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^a The NFL did not count ties in the standings until 1972. Therefore, ties occurring prior to 1972 do not count toward a quarterback's win percentage, while ties occurring in 1972 or later count as half-win, half-loss. ^b Layne is listed as having started all 12 games for the Bulldogs (NFL) in 1949, and that team finished 1–10–1. Combined ...
First NFL quarterback to reach 100 career wins (regular season): Johnny Unitas vs. Green Bay Packers; November 9, 1969; First NFL quarterback to reach 150 career wins (regular season): Brett Favre vs. San Diego Chargers; September 23, 2007; First NFL quarterback to reach 200 career wins (regular season): Tom Brady vs. Kansas City Chiefs ...
The current passer rating system, which was adopted in 1973, removes inequities that existed in the former method and, at the same time, provides a means of comparing passing performances from one season to the next. According to the 2017 NFL Record & Fact Book, the system is used to rate passers, not quarterbacks. Statistics do not reflect ...
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]
Here's a ranking of all 32 starters. Caveat: this ranking list is for today, Oct. 22, not which quarterback we want to start a franchise around for 2015 and beyond. 1. Peyton Manning 2. Andrew Luck 3.
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]
In 2010, NFL Network aired The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players, an all-time top 100 list, with wide receiver Jerry Rice being voted as the number-one player. The following year, the network debuted their annual NFL Top 100, with quarterback Tom Brady being voted at the top. Brady holds the record for most number-one selections, with four (2011 ...
Sports Illustrated: "New York averaged only 16.1 points per game, the second fewest in the NFL, in large part due to subpar quarterback play. Known for his flash, Sanders has an element of ...