List of career achievements by Brett Favre
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This is a list of career achievements by former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre.
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[edit] Career statistics
[edit] Regular season
| Year | Team |
G
|
S
|
W
|
Comp
|
Att
|
Pct
|
Yds
|
YPA
|
Long
|
Td
|
Int
|
Rate
|
RAtt
|
RYds
|
RAvg
|
RTd
|
Fum
|
Lost
|
| 1991 | Atlanta |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0.0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0.0
|
0
|
0
|
0.0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 1992 | Green Bay |
15
|
13
|
8
|
302
|
471
|
64.1
|
3,227
|
6.9
|
76
|
18
|
13
|
85.3
|
47
|
198
|
4.2
|
1
|
12
|
4
|
| 1993 | Green Bay |
16
|
16
|
9
|
318
|
522
|
60.9
|
3,303
|
6.3
|
66
|
19
|
24
|
72.2
|
58
|
216
|
3.7
|
1
|
14
|
6
|
| 1994 | Green Bay |
16
|
16
|
9
|
363
|
582
|
62.4
|
3,882
|
6.7
|
49
|
33
|
14
|
90.7
|
42
|
202
|
4.8
|
2
|
7
|
3
|
| 1995 | Green Bay |
16
|
16
|
11
|
359
|
570
|
63.0
|
4,413†
|
7.7
|
99†
|
38†
|
13
|
99.5
|
39
|
181
|
4.6
|
3
|
8
|
4
|
| 1996 | Green Bay |
16
|
16
|
13
|
325
|
543
|
59.9
|
3,899
|
7.2
|
80
|
39†
|
13
|
95.8
|
49
|
136
|
2.8
|
2
|
11
|
4
|
| 1997 | Green Bay |
16
|
16
|
13
|
304
|
513
|
59.3
|
3,867
|
7.5
|
74
|
35†
|
16
|
92.6
|
58
|
187
|
3.2
|
1
|
7
|
4
|
| 1998 | Green Bay |
16
|
16
|
11
|
347†
|
551
|
63.0†
|
4,212†
|
7.6
|
84
|
31
|
23
|
87.8
|
40
|
133
|
3.3
|
1
|
8
|
2
|
| 1999 | Green Bay |
16
|
16
|
8
|
341
|
595†
|
57.3
|
4,091
|
6.9
|
74
|
22
|
23
|
74.7
|
28
|
142
|
5.1
|
0
|
9
|
4
|
| 2000 | Green Bay |
16
|
16
|
9
|
338
|
580
|
58.3
|
3,812
|
6.6
|
67
|
20
|
16
|
78.0
|
27
|
108
|
4.0
|
0
|
9
|
5
|
| 2001 | Green Bay |
16
|
16
|
12
|
314
|
510
|
61.6
|
3,921
|
7.7
|
67
|
32
|
15
|
94.1
|
38
|
56
|
1.5
|
1
|
16
|
6
|
| 2002 | Green Bay |
16
|
16
|
12
|
341
|
551
|
61.9
|
3,658
|
6.6
|
85
|
27
|
16
|
85.6
|
25
|
73
|
2.9
|
0
|
10
|
4
|
| 2003 | Green Bay |
16
|
16
|
10
|
308
|
471
|
65.4
|
3,361
|
7.1
|
66
|
32†
|
21
|
90.4
|
18
|
15
|
0.8
|
0
|
5
|
2
|
| 2004 | Green Bay |
16
|
16
|
10
|
346
|
540
|
64.1
|
4,088
|
7.6
|
79
|
30
|
17
|
92.4
|
16
|
36
|
2.3
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
| 2005 | Green Bay |
16
|
16
|
4
|
372†
|
607†
|
61.3
|
3,881
|
6.4
|
59
|
20
|
29†
|
70.9
|
18
|
62
|
3.4
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
| 2006 | Green Bay |
16
|
16
|
8
|
343
|
613†
|
56.0
|
3,885
|
6.3
|
82
|
18
|
18
|
72.7
|
23
|
29
|
1.3
|
1
|
8
|
5
|
| 2007 | Green Bay |
16
|
16
|
13
|
356
|
535
|
66.5
|
4,155
|
7.8
|
82
|
28
|
15
|
95.7
|
29
|
12
|
0.4
|
0
|
9
|
3
|
| Career |
G
|
S
|
W
|
Comp
|
Att
|
Pct
|
Yds
|
YPA
|
Long
|
TD
|
Int
|
Rate
|
RAtt
|
RYds
|
RAvg
|
RTds
|
Fum
|
Lost
|
|
| 17 Years |
257†
|
253†
|
160†
|
5,377†
|
8,758†
|
61.4
|
61,655†
|
7.0
|
99†
|
442†
|
288†
|
85.7
|
555
|
1,786
|
3.2
|
13
|
147
|
64
|
|
† League Leader † NFL Record[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
[edit] Playoff statistics
| Year | Team |
G
|
S
|
W
|
Comp
|
Att
|
Pct
|
Yds
|
YPA
|
Long
|
Td
|
Int
|
Rate
|
RAtt
|
RYds
|
RAvg
|
RTd
|
Fum
|
Lost
|
| 1993 | Green Bay |
2
|
2
|
1
|
43
|
71
|
60.6
|
535
|
7.5
|
48
|
5
|
3
|
89.8
|
4
|
18
|
4.5
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
| 1994 | Green Bay |
2
|
2
|
1
|
41
|
73
|
56.2
|
473
|
6.5
|
59
|
0
|
1
|
70.2
|
4
|
7
|
1.8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 1995 | Green Bay |
3
|
3
|
2
|
66
|
102
|
64.7
|
805
|
7.9
|
73
|
8
|
2
|
106.9
|
7
|
7
|
1.0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 1996 | Green Bay |
3
|
3
|
3
|
44
|
71
|
62.0
|
617
|
8.7
|
81
|
5
|
1
|
107.5
|
14
|
35
|
2.5
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
| 1997 | Green Bay |
3
|
3
|
2
|
56
|
97
|
57.7
|
668
|
6.9
|
40
|
5
|
3
|
83.2
|
7
|
-8
|
-1.1
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
| 1998 | Green Bay |
1
|
1
|
0
|
20
|
35
|
57.1
|
292
|
8.3
|
47
|
2
|
2
|
79.7
|
0
|
0
|
0.0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 2001 | Green Bay |
2
|
2
|
1
|
48
|
73
|
65.8
|
550
|
7.5
|
51
|
4
|
7
|
67.0
|
7
|
6
|
0.9
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 2002 | Green Bay |
1
|
1
|
0
|
20
|
42
|
47.6
|
247
|
5.9
|
37
|
1
|
2
|
54.4
|
2
|
-1
|
-0.5
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| 2003 | Green Bay |
2
|
2
|
1
|
41
|
66
|
62.1
|
499
|
7.6
|
44
|
3
|
1
|
94.2
|
2
|
2
|
1.0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 2004 | Green Bay |
1
|
1
|
0
|
22
|
33
|
66.7
|
216
|
6.5
|
28
|
1
|
4
|
55.4
|
3
|
7
|
2.3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| 2007 | Green Bay |
2
|
2
|
1
|
37
|
58
|
63.8
|
409
|
7.1
|
90
|
5
|
2
|
99.0
|
1
|
-1
|
-1.0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
| Career |
G
|
S
|
W
|
Comp
|
Att
|
Pct
|
Yds
|
YPA
|
Long
|
TD
|
Int
|
Rate
|
RAtt
|
RYds
|
RAvg
|
RTds
|
Fum
|
Lost
|
|
| 11 Years |
22
|
22
|
12
|
438
|
721
|
60.8
|
5,311
|
7.4
|
90
|
39
|
28
|
85.2
|
51
|
72
|
1.4
|
1
|
10
|
5
|
|
- (2nd) Most career playoff pass completions: 438[8] (Montana, 463)[9]
- (2nd) Most career playoff pass attempts: 721[8] (Montana, 732[10])
- (2nd) Most career playoff passing yards: 5,311[8] (Montana, 5,772[10])
- (2nd) Most career playoff passing touchdowns: 39[8] (Montana, 45)[10]
- (Tied 1st) Most career playoff interceptions thrown: 28 (Jim Kelly, 28)[11]
- (Tied 1st) Most career playoff losses as starting QB: 10 (Dan Marino, 10)
[edit] Career awards
[edit] Honors and awards
- Favre has won the Associated Press's MVP Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award three times, all in consecutive years (1995, 1996, and 1997; the last shared with Barry Sanders).
- In 1999, he was ranked number 82 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players.[12] In 2005, TSN published another special feature honoring the 50 Greatest Quarterbacks. With his career statistics considerably augmented, Favre was ranked number 4, behind Johnny Unitas, Joe Montana and John Elway, and just ahead of previous Packer quarterback legend Bart Starr.
- Favre was named the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year in 2007.[13]
- Favre has been selected to play in the Pro Bowl nine times in his career.[14]
- Favre is a six-time All-Pro selection.
- Favre was named to the NFL 1990s All-Decade Team.
- Has received the NFC Offensive Player of the Week honor 12 times.
- Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle declared November 29, 2004 as Brett Favre Day to honor Favre's 200th consecutive NFL regular season start.[15] That night, the Packers defeated the St. Louis Rams on Monday Night Football.
- Men's Health Magazine voted Favre the "Toughest Person in America" in 2003.[16]
- Chris Greicius Celebrity Award from the Make a Wish Foundation in 2007 for "being a true standout, even among the many generous celebrities who help create magical experiences for the kids who wish to meet them."[17]
- United States Sports Academy Male Athlete of the Year Award in 2007 finishing ahead of Tiger Woods and Tom Brady.[18]
- Favre will appear on the cover of the Madden NFL 09 video game, due to be released on August 13, 2008 the first non-active player to do so.[19]
[edit] Records
[edit] Records and milestones
Favre currently possesses most of the well-known NFL career records for quarterbacks, including:
- Most AP NFL MVP awards: 3 (1995, 1996, 1997)[20]
- Most consecutive starts by a quarterback (NFL): 253[7] (275 including playoffs)
- Most wins by a starting quarterback (NFL) regular season career: 160[7] (Regular season record: 160-93)
- Most career passing touchdowns: 452 [5][3]
- Most career passing yards: 61,655[5]
- Most career pass completions: 5,377[1][7]
- Most career pass attempts: 8,758[7][21][2]
- Most career interceptions thrown: 288 [5][11]
- Most career games with at least three touchdowns: 63 [22]
Favre's 253 consecutive starts at the time of his retirement trailed only Jim Marshall's 270 consecutive starts as the longest such streak among players at any position.[7]
In the playoffs, Favre stands behind only Joe Montana in pass completions, passing touchdowns, passing yards and passing attempts.
In addition, Favre owns a number of team records, having printed his name into almost every passing category in the annals of Green Bay Packers history, most recently setting the team record for consecutive completions with 20 on November 22, 2007, against the Detroit Lions. [23] With 38 "come-from-behind" 4th quarter wins & 2 more overtime victories, Brett Favre is the Green Bay Packers record holder and second only to John Elway's 47 4th quarter or OT "come-back wins", in NFL history.
[edit] Consecutive starts streak
Brett Favre started every game his team played from their game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on September 27, 1992[24] through the end of the 2007 season. He is currently in first place for the most consecutive starts by a quarterback in the NFL and one of only five quarterbacks to have started over 100 consecutive games in NFL history. Over the streak he failed to finish a game due to injury on only six occasions.[25] Besides Favre, there are only two other active streaks of 100 or more games, those of Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. During Favre's consecutive start streak, 212 other quarterbacks started in the NFL,[26][27] 11 of them being back-ups to Favre at one point.[24] Among his former backups are: Don Majkowski, Ty Detmer, Mark Brunell, Steve Bono, Doug Pederson, Matt Hasselbeck, Danny Wuerffel, Aaron Brooks, and J. T. O'Sullivan. Two veteran backups to Favre never started another NFL game: Jim McMahon, and T.J. Rubley. The consecutive starts streak is widely considered one of the most notable streaks in sports, so much so that the Pro Football Hall of Fame has as an exhibit displaying the jersey Favre wore during his record breaking 117th consecutive start as a quarterback, and a section of their website devoted to what the Hall of Fame calls an "Iron Man".[28]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Leaderboard:Completions. profootballreference.com. Retrieved on 2006-12-28.
- ^ a b Leaderboard: Pass attempts. profootballreference.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-26.
- ^ a b Leaderboard: Passing TD. profootballreference.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-26.
- ^ Leaderboard: Passing yards. profootballreference.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-26.
- ^ a b c d Brett Favre Career Stats. profootballreference.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-08.
- ^ List os Every NFL Quarterbacks Stats. profootballreference.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
- ^ a b c d e f Favre Watch. Packers.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-08.
- ^ a b c d Favre's statistics at www.packers.com.. Retrieved on 2007-05-08.
- ^ Pro Football Hall of Fame Joe Montana Career tab. profootballhof.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
- ^ a b c Pro Football Hall of Fame Joe Montana Career tab. profootballhof.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
- ^ a b This dog has had his day. coldhardfootballfacts.com (2006-04-12). Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
- ^ Football's 100 Greatest Players. The Sporting News. Retrieved on 2006-12-20.
- ^ Shipnuck, Alan (2006-12-04). 2007 Sportsman of the Year. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
- ^ Most Pro Bowls, By Position. Packers.com (2006-12-20). Retrieved on 2006-12-20.
- ^ Every Day is Brett Favre Day in Cheeseland. NFL.com (2004-12-01). Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
- ^ Parkosewich, Gary (2006-10-27). Bringing Social Justice Through Sports. The Daily Campus. Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
- ^ Make A Wish Foundation Award. Retrieved on 2007-12-07.
- ^ 2007 Academy Athlete of the Year Award. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
- ^ Favre chosen for Madden 09 cover, ESPN.com, 2008-04-25, <http://sports.espn.go.com/videogames/news/story?id=3366051&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab8pos1>. Retrieved on 25 April 2008
- ^ AP MVP winners. DatabaseFootball.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-07.
- ^ Brett Favre - Career Statistics. NFL.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
- ^ Favre completes 20 straight passes as Packers light up Lions. ESPN.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-23.
- ^ Favre, Packers hold off Lions. NFL.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-22.
- ^ a b D'Amato, Gary. "200 reasons to admire Favre", JSOnline.com, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2004-11-28. Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
- ^ Craig, Mark. "Brett Favre, ageless wonder", Star Tribune, 2008-01-15. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
- ^ Hanisch, Jeff. "Favre tracker: Packers QB claims passing records in 2007", USA Today, 2007-12-31. Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
- ^ "PACKERS QB BRETT FAVRE ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT", Green Bay Packers, 2008-03-06. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
- ^ Iron Man. www.profootballhof.com (2004-11-30). Retrieved on 2007-11-28.
