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Phil Simms

Philip Martin Simms

Position: QB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 216 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: November 3, 1954 in Lebanon, KY
College: Morehead St.
Drafted by the New York Giants in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 91 (239th overall since 1950)

Relatives: Father of Chris Simms
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 19, 2013 6:25PM
All-Time Rank: #480. Clinton Portis… #481. Brian Waters… #482. Willie McGinest… #483. PHIL SIMMS… #484. Antonio Freeman… #485. Earl Morrall… #486. Sherrill Headrick… 

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
1979 25 NYG QB 11 12 11 6-5-0 134 265 50.6 1743 13 4.9 14 5.3 61 6.6 5.2 13.0 145.3 66.0 39 319 4.68 3.47 12.8 0 0 6
1980 26 NYG QB 11 13 13 3-10-0 193 402 48.0 2321 15 3.7 19 4.7 58 5.8 4.4 12.0 178.5 58.9 36 233 4.77 3.50 8.2 1 1 6
1981 27 NYG QB 11 10 10 5-5-0 172 316 54.4 2031 11 3.5 9 2.8 80 6.4 5.8 11.8 203.1 74.0 38 301 4.89 4.36 10.7 0 2 6
1983 29 NYG 11 2 0 7 13 53.8 130 0 0.0 1 7.7 36 10.0 6.5 18.6 65.0 56.6 3 35 5.94 3.13 18.8 0
1984 30 NYG QB 11 16 16 9-7-0 286 533 53.7 4044 22 4.1 18 3.4 65 7.6 6.9 14.1 252.8 78.1 55 434 6.14 5.51 9.4 1 1 12
1985* 31 NYG QB 11 16 16 10-6-0 275 495 55.6 3829 22 4.4 20 4.0 70 7.7 6.8 13.9 239.3 78.6 52 396 6.28 5.44 9.5 0 0 14
1986 32 NYG QB 11 16 16 14-2-0 259 468 55.3 3487 21 4.5 22 4.7 49 7.5 6.2 13.5 217.9 74.6 45 359 6.10 4.99 8.8 2 4 13
1987 33 NYG QB 11 9 9 4-5-0 163 282 57.8 2230 17 6.0 9 3.2 50 7.9 7.7 13.7 247.8 90.0 35 225 6.32 6.12 11.0 0 1 7
1988 34 NYG QB 11 15 15 9-6-0 263 479 54.9 3359 21 4.4 11 2.3 62 7.0 6.9 12.8 223.9 82.1 53 405 5.55 5.41 10.0 1 1 13
1989 35 NYG QB 11 15 15 11-4-0 228 405 56.3 3061 14 3.5 14 3.5 62 7.6 6.7 13.4 204.1 77.6 40 244 6.33 5.54 9.0 2 2 12
1990 36 NYG QB 11 14 14 11-3-0 184 311 59.2 2284 15 4.8 4 1.3 80 7.3 7.7 12.4 163.1 92.7 20 104 6.59 6.95 6.0 1 1 10
1991 37 NYG qb 11 6 4 1-3-0 82 141 58.2 993 8 5.7 4 2.8 38 7.0 6.9 12.1 165.5 87.0 14 79 5.90 5.77 9.0 0 1 4
1992 38 NYG qb 11 4 4 1-3-0 83 137 60.6 912 5 3.6 3 2.2 38 6.7 6.4 11.0 228.0 83.3 10 67 5.75 5.51 6.8 4
1993* 39 NYG QB 11 16 16 11-5-0 247 400 61.8 3038 15 3.8 9 2.3 62 7.6 7.3 12.3 189.9 88.3 37 217 6.46 6.22 8.5 3 3 11
Career 164 159 95-64-0 2576 4647 55.4 33462 199 4.3 157 3.4 80 7.2 6.5 13.0 204.0 78.5 477 3418 5.86 5.26 9.3 11 17 118

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+
1979 25 NYG QB 11 12 11 6-5-0 265 94 78 95 85 86 109 94 64 94
1980 26 NYG QB 11 13 13 3-10-0 402 74 76 79 81 76 93 96 93 79
1981 27 NYG QB 11 10 10 5-5-0 316 88 78 100 92 96 91 121 77 101
1984 30 NYG QB 11 16 16 9-7-0 533 110 105 110 107 92 99 110 93 104
1985* 31 NYG QB 11 16 16 10-6-0 495 114 108 110 107 100 104 100 91 105
1986 32 NYG QB 11 16 16 14-2-0 468 110 105 103 100 101 103 91 94 100
1987 33 NYG QB 11 9 9 4-5-0 282 120 109 122 115 109 120 111 77 120
1988 34 NYG QB 11 15 15 9-6-0 479 100 91 110 104 100 103 122 82 109
1989 35 NYG QB 11 15 15 11-4-0 405 111 106 107 105 103 93 104 87 103
1990 36 NYG QB 11 14 14 11-3-0 311 107 111 122 123 110 110 133 106 123
1991 37 NYG qb 11 6 4 1-3-0 141 103 100 111 108 104 121 111 89 115
1992 38 NYG qb 11 4 4 1-3-0 137 97 98 106 106 109 100 120 102 110
1993* 39 NYG QB 11 16 16 11-5-0 400 116 111 118 114 111 100 117 89 115
Career 164 159 95-64-0 4647 104 99 107 103 99 102 109 88 105

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
1979 25 NYG QB 11 12 11 29 166 1 27 5.7 13.8 2.4 166 1 9
1980 26 NYG QB 11 13 13 36 190 1 20 5.3 14.6 2.8 190 1 6
1981 27 NYG QB 11 10 10 19 42 0 24 2.2 4.2 1.9 42 0 7
1984 30 NYG QB 11 16 16 42 162 0 21 3.9 10.1 2.6 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.1 0.8 175 0 8
1985* 31 NYG QB 11 16 16 37 132 0 28 3.6 8.3 2.3 132 0 16
1986 32 NYG QB 11 16 16 43 72 1 18 1.7 4.5 2.7 72 1 9
1987 33 NYG QB 11 9 9 14 44 0 20 3.1 4.9 1.6 44 0 4
1988 34 NYG QB 11 15 15 33 152 0 17 4.6 10.1 2.2 152 0 7
1989 35 NYG QB 11 15 15 32 141 1 15 4.4 9.4 2.1 141 1 9
1990 36 NYG QB 11 14 14 21 61 1 20 2.9 4.4 1.5 61 1 7
1991 37 NYG qb 11 6 4 9 42 1 19 4.7 7.0 1.5 42 1 4
1992 38 NYG qb 11 4 4 6 17 0 7 2.8 4.3 1.5 17 0 0
1993* 39 NYG QB 11 16 16 28 31 0 9 1.1 1.9 1.8 1 -6 -6.0 0 -6 0.1 -0.4 25 0 7
Career 164 159 349 1252 6 28 3.6 7.6 2.1 2 7 3.5 0 13 0.0 0.0 1259 6 93

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
1979 25 NYG QB 11 12 11 0 9 0 -2 0
1980 26 NYG QB 11 13 13 0 6 2 -5 0
1981 27 NYG QB 11 10 10 0 7 2 -15 0
1984 30 NYG QB 11 16 16 0 8 4 -5 0
1985* 31 NYG QB 11 16 16 0 16 5 -22 0
1986 32 NYG QB 11 16 16 0 9 3 -2 0
1987 33 NYG QB 11 9 9 0 4 1 0 0
1988 34 NYG QB 11 15 15 0 7 1 0 0
1989 35 NYG QB 11 15 15 0 9 3 -1 0
1990 36 NYG QB 11 14 14 0 7 2 -5 0
1991 37 NYG qb 11 6 4 0 4 2 -16 0
1993* 39 NYG QB 11 16 16 0 7 3 -13 0
Career 164 159 0 93 28 -86 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
1979 25 NYG QB 11 12 11 1 1 6
1980 26 NYG QB 11 13 13 1 1 6
1986 32 NYG QB 11 16 16 1 1 6
1989 35 NYG QB 11 15 15 1 1 6
1990 36 NYG QB 11 14 14 1 1 6
1991 37 NYG qb 11 6 4 1 1 6
Career 164 159 6 6 36

Similar Players

What does "similar" mean?
NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Jeff George, Lamar McHan, Mike Pagel, Jim McMahon, Steve Walsh, Mickey Slaughter, Dan Pastorini, Randy Johnson, Bart Starr*, Dan Fouts*
4 Steve Beuerlein, Dan Pastorini, Steve Walsh, Roman Gabriel, Josh McCown, Tom Flores, Jeff George, Randy Johnson, Mickey Slaughter, Steve Bartkowski
5 Marty Domres, Steve Beuerlein, Marc Wilson, Babe Parilli, Josh McCown, Al Woodall, Steve Walsh, Mickey Slaughter, David Archer, Matt Cavanaugh
6 Steve Beuerlein, Steve DeBerg, Charlie Batch, Bob Avellini, Mike Pagel, Jim Hart, Archie Manning, Joe Theismann, John Brodie, Rick Mirer
7 Steve Bartkowski, Steve DeBerg, Roman Gabriel, Elvis Grbac, Brad Johnson, Jeff George, Doug Williams, Gus Frerotte, David Garrard, Jon Kitna
8 Steve Bartkowski, Jim Plunkett, Roman Gabriel, Doug Williams, David Garrard, Brad Johnson, Jeff George, Marc Bulger, Bart Starr*, Eddie LeBaron
9 Marc Bulger, Joe Theismann, Ed Brown, Jim Plunkett, Jeff George, Eddie LeBaron, Don Meredith, Chad Pennington, Steve Bartkowski, Archie Manning
10 Bernie Kosar, Steve Bartkowski, Jim Plunkett, Eddie LeBaron, Jim Hart, Jeff George, Richard Todd, Roman Gabriel, Jon Kitna, Bart Starr*
11 Jake Plummer, Eddie LeBaron, Jim Hart, Roman Gabriel, Jon Kitna, Bernie Kosar, Matt Hasselbeck, Ken O'Brien, Steve Bartkowski, Jim Everett
12 Jim Hart, Jim Everett, Ken O'Brien, Roman Gabriel, Jake Plummer, Dave Krieg, Ron Jaworski, Eddie LeBaron, Norm Snead, Jim Plunkett
13 Jim Everett, Jim Hart, Jim Plunkett, Norm Snead, Roman Gabriel, Ron Jaworski, Ken O'Brien, Dave Krieg, Joe Ferguson, Kerry Collins
14 Jim Hart, Jim Everett, Jim Plunkett, Norm Snead, Roman Gabriel, Joe Ferguson, Ron Jaworski, Dave Krieg, Steve Grogan, Ken O'Brien
Career Roman Gabriel, Jim Plunkett, Jim Hart, Jim Everett, Len Dawson*, John Hadl, Norm Snead, Ken Stabler, Drew Bledsoe, Ron Jaworski

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Awards
1986 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1986 NFL Super Bowl MVP

Pro Bowls
1985
1993

Passes Completed
1984 NFL 286 (5)
1985 NFL 275 (7)
1986 NFL 259 (10)
1988 NFL 263 (7)
Career 2576 (32)

Pass Attempts
1984 NFL 533 (3)
1985 NFL 495 (5)
1986 NFL 468 (10)
1988 NFL 479 (5)
Career 4647 (25)

Passing Yds
1984 NFL 4044 (3/95)
1985 NFL 3829 (4)
1986 NFL 3487 (8)
1988 NFL 3359 (7)
Career 33462 (24)

Passing TD
1984 NFL 22 (8)
1985 NFL 22 (7)
1986 NFL 21 (7)
1987 NFL 17 (10)
1988 NFL 21 (5)
1993 NFL 15 (10)
Career 199 (34)

Passer Rating
1987 NFL 90.0 (3)
1988 NFL 82.1 (9)
1989 NFL 77.6 (10)
1990 NFL 92.7 (4)
1993 NFL 88.3 (4)
Career 78.5 (73)

Long Pass
1981 NFL 80 (7)
1990 NFL 80 (6)

Passes Intercepted
1984 NFL 18 (5)
1985 NFL 20 (5)
1986 NFL 22 (4)
Career 157 (51)

Sacked
1979 NFL 39 (7)
1980 NFL 36 (9)
1981 NFL 38 (3)
1984 NFL 55 (2/15)
1985 NFL 52 (3/27)
1986 NFL 45 (5/87)
1987 NFL 35 (5)
1988 NFL 53 (2/23)
1989 NFL 40 (6)
1993 NFL 37 (7)
Career 477 (5)

Sacked Yds Lost
1979 NFL 319 (7)
1981 NFL 301 (3)
1984 NFL 434 (1/8)
1985 NFL 396 (4/17)
1986 NFL 359 (4/44)
1987 NFL 225 (8)
1988 NFL 405 (2/14)
1993 NFL 217 (7)
Career 3418 (5)

Passing Yds/Game
1984 NFL 252.8 (4)
1985 NFL 239.3 (6)
1987 NFL 247.8 (6)
1988 NFL 223.9 (7)
Career 204.0 (40)

Yds/Pass Att
1984 NFL 7.6 (8)
1985 NFL 7.7 (4)
1986 NFL 7.5 (8)
1987 NFL 7.9 (2)
1989 NFL 7.6 (8)
1990 NFL 7.3 (9)
1993 NFL 7.6 (5)
Career 7.2 (50)

Yds/Pass Cmp
1979 NFL 13.0 (9)
1984 NFL 14.1 (2)
1985 NFL 13.9 (4)
1986 NFL 13.5 (6)
1987 NFL 13.7 (6)
1989 NFL 13.4 (7)
1993 NFL 12.3 (6)
Career 13.0 (64)

Pass Attempts/Game
1980 NFL 30.9 (6)
1981 NFL 31.6 (5)
1984 NFL 33.3 (4)
1985 NFL 30.9 (8)
1988 NFL 31.9 (6)
Career 28.3 (51)

Adj Yds/Pass Att
1984 NFL 6.89 (9)
1985 NFL 6.81 (7)
1987 NFL 7.68 (3)
1988 NFL 6.86 (8)
1989 NFL 6.69 (8)
1990 NFL 7.73 (5)
1993 NFL 7.33 (4)
Career 6.54 (45)

Net Yds/Pass Att
1984 NFL 6.14 (10)
1985 NFL 6.28 (8)
1989 NFL 6.33 (10)
1990 NFL 6.59 (6)
1993 NFL 6.46 (10)
Career 5.86 (100)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att
1985 NFL 5.44 (8)
1987 NFL 6.12 (6)
1990 NFL 6.95 (5)
1993 NFL 6.22 (9)
Career 5.26 (77)

Passes Completed/Game
1981 NFL 17.2 (10)
1984 NFL 17.9 (6)
1985 NFL 17.2 (10)
1988 NFL 17.5 (8)
Career 15.7 (65)

Pass Completion %
1987 NFL 57.8% (9)
1990 NFL 59.2% (4)
1993 NFL 61.8% (5)
Career 55.4% (126)

Pass Intercept. %
1981 NFL 2.8% (5)
1984 NFL 3.4% (9)
1988 NFL 2.3% (2)
1990 NFL 1.3% (2/14)
1993 NFL 2.3% (7)
Career 3.4% (73)

Passing TD %
1979 NFL 4.9% (7)
1986 NFL 4.5% (9)
1987 NFL 6.0% (3)
1988 NFL 4.4% (10)
1990 NFL 4.8% (10)
Career 4.3% (92)

Sack %
1990 NFL 6.04% (10)
Career 9.31% (173)

Game-Winning Drives
1981 NFL 2 (7)
1986 NFL 4 (3/78)
1993 NFL 3 (4)
Career 17 (63)

Comebacks
1986 NFL 2 (6)
1989 NFL 2 (10)
1993 NFL 3 (3/100)
Career 11 (84)

Total Offense
1984 NFL 3772 (3)
1985 NFL 3565 (3)
1986 NFL 3200 (9)
1988 NFL 3106 (9)
Career 31296 (26)

Fumbles
1985 NFL 16 (1/14)
1986 NFL 9 (9)
Career 93 (20)

Fumbles Recovered
1984 NFL 4 (5)
1985 NFL 5 (3)
Career 28 (28)

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19861st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1979 25 12 QB 142 21
1980 26 13 QB 170 23
1981 27 10 QB 133 22
1983 29 2 QB 3 61
1984 30 16 QB 275 64 7 26
1985 31 16 QB 258 44 8 34
1986 32 16 QB 235 39 11 44
1987 33 9 QB 178 12 77
1988 34 15 QB 254 46 5 26
1989 35 15 QB 199 15
1990 36 14 QB 185 19
1991 37 6 QB 90 34
1992 38 4 QB 62 33
1993 39 16 QB 196 14
2380 193