Brett Favre vs Carson Palmer

Brett Favre and Carson Palmer compared on their NFL careers: Brett Favre played 20 seasons, 1991 to 2010, Carson Palmer 14 seasons, 2004 to 2017. Brett Favre has 71,838 passing yards to Carson Palmer's 46,247. Brett Favre won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Brett Favre and Carson Palmer career totals

302	GP	182
71,838	YDS	46,247
508	TD	294
7.1	AVG	7.3

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Brett Favre and Carson Palmer postseason

24	GP	4
5,855	YDS	796
44	TD	5
7.4	AVG	6.7

Where each stands all time

Brett Favre and Carson Palmer all-time places

4th (71,838)	Passing yards	16th (46,247)
5th (508)	Passing touchdowns	15th (294)

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

Brett Favre: 1 championship; MVP ×3, Offensive Player of the Year
Carson Palmer: 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.

Brett Favre and Carson Palmer season by season

1st	1991	0	0	2	2004	2,897	18	18
2nd	1992	3,227	18	13	2005	3,836	32	12
3rd	1993	3,303	19	24	2006	4,035	28	13
4th	1994	3,882	33	14	2007	4,131	26	20
5th	1995	4,413	38	13	2008	731	3	4
6th	1996	3,899	39	13	2009	3,094	21	13
7th	1997	3,867	35	16	2010	3,970	26	20
8th	1998	4,212	31	23	2011	2,753	13	16
9th	1999	4,091	22	23	2012	4,018	22	14
10th	2000	3,812	20	16	2013	4,274	24	22
11th	2001	3,921	32	15	2014	1,626	11	3
12th	2002	3,658	27	16	2015	4,671	35	11
13th	2003	3,361	32	21	2016	4,233	26	14
14th	2004	4,088	30	17	2017	1,978	9	7
15th	2005	3,881	20	29	—	—	—	—
16th	2006	3,885	18	18	—	—	—	—
17th	2007	4,155	28	15	—	—	—	—
18th	2008	3,472	22	22	—	—	—	—
19th	2009	4,202	33	7	—	—	—	—
20th	2010	2,509	11	19	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: INT