Sports Illustrated's 40 Best Tom Brady Photos For His 40th Birthday

Sports Illustrated has been covering Tom Brady since his days as a backup quarterback at Michigan. As the Patriots legend approaches 40, we take a look at his 40 best SI photos.

Sports Illustrated's 40 Best Tom Brady Photos For His 40th Birthday

Tom Brady 1998

Heinz Kluetmeier

Tom Brady 2005

Walter Iooss Jr

Tom Brady 1999

John Biever

Tom Brady Sports Illustrated Cover 2004

Bob Rosato

Tom Brady 2002

David Bergman

Tom Brady 2002

John Biever

Tom Brady Super Bowl XXXVI 2002

Walter Iooss Jr

Tom Brady Sports Illustrated Cover 2007

John Biever

Tom Brady Super Bowl XXXVIII 2004

Heinz Kluetmeier

Tom Brady 2004

Bob Rosato

Tom Brady 2004

John W. McDonough

Tom Brady Sports Illustrated Cover 2004

John W. McDonough

Tom Brady 2005

Damian Strohmeyer

Tom Brady Super Bowl XXXIX 2005

Neil Leifer

Tom Brady Sports Illustrated Cover 2004

Damian Strohmeyer

Tom Brady 2007

David Bergman

Tom Brady 2009

Damian Strohmeyer

Tom Brady 2009

Damian Strohmeyer

Tom Brady Sports Illustrated Cover 2010

Damian Strohmeyer

Tom Brady 2010

Heinz Kluetmeier

Tom Brady 2010

Al Tielemans

Tom Brady 2009

Damian Strohmeyer

Tom Brady 2009

Bob Rosato

Tom Brady Sports Illustrated Cover 2012

Simon Bruty

Tom Brady 2013

Damian Strohmeyer

Tom Brady 2014

David E. Klutho

Tom Brady 2015

Al Tielemans

Tom Brady Super Bowl XLIX 2015

John Iacono

Tom Brady Super Bowl XLIX 2015

Simon Bruty

Tom Brady Sports Illustrated Cover 2015

Simon Bruty

Tom Brady 2014

John W. McDonough

Tom Brady 2016

Donald Miralle

Tom Brady 2016

Jeff Haynes

Tom Brady 2017

Rob Tringali

Tom Brady Sports Illustrated Cover 2017

Erick W. Rasco

Tom Brady 2017

Erick W. Rasco

Tom Brady 2017

Robert Beck

Tom Brady Super Bowl LI 2017

Al Tielemans

Tom Brady Super Bowl LI 2017

Simon Bruty

Tom Brady Super Bowl LI 2017

Simon Bruty