List of most consecutive starts by a National Football League quarterback

Brett Favre is the all-time leader in consecutive starts by an NFL quarterback, spanning 19 total seasons of pro football.

This is a list of the most consecutive starts by a quarterback in the NFL. Only eight quarterbacks in NFL history have been able to achieve regular season streaks of at least 100 games,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] with only two of those with a regular season streak of at least 200 games.[11][12] Tom Brady is the only quarterback to have two separate streaks of at least 100 consecutive regular season games.[10]

Brett Favre has held the record since November 7, 1999 when he made his 117th consecutive start against the Chicago Bears.[13] His consecutive starts streak is also the longest all-time for a non-special teams player.[14] On December 5, 2010 against the Buffalo Bills, Favre was knocked out of the game on the first drive with a sprained SC joint injury to his right shoulder caused by a hit from linebacker Arthur Moats. After a snowstorm delayed the following Sunday's game against the New York Giants to Monday, December 13, Favre was ruled inactive, ending his streak at a record 297 games (321 including playoffs).[15][16]

Following is the list of quarterbacks to achieve the longest consecutive regular season starts at the quarterback position.

All-time consecutive starts streaks

Top 25 quarterbacks consecutive starts; updated through 2015 season

Bold denotes an active streak

Rank Quarterback Streak start Streak end Teams Regular
season		 Playoffs Total Ref.
1 Brett Favre 9/27/1992 12/5/2010 Green Bay
NY Jets
Minnesota		 297 24 321 [16][17][18]
2 Peyton Manning 9/6/1998 1/2/2011 Indianapolis 208 19 227 [16][19][20]
3 Eli Manning 11/21/2004 Active NY Giants18311194 [16][21]
4 Philip Rivers 9/11/2006 ActiveSan Diego1609169 [22]
5 Joe Flacco9/7/200811/22/2015Baltimore12215137 [23][24]
6 Ron Jaworski9/18/197711/25/1984Philadelphia1167123 [16][25][26][27]
7 Tom Brady9/14/2009ActiveNew England11214126 [28]
8 Tom Brady9/30/20019/7/2008New England11117128 [16][29][30][31]
9 Joe Ferguson9/18/19779/23/1984Buffalo1073110 [16][32][33]
10 Matt Ryan12/20/2009ActiveAtlanta994103 [34]
11 Dan Marino10/25/198710/10/1993Miami95499 [16][35][36]
12 Roman Gabriel11/28/19659/17/1972LA Rams89291 [16][37]
13 Johnny Unitas9/27/195911/7/1965Baltimore88391 [16][38][39]
14 Jim Everett9/4/198810/23/1993LA Rams87491 [16][40]
15 Richard Todd9/9/197912/2/1984NY Jets
New Orleans		86490 [41]
16 Aaron Brooks11/26/200012/12/2005New Orleans82284 [42]
17 Trent Green9/9/20019/10/2006Kansas City81182 [43]
18 Drew Brees1/16/20109/20/2015New Orleans82890 [44][45]
19 Matthew Stafford9/11/2011ActiveDetroit80282 [46]
20 Drew Brees1/8/200512/27/2009San Diego
New Orleans		79382 [47]
21 Andy Dalton9/11/201112/13/2015Cincinnati77481 [48]
22 Steve Grogan11/23/197511/16/1980New England76278 [49]
23T Fran Tarkenton12/11/196612/12/1971Minnesota
NY Giants		71071 [50]
23T Joe Theismann12/7/198011/18/1985Washington71879 [51]
23T Rich Gannon9/12/199910/20/2003Oakland71778 [52]
Other active streaks (minimum 50 consecutive starts)
Quarterback Streak start Streak end Teams Regular
season		 Playoffs Total Ref.
Russell Wilson9/09/2012ActiveSeattle641074 [53]
Ryan Tannehill9/09/2012ActiveMiami64064 [54]

See also

References

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  9. ↑ Ravens' Joe Flacco Starts 100th Consecutive Regular-Season Game
  10. 1 2 It's going to be yet another milestone Sunday for Tom Brady
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  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Colts’ Manning consecutive starts streak over, ranks second on QB all-time list
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  36. ↑ "Dolphins Individual Records - Service". MiamiDolphins.com. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
  37. ↑ "Roman Gabriel - Game Logs". NFL.com. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
  38. ↑ "Johnny Unitas Statistics". ProFootballReference.com. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
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  40. ↑ "Jim Everett - Game Logs". NFL.com. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  41. ↑ "Richard Todd - Game Logs". NFL.com. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  42. ↑ "Aaron Brooks - Game Logs". NFL.com. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  43. ↑ "Trent Green - Game Logs". NFL.com. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  44. ↑ "Drew Brees - Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  45. ↑ "Drew Brees will not play for Saints vs. Panthers". NFL.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  46. ↑ "Matthew Stafford - Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved 2014-09-29.
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  48. ↑ "Andy Dalton - Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved 2014-09-29.
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  50. ↑ "Fran Tarkenton - Game Logs". NFL.com. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  51. ↑ "Joe Theismann - Game Logs". NFL.com. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  52. ↑ "Rich Gannon - Game Logs". NFL.com. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  53. ↑ "Russell Wilson - Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  54. ↑ "Ryan Tannehill - Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
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