Brees has five full seasons with an interception percentage under two percent - 2004, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2018. That puts him at third all-time behind Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson. His career passer rating of 97.7 is now just ahead of Brady’s 97.6. Brees is looking to add another Lombardi Trophy this year. Brees led the league in passer rating twice - in 2009 (109.6) and in 2018 (115.7)Ģ009 was the year that the Saints won the Super Bowl against the Indianapolis Colts. Starting to think Drew Brees might be good. Anddddd the most seasons with 30 or more passing touchdowns with 10. Oh yeah, he has the most 5,000-yard seasons in NFL history with 5.īrees threw for 5,476 yards in 2011, which was an NFL record until Peyton Manning threw for 5,477 yards in 2013. The most yards Brees has thrown in a single game was 510 yards in a 31-16 loss to the Bengals in 2006. Also, the most 400-yard passing games with 16. The most yards Brees has thrown for in a playoff game was 466 in a 45-28 win over the Detroit Lions in January 2012. He has eight more 300-yard passing games in the playoffs. Brees has the most career 300-yard passing games with 115. That was 35 more completions than Joe Flacco, who finished in second place that year with 436 completions. And the record for most completions in a season with 471 in 2016. Brees owns the record for most career completions with 6,586.īrett Favre is in second place with 6,300 completions. He also completed a league-high 72 percent of his passes that season, which was a record - until he broke it in 2018 with a 74.4 percent completion percentage. Brees led the league in yards per attempt in 2017 with 8.1. He’s averaged 1.6 yards per carry over his career.ġ.6 yards per carry isn’t anything to brag about, but it does make him a pretty safe option on quarterback sneaks. Brees has 22 rushing touchdowns for his career.īrees has some work to do if he’s going to catch Emmitt Smith’s all-time mark of 164 rushing touchdowns. That was just 13 touchdowns off from Todd Gurley’s league-leading 17 touchdowns on the ground. In 2018, Brees had a single-season career high with four rushing touchdowns. Eli Manning took the crown there with 25 interceptions. He’s had one season over 20 interceptions - 22 in 2010.Įven though he threw 22 interceptions that season, Brees didn’t lead the league in interceptions. He finished with 3,992 yards in 15 games in 2018, sitting out Week 17 to prepare for the playoffs. Brees has led the league in completion percentage five times: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018.īrees threw for at least 4,000 yards in all of these seasons except in 2018. Manning threw for 539 touchdowns in his career, a number Brees will certainly pass during the 2019 regular season. Brees has thrown for 520 regular-season touchdowns in his career, which puts him second all-time behind Peyton Manning. He recorded the most passing yards per game in a single season in 2011, with 342.3 yards per game. He had seven consecutive seasons with 4,500 passing yards. His career completion percentage is 67.3 percent. So, to toast Brees on his 40th birthday, here are 40 stats from Brees’ decorated 18-year-and-counting career in the NFL.
The future Hall of Fame quarterback also turned 40 years old on Jan. The Saints’ trip to the NFC Championship isn’t the only thing Drew Brees is celebrating this week.
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