Patrick Mahomes has spent his career shredding quarterback résumés. From Josh Allen to Lamar Jackson to Justin Herbert, the Chiefsâ superstar has made the best in the league look ordinary when it matters most. Until last February only Joe Burrow and Tom Brady had beaten Mahomes in the post-season, in 21 playoff games. Think about that. Mahomes was 17-3 in the second season and was gunning for a third straight Lombardi trophy. Until he ran into the Philadelphia Eagles‘ Jalen Hurts, who is quickly becoming Mahomes’ kryptonite. Â
Through four head-to-head matchups including two Super Bowls Hurts hasnât blinked. Heâs gone toe-to-toe with Mahomes on the sportâs biggest stages and, most recently, handed him one of the worst defeats of his career.
Head to Head
| Date / Game | Jalen Hurts (Eagles) | Patrick Mahomes (Chiefs) | Result |
| Oct 3, 2021 â Regular Season | 32/48, 387 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT; 8 rush, 47 yds | 24/30, 278 yds, 5 TD, 1 INT | Chiefs 42â30 |
| Feb 12, 2023 â Super Bowl LVII | 27/38, 304 yds, 1 TD; 15 rush, 70 yds, 3 TDs | 21/27, 182 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT; 6 rush, 44 yds | Chiefs 38â35 |
| Nov 20, 2023 â Regular Season | 14/22, 150 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT; 12 rush, 29 yds, 2 TDs | 24/43, 177 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT | Eagles 21â17 |
| Feb 9, 2025 â Super Bowl LIX | 17/22, 221 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT; 11 rush, 72 yds, 1 TD | 21/32, 257 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT; sacked 6x | Eagles 40â22 |
Hurts and Mahomes are now tied 2â2 head-to-head, with Hurts winning the last two meetings, including a dominant Super Bowl MVP performance in New Orleans 40-22.
Mahomes a Nightmare
Mahomes has been a nightmare matchup for nearly every other top quarterback of his generation.
- Lamar Jackson: 1â3
- Dak Prescott 0-1
- Justin Herbert: 1â4
- Deshaun Watson: 1â3
- Russell Wilson: 1â2
- Derek Carr: 1â9
- Tua Tagovailoa: 0â1
- Tom Brady 1-3
Only Joe Burrow (3-2) and Josh Allen (4-1) have winning regular season records vs Mahomes among quarterbacks who have also faced him in the playoffs.
Mahomes in the Playoffs
Patrick Mahomes has been nothing short of dominant in the postseason. Through the 2025 playoffs, he owns a 17â4 career playoff record, cementing his reputation as one of the greatest big-game quarterbacks of all time. Heâs undefeated in the Divisional Round, 5-2 in AFC title games, and already has three Super Bowl rings.
Some have gotten their “ounce” of flesh in the regular season but in the regular season you drive for show and in the post-season you putt for dough and that’s where Mahomes has been money.
Putting Season
| Quarterback | Playoff Record vs. Mahomes |
| Josh Allen | 0â4 |
| Joe Burrow | 1â1 |
| Tom Brady | 2â0 |
| Jalen Hurts | 1â1 |
| Lamar Jackson | 0â1 |
| Deshaun Watson | 0â1 |
| Ryan Tannehill | 0â1 |
| Jimmy Garoppolo | 0â1 |
| Baker Mayfield | 0â1 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 0â1 |
| Trevor Lawrence | 0â1 |
| Tua Tagovailoa | 0â1 |
 Elite Company
Tom Brady (2â0) is the only QB with multiple playoff wins against Mahomes, taking him down in both the AFC Championship and the Super Bowl.
Joe Burrow (1â1) is the only other AFC quarterback to topple Mahomes, doing it in Arrowhead in the 2022 AFC Championship game.
Jalen Hurts (1â1) is the only other NFC quarterback to ever beat Mahomes in the postseason, handing him a 40-22 defeat last February in Super Bowl 59, avenging the Super Bowl loss to Mahomes and the Chiefs two years prior in Super Bowl 57.
The Tiger Woods Effect
Most quarterbacks wilt when Mahomes is on the other sideline. It’s the Tiger Woods Effect. Josh Allen has lost to him four times in the playoffs. Lamar Jackson, Deshaun Watson, Trevor Lawrence, and Tua Tagovailoa are winless. Even Ben Roethlisberger couldnât find a way through #15 and both the 49ers’ Jimmy Garapalo and Brock Purdy couldn’t hold a 10 point lead in the two Super Bowls they played in against him.
Only Brady, Burrow, and Hurts have solved the Mahomes puzzle when it mattered most and only Brady and Hurts have done it with the Lombardi Trophy on the line.  The Birds QB1 doesn’t flinch when going head to head with football immortality. He rises.
Everyone else? They bee flinch but the Chiefsâ quarterback doesn’t as he always seems to make the right play when it matters most.
Hurts Takes the Fight to Mahomes
Hurts is the rare quarterback who treats Mahomes as a measuring stick, not a death sentence. He threw for 387 yards in their first meeting, ran for three touchdowns in a Super Bowl, and delivered a flawless 17-of-22 passing day in Super Bowl LIX while adding 72 rushing yards and a score on the ground. He doesnât just stay in the fight he raises his game and pressures Mahomes into matching his intensity.
Itâs why Eagles-Chiefs has quickly become must-watch football. And itâs why Hurts, unlike almost every other quarterback in the NFL, has proven he belongs on the same stage as one Patrick Lavon Mahomes II.
Hurts has had two monster Super Bowl performances against Kansas City’s prodigal son and last February took home Super Bowl MVP honors, famously telling his left tackle, Jordan Mialata after the game, “It’s just what the f#*k I do.”  Â
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