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Steve Young

Jon Steven Young

Position: QB Throws: Left

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: October 11, 1961 in Salt Lake City, UT

College: BYU (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 132 (23rd overall since 1960)

High School: Greenwich (CT)

Draft: Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2005 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

169

168

QBrec

94-49-0

Cmp%

64.3

Yds

33124

Y/A

8.0

232

Int

107

FantPt

2662.1

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV	Awards
1985	24	TAM	QB	8	5	5	1-4-0	72	138	52.2	935	3	2.2	8	5.8			59	6.8	4.6	13.0	187.0	56.9	21	158	13.2	4.89	3.00	1	1	4
1986	25	TAM	QB	8	14	14	2-12-0	195	363	53.7	2282	8	2.2	13	3.6			46	6.3	5.1	11.7	163.0	65.5	47	326	11.5	4.77	3.73			9
1987	26	SFO	QB	8	8	3	2-1-0	37	69	53.6	570	10	14.5	0	0.0			50	8.3	11.2	15.4	71.3	120.8	3	25	4.2	7.57	10.35			4
1988	27	SFO	QB	8	11	3	2-1-0	54	101	53.5	680	3	3.0	3	3.0			73	6.7	6.0	12.6	61.8	72.2	13	75	11.4	5.31	4.65	1	1	4
1989	28	SFO	QB	8	10	3	3-0-0	64	92	69.6	1001	8	8.7	3	3.3			50	10.9	11.2	15.6	100.1	120.8	12	84	11.5	8.82	9.06	0	1	5
1990	29	SFO	QB	8	6	1	0-1-0	38	62	61.3	427	2	3.2	0	0.0			34	6.9	7.5	11.2	71.2	92.6	8	41	11.4	5.51	6.09	1	1	2
1991	30	SFO	QB	8	11	10	5-5-0	180	279	64.5	2517	17	6.1	8	2.9			97	9.0	8.9	14.0	228.8	101.8	13	79	4.5	8.35	8.28			14
1992*+	31	SFO	QB	8	16	16	14-2-0	268	402	66.7	3465	25	6.2	7	1.7			80	8.6	9.1	12.9	216.6	107.0	29	152	6.7	7.69	8.12	3	5	22	AP MVP-1, AP OPoY-1, AP1, PB
1993*+	32	SFO	QB	8	16	16	10-6-0	314	462	68.0	4023	29	6.3	16	3.5			80	8.7	8.4	12.8	251.4	101.5	31	160	6.3	7.84	7.55			22	AP MVP-2, AP OPoY-2, AP1, PB
1994*+	33	SFO	QB	8	16	16	13-3-0	324	461	70.3	3969	35	7.6	10	2.2	187	55.5	69	8.6	9.2	12.3	248.1	112.8	31	163	6.3	7.74	8.24	1	1	22	AP MVP-1, AP OPoY-2, AP1, PB
1995*	34	SFO	QB	8	11	11	8-3-0	299	447	66.9	3200	20	4.5	11	2.5	163	50.8	57	7.2	6.9	10.7	290.9	92.3	25	115	5.3	6.54	6.33			13	AP2, PB
1996*	35	SFO	QB	8	12	12	9-3-0	214	316	67.7	2410	14	4.4	6	1.9	125	48.9	52	7.6	7.7	11.3	200.8	97.2	34	160	9.7	6.43	6.46	2	2	12	PB
1997*	36	SFO	QB	8	15	15	12-3-0	241	356	67.7	3029	19	5.3	6	1.7	149	48.6	82	8.5	8.8	12.6	201.9	104.7	35	220	9.0	7.18	7.47	1	1	14	AP MVP-4, AP2, PB
1998*	37	SFO	QB	8	15	15	11-4-0	322	517	62.3	4170	36	7.0	12	2.3	208	46.0	81	8.1	8.4	13.0	278.0	101.1	48	234	8.5	6.97	7.28	2	3	19	AP OPoY-4, AP2, PB
1999	38	SFO	QB	8	3	3	2-1-0	45	84	53.6	446	3	3.6	4	4.8	17	37.0	53	5.3	3.9	9.9	148.7	60.9	8	63	8.7	4.16	2.86	1	0	2
Career					169	143	94-49-0	2667	4149	64.3	33124	232	5.6	107	2.6	849	49.4	97	8.0	7.9	12.4	196.0	96.8	358	2055	7.9	6.89	6.85	13	16	168
13 yrs		SFO			150	124	91-33-0	2400	3648	65.8	29907	221	6.1	86	2.4	849	49.4	97	8.2	8.3	12.5	199.4	101.4	290	1571	7.4	7.20	7.34	12	15	155
2 yrs		TAM			19	19	3-16-0	267	501	53.3	3217	11	2.2	21	4.2			59	6.4	5.0	12.0	169.3	63.1	68	484	12.0	4.80	3.53	1	1	13

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1987	26	SFO		1	0	0-0	12	17	70.6	158	1	5.9	1	5.9			31	9.3	7.8	13.2	158.0	94.7	0	0	0.0	9.29	7.82
1988	27	SFO		2	0	0-0	1	1	100.0	-1	0	0.0	0	0.0			0	-1.0	-1.0	-1.0	-0.5	79.2	0	0	0.0	-1.00	-1.00
1989	28	SFO		3	0	0-0	3	5	60.0	26	0	0.0	0	0.0			13	5.2	5.2	8.7	8.7	73.7	0	0	0.0	5.20	5.20
1990	29	SFO		2	0	0-0	1	1	100.0	25	0	0.0	0	0.0			25	25.0	25.0	25.0	12.5	118.7	0	0	0.0	25.00	25.00
1992*+	31	SFO	QB	2	2	1-1	45	65	69.2	540	3	4.6	3	4.6			36	8.3	7.2	12.0	270.0	90.5	5	25	7.1	7.36	6.29
1993*+	32	SFO	QB	2	2	1-1	44	67	65.7	513	1	1.5	1	1.5			43	7.7	7.3	11.7	256.5	87.5	5	18	6.9	6.88	6.53
1994*+	33	SFO	QB	3	3	3-0	53	87	60.9	623	9	10.3	0	0.0	36	56.9	51	7.2	9.2	11.8	207.7	117.2	4	20	4.4	6.63	8.60
1995*	34	SFO	QB	1	1	0-1	32	65	49.2	328	0	0.0	2	3.1	17	39.9	32	5.0	3.7	10.3	328.0	51.3	3	20	4.4	4.53	3.21
1996*	35	SFO	QB	2	2	1-1	16	26	61.5	169	1	3.8	0	0.0	9	54.8	36	6.5	7.3	10.6	84.5	93.3	1	0	3.7	6.26	7.00
1997*	36	SFO	QB	2	2	1-1	44	68	64.7	474	1	1.5	1	1.5	21	49.1	48	7.0	6.6	10.8	237.0	83.8	5	31	6.8	6.07	5.73
1998*	37	SFO	QB	2	2	1-1	41	69	59.4	471	4	5.8	5	7.2	21	50.8	38	6.8	4.7	11.5	235.5	69.2	3	14	4.2	6.35	4.33	1	1
Career				22	14	8-6	292	471	62.0	3326	20	4.2	13	2.8	104	44.4	51	7.1	6.7	11.4	151.2	85.8	26	128	5.2	6.43	6.06	1	1

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Adjusted Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1985	24	TAM	QB	8	5	5	1-4-0	138	94	81	81	75	88	78	77	69	77
1986	25	TAM	QB	8	14	14	2-12-0	363	84	77	88	83	95	78	106	78	88
1987	26	SFO	QB	8	8	3	2-1-0	69	127	134	168	173	96	209	155	119	160
1988	27	SFO	QB	8	11	3	2-1-0	101	94	86	99	94	95	87	113	73	97
1989	28	SFO	QB	8	10	3	3-0-0	92	182	156	166	151	149	155	107	71	159
1990	29	SFO	QB	8	6	1	0-1-0	62	97	90	119	111	119	92	151	72	123
1991	30	SFO	QB	8	11	10	5-5-0	279	145	145	140	140	127	126	111	117	135
1992*+	31	SFO	QB	8	16	16	14-2-0	402	134	132	142	139	129	130	126	102	142
1993*+	32	SFO	QB	8	16	16	10-6-0	462	138	136	133	132	130	133	99	103	133
1994*+	33	SFO	QB	8	16	16	13-3-0	461	139	136	143	141	138	147	115	100	147
1995*	34	SFO	QB	8	11	11	8-3-0	447	110	114	113	116	130	107	112	106	120
1996*	35	SFO	QB	8	12	12	9-3-0	316	123	114	124	119	139	106	120	80	128
1997*	36	SFO	QB	8	15	15	12-3-0	356	134	127	133	128	142	114	122	88	134
1998*	37	SFO	QB	8	15	15	11-4-0	517	123	121	126	125	123	130	112	92	128
1999	38	SFO	QB	8	3	3	2-1-0	84	76	73	76	74	86	95	80	90	80
Career					169	143	94-49-0	4149

Fantasy

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing									Receiving												Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1985	24	TAM	QB	8	5	5	40	233	1			20	5.8	46.6	8.0					0								40	5.8	233	1	4
1986	25	TAM	QB	8	14	14	74	425	5			31	5.7	30.4	5.3					0								74	5.7	425	5	11
1987	26	SFO	QB	8	8	3	26	190	1			29	7.3	23.8	3.3					0								26	7.3	190	1	0
1988	27	SFO	QB	8	11	3	27	184	1			49	6.8	16.7	2.5					0								27	6.8	184	1	5
1989	28	SFO	QB	8	10	3	38	126	2			22	3.3	12.6	3.8					0								38	3.3	126	2	2
1990	29	SFO	QB	8	6	1	15	159	0			31	10.6	26.5	2.5					0								15	10.6	159	0	1
1991	30	SFO	QB	8	11	10	66	415	4			21	6.3	37.7	6.0					0								66	6.3	415	4	3
1992*+	31	SFO	QB	8	16	16	76	537	4			39	7.1	33.6	4.8					0								76	7.1	537	4	9
1993*+	32	SFO	QB	8	16	16	69	407	2			35	5.9	25.4	4.3	2	2	2	1.0	0			6	0.1	0.1	100.0%	1.0	71	5.8	409	2	8
1994*+	33	SFO	QB	8	16	16	58	293	7	28	60.3	27	5.1	18.3	3.6					0								58	5.1	293	7	4
1995*	34	SFO	QB	8	11	11	50	250	3	25	74.0	29	5.0	22.7	4.5					0								50	5.0	250	3	3
1996*	35	SFO	QB	8	12	12	52	310	4	19	57.7	33	6.0	25.8	4.3					0								52	6.0	310	4	3
1997*	36	SFO	QB	8	15	15	50	199	3	17	36.0	13	4.0	13.3	3.3					0								50	4.0	199	3	4
1998*	37	SFO	QB	8	15	15	70	454	6	35	52.9	24	6.5	30.3	4.7					0								70	6.5	454	6	9
1999	38	SFO	QB	8	3	3	11	57	0	3	45.5	14	5.2	19.0	3.7					0								11	5.2	57	0	2
Career					169	143	722	4239	43	127	55.7	49	5.9	25.1	4.3	2	2	2	1.0	0	0		6	0.0	0.0	100%	1.0	724	5.9	4241	43	68
13 yrs		SFO			150	124	608	3581	37	127	55.7	49	5.9	23.9	4.1	2	2	2	1.0	0	0		6	0.0	0.0	100%	1.0	610	5.9	3583	37	53
2 yrs		TAM			19	19	114	658	6			31	5.8	34.6	6.0					0								114	5.8	658	6	15

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing									Receiving												Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1987	26	SFO		1	0	6	72	1			42	12.0	72.0	6.0		0	2		0			2	0.0	2.0			6	12.3	74	1	0
1988	27	SFO		2	0	3	1	0			1	0.3	1.0	3.0					0								3	0.3	1	0	0
1989	28	SFO		3	0	5	5	0			11	1.0	2.5	2.5					0								5	1.0	5	0
1992*+	31	SFO	QB	2	2	16	106	1			22	6.6	53.0	8.0					0								16	6.6	106	1	3
1993*+	32	SFO	QB	2	2	10	55	1			18	5.5	27.5	5.0					0								10	5.5	55	1	1
1994*+	33	SFO	QB	3	3	20	128	2	9	70.0	24	6.4	42.7	6.7					0								20	6.4	128	2	0
1995*	34	SFO	QB	1	1	9	77	1	5	77.8	41	8.6	77.0	9.0					0								9	8.6	77	1	1
1996*	35	SFO	QB	2	2	12	68	1	6	58.3	18	5.7	34.0	6.0					0								12	5.7	68	1	0
1997*	36	SFO	QB	2	2	6	38	0	3	50.0	16	6.3	19.0	3.0					0								6	6.3	38	0	3
1998*	37	SFO	QB	2	2	9	44	1	2	44.4	10	4.9	22.0	4.5					0								9	4.9	44	1	1
Career				22	14	96	594	8	25	62.5	42	6.2	27.0	4.4	0	0	2		0	0		2	0.0	0.1	100%	1.0	96	6.2	596	8	9

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1985	24	TAM	QB	8	5	5			0				4	1	-1	0	0.0
1986	25	TAM	QB	8	14	14			0				11	4	-24	0	0.0
1988	27	SFO	QB	8	11	3			0				5	2	-10	0	0.0
1989	28	SFO	QB	8	10	3			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
1990	29	SFO	QB	8	6	1			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1991	30	SFO	QB	8	11	10			0				3	1	-6	0	0.0
1992*+	31	SFO	QB	8	16	16			0				9	3	-13	0	0.0
1993*+	32	SFO	QB	8	16	16			0			0	8	2	-4	0	0.0
1994*+	33	SFO	QB	8	16	16			0			0	4	1	-4	0	0.0
1995*	34	SFO	QB	8	11	11			0			0	3	0	0	0	0.0
1996*	35	SFO	QB	8	12	12			0			0	3	1	0	0	0.0
1997*	36	SFO	QB	8	15	15			0			0	4	2	-11	0	0.0
1998*	37	SFO	QB	8	15	15			0			0	9	1	0	0	0.0
1999	38	SFO	QB	8	3	3			0			0	2	0	0	0	0.0
Career					169	143			0			0	68	19	-73	0	0.0
13 yrs		SFO			150	124			0			0	53	14	-48	0	0.0
2 yrs		TAM			19	19			0				15	5	-25	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1992*+	31	SFO	QB	2	2			0			0	3	0	0	0	0.0
1993*+	32	SFO	QB	2	2			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
1995*	34	SFO	QB	1	1			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1997*	36	SFO	QB	2	2			0			0	3	0	0	0	0.0
1998*	37	SFO	QB	2	2			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				22	14			0			0	9	1	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	2PM	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1985	24	TAM	QB	8	5	5	1	1			6	1.2
1986	25	TAM	QB	8	14	14	5	5			30	2.1
1987	26	SFO	QB	8	8	3	1	1			6	0.8
1988	27	SFO	QB	8	11	3	1	1			6	0.5
1989	28	SFO	QB	8	10	3	2	2			12	1.2
1991	30	SFO	QB	8	11	10	4	4			24	2.2
1992*+	31	SFO	QB	8	16	16	4	4			24	1.5
1993*+	32	SFO	QB	8	16	16	2	2			12	0.8
1994*+	33	SFO	QB	8	16	16	7	7			42	2.6
1995*	34	SFO	QB	8	11	11	3	3			18	1.6
1996*	35	SFO	QB	8	12	12	4	4	1		26	2.2
1997*	36	SFO	QB	8	15	15	3	3			18	1.2
1998*	37	SFO	QB	8	15	15	6	6			36	2.4
Career					169	143	43	43	1	0	260	1.5
13 yrs		SFO			150	124	37	37	1	0	224	1.5
2 yrs		TAM			19	19	6	6		0	36	1.9

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1987	26	SFO		1	0	1	1	6	6.0
1992*+	31	SFO	QB	2	2	1	1	6	3.0
1993*+	32	SFO	QB	2	2	1	1	6	3.0
1994*+	33	SFO	QB	3	3	2	2	12	4.0
1995*	34	SFO	QB	1	1	1	1	6	6.0
1996*	35	SFO	QB	2	2	1	1	6	3.0
1998*	37	SFO	QB	2	2	1	1	6	3.0
Career				22	14	8	8	48	2.2

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Steve Young?

Steve Young is 62 years old.

When was Steve Young born?

Steve Young was born on October 11, 1961.

Where was Steve Young born?

Steve Young was born in Salt Lake City, UT.

How tall is Steve Young?

Steve Young is 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Steve Young weigh when playing?

Steve Young weighed 215 lbs (97 kg) when playing.

Is Steve Young in the Hall of Fame?

Steve Young was elected into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 2005.

How many games did Steve Young play?

Steve Young played 169 games over his career.

How many passing yards did Steve Young have?

Steve Young had 33,124 passing yards over his career.

How many touchdowns did Steve Young have?

Steve Young had 232 touchdowns over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Steve Young won?

Steve Young has won 3 Super Bowls.

When did Steve Young retire?

Steve Young last played in 1999.

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