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Brett Favre

Brett Lorenzo Favre

Position: QB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: October 10, 1969 in Gulfport, MS
College: Southern Miss

9-time Pro Bowler & 3-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2nd round (33rd overall) of the 1991 Draft

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos 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%
1991 22 ATL 2 0 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0 1 11 -2.2 -20.2 20.0
1992* 23 GNB QB 15 13 8-5-0 302 471 64.1 3227 18 3.8 13 2.8 76 6.9 6.0 10.7 215.1 85.3 34 208 6.0 5.2 6.7
1993* 24 GNB QB 16 16 9-7-0 318 522 60.9 3303 19 3.6 24 4.6 66 6.3 4.6 10.4 206.4 72.2 30 199 5.6 4.0 5.4
1994 25 GNB QB 16 16 9-7-0 363 582 62.4 3882 33 5.7 14 2.4 49 6.7 6.2 10.7 242.6 90.7 31 188 6.0 5.5 5.1
1995*+ 26 GNB QB 16 16 11-5-0 359 570 63.0 4413 38 6.7 13 2.3 99 7.7 7.4 12.3 275.8 99.5 33 217 7.0 6.6 5.5
1996*+ 27 GNB QB 16 16 13-3-0 325 543 59.9 3899 39 7.2 13 2.4 80 7.2 6.8 12.0 243.7 95.8 40 241 6.3 5.9 6.9
1997*+ 28 GNB QB 16 16 13-3-0 304 513 59.3 3867 35 6.8 16 3.1 74 7.5 6.8 12.7 241.7 92.6 25 176 6.9 6.2 4.6
1998 29 GNB QB 16 16 11-5-0 347 551 63.0 4212 31 5.6 23 4.2 84 7.6 6.3 12.1 263.3 87.8 38 223 6.8 5.5 6.5
1999 30 GNB QB 16 16 8-8-0 341 595 57.3 4091 22 3.7 23 3.9 74 6.9 5.5 12.0 255.7 74.7 35 223 6.1 4.8 5.6
2000 31 GNB QB 16 16 9-7-0 338 580 58.3 3812 20 3.4 16 2.8 67 6.6 5.7 11.3 238.3 78.0 33 236 5.8 5.0 5.4
2001* 32 GNB QB 16 16 12-4-0 314 510 61.6 3921 32 6.3 15 2.9 67 7.7 7.0 12.5 245.1 94.1 22 151 7.1 6.4 4.1
2002* 33 GNB QB 16 16 12-4-0 341 551 61.9 3658 27 4.9 16 2.9 85 6.6 5.8 10.7 228.6 85.6 26 188 6.0 5.2 4.5
2003* 34 GNB QB 16 16 10-6-0 308 471 65.4 3361 32 6.8 21 4.5 66 7.1 5.8 10.9 210.1 90.4 19 137 6.6 5.3 3.9
2004 35 GNB QB 16 16 10-6-0 346 540 64.1 4088 30 5.6 17 3.1 79 7.6 6.7 11.8 255.5 92.4 12 93 7.2 6.4 2.2
2005 36 GNB QB 16 16 4-12-0 372 607 61.3 3881 20 3.3 29 4.8 59 6.4 4.6 10.4 242.6 70.9 24 170 5.9 4.1 3.8
2006 37 GNB QB 16 16 8-8-0 343 613 56.0 3885 18 2.9 18 2.9 82 6.3 5.3 11.3 242.8 72.7 21 134 5.9 4.9 3.3
2007* 38 GNB QB 16 16 13-3-0 356 535 66.5 4155 28 5.2 15 2.8 82 7.8 7.0 11.7 259.7 95.7 15 93 7.4 6.7 2.7
Career 257 253 160-93-0 5377 8758 61.4 61655 442 5.0 288 3.3 99 7.0 6.1 11.5 239.9 85.7 439 2888 6.4 5.5 4.8
16 yrs GNB 255 253 160-93-0 5377 8754 61.4 61655 442 5.0 286 3.3 99 7.0 6.1 11.5 241.8 85.8 438 2877 6.4 5.5 4.8
1 yr ATL 2 0 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0 1 11 -2.2 -20.2 20.0

Postseason record as starting QB: 1993: 1-1, 1994: 1-1, 1995: 2-1, 1996: 3-0, 1997: 2-1, 1998: 0-1, 2001: 1-1, 2002: 0-1, 2003: 1-1, 2004: 0-1, 2007: 1-1.

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1992* 23 GNB QB 15 13 47 198 1 19 4.2 13.2 3.1 1 -7 -7.0 0 -7 0.1 -0.5 191 1 12
1993* 24 GNB QB 16 16 58 216 1 27 3.7 13.5 3.6 216 1 14
1994 25 GNB QB 16 16 42 202 2 36 4.8 12.6 2.6 202 2 7
1995*+ 26 GNB QB 16 16 39 181 3 40 4.6 11.3 2.4 181 3 8
1996*+ 27 GNB QB 16 16 49 136 2 23 2.8 8.5 3.1 136 2 11
1997*+ 28 GNB QB 16 16 58 187 1 16 3.2 11.7 3.6 187 1 7
1998 29 GNB QB 16 16 40 133 1 35 3.3 8.3 2.5 133 1 8
1999 30 GNB QB 16 16 28 142 0 20 5.1 8.9 1.8 142 0 9
2000 31 GNB QB 16 16 27 108 0 18 4.0 6.8 1.7 108 0 9
2001* 32 GNB QB 16 16 38 56 1 14 1.5 3.5 2.4 56 1 16
2002* 33 GNB QB 16 16 25 73 0 17 2.9 4.6 1.6 73 0 10
2003* 34 GNB QB 16 16 18 15 0 7 0.8 0.9 1.1 15 0 5
2004 35 GNB QB 16 16 16 36 0 17 2.3 2.3 1.0 36 0 4
2005 36 GNB QB 16 16 18 62 0 20 3.4 3.9 1.1 62 0 10
2006 37 GNB QB 16 16 23 29 1 14 1.3 1.8 1.4 29 1 8
2007* 38 GNB QB 16 16 29 12 0 21 0.4 0.8 1.8 12 0 9
Career 257 253 555 1786 13 40 3.2 6.9 2.2 1 -7 -7.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1779 13 147

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1992* 23 GNB QB 15 13 12 3 -12 0
1993* 24 GNB QB 16 16 14 2 -1 0
1994 25 GNB QB 16 16 7 1 -2 0
1995*+ 26 GNB QB 16 16 8 0 0 0
1996*+ 27 GNB QB 16 16 11 5 -10 0
1997*+ 28 GNB QB 16 16 7 1 -10 0
1998 29 GNB QB 16 16 8 3 -1 0
1999 30 GNB QB 16 16 9 1 -2 0
2000 31 GNB QB 16 16 9 2 -12 0
2001* 32 GNB QB 16 16 16 6 -38 0
2002* 33 GNB QB 16 16 10 5 -14 0
2003* 34 GNB QB 16 16 5 0 0 0
2004 35 GNB QB 16 16 4 1 -8 0
2005 36 GNB QB 16 16 10 2 -1 0
2006 37 GNB QB 16 16 8 2 -3 0
2007* 38 GNB QB 16 16 9 4 -18 0
Career 257 253 147 38 -132 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1992* 23 GNB QB 15 13 1 6
1993* 24 GNB QB 16 16 1 6
1994 25 GNB QB 16 16 2 12
1995*+ 26 GNB QB 16 16 3 18
1996*+ 27 GNB QB 16 16 2 12
1997*+ 28 GNB QB 16 16 1 6
1998 29 GNB QB 16 16 1 6
2001* 32 GNB QB 16 16 1 6
2006 37 GNB QB 16 16 1 6
Career 257 253 13 78

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1995 NFL AP MVP
1995 NFL PFWA MVP
1995 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1995 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1995 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year
1996 NFL AP MVP
1996 NFL PFWA MVP
1996 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1996 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1997 NFL AP MVP

Pro Bowls

1992
1993
1995
1996
1997
2001
2002
2003
2007

1st-team All-Pro

1995
1996
1997

Passes Completed

1992 NFL 302 (2)
1993 NFL 318 (2-- 100)
1994 NFL 363 (4-- 22)
1995 NFL 359 (2-- 28)
1996 NFL 325 (3-- 82)
1997 NFL 304 (4)
1998 NFL 347 (1-- 41)
1999 NFL 341 (2-- 54)
2000 NFL 338 (3-- 57)
2001 NFL 314 (7)
2002 NFL 341 (5-- 54)
2003 NFL 308 (9)
2004 NFL 346 (3-- 43)
2005 NFL 372 (1-- 17)
2006 NFL 343 (5-- 51)
2007 NFL 356 (4-- 30)
Active 5377 (1)
Career 5377 (1)

Pass Attempts

1992 NFL 471 (5)
1993 NFL 522 (2)
1994 NFL 582 (4-- 29)
1995 NFL 570 (4-- 39)
1996 NFL 543 (5-- 84)
1997 NFL 513 (6)
1998 NFL 551 (2-- 68)
1999 NFL 595 (1-- 21)
2000 NFL 580 (2-- 31)
2002 NFL 551 (5-- 68)
2004 NFL 540 (4-- 88)
2005 NFL 607 (1-- 12)
2006 NFL 613 (1-- 9)
2007 NFL 535 (6-- 93)
Active 8758 (1)
Career 8758 (1)

Passing Yds

1992 NFL 3227 (9)
1993 NFL 3303 (6)
1994 NFL 3882 (5-- 92)
1995 NFL 4413 (1-- 21)
1996 NFL 3899 (4-- 87)
1997 NFL 3867 (2-- 96)
1998 NFL 4212 (1-- 36)
1999 NFL 4091 (4-- 53)
2000 NFL 3812 (5)
2001 NFL 3921 (3-- 83)
2002 NFL 3658 (8)
2004 NFL 4088 (5-- 55)
2005 NFL 3881 (3-- 93)
2006 NFL 3885 (6-- 91)
2007 NFL 4155 (4-- 43)
Active 61655 (1)
Career 61655 (1)

Passing TD

1992 NFL 18 (8)
1993 NFL 19 (5)
1994 NFL 33 (2-- 19)
1995 NFL 38 (1-- 8)
1996 NFL 39 (1-- 6)
1997 NFL 35 (1-- 15)
1998 NFL 31 (3-- 38)
1999 NFL 22 (8)
2000 NFL 20 (10)
2001 NFL 32 (2-- 28)
2002 NFL 27 (2-- 99)
2003 NFL 32 (1-- 28)
2004 NFL 30 (4-- 48)
2005 NFL 20 (10)
2007 NFL 28 (6-- 75)
Active 442 (1)
Career 442 (1)

Passer Rating

1992 NFL 85.3 (6)
1994 NFL 90.7 (2)
1995 NFL 99.5 (2-- 43)
1996 NFL 95.8 (2-- 77)
1997 NFL 92.6 (3)
1998 NFL 87.8 (10)
2001 NFL 94.1 (4-- 99)
2003 NFL 90.4 (6)
2004 NFL 92.4 (10)
2007 NFL 95.7 (6-- 78)
Active 85.7 (15)
Career 85.7 (19)

Long Pass

1995 NFL 99 (1-- 1)
1996 NFL 80 (6)
1998 NFL 84 (5)
2002 NFL 85 (2)
2004 NFL 79 (6)
2006 NFL 82 (8)
2007 NFL 82 (4)

Passes Intercepted

1993 NFL 24 (1-- 56)
1994 NFL 14 (10)
1997 NFL 16 (3)
1998 NFL 23 (2-- 84)
1999 NFL 23 (2-- 84)
2000 NFL 16 (7)
2002 NFL 16 (5)
2003 NFL 21 (3)
2004 NFL 17 (5)
2005 NFL 29 (1-- 12)
2006 NFL 18 (4)
2007 NFL 15 (9)
Active 288 (1)
Career 288 (1)

Sacked

1992 NFL 34 (5)
1994 NFL 31 (8)
1995 NFL 33 (9)
1996 NFL 40 (5)
1998 NFL 38 (7)
1999 NFL 35 (7)
Active 439 (1)
Career 439 (7)

Sacked Yds Lost

1992 NFL 208 (10)
1995 NFL 217 (9)
1996 NFL 241 (7)
1998 NFL 223 (8)
1999 NFL 223 (7)
2000 NFL 236 (10)
Active 2888 (2)
Career 2888 (11)

Passing Yds/Game

1992 NFL 215.1 (7)
1993 NFL 206.4 (9)
1994 NFL 242.6 (6)
1995 NFL 275.8 (2-- 39)
1996 NFL 243.7 (4)
1997 NFL 241.7 (3)
1998 NFL 263.3 (2-- 62)
1999 NFL 255.7 (4-- 86)
2000 NFL 238.3 (8)
2001 NFL 245.1 (3)
2004 NFL 255.5 (7-- 88)
2005 NFL 242.6 (7)
2006 NFL 242.8 (7)
2007 NFL 259.7 (4-- 70)
Active 239.9 (6)
Career 239.9 (7)

Yds/Pass Att

1995 NFL 7.7 (2)
1996 NFL 7.2 (9)
1997 NFL 7.5 (3)
1998 NFL 7.6 (7)
2001 NFL 7.7 (4)
2003 NFL 7.1 (10)
2007 NFL 7.8 (3)
Active 7.0 (12)
Career 7.0 (75)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1995 NFL 12.3 (7)
1997 NFL 12.7 (8)
2001 NFL 12.5 (5)
2007 NFL 11.7 (10)
Active 11.5 (18)
Career 11.5 (180)

Pass Attempts/Game

1992 NFL 31.4 (4)
1993 NFL 32.6 (4)
1994 NFL 36.4 (4-- 42)
1995 NFL 35.6 (5-- 62)
1996 NFL 33.9 (6)
1997 NFL 32.1 (8)
1998 NFL 34.4 (3)
1999 NFL 37.2 (1-- 32)
2000 NFL 36.3 (3-- 44)
2002 NFL 34.4 (7)
2004 NFL 33.8 (9)
2005 NFL 37.9 (2-- 22)
2006 NFL 38.3 (1-- 19)
2007 NFL 33.4 (8)
Active 34.1 (2)
Career 34.1 (4)

Games

Active 257 (5)
Career 257 (23)

Games Started

Active 253 (1)
Career 253 (6)

Playoff Games

Active 22 (1)
Career 22 (13)

Playoff Games Started

Active 22 (1)
Career 22 (5)

Fumbles

1992 NFL 12 (2)
1993 NFL 14 (2-- 41)
1996 NFL 11 (4)
1999 NFL 9 (10)
2000 NFL 9 (6)
2001 NFL 16 (2-- 14)
2002 NFL 10 (9)
2007 NFL 9 (10)
Active 147 (1)
Career 147 (3)

Fumbles Recovered

1996 NFL 5 (1)
2001 NFL 6 (5-- 43)
2002 NFL 5 (4)
2007 NFL 4 (6)
Active 38 (2)
Career 38 (8)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1995 NFL 7.38 (2-- 62)
1996 NFL 6.82 (3)
1997 NFL 6.82 (5)
2001 NFL 6.99 (3)
2007 NFL 7.03 (7)
Active 6.06 (19)
Career 6.06 (43)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1995 NFL 6.96 (4)
1996 NFL 6.27 (10)
1997 NFL 6.86 (2)
1998 NFL 6.77 (8)
2001 NFL 7.09 (2-- 85)
2003 NFL 6.58 (6)
2004 NFL 7.24 (7-- 60)
2007 NFL 7.39 (3-- 44)
Active 6.39 (11)
Career 6.39 (22)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1992 NFL 5.18 (10)
1994 NFL 5.54 (7)
1995 NFL 6.62 (3-- 64)
1996 NFL 5.94 (4)
1997 NFL 6.17 (3)
2001 NFL 6.42 (2-- 86)
2004 NFL 6.39 (7-- 89)
2007 NFL 6.67 (4-- 54)
Active 5.46 (17)
Career 5.46 (22)

Passes Completed/Game

1992 NFL 20.1 (3)
1993 NFL 19.9 (3)
1994 NFL 22.7 (4-- 34)
1995 NFL 22.4 (3-- 40)
1996 NFL 20.3 (4)
1997 NFL 19.0 (6)
1998 NFL 21.7 (1-- 61)
1999 NFL 21.3 (2-- 84)
2000 NFL 21.1 (6-- 89)
2001 NFL 19.6 (9)
2002 NFL 21.3 (7-- 84)
2003 NFL 19.3 (10)
2004 NFL 21.6 (6-- 64)
2005 NFL 23.3 (4-- 24)
2006 NFL 21.4 (5-- 77)
2007 NFL 22.3 (4-- 43)
Active 20.9 (5)
Career 20.9 (5)

Pass Completion %

1992 NFL 64.1% (4-- 72)
1993 NFL 60.9% (10)
1994 NFL 62.4% (6)
1995 NFL 63.0% (6)
1996 NFL 59.9% (8)
1997 NFL 59.3% (6)
1998 NFL 63.0% (1)
2001 NFL 61.6% (7)
2003 NFL 65.4% (2-- 42)
2004 NFL 64.1% (9-- 72)
2007 NFL 66.5% (4-- 31)
Active 61.4% (12)
Career 61.4% (15)

Pass Intercept. %

1992 NFL 2.8% (3)
1994 NFL 2.4% (6)
1995 NFL 2.3% (10)
1996 NFL 2.4% (3)
Active 3.3% (20)
Career 3.3% (45)

Passing TD %

1994 NFL 5.7% (2)
1995 NFL 6.7% (1)
1996 NFL 7.2% (1-- 75)
1997 NFL 6.8% (1)
1998 NFL 5.6% (6)
2001 NFL 6.3% (2)
2002 NFL 4.9% (5)
2003 NFL 6.8% (1)
2004 NFL 5.6% (8)
2007 NFL 5.2% (9)
Active 5.0% (6)
Career 5.0% (51)

Sack %

1993 NFL 5.43% (8)
1997 NFL 4.65% (4)
2001 NFL 4.14% (4)
2002 NFL 4.51% (10)
2003 NFL 3.88% (5)
2004 NFL 2.17% (1-- 14)
2005 NFL 3.80% (3-- 96)
2006 NFL 3.31% (4-- 62)
2007 NFL 2.73% (4-- 29)
Active 4.77% (6)
Career 4.77% (16)

   

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1995 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1995 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1995 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1995 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1995 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1996 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1996 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1996 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1996 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1996 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1997 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1997 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1997 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1997 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
2001 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
2002 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
2002 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
2003 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
2007 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1991 22 2 QB -4 71
1992 23 15 QB 236 42 7 30
1993 24 16 QB 226 22 7 47
1994 25 16 QB 357 146 2 3
1995 26 16 QB 415 180 1 2
1996 27 16 QB 390 197 1 1
1997 28 16 QB 357 128 1 3
1998 29 16 QB 328 87 3 14
1999 30 16 QB 264 39 6 37
2000 31 16 QB 251 16 10 60
2001 32 16 QB 330 88 4 12
2002 33 16 QB 284 20 11 57
2003 34 16 QB 286 21 7 49
2004 35 16 QB 313 52 5 25
2005 36 16 QB 223 14
2006 37 16 QB 236 5 11 70
2007 38 16 QB 305 49 8 33
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