Jim McMahon

James Robert McMahon

Position: QB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: August 21, 1959 in Jersey City, NJ
College: BYU (school history)
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1982 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 57 (1135th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 23, 2013 6:25AM

All-Time Rank: #1043. John Henderson… #1044. Robert James… #1045. Greg Larson… #1046. JIM MCMAHON… #1047. Dave Lutz… #1048. Keith Van Horne… #1049. Doug Betters…

All-Time Rank: #1043. John Henderson… #1044. Robert James… #1045. Greg Larson… #1046. JIM MCMAHON… #1047. Dave Lutz… #1048. Keith Van Horne… #1049. Doug Betters…

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
1982	23	CHI	QB	9	8	7	3-4-0	120	210	57.1	1501	9	4.3	7	3.3	50	7.1	6.5	12.5	187.6	79.9	27	196	5.51	4.94	11.4	0	1	8
1983	24	CHI	QB	9	14	13	7-6-0	175	295	59.3	2184	12	4.1	13	4.4	87	7.4	6.2	12.5	156.0	77.6	42	266	5.69	4.67	12.5	1	1	8
1984	25	CHI	QB	9	9	9	7-2-0	85	143	59.4	1146	8	5.6	2	1.4	61	8.0	8.5	13.5	127.3	97.8	10	48	7.18	7.63	6.5			6
1985*	26	CHI	QB	9	13	11	11-0-0	178	313	56.9	2392	15	4.8	11	3.5	70	7.6	7.0	13.4	184.0	82.6	26	125	6.69	6.11	7.7	1	1	12
1986	27	CHI	qb	9	6	6	6-0-0	77	150	51.3	995	5	3.3	8	5.3	58	6.6	4.9	12.9	165.8	61.4	6	40	6.12	4.46	3.8			3
1987	28	CHI	QB	9	7	6	5-1-0	125	210	59.5	1639	12	5.7	8	3.8	59	7.8	7.2	13.1	234.1	87.4	22	136	6.48	5.96	9.5	3	3	7
1988	29	CHI	QB	9	9	9	7-2-0	114	192	59.4	1346	6	3.1	7	3.6	63	7.0	6.0	11.8	149.6	76.0	13	79	6.18	5.23	6.3	1	1	5
1989	30	SDG	QB	9	12	11	4-7-0	176	318	55.3	2132	10	3.1	10	3.1	69	6.7	5.9	12.1	177.7	73.5	28	167	5.68	4.96	8.1	2	3	7
1990	31	PHI		9	5	0		6	9	66.7	63	0	0.0	0	0.0	21	7.0	7.0	10.5	12.6	86.8	1	7	5.60	5.60	10.0			0
1991	32	PHI	QB	9	12	11	8-3-0	187	311	60.1	2239	12	3.9	11	3.5	75	7.2	6.4	12.0	186.6	80.3	21	128	6.36	5.59	6.3	1	2	7
1992	33	PHI	qb	9	4	1	1-0-0	22	43	51.2	279	1	2.3	2	4.7	42	6.5	4.9	12.7	69.8	60.1	4	25	5.40	3.91	8.5			1
1993	34	MIN	QB	9	12	12	8-4-0	200	331	60.4	1968	9	2.7	8	2.4	58	5.9	5.4	9.8	164.0	76.2	23	104	5.27	4.76	6.5	2	2	6
1994	35	ARI	qb	9	3	1	0-1-0	23	43	53.5	219	1	2.3	3	7.0	33	5.1	2.4	9.5	73.0	46.6	3	23	4.26	1.76	6.5			1
1995	36	GNB		9	1	0		1	1	100.0	6	0	0.0	0	0.0	6	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	91.7	0	0	6.00	6.00	0.0			0
1996	37	GNB		9	5	0		3	4	75.0	39	0	0.0	0	0.0	24	9.8	9.8	13.0	7.8	105.2	0	0	9.75	9.75	0.0			0
Career					120	97	67-30-0	1492	2573	58.0	18148	100	3.9	90	3.5	87	7.1	6.3	12.2	151.2	78.2	226	1344	6.00	5.27	8.1	11	14	71
7 yrs		CHI			66	61	46-15-0	874	1513	57.8	11203	67	4.4	56	3.7	87	7.4	6.6	12.8	169.7	80.4	146	890	6.22	5.51	8.8	6	7	49
3 yrs		PHI			21	12	9-3-0	215	363	59.2	2581	13	3.6	13	3.6	75	7.1	6.2	12.0	122.9	78.1	26	160	6.22	5.39	6.7	1	2	8
2 yrs		GNB			6	0		4	5	80.0	45	0	0.0	0	0.0	24	9.0	9.0	11.3	7.5	104.2	0	0	9.00	9.00	0.0			0
1 yr		ARI			3	1	0-1-0	23	43	53.5	219	1	2.3	3	7.0	33	5.1	2.4	9.5	73.0	46.6	3	23	4.26	1.76	6.5			1
1 yr		MIN			12	12	8-4-0	200	331	60.4	1968	9	2.7	8	2.4	58	5.9	5.4	9.8	164.0	76.2	23	104	5.27	4.76	6.5	2	2	6
1 yr		SDG			12	11	4-7-0	176	318	55.3	2132	10	3.1	10	3.1	69	6.7	5.9	12.1	177.7	73.5	28	167	5.68	4.96	8.1	2	3	7

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+
1982	23	CHI	QB	9	8	7	3-4-0	210	101	91	107	100	104	101	113	78	107
1983	24	CHI	QB	9	14	13	7-6-0	295	106	96	102	96	108	98	98	74	103
1984	25	CHI	QB	9	9	9	7-2-0	143	119	125	131	134	111	115	136	110	127
1985*	26	CHI	QB	9	13	11	11-0-0	313	113	116	113	115	105	108	108	103	111
1986	27	CHI	qb	9	6	6	6-0-0	150	92	105	85	93	86	90	82	123	83
1987	28	CHI	QB	9	7	6	5-1-0	210	118	112	116	113	115	117	102	87	117
1988	29	CHI	QB	9	9	9	7-2-0	192	100	104	99	101	114	89	103	105	102
1989	30	SDG	QB	9	12	11	4-7-0	318	93	93	97	97	100	89	108	93	98
1991	32	PHI	QB	9	12	11	8-3-0	311	106	108	104	106	111	100	101	106	105
1993	34	MIN	QB	9	12	12	8-4-0	331	84	89	92	95	107	87	115	102	99
Career					120	97	67-30-0	2573	102	102	104	104	106	99	106	96	105

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
1982	23	CHI	QB	9	8	7	24	105	1	11	4.4	13.1	3.0								105	1	1
1983	24	CHI	QB	9	14	13	55	307	2	32	5.6	21.9	3.9	1	18	18.0	1	18	0.1	1.3	325	3	4
1984	25	CHI	QB	9	9	9	39	276	2	30	7.1	30.7	4.3	1	42	42.0	0	42	0.1	4.7	318	2	1
1985*	26	CHI	QB	9	13	11	47	252	3	19	5.4	19.4	3.6	1	13	13.0	1	13	0.1	1.0	265	4	4
1986	27	CHI	qb	9	6	6	22	152	1	23	6.9	25.3	3.7								152	1	1
1987	28	CHI	QB	9	7	6	22	88	2	13	4.0	12.6	3.1								88	2	2
1988	29	CHI	QB	9	9	9	26	104	4	16	4.0	11.6	2.9								104	4	6
1989	30	SDG	QB	9	12	11	29	141	0	15	4.9	11.8	2.4	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.1	0.3	145	0	3
1990	31	PHI		9	5	0	3	1	0	3	0.3	0.2	0.6								1	0	0
1991	32	PHI	QB	9	12	11	22	55	1	12	2.5	4.6	1.8	1	-5	-5.0	0	-5	0.1	-0.4	50	1	2
1992	33	PHI	qb	9	4	1	6	23	0	11	3.8	5.8	1.5								23	0	0
1993	34	MIN	QB	9	12	12	33	96	0	16	2.9	8.0	2.8								96	0	4
1994	35	ARI	qb	9	3	1	6	32	0	17	5.3	10.7	2.0								32	0	1
1996	37	GNB		9	5	0	4	-1	0	2	-0.3	-0.2	0.8								-1	0	1
Career					120	97	338	1631	16	32	4.8	13.6	2.8	5	72	14.4	2	42	0.0	0.6	1703	18	30
7 yrs		CHI			66	61	235	1284	15	32	5.5	19.5	3.6	3	73	24.3	2	42	0.0	1.1	1357	17	19
3 yrs		PHI			21	12	31	79	1	12	2.5	3.8	1.5	1	-5	-5.0	0	0	0.0	-0.2	74	1	2
2 yrs		GNB			6	0	4	-1	0	2	-0.3	-0.2	0.7								-1	0	1
1 yr		ARI			3	1	6	32	0	17	5.3	10.7	2.0								32	0	1
1 yr		MIN			12	12	33	96	0	16	2.9	8.0	2.8								96	0	4
1 yr		SDG			12	11	29	141	0	15	4.9	11.8	2.4	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.1	0.3	145	0	3

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
1982	23	CHI	QB	9	8	7							0	1	0	0	0
1983	24	CHI	QB	9	14	13							0	4	3	0	0
1984	25	CHI	QB	9	9	9							0	1	0	0	0
1985*	26	CHI	QB	9	13	11							0	4	0	0	0
1986	27	CHI	qb	9	6	6							0	1	0	0	0
1987	28	CHI	QB	9	7	6							0	2	0	0	0
1988	29	CHI	QB	9	9	9							0	6	3	0	0
1989	30	SDG	QB	9	12	11							0	3	1	0	0
1991	32	PHI	QB	9	12	11							0	2	2	0	0
1993	34	MIN	QB	9	12	12							0	4	1	-7	0
1994	35	ARI	qb	9	3	1							0	1	0	0	0
1996	37	GNB		9	5	0							0	1	1	0	0
Career					120	97							0	30	11	-7	0
7 yrs		CHI			66	61							0	19	6	0	0
3 yrs		PHI			21	12							0	2	2	0	0
2 yrs		GNB			6	0							0	1	1	0	0
1 yr		ARI			3	1							0	1	0	0	0
1 yr		MIN			12	12							0	4	1	-7	0
1 yr		SDG			12	11							0	3	1	0	0

Kicking & Punting

							0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1982	23	CHI	QB	9	8	7																	1	59	59	0	59.0
1983	24	CHI	QB	9	14	13																	1	36	36	0	36.0
Career					120	97																	2	95	59	0	47.5

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts
1982	23	CHI	QB	9	8	7	1		1	6
1983	24	CHI	QB	9	14	13	2	1	3	18
1984	25	CHI	QB	9	9	9	2		2	12
1985*	26	CHI	QB	9	13	11	3	1	4	24
1986	27	CHI	qb	9	6	6	1		1	6
1987	28	CHI	QB	9	7	6	2		2	12
1988	29	CHI	QB	9	9	9	4		4	24
1991	32	PHI	QB	9	12	11	1		1	6
Career					120	97	16	2	18	108
7 yrs		CHI			66	61	15	2	17	102
3 yrs		PHI			21	12	1		1	6

Similar Players

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Fran Tarkenton*, Lamar McHan, Charlie Batch, Tobin Rote, Rick Mirer, Neil Lomax, Dennis Shaw, Tim Couch, Milt Plum, Mike Pagel
4	Fran Tarkenton*, Neil O'Donnell, Rodney Peete, Charlie Batch, Charley Johnson, Archie Manning, Norm Snead, Rick Mirer, David Carr, Tony Banks
5	Charley Johnson, Bill Kenney, Trent Dilfer, Archie Manning, Tim Couch, Tobin Rote, Rodney Peete, Jeff George, Tony Banks, Lamar McHan
6	Bill Kenney, Charley Johnson, Trent Dilfer, Tony Banks, Neil O'Donnell, Tobin Rote, Lamar McHan, Jon Kitna, Rodney Peete, Kerry Collins
7	Bill Kenney, Trent Dilfer, Charley Johnson, Rodney Peete, Kerry Collins, Dan Pastorini, Vinny Testaverde, Lamar McHan, Tony Banks, Ed Brown
8	Bill Kenney, Trent Dilfer, Vinny Testaverde, Dan Pastorini, Ed Brown, Rodney Peete, Neil O'Donnell, Tony Banks, Charley Johnson, Billy Wade
9	Bill Kenney, Charley Johnson, Trent Dilfer, Chris Miller, Billy Wade, Tony Banks, Ed Brown, Jack Kemp, Rodney Peete, Dan Pastorini
10	Bill Kenney, Charley Johnson, Neil O'Donnell, Dan Pastorini, Trent Dilfer, Ed Brown, John Brodie, Eddie LeBaron, Jack Kemp, Chris Miller
11	Bill Kenney, Charley Johnson, John Brodie, Jack Kemp, Neil O'Donnell, Ed Brown, Trent Dilfer, Steve DeBerg, Dan Pastorini, Mike Livingston
12	Charley Johnson, John Brodie, Bill Kenney, Trent Dilfer, Ed Brown, Steve DeBerg, Neil O'Donnell, Jack Kemp, Billy Wade, Dan Pastorini
13	Ed Brown, Bill Kenney, Trent Dilfer, Charley Johnson, John Brodie, Jack Kemp, Neil O'Donnell, Craig Morton, Billy Wade, Mike Livingston
14	Ed Brown, Bill Kenney, Trent Dilfer, Jack Kemp, Neil O'Donnell, Babe Parilli, Craig Morton, Rodney Peete, Billy Kilmer, Billy Wade
15	Ed Brown, Bill Kenney, Babe Parilli, Trent Dilfer, Jack Kemp, Neil O'Donnell, Gus Frerotte, Rodney Peete, Billy Wade, Billy Kilmer
Career	Babe Parilli, Ed Brown, Bill Kenney, Trent Dilfer, Jack Kemp, Neil O'Donnell, Gus Frerotte, Rodney Peete, Billy Wade, Mike Livingston

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Awards 1991 NFL AP Comeback Player of the Year	Pro Bowls 1985	Passes Completed Career 1492 (102)	Pass Attempts Career 2573 (108)
Passing Yds Career 18148 (110)	Passing TD Career 100 (120)	Passer Rating 1982 NFL 79.9 (8) 1985 NFL 82.6 (7) Career 78.2 (75)	Long Pass 1983 NFL 87 (2)
Passes Intercepted Career 90 (127)	Sacked 1982 NFL 27 (5) 1983 NFL 42 (5) Career 226 (72)	Sacked Yds Lost 1982 NFL 196 (8) Career 1344 (89)	Passing Yds/Game Career 151.2 (131)
Yds/Pass Att 1985 NFL 7.6 (5) 1991 NFL 7.2 (8) Career 7.1 (65)	Yds/Pass Cmp 1985 NFL 13.4 (9) Career 12.2 (128)	Pass Attempts/Game Career 21.4 (143)	Adj Yds/Pass Att 1982 NFL 6.50 (10) 1985 NFL 7.02 (6) 1987 NFL 7.23 (7) Career 6.26 (72)
Net Yds/Pass Att 1985 NFL 6.69 (4) 1987 NFL 6.48 (9) 1991 NFL 6.36 (8) Career 6.00 (70)	Adj Net Yds/Pass Att 1985 NFL 6.11 (7) 1987 NFL 5.96 (8) Career 5.27 (71)	Passes Completed/Game Career 12.4 (123)	Pass Completion % 1985 NFL 56.9% (8) 1991 NFL 60.1% (9) Career 58.0% (70)
Pass Intercept. % 1982 NFL 3.3% (7) 1985 NFL 3.5% (8) 1989 NFL 3.1% (9) 1993 NFL 2.4% (10) Career 3.5% (82)	Passing TD % 1985 NFL 4.8% (10) Career 3.9% (145)	Sack % Career 8.07% (137)	Game-Winning Drives 1987 NFL 3 (2) 1989 NFL 3 (7) 1993 NFL 2 (9) Career 14 (88)
Comebacks 1987 NFL 3 (1/100) 1989 NFL 2 (10) 1993 NFL 2 (6) Career 11 (84)	Total Offense Career 18435 (83)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1985	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	PosRank	OvRank
1982	23	8	QB	117	14
1983	24	14	QB	184	20
1984	25	9	QB	134	22
1985	26	13	QB	214	12	75
1986	27	6	QB	75	36
1987	28	7	QB	142	21
1988	29	9	QB	110	27
1989	30	12	QB	140	22
1990	31	5	QB	3	59
1991	32	12	QB	151	20
1992	33	4	QB	15	55
1993	34	12	QB	126	24
1994	35	3	QB	12	55
1995	36	1	QB		71
1996	37	5	QB	1	70
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