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List of NFL quarterback records

This is a list of the records in the National Football League (NFL) set by individual quarterbacks. For NFL records set by players in other positions, see List of NFL individual records.

Playing

  • Most seasons: 26, George Blanda, 1949–1958, 1960–1975
  • Most games played: 335, Tom Brady, 2001–2007; 2009–2022
  • Most consecutive starts: 297 (321 including playoffs), Brett Favre, 1992–2010
  • Most consecutive starts to begin a career: 208 (227 including playoffs) Peyton Manning, 1998–2011

Passing

Passer rating

  • Most seasons led league: 6, Sammy Baugh, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1949; Steve Young, 1991–1994, 1996–1997
  • Most consecutive seasons led league: 4, Steve Young, 1991–1994
  • Highest passer rating, career (minimum 1,500 attempts): 102.2, Aaron Rodgers, 2005–2025, Lamar Jackson, 2018-2025
  • Highest passer rating, season (minimum 100 attempts): 122.5, Aaron Rodgers, 2011
  • Highest passer rating, rookie, season: 104.9, Dak Prescott, 2016
  • Youngest player, 158.3 perfect passer rating, game: Marcus Mariota (21 years, 318 days), September 13, 2015
  • Oldest player, 158.3 perfect passer rating, game: Tom Brady (43 years, 145 days), December 26, 2020
  • Most games, 100+ passer rating, career: 156, Tom Brady, 2001–2022
  • Most games, 120+ passer rating, career: 63, Drew Brees, 2002–2020
  • Most games, 130+ passer rating, career: 41, Drew Brees, 2002–2020; Aaron Rodgers, 2005–2024
  • Most games, 140+ passer rating, career: 22, Tom Brady, 2001–2022
  • Most games, 150+ passer rating, career: 8, Drew Brees, 2002–2020; Ben Roethlisberger, 2004–2018; Lamar Jackson, 2018-2024
  • Most games, 158.3 perfect passer rating, career: 4, Lamar Jackson, 2018–2024
  • Most games, 100+ passer rating, season: 14, Aaron Rodgers, 2020
  • Most games, 120+ passer rating, season: 10, Aaron Rodgers, 2020
  • Most games, 130+ passer rating, season: 7, Lamar Jackson, 2024
  • Most games, 140+ passer rating, season: 5, Lamar Jackson, 2024
  • Most games, 150+ passer rating, season: 3, Roger Staubach, 1973; Kirk Cousins, 2015; Drew Brees, 2018; Jared Goff, 2024; Lamar Jackson, 2024
  • Most games, 158.3 perfect passer rating, season: 2, Ben Roethlisberger, 2007; Lamar Jackson, 2019
  • Most seasons, 100+ passer rating (minimum 10 games started): 9, Drew Brees, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015–2019; Aaron Rodgers, 2009-2014, 2016, 2020-2021
  • Most seasons, 120+ passer rating (minimum 10 games started): 2, Aaron Rodgers, 2011, 2020

Passing attempts

  • Most seasons led league: 5, Dan Marino, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1997
  • Most consecutive seasons led league: 3, Johnny Unitas, 1959–1961; George Blanda, 1963–1965; Drew Bledsoe, 1994–1996
  • Most pass attempts, career: 12,050, Tom Brady, 2000–2022
  • Most pass attempts, season: 733, Tom Brady, 2022
  • Most pass attempts, rookie, season: 627, Andrew Luck, 2012
  • Most pass attempts, game: 70, Drew Bledsoe, November 13, 1994 (OT)
  • Most pass attempts, regulation game: 69, Vinny Testaverde, December 24, 2000
  • Most pass attempts per game, career: 38.3, Andrew Luck, 2012-2018
  • Most pass attempts per game, season: 45.44, Matthew Stafford, (727 attempts/16 games), 2012
  • Most pass attempts, game, perfect passer rating (158.3): 33, Jared Goff, September 27, 2018; Deshaun Watson, October 6, 2019
  • Most seasons, 500+ pass attempts: 17, Tom Brady, 2002–2022
  • Most seasons, 550+ pass attempts: 14, Tom Brady; 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011–2015, 2017–2022

Pass completions

  • Most seasons led league: 6, Dan Marino; 1984–1986, 1988, 1992, 1997; Drew Brees; 2007–2008, 2011, 2014, 2016–2017
  • Most consecutive seasons led league: 3, George Blanda, 1963–1965, Dan Marino, 1984–1986
  • Most pass completions, career: 7,753, Tom Brady, 2000–2022
  • Most pass completions, season: 490, Tom Brady, 2022
  • Most pass completions per game, career: 24.9, Joe Burrow, 2020-2025
  • Most pass completions per game, season: 29.4, Drew Brees, 2016
  • Most pass completions, rookie, season: 396, Justin Herbert, 2020
  • Most pass completions, rookie, game: 37, Joe Burrow on Sep 17, 2020; Justin Herbert on Nov 22, 2020
  • Most seasons 300+ completions: 18, Tom Brady, 2000–2022; Brett Favre, 1992–2009
  • Most seasons 350+ completions: 14, Tom Brady, 2002–2022
  • Most seasons 400+ completions: 9, Drew Brees, 2007–2008, 2010–2016
  • Most consecutive seasons 300+ completions: 18, Brett Favre, 1992–2009
  • Most consecutive seasons 350+ completions: 13, Drew Brees, 2006–2018
  • Most consecutive seasons 400+ completions: 7, Drew Brees, 2010–2016
  • Most pass completions, playoff game: 47, Ben Roethlisberger, 01-10-2021
  • Most pass completions, regulation game, regular season: 47, Jacoby Brissett, Nov 16, 2025
  • Most pass completions, game, perfect passer rating (158.3): 28, Deshaun Watson, Oct 6, 2019
  • Most consecutive pass completions: 25, Ryan Tannehill, Oct 18–25, 2015 (last 7 completions on October 18, 2015; first 18 completions on October 25, 2015); Nick Foles, December 30, 2018, Philip Rivers, November 25, 2018

Pass completion percentage

  • Most seasons led league: 8, Len Dawson; 1962, 1964–1969, 1975
  • Most consecutive seasons led league: 6, Len Dawson, 1964–1969
  • Highest completion percentage, career (minimum 1,500 attempts): 68.5, Joe Burrow (1,921 passing completions/2,806 attempts), 2020–2025
  • Highest completion percentage, season (among qualified players): 74.44, Drew Brees, (364/489), 2018
  • Highest completion percentage, rookie, season: 67.76, Dak Prescott, (311/459), 2016
  • Highest completion percentage, regular season game (minimum 20 attempts): 96.67, Drew Brees, (29/30), December 16, 2019
  • Most games with at least 80% pass completion rate, career (minimum 20 attempts per game): 28, Drew Brees, 2004–2020
  • Most games with at least 80% pass completion rate, season (minimum 20 attempts per game): 4, Drew Brees, 2018; Kirk Cousins, 2019; Trevor Lawrence, 2022
  • Most games with at least 80% pass completion rate and no interceptions, career (minimum 20 passes per game): 26, Drew Brees, 2004–2020
  • Most games with at least 80% pass completion rate and no interceptions, season (minimum 20 passes per game): 4, Drew Brees, 2018; Kirk Cousins, 2019
  • Most games with at least 75% pass completion rate, career (minimum 20 attempts per game): 67, Drew Brees, 2004–2020
  • Most games with at least 75% pass completion rate, season (minimum 20 attempts per game): 8, Tom Brady, 2007
  • Most games with at least 75% pass completion rate and no interceptions, career (minimum 20 attempts per game): 51, Drew Brees, 2004–2020
  • Most games with at least 75% pass completion rate and no interceptions, season (minimum 20 attempts per game): 6, Tom Brady, 2007; Dak Prescott, 2016
  • Most games with at least 70% pass completion rate, career (minimum 20 attempts per game): 116, Drew Brees, 2004–2020
  • Most games with at least 70% pass completion rate, season (minimum 20 attempts per game): 13, Drew Brees, 2017
  • Most games with at least 70% pass completion rate and no interceptions, career (minimum 20 attempts per game): 75, Drew Brees, 2004–2020
  • Most games with at least 70% pass completion rate and no interceptions, season (minimum 20 attempts per game): 9, Dak Prescott, 2016
  • Most seasons with at least 70% pass completion rate (minimum 100 attempts per season): 5, Drew Brees; 2009, 2011, 2016–2018
  • Most seasons with at least 60% pass completion rate (minimum 100 attempts per season): 21, Tom Brady; 2001–2007, 2009–2022

Passing yards

  • Most seasons leading league: 7, Drew Brees, 2006, 2008, 2011–2012, 2014–2016
  • Most consecutive seasons leading league: 4, Dan Fouts, 1979–1982
  • Most passing yards, career: 89,214, Tom Brady, 2000–2022
  • Highest yards per game, career: 285.2, Patrick Mahomes, (35,939 yards/126 games), 2017–2025
  • Highest yards per game, season: 342.3, Peyton Manning, (5,477 yards/16 games), 2013, Drew Brees, (5,476 yards/16 games), 2011
  • Most seasons 2,000+ yards: 21, Tom Brady, 2001–2007; 2009–2022
  • Most seasons 2,500+ yards: 21, Tom Brady, 2001–2007, 2009–2022
  • Most seasons 3,000+ yards: 20, Tom Brady, 2002–2007, 2009–2022
  • Most seasons 3,500+ yards: 20, Tom Brady, 2002–2007, 2009–2022
  • Most seasons 4,000+ yards: 14, Peyton Manning; 1999–2004, 2006–2010, 2012–2014; Tom Brady, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011-2015, 2017-2022
  • Most seasons 4,500+ yards: 8, Drew Brees, 2008, 2010–2016
  • Most seasons 5,000+ yards: 5, Drew Brees; 2008, 2011–2013, 2016
  • Most consecutive seasons 2,000+ yards: 19, Drew Brees, 2002–2020; Brett Favre, 1992–2010
  • Most consecutive seasons 2,500+ yards: 19, Brett Favre, 1992–2010
  • Most consecutive seasons 3,000+ yards: 18, Brett Favre, 1992–2009
  • Most consecutive seasons 3,500+ yards: 14, Drew Brees, 2005–2018; Tom Brady, 2009–2022
  • Most consecutive seasons 4,000+ yards: 12, Drew Brees, 2006–2017
  • Most consecutive seasons 4,500+ yards: 7, Drew Brees, 2010–2016
  • Most consecutive seasons 5,000+ yards: 3, Drew Brees, 2011–2013
  • Most passing yards, season: 5,477, Peyton Manning, 2013
  • Most passing yards, rookie, season: 4,374, Andrew Luck, 2012
  • Most passing yards, season, home: 2,853, Drew Brees, 2015
  • Most passing yards, season, away: 2,852, Drew Brees, 2011
  • Most passing yards, game: 554, Norm Van Brocklin, September 28, 1951
  • Most passing yards, combined, game: 1,000, Matthew Stafford, (520) and Matt Flynn, (480), January 1, 2012
  • Most passing yards, 1st half: 361, Peyton Manning, January 9, 2005
  • Most passing yards, 2nd half: 417, Kirk Cousins, December 17, 2022
  • Most passing yards, overtime: 219, Derek Carr, October 30, 2016
  • Most passing yards, game, perfect passer rating (158.3): 465, Jared Goff, Sep 27, 2018
  • Most passing yards, game, rookie: 470, C. J. Stroud, November 5, 2023
  • Most games, 200+ yards passing, career: 238, Tom Brady, 2000–2021
  • Most games, 250+ yards passing, career: 189, Tom Brady, 2001–2022
  • Most games, 300+ yards passing, career: 122, Drew Brees, 2002–2020
  • Most games, 350+ yards passing, career: 63, Drew Brees, 2002–2019
  • Most games, 400+ yards passing, career: 16, Drew Brees, 2001–2018
  • Most games, 450+ yards passing, career: 6, Ben Roethlisberger, 2009–2018
  • Most games, 500+ yards passing, career: 3, Ben Roethlisberger, 2009–2017
  • Most games, 250+ yards passing, season: 16, Drew Brees, 2011
  • Most games, 300+ yards passing, season: 13, Drew Brees, 2011
  • Most games, 350+ yards passing, season: 8, Drew Brees, 2011; Peyton Manning, 2013
  • Most games, 400+ yards passing, season: 4, Dan Marino, 1984; Peyton Manning, 2013; Ryan Fitzpatrick, 2018
  • Most consecutive 200+ yards passing games: 64, Matt Ryan, 2013–2017
  • Most consecutive 250+ yards passing games: 18, Drew Brees, 2010–2012
  • Most consecutive 300+ yards passing games: 9, Drew Brees (twice) 2011–2012, 2012–2013
  • Most consecutive 300+ yards passing games as rookie: 3, Joe Burrow, 2020
  • Most consecutive 350+ yards passing games: 4, Drew Brees, 2011; Matthew Stafford, 2011–2012
  • Most consecutive 400+ yards passing games: 3, Ryan Fitzpatrick, 2018; Dak Prescott, 2020
  • Most consecutive 450+ yards passing games: 3, Dak Prescott, 2020
  • Longest pass completion: 99 yards, by 13 players, most recently Eli Manning, December 24, 2011
  • Youngest player, 3,000 yards passing: Jameis Winston (21 years, 342 days) December 13, 2015
  • Youngest player, 4,000 yards passing: Jameis Winston (21 years, 363 days) January 3, 2016
  • Fewest games to reach 10,000 career passing yards: 34, Patrick Mahomes, 2017–2020
  • Fewest games to reach 15,000 career passing yards: 49, Patrick Mahomes, 2017–2021
  • Fewest games to reach 20,000 career passing yards: 67, Patrick Mahomes, 2017–2022
  • Fewest games to reach 25,000 career passing yards: 83, Patrick Mahomes, 2017–2023
  • Fewest games to reach 30,000 career passing yards: 103, Patrick Mahomes, 2017-2024
  • Fewest games to reach 35,000 career passing yards: 123, Patrick Mahomes, 2017-2025
  • Fewest games to reach 40,000 career passing yards: 147, Matthew Stafford, 2009–2019
  • Fewest games to reach 45,000 career passing yards: 165, Matthew Stafford, 2009–2020
  • Fewest games to reach 50,000 career passing yards: 183, Drew Brees, 2001–2013, Matthew Stafford, 2009–2022
  • Fewest games to reach 55,000 career passing yards: 199, Drew Brees, 2001–2014
  • Fewest games to reach 60,000 career passing yards: 215, Drew Brees, 2001–2015
  • Fewest games to reach 65,000 career passing yards: 230, Drew Brees, 2001–2016
  • Fewest games to reach 70,000 career passing yards: 248, Drew Brees, 2001–2017
  • Fewest games to reach 75,000 career passing yards: 267, Drew Brees, 2001–2019
  • Fewest games to reach 80,000 career passing yards: 286, Drew Brees, 2001–2020
  • Fewest games to reach 85,000 career passing yards: 321, Tom Brady, 2001–2022

Average passing yards

  • Most seasons led league: 7, Sid Luckman, 1939–1943, 1946–47
  • Most consecutive seasons led league: 5, Sid Luckman, 1939–1943
  • Highest yards per attempt, career (minimum 1,500 attempts): 8.63 (13,499 yards on 1,565 attempts), Otto Graham, 1950–1955
  • Highest yards per attempt, season (among qualified players): 11.17 (1,229 on 110 attempts), Tommy O'Connell, 1957
  • Highest yards per attempt, rookie, season: 9.41 (1,854 yards on 197 attempts), Greg Cook, 1969
  • Highest yards per attempt, game: 18.58 (446 yards on 24 attempts) Sammy Baugh, Oct 31, 1948

Passing touchdowns

Career
Regular season
Game

Interceptions thrown

  • Most seasons led league: 4, Vinny Testaverde, 1988–1989, 2000, 2004
  • Most passes intercepted, career: 336, Brett Favre, 1991–2010
  • Most passes intercepted, season: 42, George Blanda, 1962
  • Most passes intercepted, rookie season: 28, Peyton Manning, 1998
  • Most passes intercepted, game: 8, Jim Hardy, September 24, 1950
  • Most passes intercepted, half: 5, Nathan Peterman,
  • Most consecutive passes attempted, none intercepted: 402, Aaron Rodgers, September 30, 2018 – December 16, 2018
  • Most consecutive passes attempted, none intercepted to start a career: 191, C. J. Stroud, 2023
  • Most consecutive passing attempts without an interception by a rookie: 354, Caleb Williams, 2024
  • Most consecutive passes attempted, none intercepted to start a season: 287, Alex Smith, 2017
  • Most attempts with no interceptions, game: 70 Drew Bledsoe, November 13, 1994
  • Most completions with no interceptions, game: 45 Drew Bledsoe, November 13, 1994
  • Most games with 200+ yards passing and no interceptions, career: 123, Tom Brady, 2001–2019
  • Most games with 200+ yards passing and no interceptions, season: 11, Tom Brady, 2012; Aaron Rodgers, 2014 and 2020; Patrick Mahomes, 2020
  • Most games with 1+ touchdown passes and no interceptions, career: 134, Tom Brady, 2001–2019
  • Most games with 1+ touchdown passes and no interceptions, season: 14, Tom Brady 2010
  • Most consecutive games with 1+ touchdown passes and no interceptions: 11, Tom Brady, 2010
  • Fewest interceptions through 1,000 career passing attempts: 12, Caleb Williams

Pick Sixes

Lowest interception percentage

  • Most seasons led league, interception percentage: 5, Sammy Baugh, 1940, 1942, 1944–45, 1947
  • Lowest interception percentage, career (minimum 1,500 attempts): 1.4 (32 INTs, 2,246 attempts), Jacoby Brissett, 2016-2025, (123 INTs, 8,743 attempts), Aaron Rodgers, 2005-2025
  • Lowest interception percentage, season (minimum 200 attempts): 0.0 (0 INTs, 200 attempts), Brian Hoyer, 2016
  • Lowest interception percentage, season (minimum 16 starts): 0.335 (2 INTs, 597 attempts), Aaron Rodgers, 2018
  • Lowest interception percentage, rookie season: 0.87 (4 INTs, 459 attempts), Dak Prescott, 2016

Sacks, fumbles, and tackles

Sacked

  • Most times sacked, career: 600, Aaron Rodgers, 2005–2025
  • Most times sacked, season: 76, David Carr, 2002
  • Most times sacked, game: 12, Bert Jones, October 26, 1980; Warren Moon, September 29, 1985; Donovan McNabb, September 30, 2007
  • Most sack yards lost, career: 4,088, Aaron Rodgers, 2005-2025
  • Lowest sacked percentage (times sacked per passing play attempted), season: 0.98%, Dan Marino, 1988
  • Lowest sacked percentage (times sacked per passing play attempted), career: 2.83%, George Blanda

Fumbles

Fumbles recovered

While the NFL records recoveries for both own fumbles and opponents' fumbles, all quarterback records were set for recovering only their own fumbles.

  • Most fumbles recovered, career: 56, Warren Moon, 1984–2000
  • Most fumbles recovered, season: 12, David Carr, 2002
  • Most fumbles recovered, game: 4,
Otto Graham on October 25, 1953
Sam Etcheverry on September 17, 1961
Roman Gabriel on October 12, 1969
Joe Ferguson on September 18, 1977
Randall Cunningham on November 30, 1986
Tony Romo on September 26, 2011
Matthew Stafford on 2013

Tackles

On rare occasions, a quarterback loses the ball due to either an interception or a fumble, and then tackles the opposing player in possession of the ball.

  • Most tackles by a quarterback, career: 29, Joe Webb, 2010–2020

Rushing

Wins/losses

Wins

Note: These records are not listed in NFL Record and Fact Book

Losses

Note: These records are not listed in NFL Record and Fact Book

Firsts

Starts

  • First quarterback with 100 consecutive starts: Ron Jaworski November 27, 1983
  • First quarterback with 200 consecutive starts: Brett Favre November 29, 2004

Wins

See also

References

External links