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Joe Namath

Joseph William Namath (Broadway Joe) (twitter: @RealJoeNamath)

Position: QB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 200 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: May 31, 1943 in Beaver Falls, PA
College: Alabama   (school history)
Drafted by the New York Jets in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1965 AFL Draft.
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (12th overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 94 (212th overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1985, finalist in 1983, 1984

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 22, 2013 4:25PM
All-Time Rank: #496. Calvin Hill… #497. Cris Collinsworth… #498. Ray Donaldson… #499. JOE NAMATH… #500. Franco Harris… #501. Billy Shaw… #502. Abner Haynes… 

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
1965* 22 NYJ QB 12 13 9 3-5-1 164 340 48.2 2220 18 5.3 15 4.4 62 6.5 5.6 13.5 170.8 68.7 9
1966 23 NYJ QB 12 14 14 5-6-2 232 471 49.3 3379 19 4.0 27 5.7 77 7.2 5.4 14.6 241.4 62.6 4 2 13
1967* 24 NYJ QB 12 14 14 8-5-1 258 491 52.5 4007 26 5.3 28 5.7 75 8.2 6.7 15.5 286.2 73.8 1 2 16
1968*+ 25 NYJ QB 12 14 14 11-3-0 187 380 49.2 3147 15 3.9 17 4.5 87 8.3 7.1 16.8 224.8 72.1 4 4 15
1969* 26 NYJ QB 12 14 14 10-4-0 185 361 51.2 2734 19 5.3 17 4.7 60 7.6 6.5 14.8 195.3 74.3 13 117 7.00 5.97 3.5 2 3 13
1970 27 NYJ qb 12 5 5 1-4-0 90 179 50.3 1259 5 2.8 12 6.7 72 7.0 4.6 14.0 251.8 54.7 6 63 6.46 4.09 3.2 5
1971 28 NYJ qb 12 4 3 2-1-0 28 59 47.5 537 5 8.5 6 10.2 74 9.1 6.2 19.2 134.3 68.2 0 0 9.10 6.22 0.0 3
1972* 29 NYJ QB 12 13 13 7-6-0 162 324 50.0 2816 19 5.9 21 6.5 83 8.7 6.9 17.4 216.6 72.5 11 101 8.10 6.42 3.3 2 2 15
1973 30 NYJ qb 12 6 5 2-3-0 68 133 51.1 966 5 3.8 6 4.5 63 7.3 6.0 14.2 161.0 68.7 10 97 6.08 4.89 7.0 3
1974 31 NYJ QB 12 14 14 7-7-0 191 361 52.9 2616 20 5.5 22 6.1 89 7.2 5.6 13.7 186.9 69.4 19 195 6.37 4.82 5.0 3 3 12
1975 32 NYJ QB 12 14 13 3-10-0 157 326 48.2 2286 15 4.6 28 8.6 91 7.0 4.1 14.6 163.3 51.0 27 253 5.76 3.04 7.6 9
1976 33 NYJ QB 12 11 8 1-7-0 114 230 49.6 1090 4 1.7 16 7.0 35 4.7 2.0 9.6 99.1 39.9 16 150 3.82 1.22 6.5 0
1977 34 RAM qb 12 4 4 2-2-0 50 107 46.7 606 3 2.8 5 4.7 42 5.7 4.1 12.1 151.5 54.5 7 76 4.65 3.20 6.1 3
Career 140 130 62-63-4 1886 3762 50.1 27663 173 4.6 220 5.8 91 7.4 5.6 14.7 197.6 65.5 109 1052 6.87 5.21 2.8 16 16 116
12 yrs NYJ 136 126 60-61-4 1836 3655 50.2 27057 170 4.7 215 5.9 91 7.4 5.7 14.7 198.9 65.8 102 976 6.42 4.53 4.9 16 16 113
1 yr RAM 4 4 2-2-0 50 107 46.7 606 3 2.8 5 4.7 42 5.7 4.1 12.1 151.5 54.5 7 76 4.65 3.20 6.1 3

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1968 (2-0), 1969 (0-1)
Playoff Comebacks: 1968 (1)
Playoff Game-Winning Drives: 1968 (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+
1965* 22 NYJ QB 12 13 9 3-5-1 340 97 104 104 104 114 107
1966 23 NYJ QB 12 14 14 5-6-2 471 108 103 108 93 98 101
1967* 24 NYJ QB 12 14 14 8-5-1 491 116 111 115 103 99 109
1968*+ 25 NYJ QB 12 14 14 11-3-0 380 119 117 103 92 117 110
1969* 26 NYJ QB 12 14 14 10-4-0 361 108 121 110 121 109 104 112 120 110
1970 27 NYJ qb 12 5 5 1-4-0 179 105 116 93 99 96 84 88 126 89
1971 28 NYJ qb 12 4 3 2-1-0 59 142 158 112 122 88 142 57 139 104
1972* 29 NYJ QB 12 13 13 7-6-0 324 136 143 120 126 95 115 91 124 109
1973 30 NYJ qb 12 6 5 2-3-0 133 113 111 110 110 97 96 108 106 104
1974 31 NYJ QB 12 14 14 7-7-0 361 112 117 106 109 102 112 92 119 105
1975 32 NYJ QB 12 14 13 3-10-0 326 106 106 90 91 88 104 65 104 86
1976 33 NYJ QB 12 11 8 1-7-0 230 70 78 69 72 93 78 83 112 75
1977 34 RAM qb 12 4 4 2-2-0 107 84 89 90 92 84 88 107 114 89
Career 140 130 62-63-4 3762 109 115 104 105 102 100 97 117 102

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
1965* 22 NYJ QB 12 13 9 8 19 0 14 2.4 1.5 0.6 19 0 6
1966 23 NYJ QB 12 14 14 6 42 2 39 7.0 3.0 0.4 42 2 1
1967* 24 NYJ QB 12 14 14 6 14 0 13 2.3 1.0 0.4 14 0 2
1968*+ 25 NYJ QB 12 14 14 5 11 2 4 2.2 0.8 0.4 11 2 1
1969* 26 NYJ QB 12 14 14 11 33 2 16 3.0 2.4 0.8 33 2 3
1970 27 NYJ qb 12 5 5 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.2 0.2 -1 0 1
1971 28 NYJ qb 12 4 3 3 -1 0 1 -0.3 -0.3 0.8 -1 0 0
1972* 29 NYJ QB 12 13 13 6 8 0 2 1.3 0.6 0.5 8 0 3
1973 30 NYJ qb 12 6 5 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.3 0.2 -2 0 1
1974 31 NYJ QB 12 14 14 8 1 1 3 0.1 0.1 0.6 1 1 6
1975 32 NYJ QB 12 14 13 10 6 0 6 0.6 0.4 0.7 6 0 4
1976 33 NYJ QB 12 11 8 2 5 0 5 2.5 0.5 0.2 5 0 3
1977 34 RAM qb 12 4 4 4 5 0 7 1.3 1.3 1.0 5 0 2
Career 140 130 71 140 7 39 2.0 1.0 0.5 140 7 33
12 yrs NYJ 136 126 67 135 7 39 2.0 1.0 0.5 135 7 31
1 yr RAM 4 4 4 5 0 7 1.3 1.3 1.0 5 0 2

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
1965* 22 NYJ QB 12 13 9 0 6 0 0 0
1966 23 NYJ QB 12 14 14 0 1 0 0 0
1967* 24 NYJ QB 12 14 14 0 2 2 3 1
1968*+ 25 NYJ QB 12 14 14 0 1 0 0 0
1969* 26 NYJ QB 12 14 14 0 3 1 -13 0
1970 27 NYJ qb 12 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
1972* 29 NYJ QB 12 13 13 0 3 1 0 0
1973 30 NYJ qb 12 6 5 0 1 0 0 0
1974 31 NYJ QB 12 14 14 0 6 2 -11 0
1975 32 NYJ QB 12 14 13 0 4 2 -1 0
1976 33 NYJ QB 12 11 8 0 3 1 -7 0
1977 34 RAM qb 12 4 4 0 2 1 -2 0
Career 140 130 0 33 10 -31 1
12 yrs NYJ 136 126 0 31 9 -29 1
1 yr RAM 4 4 0 2 1 -2 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1966 23 NYJ QB 12 14 14 2 2 12
1967* 24 NYJ QB 12 14 14 1 1 6
1968*+ 25 NYJ QB 12 14 14 2 2 12
1969* 26 NYJ QB 12 14 14 2 2 12
1974 31 NYJ QB 12 14 14 1 1 6
Career 140 130 7 1 8 48

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Ken Anderson, Joe Ferguson, Marc Bulger, Jay Schroeder, Bob Griese*, Drew Bledsoe, Mark Rypien, Neil O'Donnell, Tony Banks, Jim Everett
4 Ken Anderson, Jim Zorn, Drew Bledsoe, Mark Rypien, Neil Lomax, Aaron Brooks, Carson Palmer, Steve Grogan, Ken O'Brien, Jim Everett
5 Drew Bledsoe, Aaron Brooks, Mark Rypien, Ken Anderson, John Elway*, Jim Zorn, Marc Bulger, Bob Griese*, Carson Palmer, Jim Everett
6 Drew Bledsoe, Jim Everett, Carson Palmer, Troy Aikman*, Marc Bulger, Bob Griese*, Drew Brees, Ken O'Brien, Aaron Brooks, Steve McNair
7 Brian Sipe, Bart Starr*, Marc Bulger, Jay Schroeder, Carson Palmer, Tobin Rote, Terry Bradshaw*, Fran Tarkenton*, Bernie Kosar, Dan Fouts*
8 Steve Grogan, Ken Anderson, Jim Everett, Joe Montana*, Terry Bradshaw*, Troy Aikman*, Aaron Brooks, Fran Tarkenton*, Steve McNair, Dan Fouts*
9 Bart Starr*, Terry Bradshaw*, Steve Grogan, Dan Fouts*, Brian Sipe, Aaron Brooks, Don Meredith, Roman Gabriel, Jake Plummer, Randall Cunningham
10 Steve Grogan, Bart Starr*, Terry Bradshaw*, Ken Anderson, Drew Bledsoe, Brian Sipe, Joe Theismann, Steve McNair, Roman Gabriel, Ken Stabler
11 Joe Theismann, Bart Starr*, Drew Bledsoe, Steve Grogan, Terry Bradshaw*, Jim Everett, Roman Gabriel, Ken Stabler, Steve McNair, Troy Aikman*
12 Joe Theismann, Steve Grogan, Ken Stabler, Roman Gabriel, Bart Starr*, Jim Everett, Jim Hart, Troy Aikman*, Drew Bledsoe, Boomer Esiason
13 Joe Theismann, Steve Grogan, Sonny Jurgensen*, Ken Stabler, Jim Everett, Roman Gabriel, Troy Aikman*, Bart Starr*, Jim Hart, Len Dawson*
Career Joe Theismann, Steve Grogan, Jim Everett, Troy Aikman*, Ken Stabler, Tobin Rote, Ron Jaworski, Jim Plunkett, Jake Plummer, Sonny Jurgensen*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Awards
1968 AFL AP Player of the Year
1968 AFL UPI Player of the Year
1968 AFL Super Bowl MVP
1969 AFL AP Player of the Year
1974 NFL AP Comeback Player of the Year

Pro Bowls
1965
1967
1968
1969
1972

First-Team All-Pro
1968

Approximate Value
1966 AFL 13 (10)
1967 AFL 16 (5)
1968 AFL 15 (9)

Passes Completed
1965 AFL 164 (5)
1966 AFL 232 (1)
1967 AFL 258 (1)
1968 AFL 187 (3)
1969 AFL 185 (2)
1972 NFL 162 (10)
1974 NFL 191 (5)
Career 1886 (70)

Pass Attempts
1965 AFL 340 (5)
1966 AFL 471 (1)
1967 AFL 491 (1)
1968 AFL 380 (3)
1969 AFL 361 (3)
1972 NFL 324 (7)
1974 NFL 361 (2)
Career 3762 (52)

Passing Yds
1965 AFL 2220 (6)
1966 AFL 3379 (1)
1967 AFL 4007 (1)
1968 AFL 3147 (3)
1969 AFL 2734 (2)
1972 NFL 2816 (1)
1974 NFL 2616 (2)
1975 NFL 2286 (10)
Career 27663 (53)

Passing TD
1965 AFL 18 (4)
1966 AFL 19 (5)
1967 AFL 26 (2)
1968 AFL 15 (5)
1969 AFL 19 (2)
1972 NFL 19 (1)
1974 NFL 20 (2)
1975 NFL 15 (10)
Career 173 (55)

Passer Rating
1965 AFL 68.7 (3)
1966 AFL 62.6 (5)
1967 AFL 73.8 (4)
1968 AFL 72.1 (4)
1969 AFL 74.3 (3)
Career 65.5 (189)

Long Pass
1966 AFL 77 (7)
1967 AFL 75 (3)
1968 AFL 87 (3)
1969 AFL 60 (10)
1972 NFL 83 (5)
1974 NFL 89 (1)
1975 NFL 91 (2/75)

Passes Intercepted
1965 AFL 15 (5)
1966 AFL 27 (1/19)
1967 AFL 28 (1/14)
1968 AFL 17 (2)
1969 AFL 17 (5)
1972 NFL 21 (3)
1974 NFL 22 (1)
1975 NFL 28 (1/14)
1976 NFL 16 (5)
Career 220 (17)

Sacked
1975 NFL 27 (9)
Career 109 (142)

Sacked Yds Lost
1975 NFL 253 (7)
Career 1052 (109)

Passing Yds/Game
1965 AFL 170.8 (4)
1966 AFL 241.4 (1)
1967 AFL 286.2 (1/40)
1968 AFL 224.8 (3)
1969 AFL 195.3 (3)
1972 NFL 216.6 (1)
1974 NFL 186.9 (4)
Career 197.6 (48)

Yds/Pass Att
1965 AFL 6.5 (3)
1966 AFL 7.2 (4)
1967 AFL 8.2 (1)
1968 AFL 8.3 (2/97)
1969 AFL 7.6 (3)
1972 NFL 8.7 (1/42)
1974 NFL 7.2 (8)
Career 7.4 (34)

Yds/Pass Cmp
1965 AFL 13.5 (5)
1966 AFL 14.6 (5)
1967 AFL 15.5 (1/87)
1968 AFL 16.8 (2/22)
1969 AFL 14.8 (4)
1972 NFL 17.4 (1/14)
1974 NFL 13.7 (6)
1975 NFL 14.6 (1)
Career 14.7 (13)

Pass Attempts/Game
1965 AFL 26.2 (4)
1966 AFL 33.6 (1)
1967 AFL 35.1 (1)
1968 AFL 27.1 (4)
1969 AFL 25.8 (4)
1972 NFL 24.9 (5)
1974 NFL 25.8 (6)
Career 26.9 (65)

Adj Yds/Pass Att
1969 AFL 6.51 (3)
1972 NFL 6.95 (1)
Career 5.64 (140)

Net Yds/Pass Att
1969 AFL 7.00 (3)
1972 NFL 8.10 (1/9)
1974 NFL 6.37 (6)
Career 6.33 (33)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att
1969 AFL 5.97 (3)
1972 NFL 6.42 (1)
Career 4.46 (151)

Passes Completed/Game
1965 AFL 12.6 (3)
1966 AFL 16.6 (1)
1967 AFL 18.4 (1)
1968 AFL 13.4 (4)
1969 AFL 13.2 (4)
1972 NFL 12.5 (7)
1974 NFL 13.6 (7)
Career 13.5 (95)

Pass Completion %
1965 AFL 48.2% (3)
1966 AFL 49.3% (3)
1967 AFL 52.5% (2)
1968 AFL 49.2% (4)
1969 AFL 51.2% (3)

Pass Intercept. %
1965 AFL 4.4% (2)
1966 AFL 5.7% (6)
1967 AFL 5.7% (6)
1968 AFL 4.5% (3)
1969 AFL 4.7% (3)
Career 5.8% (197)

Passing TD %
1965 AFL 5.3% (3)
1966 AFL 4.0% (6)
1967 AFL 5.3% (5)
1968 AFL 3.9% (7)
1969 AFL 5.3% (4)
1972 NFL 5.9% (5)
1974 NFL 5.5% (4)
Career 4.6% (72)

Sack %
1969 AFL 3.48% (2/79)
1972 NFL 3.28% (2/68)
1974 NFL 5.00% (5)
1976 NFL 6.50% (7)
Career 4.98% (25)

Game-Winning Drives
1966 AFL 2 (1)
1967 AFL 2 (2)
1968 AFL 4 (1/78)
1969 AFL 3 (1)
1972 NFL 2 (7)
1974 NFL 3 (1)
Career 16 (72)

Comebacks
1966 AFL 4 (1/33)
1967 AFL 1 (3)
1968 AFL 4 (1/33)
1969 AFL 2 (2)
1972 NFL 2 (6)
1974 NFL 3 (1/100)
Career 16 (44)

Non-Offensive TDs
1967 AFL 1 (8)

Total Offense
1969 AFL 2650 (2)
1972 NFL 2723 (2)
1974 NFL 2422 (5)
1975 NFL 2039 (10)
Career 13912 (116)

Fumbles
1965 AFL 6 (7)

Fumble Return TD
1967 AFL 1 (1)

 

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19662nd TeamAll-AFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19672nd TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19672nd TeamAll-AFLAssociated Press
19671st TeamAll-AFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19671st TeamAll-AFLNY Daily News
19672nd TeamAll-AFLUPI
19681st TeamAll-NFL/AFLPro Football Weekly
19681st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19681st TeamAll-AFLAssociated Press
19681st TeamAll-AFLPro Football Writers
19681st TeamAll-AFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19681st TeamAll-AFLNY Daily News
19681st TeamAll-AFLPro Football Weekly
19681st TeamAll-AFLUPI
19692nd TeamAll-AFLAssociated Press
19691st TeamAll-AFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19691st TeamAll-AFLNY Daily News
19692nd TeamAll-AFLSporting News
19692nd TeamAll-AFLUPI
19721st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19721st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19721st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19722nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19721st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19721st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19721st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 27 5 QB 56 30
1971 28 4 QB 39 33
1972 29 13 QB 185 31 6 40
1973 30 6 QB 56 30
1974 31 14 QB 187 60 7 20
1975 32 14 QB 126 17
1976 33 11 QB 36 38
1977 34 4 QB 33 35
718 91