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The following is a list of the top National Football League (NFL) quarterbacks in regular season wins since quarterback starts were first officially tracked in 1950. In the NFL, the starting quarterback is the only position that is credited with records of wins and losses. Tom Brady holds the record for the most regular season wins with 251 ...
Note: Y. A. Tittle passed for 33,070 yards in his professional career, which would place him in 44th on this list, but 4,731 of those yards came in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), which the NFL does not recognize statistics and records from to date. [54] [55] Thus, Tittle's career passing yards total in the NFL stands at 28,339. [56]
During the 2021 NFL season, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady passed Drew Brees to become the all-time passing yards leader in professional football league history. [10] Brees had surpassed Anthony Calvillo for the record in the previous season, while Calvillo had surpassed Damon Allen for the record in the 2011 CFL season. [ 11 ]
Most consecutive starts by a quarterback: 297 (321 including playoffs), Brett Favre, 1992–2010 [5] Most consecutive starts by a receiver : 176 (185 including playoffs), Tim Brown , 1992–2003 Most consecutive starts by a running back : 170 (178 including playoffs), Walter Payton , 1975–1987
The league values QBs similarly—the last time a non-quarterback won the MVP award was in 2012. To feed the constant need, teams have increasingly used their top draft picks on that one position.
Bart Starr led the league in passer rating four times during the 1960s. Roger Staubach led the NFL in passer rating four times in his 11 year career. Steve Young led the league in passer rating a record six times and is the only player to do so in four consecutive seasons. [6]
By SAM SPIEGELMAN XN Sports No position is more scrutinized in the NFL than that of the quarterback. Every year we try to appoint some into the "elite" category, while some have hung around in ...
According to the 2017 NFL Record & Fact Book, the system is used to rate passers, not quarterbacks. Statistics do not reflect leadership, play-calling, and other intangible factors that go into making a successful professional quarterback. [1] Four categories are used as a basis for compiling a rating: Percentage of completions per attempt