Brett Favre vs Patrick Mahomes

Brett Favre

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Patrick Mahomes

1of 3 lines

Brett Favre and Patrick Mahomes compared on their NFL careers: Brett Favre played 20 seasons, 1991 to 2010, Patrick Mahomes 10 seasons, 2017 to 2026. Brett Favre has 71,838 passing yards to Patrick Mahomes's 36,505. Brett Favre won 1 title, Patrick Mahomes won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Brett Favre leads in 2 of the 3 lines, Patrick Mahomes in 1. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Brett Favre and Patrick Mahomes career totals
302GP128
71,838, betterYDS36,505
508, betterTD272
7.1AVG7.7, better

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Brett Favre and Patrick Mahomes postseason
24GP21
5,855, betterYDS5,814
44TD46, better
7.4AVG7.7, better

Where each stands all time

Brett Favre and Patrick Mahomes all-time places
4th (71,838), betterPassing yards32nd (36,505)
5th (508), betterPassing touchdowns21st (272)

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 Patrick Mahomes titles and awards
1Championships3, better
3, betterMVP2
1Offensive Player of the Year1
—Super Bowl MVP3, 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 Patrick Mahomes season by season
YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.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, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
1st19910022017284, better01, better
2nd19923,227181320185,097, better50, better12, better
3rd19933,303192420194,031, better26, better5, better
4th19943,882331420204,740, better38, better6, better
5th19954,41338, better1320214,839, better3713
6th19963,899391320225,250, better41, better12, better
7th19973,86735, better1620234,183, better2714, better
8th19984,212, better31, better2320243,9282611, better
9th19994,091, better222320253,5872211, better
10th20003,812, better20, better16202656651, better
11th20013,9213215————
12th20023,6582716————
13th20033,3613221————
14th20044,0883017————
15th20053,8812029————
16th20063,8851818————
17th20074,1552815————
18th20083,4722222————
19th20094,202337————
20th20102,5091119————

What the columns mean: INT