Alex Smith vs Nick Foles

Alex SmithNick Foles

Alex Smith and Nick Foles compared on their NFL careers: Alex Smith played 14 seasons, 2005 to 2020, Nick Foles 11 seasons, 2012 to 2022. Alex Smith has 35,650 passing yards to Nick Foles's 14,227. Nick Foles won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Alex Smith and Nick Foles career totals
174GP71
35,650YDS14,227
199TD82
6.9AVG6.8

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Alex Smith and Nick Foles postseason
7GP6
1,745YDS1,633
14TD11
6.9AVG7.8

Where each stands all time

Alex Smith and Nick Foles all-time places
31st (35,650)Passing yards117th (14,227)
41st (199)Passing touchdowns112th (82)

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
  • Nick Foles: 1 championship; Super Bowl MVP

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 Nick Foles 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.
1st200587511120121,69965
2nd20062,890161620132,891272
3rd20079142420142,1631310
4th20092,350181220152,052710
5th20102,3701410201641030
6th20113,144175201753752
7th20121,73713520181,41374
8th20133,313237201973632
9th20143,26518620201,852108
10th20153,486207202125010
11th20163,502158202222404
12th20174,042265————
13th20182,180105————
14th20201,58268————

What the columns mean: INT