Alex Smith vs Jeff Garcia

Alex SmithJeff Garcia

Alex Smith and Jeff Garcia compared on their NFL careers: Alex Smith played 14 seasons, 2005 to 2020, Jeff Garcia 11 seasons, 1999 to 2009. Alex Smith has 35,650 passing yards to Jeff Garcia's 25,537.

Who has the better career numbers?

Alex Smith and Jeff Garcia career totals
174GP125
35,650YDS25,537
199TD161
6.9AVG6.9

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Alex Smith and Jeff Garcia postseason
7GP6
1,745YDS1,357
14TD7
6.9AVG6.3

Where each stands all time

Alex Smith and Jeff Garcia all-time places
31st (35,650)Passing yards57th (25,537)
41st (199)Passing touchdowns58th (161)

Among the NFL players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Alex Smith: 0 championships; none on file
  • Jeff Garcia: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Alex Smith and Jeff Garcia season by season
YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
1st200587511119992,5441111
2nd20062,890161620004,2783110
3rd20079142420013,5383212
4th20092,350181220023,3442110
5th20102,370141020032,7041813
6th20113,14417520041,731109
7th20121,737135200593736
8th20133,31323720061,309102
9th20143,26518620072,440134
10th20153,48620720082,712126
11th20163,5021582009000
12th20174,042265————
13th20182,180105————
14th20201,58268————

What the columns mean: INT