Aaron Rodgers Passes Roethlisberger in Steelers Win

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers surpassed Ben Roethlisberger in career wins after leading Pittsburgh to a 34-22 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. The milestone moved Rodgers to fifth all time in NFL quarterback wins.

According to Yahoo Sports, Rodgers reached 166 career wins with the Steelers victory. Only Tom Brady with 251, Brett Favre with 186, Peyton Manning with 186, and Drew Brees with 171 have more wins.

According to Yahoo Sports, Rodgers could move into fourth place on the all-time wins list this season by earning six additional victories. He also needs 2,492 passing yards to reach 70,000 career passing yards.

Rodgers also climbed the NFL career passing touchdown rankings. According to Yahoo Sports, he passed Peyton Manning with 581 career touchdown passes including postseason games, the third most in league history.

Rodgers previously moved past former Green Bay Packers teammate Brett Favre for fourth most career touchdown passes in Week 3 last season against the New England Patriots. He also surpassed Roethlisberger on the career passing yards list last year.

Rodgers addressed the significance of his career milestones after reaching the touchdown record mark.

"It's just a longevity achievement. Some touchdowns, you make exceptional plays. Some, the scheme is so good, like the one to Jaylen (Warren) in the game.

All I've got to do is not screw it up. And then sometimes you throw a short one to a guy and he goes 60 and it goes in the column all the same. So there have been a lot of guys involved in that, including the guys blocking, the guys calling the plays.

Every now and then, I made some special throws that led to touchdowns, but I've been playing a long time. It's a longevity thing that, you know, I'm proud of, but it's not a big deal," said Aaron Rodgers, quarterback.