing of beauty

The most impressive show of arm strength I ever saw was Elway’s throw to Ken Margerum against USC in 1980. I never saw a professional throw equal it, not even by Elway himself. He threw a 70-yard, cross-field frozen rope, while on the run. It spent shockingly little time in the air, and it knocked Margerum onto his back. It went over the head of an astonished Ronnie Lott, who’d parked himself at what he thought was the maximum distance that a quarterback could throw. To this day, Lott simply shakes his head at it. The second-strongest arm, in my estimation, belonged to Jay Schroeder, believe it or not. He was erratic and his career was short, but good grief, he slung it with power.

On arm strength, explosiveness, accuracy, and form, Namath was one hell of a passer. He was electrifying. Remember hearing a head coach raving about how you could hear the whizzing of the ball when it went by you. It's too bad his career, other than a few early years and one moment of glory, was so tough. An indelible memory is seeing him crumpled on the ground after getting sacked. Happened way too often.

Stafford has some of the craziest throws I have seen he is criminally underated

Matt Stafford is criminally underrated all time. He has a top arm talent all time. He throws a perfect spiral and puts it in the smallest windows ever. I’ve watched almost every lions game for years now and stafford is just amazing. His arm wows me even though I’ve been watching him for years. He’s gonna get that ring he deserves in la

Vick hands down. Most beautiful passes, effortless.

My Dad told me about a Bears QB from the 60s-70s, Bobby Douglas, who he said might have had the strongest arm ever. Huge for the time too, at 6'4", 220. Downside was that he had the touch of a buffalo and couldn't always remember the plays. Held the QB rushing record for years, taking off when he couldn't find anyone in the first second! :-)

That throw from Elway from one side of the field to the other on what was essentially a thirty yard out was insane.

People really say vick didn’t have an arm... they’re delusional!

Randal Cunningham looked like he threw the ball further than anyone else. When he first went to the eagles , he was a great qb that ran like crazy , could throw the ball like crazy too. I was so glad we finally destroyed him in the 92 NFC playoffs.

Jeff George was inhuman. The pure velocity he would put into every throw.

Cunningham to Moss, Randle literally threw absolute bombs to Moss. It's a reason Moss still holds the most receiving TDs for a rookie WR.(could be broken with 17 games in a season now, might even break moss 07 season).

Jeff Blake and Jeff George were two quarterbacks from the 90s who weren't necessarily great, but had absolute cannons of arms. Threw some of the best deep balls I'd ever seen

It's amazing how little Favre is being mentioned in this comments section. He arguably had the strongest arm in NFL history, and many people acknowledged this during his career, yet today you'd think that he was second rate. How soon people forget. Or simply choose to ignore someone, when given the opportunity.

i really do appreciate how much Randy Moss is included in these highlights! He really could go up to catch the deep ball and back shoulder fades

That throw with Vick running full speed was just insane.

Nobody threw a better spiral than Warren Moon.

Bert Jones is the most underrated arm in NFL history

Its almost impossible to find a Jeff George highlight reel! What a cannon.

Appreciate the older guys getting some love. Bert Jones was one of Belichick's favorite players ever.

It doesnt even look real when Vick throws it. Like he's not the biggest guy but he throws the football and it just comes flying off his hand like a superhero trying to not throw it that hard.

If we are talking pure strength, Farvre had a reputation for breaking bones in his receivers’ hands early in his career.

Steve Bartkowski of the Atlanta Falcons threw one of the prettiest long balls I have ever seen!

Had forgotten how quick the release was with Marino.

I'm 73 years old and have seen everybody here. All mentioned here were exceptional talents but Vick, Elway, Stafford, Cunningham are the most powerful long distance throwers that I saw throw passes 90 yards. The only others I've seen do it were relatively unknown QBs like Peter Tom Willis, Eddie LeBaron [1956] and Sonny Gibbs [1960]. Back in the past...after WWII...all NFL games started at 1pm. There were no night games! Teams would come out at noon without shoulder pads or helmets and we kids could get autographs. The old Baltimore Colts started in Dallas as the Dallas Texans for 1 year. The Kansas City Chiefs originally came from Dallas in1963 and I saw every player in the old AFL and NFL + local semi-pros in Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana and California. We used to hang around Baltimore Colts, Dallas Texans practice and see the Cowboys in Thousand Oaks,CA. Fact is, The QBs like Joe Willie, Bart Starr, Darryl Lamonica, Terry Bradshaw, Moon etc. would come out with WRs and throw bombs to Don Maynard, Max McGee, Rich Caster or Lynn Swann. I played QB and safety [2 ways] in local leagues and saw a ton of Texas guys who could throw it 70 yards [Dandy Don, Cotton Davidson or Scottie Miles etc.] But, guys like Elway, Stafford, Cunningham and Vick were jaw-dropping!!! I'd like to add that Terry Bradshaw may have had the strongest arm of all. He would warmup throwing 70 and 75 yard darts to WRs + when we were in highschool [I graduated in 1966...same year as Terry], he was state champ throwing the Javelin. Hell, I was a big 'un myself, 6'3" 245 lbs and could chunk it 70 yards...

Moon obviously everybody knows who he is but just the beauty of his throwing motion, the spirals, velocity...that doesnt get talked about enough. and he hung in the pocket well. you'd see it collapsing and almost not even see Moon there...all of a sudden you just see a football fly up out of this mass of humanity and land 60 yards away on Haywood Jeffires hands I loved the smooth violence of Elway throwing it too. It was like he was a pro boxer throwing a haymaker

Big respect for those old-timers. Getting smashed pretty much every time they got rid of the ball. Compared to today’s RTP rulings, it was an era where the QBs had to be talented and tough.

Aaron Rodgers showing tremendous improvisational skills from the pocket

He's not remembered much today, but Darryl Lamonica had one of the strongest torpedoes of all time. Al Davis set up the Raiders original vertical passing game around Lamonica's mastery of the long ball.

JEFF GEORGE HAD THE BEST RELEASE AND FOLLOWBTHRU EVER!! And the arm strength was off the chart. Love watching his throwing motion.

Jeff george's arm was scary strong and he wanted to use every ounce of power on every throw. If he had any kind of touch he would of been a great one.

Greatest commentator moments please NFL Throwback

Warren Moon threw the prettiest ball.

Jim Hart had an absolute howitzer of an arm in an era when guy weren't known to hurl them.

Elway always had a powerful arm, even in the later years of his career. Early in his career, he had an absolute howitzer of an arm.

Marino is the best QB I’ve ever seen throw a football. He had a laser beam and he was deadly accurate. If he played today he’d have 7000 yards and 65 TD’s a year.

Allen's arm is nasty, and now he's getting accurate. Man is going to be scary for a while

You forgot all about Steve Bartkowski, I once saw him throw a ball almost 50 yards against the Giants and it couldn’t have been more than 10 feet off the ground at its highest point. 😮

The throw Cunningham made at the 12:38 mark was insane. He was back pedaling and threw a rope about 45 yds and hit his man in stride

As a Packers fan, I can say we've been very blessed and spoiled to have Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers; not only do they have rocket arms, but their scrambling ability was incredible as well

glad vick is finally getting some respect in terms of his arm strength. Havnt seen someone able to rope a ball 50 yards on a line quite like that god danm.

Fun fact: having Randy Moss as your receiver gives you a +10 synergy bonus to arm strength.

Vicks arm was just incredible. It always looks like he just flicked the ball & it went 50+ yards

Definitely Marino and Favre have both of the strongest NFL arms , I must say , helluva throws 💯💯💯💯

Warren Moon threw the prettiest spirals. Also, Matt Stafford's throw at 8:58 is insane (throwing it 45 yards off while running backwards & off platform, SHEESH).

Marino and Elway had artillery pieces for arms. Amazing watching them during their careers.

Cunningham and Vick threw such a ridiculously good deep ball. As a Panthers fan, it felt like Vick could throw it farther while on the run, than any of our QB's could from in the damn pocket... I've always felt Cunningham was under rated in his time for as gifted as he was.

Dan Marino....hands down.

Everyone love the old school Steelers with Bradshaw, but Big Ben’s arm in his prime with the deep ball was incredible

Bobby Douglass, who had an absolute gun for an arm. Threw 4 TDs in one game with a broken wrist on his throwing arm.

How come I only got the recommendation to this video now? Thank you NFL Throwback! That's a great compilation and whoever chose the QBs is knowledgable for sure. Sonny Jurgensen and Bert Jones are prime examples of the gunslinger and prototypical passer long before Aaron Rodgers or Pat Mahomes.

Where is Jay Cutler!? Say whatever you want about Jay, but that dude had one of the strongest arms of ALL time

Randall Cunningham and Warren Moon why are we forgetting these guys they have rocket launchers.!!!

That “Culpepper, Moss and Carter” trifecta 🔥👍🏼

prettiest site u ever wanted to see was BERT JONES unleashing passes at BALTIMORES MEMORIAL COLISEUM on early fall afternoons. The camera angles were sweet with trees seemingly blowing in the wind & the ball hitting COLTS recievers' hands!

Dan Marino was the best to ever throw the pigskin. Lightning quick release, beautiful to watch #13

When I think strongest arm, the name that jumps to me immediately is Elway.

The guys like Moon, Vick, Namath, Marino, Allen, Elway who do it with a flick of a wrist are the ones who are the most impressive to me. Some have to have somewhat of a windup to go deep. They have strong arms,but it looks like it is harder for them. I think Namath was the first QB who I noticed the quick release and how effortless it was for him. He may have had the best release ever at the time he was drafted by the Jets. Now it is almost mandatory for an NFL QB to have that short,quick release. Marino could have changed uniforms with Namath and it would be hard to tell them apart. All of these QB's have rocket arms. Some just throw a prettier ball and make it look effortless.

I remember this great story I read about Elway. His senior year at Stanford, fully HALF of his interceptions were because he threw so hard that the ball bounced off the receivers chests.

Jim Kelly throwing in & through that Up State New York wind for his entire career...Underrated. 2nd 2 None

This might be the best video NFL Throwback has posted on this site.

Marino's Dad taught him how to throw. He told Dan simply, "the ball comes up and out".

Elway was a legend, and I'm a Redskins fan. John made the game fun to watch

Bert Jones had the strongest arm I have ever seen. Not the best arm, but the strongest. I remember watching him throw a ball away 90 yards in the air.

Dan Marino and Jim Kelly are the two best passing Quarterbacks i have seen!

Love the respect Allen is getting for his talent

Vick had an absolute cannon. I’ve always thought he had the strongest arm Ive ever seen. With an effortless flick of his wrist the ball would go 70 yards. If he put full effort into a throw, he could go endzone to endzone.

Joe Namath's arm was insane

glad to see jeff george in there. I know all about his attitude and whatnot but lets all appreciate the cannon that dude had lol

Imagine if Vick had the maturity and work ethic he had late career in his early Falcons days....booooooy would have been more special than he was. Truly top 5 athlete I've witnessed EVER.

Vicks throw was incredible. What a special player.

Stafford and Favre's bullets are so alike. They have like the same arm!

Marino, Elway, and Moon are the reason I started watching the NFL as kid.

I got to watch Dan Marino play in 1996 and I couldn't believe how fast and accurate he could throw. Even when cowboys defense terrorized him he would still get it down the field.

There was a QB named Joe Gilliam who played for the Steelers in 1974. Skinny guy with a rifle arm. Didnt last but a few years, but he sling it. I think theres a short doc on YT about him.