Brett Favre vs Eli Manning

Brett Favre and Eli Manning compared on their NFL careers: Brett Favre played 20 seasons, 1991 to 2010, Eli Manning 16 seasons, 2004 to 2019. Brett Favre has 71,838 passing yards to Eli Manning's 57,023. Brett Favre won 1 title, Eli Manning won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Brett Favre and Eli Manning career totals

302	GP	236
71,838	YDS	57,023
508	TD	366
7.1	AVG	7

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Brett Favre and Eli Manning postseason

24	GP	12
5,855	YDS	2,815
44	TD	18
7.4	AVG	7

Where each stands all time

Brett Favre and Eli Manning all-time places

4th (71,838)	Passing yards	11th (57,023)
5th (508)	Passing touchdowns	11th (366)

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
Eli Manning: 2 championships; Super Bowl MVP ×2

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 Eli Manning season by season

1st	1991	0	0	2	2004	1,043	6	9
2nd	1992	3,227	18	13	2005	3,762	24	17
3rd	1993	3,303	19	24	2006	3,244	24	18
4th	1994	3,882	33	14	2007	3,336	23	20
5th	1995	4,413	38	13	2008	3,238	21	10
6th	1996	3,899	39	13	2009	4,021	27	14
7th	1997	3,867	35	16	2010	4,002	31	25
8th	1998	4,212	31	23	2011	4,933	29	16
9th	1999	4,091	22	23	2012	3,948	26	15
10th	2000	3,812	20	16	2013	3,818	18	27
11th	2001	3,921	32	15	2014	4,410	30	14
12th	2002	3,658	27	16	2015	4,432	35	14
13th	2003	3,361	32	21	2016	4,027	26	16
14th	2004	4,088	30	17	2017	3,468	19	13
15th	2005	3,881	20	29	2018	4,299	21	11
16th	2006	3,885	18	18	2019	1,042	6	5
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