Brett Favre vs Jay Cutler

Brett FavreJay Cutler

Brett Favre and Jay Cutler compared on their NFL careers: Brett Favre played 20 seasons, 1991 to 2010, Jay Cutler 12 seasons, 2006 to 2017. Brett Favre has 71,838 passing yards to Jay Cutler's 35,133. Brett Favre won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Brett Favre and Jay Cutler career totals
302GP153
71,838YDS35,133
508TD227
7.1AVG7.1

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Brett Favre and Jay Cutler postseason
24GP2
5,855YDS354
44TD2
7.4AVG8.4

Where each stands all time

Brett Favre and Jay Cutler all-time places
4th (71,838)Passing yards33rd (35,133)
5th (508)Passing touchdowns32nd (227)

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
  • Jay Cutler: 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 Jay Cutler 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.
1st199100220061,00195
2nd19923,227181320073,4972014
3rd19933,303192420084,5262518
4th19943,882331420093,6662726
5th19954,413381320103,2742316
6th19963,899391320112,319137
7th19973,867351620123,0331914
8th19984,212312320132,6211912
9th19994,091222320143,8122818
10th20003,812201620153,6592111
11th20013,921321520161,05945
12th20023,658271620172,6661914
13th20033,3613221————
14th20044,0883017————
15th20053,8812029————
16th20063,8851818————
17th20074,1552815————
18th20083,4722222————
19th20094,202337————
20th20102,5091119————

What the columns mean: INT