In terms of their postseason history, Cardinals QB Kurt Warner and the Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger have some things in common, and one of them is success. Both directed their team to a Super Bowl title in their second NFL season.

Warner, in his first year as a starting quarterback in 1999, led the St. Louis Rams to a Super Bowl victory over the Tennessee Titans. He returned to the title game two years later, when the Rams lost to the New England Patriots on a last-second, 48-yard field goal by Adam Vinatieri.

The 37-year-old veteran has waited seven years for another chance at a league championship, this time with the underdog Arizona Cardinals, and he goes into Sunday’s game with one of the best postseason records among quarterbacks with at least seven playoff starts.

Best Record in Postseason, Starting Quarterbacks
(minimum 7 starts)

Bart Starr. . . . . . . . . 9-1. . . .900
Tom Brady. . . . . . . . 14-3. . . .824
Kurt Warner. . . . . . . 8-2. . . .800
Jim Plunkett. . . . . . . 8-2. . . .800
Ben Roethlisberger. . 7-2. . . .778

Pittsburgh’s starter on Sunday, Ben Roethlisberger, gets a chance to make it two-for-two in the Super Bowl in just his fifth NFL season. Three years ago, Roethlisberger and the Steelers won three playoff games on the road before defeating the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl. The 26-year-old quarterback has already played in the AFC Championship game three times, and like Warner, has an impressive postseason record.

Currently Roethlisberger has seven playoff victories in five seasons, and in NFL history, only Tom Brady (9) has had more in his first five years in the league. Roethlisberger can’t catch Brady, though an eighth playoff victory on Sunday would push him ahead of Warner on the QB leader board for best postseason records.

With a Steelers victory, Roethlisberger would join Brady as the only quarterback to win two Super Bowls by age 26. Warner, on the other hand, was 27 when he made his NFL debut.