Donovan McNabb

Donovan Jamal McNabb

Position: QB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 240 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: November 25, 1976 in Chicago, IL
College: Syracuse (school history)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1999 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 107 (95th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 19, 2013 6:25AM

All-Time Rank: #566. Matt Birk… #567. Larry Stallings… #568. Earnest Byner… #569. DONOVAN MCNABB… #570. John L. Williams… #571. Jerry Ball… #572. Tedy Bruschi…

All-Time Rank: #566. Matt Birk… #567. Larry Stallings… #568. Earnest Byner… #569. DONOVAN MCNABB… #570. John L. Williams… #571. Jerry Ball… #572. Tedy Bruschi…

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
1999	23	PHI	qb	5	12	6	2-4-0	106	216	49.1	948	8	3.7	7	3.2	63	4.4	3.7	8.9	79.0	60.1	28	204	3.05	2.41	11.5	1	2	1
2000*	24	PHI	QB	5	16	16	11-5-0	330	569	58.0	3365	21	3.7	13	2.3	70	5.9	5.6	10.2	210.3	77.8	45	262	5.05	4.79	7.3	2	3	16
2001*	25	PHI	QB	5	16	16	11-5-0	285	493	57.8	3233	25	5.1	12	2.4	64	6.6	6.5	11.3	202.1	84.3	39	273	5.56	5.49	7.3	2	2	14
2002*	26	PHI	QB	5	10	10	7-3-0	211	361	58.4	2289	17	4.7	6	1.7	59	6.3	6.5	10.8	228.9	86.0	28	166	5.46	5.64	7.2	0	1	11
2003*	27	PHI	QB	5	16	16	12-4-0	275	478	57.5	3216	16	3.3	11	2.3	59	6.7	6.4	11.7	201.0	79.6	43	253	5.69	5.35	8.3	3	5	15
2004*	28	PHI	QB	5	15	15	13-2-0	300	469	64.0	3875	31	6.6	8	1.7	80	8.3	8.8	12.9	258.3	104.7	32	192	7.35	7.87	6.4	2	2	16
2005	29	PHI	QB	5	9	9	4-5-0	211	357	59.1	2507	16	4.5	9	2.5	91	7.0	6.8	11.9	278.6	85.0	19	112	6.37	6.14	5.1	0	2	7
2006	30	PHI	QB	5	10	10	5-5-0	180	316	57.0	2647	18	5.7	6	1.9	87	8.4	8.7	14.7	264.7	95.5	21	140	7.44	7.71	6.2	0	1	10
2007	31	PHI	QB	5	14	14	8-6-0	291	473	61.5	3324	19	4.0	7	1.5	75	7.0	7.2	11.4	237.4	89.9	44	227	5.99	6.12	8.5	1	1	11
2008	32	PHI	QB	5	16	16	9-6-1	345	571	60.4	3916	23	4.0	11	1.9	90	6.9	6.8	11.4	244.8	86.4	23	149	6.34	6.28	3.9	2	1	12
2009*	33	PHI	QB	5	14	14	10-4-0	267	443	60.3	3553	22	5.0	10	2.3	60	8.0	8.0	13.3	253.8	92.9	35	264	6.88	6.86	7.3	2	3	13
2010	34	WAS	QB	5	13	13	5-8-0	275	472	58.3	3377	14	3.0	15	3.2	76	7.2	6.3	12.3	259.8	77.1	37	271	6.10	5.33	7.3	2	2	8
2011	35	MIN	qb	5	6	6	1-5-0	94	156	60.3	1026	4	2.6	2	1.3	60	6.6	6.5	10.9	171.0	82.9	16	113	5.31	5.25	9.3			4
Career					167	161	98-62-1	3170	5374	59.0	37276	234	4.4	117	2.2	91	6.9	6.8	11.8	223.2	85.6	410	2626	5.99	5.89	7.1	17	25	138
11 yrs		PHI			148	142	92-49-1	2801	4746	59.0	32873	216	4.6	100	2.1	91	6.9	6.9	11.7	222.1	86.5	357	2242	6.00	5.97	7.0	15	23	126
1 yr		MIN			6	6	1-5-0	94	156	60.3	1026	4	2.6	2	1.3	60	6.6	6.5	10.9	171.0	82.9	16	113	5.31	5.25	9.3			4
1 yr		WAS			13	13	5-8-0	275	472	58.3	3377	14	3.0	15	3.2	76	7.2	6.3	12.3	259.8	77.1	37	271	6.10	5.33	7.3	2	2	8

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 2000 (1-1), 2001 (2-1), 2002 (1-1), 2003 (1-1), 2004 (2-1), 2008 (2-1), 2009 (0-1)
Playoff Comebacks: 2003 (1)
Playoff Game-Winning Drives: 2003 (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+
1999	23	PHI	qb	5	12	6	2-4-0	216	61	55	74	69	69	97	101	74	80
2000*	24	PHI	QB	5	16	16	11-5-0	569	84	85	94	95	100	97	116	97	100
2001*	25	PHI	QB	5	16	16	11-5-0	493	97	94	106	103	96	116	113	96	108
2002*	26	PHI	QB	5	10	10	7-3-0	361	92	91	108	106	97	111	127	95	110
2003*	27	PHI	QB	5	16	16	12-4-0	478	99	95	102	99	94	91	115	88	99
2004*	28	PHI	QB	5	15	15	13-2-0	469	125	123	132	130	115	130	125	101	131
2005	29	PHI	QB	5	9	9	4-5-0	357	102	106	106	108	98	105	111	110	105
2006	30	PHI	QB	5	10	10	5-5-0	316	131	126	132	128	89	119	119	101	119
2007	31	PHI	QB	5	14	14	8-6-0	473	103	99	111	107	103	100	124	85	111
2008	32	PHI	QB	5	16	16	9-6-1	571	99	104	105	108	98	100	115	115	104
2009*	33	PHI	QB	5	14	14	10-4-0	443	119	113	118	114	98	110	110	90	112
2010	34	WAS	QB	5	13	13	5-8-0	472	102	98	97	95	92	85	97	92	92
2011	35	MIN	qb	5	6	6	1-5-0	156	90	82	98	92	99	80	125	75	98
Career					167	161	98-62-1	5374	102	99	107	105	97	104	115	96	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
1999	23	PHI	qb	5	12	6	47	313	0	27	6.7	26.1	3.9	1	-6	-6.0	0	-6	0.1	-0.5	307	0	8
2000*	24	PHI	QB	5	16	16	86	629	6	54	7.3	39.3	5.4	2	5	2.5	0	3	0.1	0.3	634	6	7
2001*	25	PHI	QB	5	16	16	82	482	2	33	5.9	30.1	5.1								482	2	8
2002*	26	PHI	QB	5	10	10	63	460	6	40	7.3	46.0	6.3								460	6	6
2003*	27	PHI	QB	5	16	16	71	355	3	34	5.0	22.2	4.4	1	-7	-7.0	0	-7	0.1	-0.4	348	3	9
2004*	28	PHI	QB	5	15	15	41	220	3	28	5.4	14.7	2.7								220	3	8
2005	29	PHI	QB	5	9	9	25	55	1	11	2.2	6.1	2.8								55	1	8
2006	30	PHI	QB	5	10	10	32	212	3	37	6.6	21.2	3.2								212	3	3
2007	31	PHI	QB	5	14	14	50	236	0	40	4.7	16.9	3.6								236	0	9
2008	32	PHI	QB	5	16	16	39	147	2	17	3.8	9.2	2.4								147	2	7
2009*	33	PHI	QB	5	14	14	37	140	2	27	3.8	10.0	2.6	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.1	0.1	141	2	10
2010	34	WAS	QB	5	13	13	29	151	0	36	5.2	11.6	2.2								151	0	10
2011	35	MIN	qb	5	6	6	14	59	1	23	4.2	9.8	2.3								59	1	2
Career					167	161	616	3459	29	54	5.6	20.7	3.7	5	-7	-1.4	0	3	0.0	0.0	3452	29	95
11 yrs		PHI			148	142	573	3249	28	54	5.7	22.0	3.9	5	-7	-1.4	0	3	0.0	0.0	3242	28	83
1 yr		MIN			6	6	14	59	1	23	4.2	9.8	2.3								59	1	2
1 yr		WAS			13	13	29	151	0	36	5.2	11.6	2.2								151	0	10

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
1999	23	PHI	qb	5	12	6							0	8	0	-3	0
2000*	24	PHI	QB	5	16	16							0	7	2	-5	0
2001*	25	PHI	QB	5	16	16							0	8	3	-7	0
2002*	26	PHI	QB	5	10	10							0	6	1	0	0
2003*	27	PHI	QB	5	16	16							0	9	2	-6	0
2004*	28	PHI	QB	5	15	15							0	8	1	-6	0
2005	29	PHI	QB	5	9	9							0	8	3	-18	0
2006	30	PHI	QB	5	10	10							0	3	1	-3	0
2007	31	PHI	QB	5	14	14							0	9	0	-5	0
2008	32	PHI	QB	5	16	16							0	7	0	-10	0	2	0
2009*	33	PHI	QB	5	14	14							0	10	3	-12	0	1	0
2010	34	WAS	QB	5	13	13							0	10	8	-27	0	1	0
2011	35	MIN	qb	5	6	6							0	2	0	0	0	2	0
Career					167	161							0	95	24	-102	0	6	0
11 yrs		PHI			148	142							0	83	16	-75	0	3	0
1 yr		MIN			6	6							0	2	0	0	0	2	0
1 yr		WAS			13	13							0	10	8	-27	0	1	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	2PM	Pts
1999	23	PHI	qb	5	12	6			1	2
2000*	24	PHI	QB	5	16	16	6	6		36
2001*	25	PHI	QB	5	16	16	2	2		12
2002*	26	PHI	QB	5	10	10	6	6		36
2003*	27	PHI	QB	5	16	16	3	3		18
2004*	28	PHI	QB	5	15	15	3	3		18
2005	29	PHI	QB	5	9	9	1	1		6
2006	30	PHI	QB	5	10	10	3	3		18
2008	32	PHI	QB	5	16	16	2	2		12
2009*	33	PHI	QB	5	14	14	2	2		12
2011	35	MIN	qb	5	6	6	1	1		6
Career					167	161	29	29	1	176
11 yrs		PHI			148	142	28	28	1	170
1 yr		MIN			6	6	1	1		6

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4	Boomer Esiason, Brett Favre, Mark Brunell, Ken Anderson, Jay Cutler, Tom Brady, Jim Everett, John Elway, Eli Manning, Joe Montana
5	Boomer Esiason, Mark Brunell, Carson Palmer, Tom Brady, Ken Anderson, Brett Favre, Randall Cunningham, John Elway*, Steve Grogan, Aaron Brooks
6	Boomer Esiason, Tom Brady, Ken Anderson, Brett Favre, Steve Grogan, Mark Brunell, Joe Montana*, Drew Brees, Carson Palmer, Randall Cunningham
7	Troy Aikman, Drew Brees, Joe Montana, Ken Anderson, Steve Grogan, Mark Brunell, Aaron Brooks, Tom Brady, Steve McNair, Drew Bledsoe
8	Troy Aikman, Ken Anderson, Drew Brees, Boomer Esiason, Mark Brunell, Steve McNair, Joe Montana, Steve Grogan, Drew Bledsoe, Joe Namath*
9	Troy Aikman, Ken Anderson, Steve McNair, Mark Brunell, Joe Montana, Drew Brees, Boomer Esiason, Steve Grogan, Drew Bledsoe, Terry Bradshaw*
10	Joe Montana, Troy Aikman, Drew Bledsoe, Mark Brunell, Boomer Esiason, John Elway, Terry Bradshaw, Ken Anderson, Steve McNair, Jim Kelly*
11	John Elway, Terry Bradshaw, Bob Griese, Jim Kelly, Troy Aikman, Joe Montana, Steve McNair, Ken Anderson, Boomer Esiason, Drew Bledsoe
Career	Mark Brunell, Steve McNair, Terry Bradshaw, Jim Kelly, Troy Aikman, Boomer Esiason, Roger Staubach, Drew Bledsoe, Ken Stabler, Bob Griese*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2009	Approximate Value Career 138 (111)	Approximate Value (Weighted) Career 107 (95)	Passes Completed 2000 NFL 330 (4) 2004 NFL 300 (9) 2008 NFL 345 (5/82) Career 3170 (14)
Pass Attempts 2000 NFL 569 (4/65) 2008 NFL 571 (4/58) Career 5374 (14)	Passing Yds 2004 NFL 3875 (8) 2008 NFL 3916 (7) Career 37276 (17)	Passing TD 2000 NFL 21 (7) 2001 NFL 25 (7) 2004 NFL 31 (3/55) 2008 NFL 23 (8) Career 234 (22)	Passer Rating 2001 NFL 84.3 (7) 2002 NFL 86.0 (7) 2004 NFL 104.7 (4/26) 2006 NFL 95.5 (4) 2007 NFL 89.9 (9) Career 85.6 (24)
Long Pass 2004 NFL 80 (4) 2005 NFL 91 (1/75) 2006 NFL 87 (2) 2008 NFL 90 (4/89)	Passes Intercepted 2010 NFL 15 (9) Career 117 (84)	Sacked 2000 NFL 45 (4/87) 2001 NFL 39 (7) 2003 NFL 43 (2) 2007 NFL 44 (3/98) 2009 NFL 35 (7) 2010 NFL 37 (4) Career 410 (9)	Sacked Yds Lost 1999 NFL 204 (9) 2000 NFL 262 (5) 2001 NFL 273 (4) 2003 NFL 253 (3) 2007 NFL 227 (5) 2009 NFL 264 (4) 2010 NFL 271 (3) Career 2626 (21)
Passing Yds/Game 2002 NFL 228.9 (10) 2004 NFL 258.3 (5) 2005 NFL 278.6 (2/52) 2006 NFL 264.7 (4/96) 2007 NFL 237.4 (10) 2008 NFL 244.8 (9) 2009 NFL 253.8 (10) 2010 NFL 259.8 (8) Career 223.2 (24)	Yds/Pass Att 2004 NFL 8.3 (4/97) 2006 NFL 8.4 (2/84) 2009 NFL 8.0 (7) Career 6.9 (105)	Yds/Pass Cmp 2004 NFL 12.9 (4) 2006 NFL 14.7 (1) 2009 NFL 13.3 (2) 2010 NFL 12.3 (7) Career 11.8 (164)	Pass Attempts/Game 2000 NFL 35.6 (5/93) 2002 NFL 36.1 (5/74) 2005 NFL 39.7 (1/16) 2007 NFL 33.8 (7) 2008 NFL 35.7 (4/86) 2010 NFL 36.3 (7/69) Career 32.2 (17)
Adj Yds/Pass Att 2001 NFL 6.48 (10) 2004 NFL 8.82 (3/21) 2006 NFL 8.66 (1/29) 2007 NFL 7.16 (8) 2009 NFL 8.00 (8/86) Career 6.83 (21)	Net Yds/Pass Att 2004 NFL 7.35 (6/63) 2006 NFL 7.44 (4/51) Career 5.99 (73)	Adj Net Yds/Pass Att 2004 NFL 7.87 (3/24) 2006 NFL 7.71 (2/33) Career 5.89 (25)	Passes Completed/Game 2000 NFL 20.6 (7) 2002 NFL 21.1 (8) 2005 NFL 23.4 (3/38) 2007 NFL 20.8 (9) 2008 NFL 21.6 (6) 2010 NFL 21.2 (10) Career 19.0 (21)
Pass Completion % 2004 NFL 64.0% (10) Career 59.0% (53)	Pass Intercept. % 2000 NFL 2.3% (6) 2001 NFL 2.4% (3) 2002 NFL 1.7% (4/55) 2003 NFL 2.3% (5) 2004 NFL 1.7% (2/55) 2006 NFL 1.9% (5/83) 2007 NFL 1.5% (4/31) 2008 NFL 1.9% (6/83) 2009 NFL 2.3% (8) Career 2.2% (4)	Passing TD % 2001 NFL 5.1% (4) 2002 NFL 4.7% (8) 2004 NFL 6.6% (4) 2006 NFL 5.7% (1) 2009 NFL 5.0% (9) Career 4.4% (82)	Sack % 2005 NFL 5.05% (9) 2008 NFL 3.87% (6) Career 7.09% (107)
Game-Winning Drives 1999 NFL 2 (9) 2000 NFL 3 (8) 2003 NFL 5 (3/29) 2009 NFL 3 (9) Career 25 (25)	Comebacks 2000 NFL 2 (9) 2003 NFL 3 (4/100) 2004 NFL 2 (8) 2008 NFL 2 (10) 2009 NFL 2 (9) 2010 NFL 2 (7) Career 17 (38)	Rushing TD Career 29 (198)	Yds/Rushing Att Career 5.6 (8)
2-pt. Conv. Made Career 1 (178)	Total Offense 2000 NFL 3732 (6) 2004 NFL 3903 (6) 2008 NFL 3914 (7) Career 38109 (13)	Playoff Games Career 16 (171)	Playoff Games Started Career 16 (85)
Fumbles 2007 NFL 9 (10) 2009 NFL 10 (7) 2010 NFL 10 (3) Career 95 (18)	Fumbles Recovered 2010 NFL 8 (1/6) Career 24 (43)

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1999	23	12	QB	103		36
2000	24	16	QB	334	99	5	13
2001	25	16	QB	316	73	5	18
2002	26	10	QB	264		12	76
2003	27	16	QB	255		13
2004	28	15	QB	365	104	3	9
2005	29	9	QB	190		20
2006	30	10	QB	241	10	9	63
2007	31	14	QB	257		12	76
2008	32	16	QB	299	47	7	30
2009	33	14	QB	280		11	74
2010	34	13	QB	204		21
2011	35	6	QB	73		37
				3181	333

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