Troy Aikman

Troy Kenneth Aikman (twitter: @TroyAikman)

Position: QB
Height: 6-4 Weight: 219 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: November 21, 1966 in West Covina, CA
College: Oklahoma, UCLA (school history)
Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1989 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 97 (179th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2006

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All-Time Rank: #202. Howie Long… #203. Jack Christiansen… #204. Don Maynard… #205. TROY AIKMAN… #206. Harold Jackson… #207. Elroy Hirsch… #208. Mike Ditka…

All-Time Rank: #202. Howie Long… #203. Jack Christiansen… #204. Don Maynard… #205. TROY AIKMAN… #206. Harold Jackson… #207. Elroy Hirsch… #208. Mike Ditka…

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD	AV
1989	23	DAL	QB	8	11	11	0-11-0	155	293	52.9	1749	9	3.1	18	6.1	75	6.0	3.8	11.3	159.0	55.7	19	155	5.11	3.09	6.1			2
1990	24	DAL	QB	8	15	15	7-8-0	226	399	56.6	2579	11	2.8	18	4.5	61	6.5	5.0	11.4	171.9	66.6	39	288	5.23	3.88	8.9	4	6	7
1991*	25	DAL	QB	8	12	12	7-5-0	237	363	65.3	2754	11	3.0	10	2.8	61	7.6	7.0	11.6	229.5	86.7	32	224	6.41	5.82	8.1	2	2	11
1992*	26	DAL	QB	8	16	16	13-3-0	302	473	63.8	3445	23	4.9	14	3.0	87	7.3	6.9	11.4	215.3	89.5	23	112	6.72	6.38	4.6	1	1	17
1993*	27	DAL	QB	8	14	14	11-3-0	271	392	69.1	3100	15	3.8	6	1.5	80	7.9	8.0	11.4	221.4	99.0	26	153	7.05	7.12	6.2	0	1	16
1994*	28	DAL	QB	8	14	14	10-4-0	233	361	64.5	2676	13	3.6	12	3.3	90	7.4	6.6	11.5	191.1	84.9	14	59	6.98	6.23	3.7	0	1	12
1995*	29	DAL	QB	8	16	16	12-4-0	280	432	64.8	3304	16	3.7	7	1.6	50	7.6	7.7	11.8	206.5	93.6	14	89	7.21	7.22	3.1	3	3	15
1996*	30	DAL	QB	8	15	15	10-5-0	296	465	63.7	3126	12	2.6	13	2.8	61	6.7	6.0	10.6	208.4	80.1	18	120	6.22	5.51	3.7	2	2	9
1997	31	DAL	QB	8	16	16	6-10-0	292	518	56.4	3283	19	3.7	12	2.3	64	6.3	6.0	11.2	205.2	78.0	33	269	5.47	5.18	6.0	3	3	10
1998	32	DAL	QB	8	11	11	7-4-0	187	315	59.4	2330	12	3.8	5	1.6	67	7.4	7.4	12.5	211.8	88.5	9	58	7.01	7.06	2.8			9
1999	33	DAL	QB	8	14	14	7-7-0	263	442	59.5	2964	17	3.8	12	2.7	90	6.7	6.3	11.3	211.7	81.1	19	130	6.15	5.71	4.1	1	1	10
2000	34	DAL	QB	8	11	11	4-7-0	156	262	59.5	1632	7	2.7	14	5.3	48	6.2	4.4	10.5	148.4	64.3	13	91	5.60	3.82	4.7	0	1	3
Career					165	165	94-71-0	2898	4715	61.5	32942	165	3.5	141	3.0	90	7.0	6.3	11.4	199.6	81.6	259	1748	6.27	5.66	5.2	16	21	121

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1992 (3-0), 1993 (3-0), 1994 (1-1), 1995 (3-0), 1996 (1-1), 1998 (0-1), 1999 (0-1)
Playoff Comebacks: 1995 (1)
Playoff Game-Winning Drives: 1995 (1)

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Advanced Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1989	23	DAL	QB	8	11	11	0-11-0	293	78	82	70	72	91	88	68	106	74
1990	24	DAL	QB	8	15	15	7-8-0	399	88	84	83	81	101	86	87	88	86
1991*	25	DAL	QB	8	12	12	7-5-0	363	114	109	112	109	130	90	113	95	114
1992*	26	DAL	QB	8	16	16	13-3-0	473	109	115	113	117	120	114	108	115	118
1993*	27	DAL	QB	8	14	14	11-3-0	392	122	122	127	126	133	101	128	104	129
1994*	28	DAL	QB	8	14	14	10-4-0	361	114	121	108	113	120	98	97	117	109
1995*	29	DAL	QB	8	16	16	12-4-0	432	122	130	124	129	123	97	126	120	122
1996*	30	DAL	QB	8	15	15	10-5-0	465	100	109	99	104	124	83	106	118	103
1997	31	DAL	QB	8	16	16	6-10-0	518	92	93	99	100	98	97	113	106	101
1998	32	DAL	QB	8	11	11	7-4-0	315	111	122	115	122	111	98	123	126	113
1999	33	DAL	QB	8	14	14	7-7-0	442	99	105	102	105	108	98	108	117	104
2000	34	DAL	QB	8	11	11	4-7-0	262	90	95	78	82	106	85	68	114	81
Career					165	165	94-71-0	4715	104	108	104	106	114	95	106	110	106

Rushing & Receiving

							Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1989	23	DAL	QB	8	11	11	38	302	0	25	7.9	27.5	3.5	1	-13	-13.0	0	-13	0.1	-1.2	289	0	6
1990	24	DAL	QB	8	15	15	40	172	1	20	4.3	11.5	2.7								172	1	5
1991*	25	DAL	QB	8	12	12	16	5	1	9	0.3	0.4	1.3	1	-6	-6.0	0	-6	0.1	-0.5	-1	1	4
1992*	26	DAL	QB	8	16	16	37	105	1	19	2.8	6.6	2.3								105	1	4
1993*	27	DAL	QB	8	14	14	32	125	0	20	3.9	8.9	2.3								125	0	7
1994*	28	DAL	QB	8	14	14	30	62	1	13	2.1	4.4	2.1								62	1	2
1995*	29	DAL	QB	8	16	16	21	32	1	12	1.5	2.0	1.3								32	1	5
1996*	30	DAL	QB	8	15	15	35	42	1	10	1.2	2.8	2.3								42	1	6
1997	31	DAL	QB	8	16	16	25	79	0	13	3.2	4.9	1.6								79	0	6
1998	32	DAL	QB	8	11	11	22	69	2	23	3.1	6.3	2.0								69	2	3
1999	33	DAL	QB	8	14	14	21	10	1	7	0.5	0.7	1.5								10	1	8
2000	34	DAL	QB	8	11	11	10	13	0	5	1.3	1.2	0.9								13	0	2
Career					165	165	327	1016	9	25	3.1	6.2	2.0	2	-19	-9.5	0	0	0.0	-0.1	997	9	58

Defense & Fumbles

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1989	23	DAL	QB	8	11	11							0	6	3	0	0
1990	24	DAL	QB	8	15	15							0	5	1	0	0
1991*	25	DAL	QB	8	12	12							0	4	0	0	0
1992*	26	DAL	QB	8	16	16							0	4	1	0	0
1993*	27	DAL	QB	8	14	14							0	7	3	-3	0
1994*	28	DAL	QB	8	14	14							0	2	2	0	0
1995*	29	DAL	QB	8	16	16							0	5	2	-15	0
1996*	30	DAL	QB	8	15	15							0	6	2	-8	0
1997	31	DAL	QB	8	16	16							0	6	0	-5	0
1998	32	DAL	QB	8	11	11							0	3	0	-20	0
1999	33	DAL	QB	8	14	14							0	8	2	-12	0
2000	34	DAL	QB	8	11	11							0	2	0	0	0
Career					165	165							0	58	16	-63	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts
1990	24	DAL	QB	8	15	15	1	1	6
1991*	25	DAL	QB	8	12	12	1	1	6
1992*	26	DAL	QB	8	16	16	1	1	6
1994*	28	DAL	QB	8	14	14	1	1	6
1995*	29	DAL	QB	8	16	16	1	1	6
1996*	30	DAL	QB	8	15	15	1	1	6
1998	32	DAL	QB	8	11	11	2	2	12
1999	33	DAL	QB	8	14	14	1	1	6
Career					165	165	9	9	54

Similar Players

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Randall Cunningham, Bob Avellini, Tony Eason, Jake Plummer, Doug Williams, Charley Johnson, Bobby Hebert, Drew Brees, Jim Hart, Bill Kenney
4	Randall Cunningham, Drew Brees, Joe Montana, Tony Eason, Gus Frerotte, Terry Bradshaw, Neil Lomax, Mark Rypien, Drew Bledsoe, Milt Plum
5	Randall Cunningham, Joe Montana*, Drew Brees, Carson Palmer, Steve McNair, Mark Brunell, Michael Vick, Ken Anderson, Marc Bulger, Jim Plunkett
6	Carson Palmer, Randall Cunningham, Mark Brunell, Drew Brees, Steve McNair, Joe Namath, Joe Montana, Ken Anderson, Drew Bledsoe, Tom Brady
7	Donovan McNabb, Joe Montana*, Drew Brees, Ken Anderson, Mark Brunell, Steve Grogan, Drew Bledsoe, Steve McNair, Aaron Brooks, Jeff Garcia
8	Ken Anderson, Donovan McNabb, Joe Montana, Steve McNair, Joe Namath, Drew Brees, Drew Bledsoe, Jim Zorn, Boomer Esiason, Mark Brunell
9	Ken Anderson, Donovan McNabb, Drew Bledsoe, Terry Bradshaw, Dan Fouts, Warren Moon, Mark Brunell, Joe Montana, Steve Grogan, Steve McNair
10	Ken Anderson, Donovan McNabb, Drew Bledsoe, Terry Bradshaw, Warren Moon, Fran Tarkenton, Steve Grogan, Joe Namath, Joe Montana*, Mark Brunell
11	Drew Bledsoe, Warren Moon, Bob Griese, Donovan McNabb, Ken Anderson, Terry Bradshaw, Fran Tarkenton, Joe Namath, Boomer Esiason, John Elway
12	Drew Bledsoe, Terry Bradshaw, Steve McNair, Bob Griese, John Hadl, Donovan McNabb, Roman Gabriel, Joe Namath, Ken Stabler, Bart Starr
Career	Mark Brunell, Donovan McNabb, Ken Stabler, Steve McNair, Joe Namath, Jim Kelly, Boomer Esiason, Jim Everett, Joe Theismann, Len Dawson*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Awards 1992 NFL Super Bowl MVP 1997 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year	Pro Bowls 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996	Approximate Value (Weighted) Career 97 (179)	Passes Completed 1992 NFL 302 (2) 1993 NFL 271 (8) 1996 NFL 296 (6) 1997 NFL 292 (6) Career 2898 (18)
Pass Attempts 1992 NFL 473 (4) 1996 NFL 465 (10) 1997 NFL 518 (5) Career 4715 (23)	Passing Yds 1992 NFL 3445 (4) 1993 NFL 3100 (10) 1996 NFL 3126 (9) 1997 NFL 3283 (8) Career 32942 (27)	Passing TD 1992 NFL 23 (3) 1993 NFL 15 (10) 1997 NFL 19 (10) Career 165 (63)	Passer Rating 1991 NFL 86.7 (6) 1992 NFL 89.5 (3) 1993 NFL 99.0 (2/64) 1994 NFL 84.9 (5) 1995 NFL 93.6 (3) 1998 NFL 88.5 (8) Career 81.6 (47)
Long Pass 1992 NFL 87 (2) 1993 NFL 80 (5) 1994 NFL 90 (3/89) 1999 NFL 90 (1/89)	Passes Intercepted 1989 NFL 18 (6) 1990 NFL 18 (3) Career 141 (60)	Sacked 1990 NFL 39 (5) 1991 NFL 32 (7) Career 259 (53)	Sacked Yds Lost 1990 NFL 288 (6) 1991 NFL 224 (9) 1997 NFL 269 (7) Career 1748 (54)
Passing Yds/Game 1991 NFL 229.5 (5) 1992 NFL 215.3 (6) 1993 NFL 221.4 (4) Career 199.6 (46)	Yds/Pass Att 1991 NFL 7.6 (4) 1992 NFL 7.3 (8) 1993 NFL 7.9 (2) 1994 NFL 7.4 (2) 1995 NFL 7.6 (3) 1998 NFL 7.4 (10) Career 7.0 (85)	Yds/Pass Cmp 1998 NFL 12.5 (10) Career 11.4 (199)	Pass Attempts/Game 1991 NFL 30.3 (10) 1992 NFL 29.6 (8) 1997 NFL 32.4 (7) Career 28.6 (47)
Adj Yds/Pass Att 1991 NFL 6.95 (7) 1992 NFL 6.92 (8) 1993 NFL 7.98 (2/88) 1994 NFL 6.64 (7) 1995 NFL 7.66 (3) 1998 NFL 7.44 (6) Career 6.34 (67)	Net Yds/Pass Att 1991 NFL 6.41 (7) 1992 NFL 6.72 (5) 1993 NFL 7.05 (3) 1994 NFL 6.98 (2) 1995 NFL 7.21 (1/87) 1998 NFL 7.01 (6) Career 6.27 (37)	Adj Net Yds/Pass Att 1992 NFL 6.38 (3) 1993 NFL 7.12 (2/96) 1994 NFL 6.23 (5) 1995 NFL 7.22 (2/81) 1998 NFL 7.06 (6) 1999 NFL 5.71 (10) Career 5.66 (38)	Passes Completed/Game 1991 NFL 19.8 (4) 1992 NFL 18.9 (5) 1993 NFL 19.4 (5) 1996 NFL 19.7 (6) 1997 NFL 18.3 (8) Career 17.6 (40)
Pass Completion % 1991 NFL 65.3% (2/73) 1992 NFL 63.8% (5) 1993 NFL 69.1% (1/8) 1994 NFL 64.5% (2/91) 1995 NFL 64.8% (2/85) 1996 NFL 63.7% (2) 1998 NFL 59.4% (8) 1999 NFL 59.5% (9) Career 61.5% (23)	Pass Intercept. % 1992 NFL 3.0% (8) 1993 NFL 1.5% (2/31) 1995 NFL 1.6% (1/41) 1996 NFL 2.8% (10) 1998 NFL 1.6% (2/41) Career 3.0% (42)	Passing TD % 1992 NFL 4.9% (5) Career 3.5% (188)	Sack % 1989 NFL 6.09% (10) 1992 NFL 4.64% (5) 1994 NFL 3.73% (6) 1995 NFL 3.14% (2/61) 1996 NFL 3.73% (2) 1998 NFL 2.78% (1/39) 1999 NFL 4.12% (5) 2000 NFL 4.73% (7) Career 5.21% (32)
Game-Winning Drives 1990 NFL 6 (1/13) 1995 NFL 3 (5) 1996 NFL 2 (10) 1997 NFL 3 (6) Career 21 (42)	Comebacks 1990 NFL 4 (1/33) 1991 NFL 2 (7) 1995 NFL 3 (1/100) 1996 NFL 2 (7) 1997 NFL 3 (2/100) Career 16 (44)	Total Offense 1992 NFL 3438 (3) 1993 NFL 3072 (8) 1996 NFL 3048 (9) Career 32210 (21)	Playoff Games Career 16 (171)
Playoff Games Started Career 15 (108)	Fumbles Career 58 (93)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1993	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1994	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1995	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1989	23	11	QB	117		27
1990	24	15	QB	156		24
1991	25	12	QB	162		16
1992	26	16	QB	264	70	4	21
1993	27	14	QB	215	11	9	60
1994	28	14	QB	173		18
1995	29	16	QB	223		15
1996	30	15	QB	181		18
1997	31	16	QB	229		13
1998	32	11	QB	174		19
1999	33	14	QB	204		15
2000	34	11	QB	81		37
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