Brett Favre vs Drew Brees

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Brett Favre and Drew Brees compared on their NFL careers: Brett Favre played 20 seasons, 1991 to 2010, Drew Brees 20 seasons, 2001 to 2020. Brett Favre has 71,838 passing yards to Drew Brees's 80,358. Brett Favre won 1 title, Drew Brees won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Drew Brees leads in 3 of the 3 lines, Brett Favre in 0. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Brett Favre and Drew Brees career totals

302	GP	287
71,838	YDS	80,358, better
508	TD	571, better
7.1	AVG	7.6, better

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Brett Favre and Drew Brees postseason

24	GP	18
5,855, better	YDS	5,366
44, better	TD	37
7.4	AVG	7.4

Where each stands all time

Brett Favre and Drew Brees all-time places

4th (71,838)	Passing yards	2nd (80,358), better
5th (508)	Passing touchdowns	2nd (571), better

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 and Drew Brees titles and awards

1	Championships	1
3, better	MVP	—
1	Offensive Player of the Year	2, better
—	Super Bowl MVP	1, better

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 Drew Brees season by season

1st	1991	0	0	2	2001	221, better	1, better	0, better
2nd	1992	3,227	18, better	13, better	2002	3,284, better	17	16
3rd	1993	3,303, better	19, better	24	2003	2,108	11	15, better
4th	1994	3,882, better	33, better	14	2004	3,159	27	7, better
5th	1995	4,413, better	38, better	13, better	2005	3,576	24	15
6th	1996	3,899	39, better	13	2006	4,418, better	26	11, better
7th	1997	3,867	35, better	16, better	2007	4,423, better	28	18
8th	1998	4,212	31	23	2008	5,069, better	34, better	17, better
9th	1999	4,091	22	23	2009	4,388, better	34, better	11, better
10th	2000	3,812	20	16, better	2010	4,620, better	33, better	22
11th	2001	3,921	32	15	2011	5,476, better	46, better	14, better
12th	2002	3,658	27	16, better	2012	5,177, better	43, better	19
13th	2003	3,361	32	21	2013	5,162, better	39, better	12, better
14th	2004	4,088	30	17	2014	4,952, better	33, better	17
15th	2005	3,881	20	29	2015	4,870, better	32, better	11, better
16th	2006	3,885	18	18	2016	5,208, better	37, better	15, better
17th	2007	4,155	28, better	15	2017	4,334, better	23	8, better
18th	2008	3,472	22	22	2018	3,992, better	32, better	5, better
19th	2009	4,202, better	33, better	7	2019	2,979	27	4, better
20th	2010	2,509	11	19	2020	2,942, better	24, better	6, better

What the columns mean: INT