Brett Favre vs Peyton Manning

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Brett Favre and Peyton Manning compared on their NFL careers: Brett Favre played 20 seasons, 1991 to 2010, Peyton Manning 17 seasons, 1998 to 2015. Brett Favre has 71,838 passing yards to Peyton Manning's 71,940. Brett Favre won 1 title, Peyton Manning won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Peyton Manning 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 Peyton Manning career totals

302	GP	266
71,838	YDS	71,940, better
508	TD	539, better
7.1	AVG	7.7, better

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Brett Favre and Peyton Manning postseason

24	GP	27
5,855	YDS	7,339, better
44, better	TD	40
7.4, better	AVG	7.1

Where each stands all time

Brett Favre and Peyton Manning all-time places

4th (71,838)	Passing yards	3rd (71,940), better
5th (508)	Passing touchdowns	3rd (539), 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 Peyton Manning titles and awards

1	Championships	2, better
3	MVP	5, better
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 Peyton Manning season by season

1st	1991	0	0	2, better	1998	3,739, better	26, better	28
2nd	1992	3,227	18	13, better	1999	4,135, better	26, better	15
3rd	1993	3,303	19	24	2000	4,413, better	33, better	15, better
4th	1994	3,882	33, better	14, better	2001	4,131, better	26	23
5th	1995	4,413, better	38, better	13, better	2002	4,200	27	19
6th	1996	3,899	39, better	13	2003	4,267, better	29	10, better
7th	1997	3,867	35	16	2004	4,557, better	49, better	10, better
8th	1998	4,212, better	31, better	23	2005	3,747	28	10, better
9th	1999	4,091	22	23	2006	4,397, better	31, better	9, better
10th	2000	3,812	20	16	2007	4,040, better	31, better	14, better
11th	2001	3,921	32, better	15	2008	4,002, better	27	12, better
12th	2002	3,658	27	16	2009	4,500, better	33, better	16
13th	2003	3,361	32	21	2010	4,700, better	33, better	17, better
14th	2004	4,088	30	17	2012	4,659, better	37, better	11, better
15th	2005	3,881	20	29	2013	5,477, better	55, better	10, better
16th	2006	3,885	18	18	2014	4,727, better	39, better	15, better
17th	2007	4,155, better	28, better	15, better	2015	2,249	9	17
18th	2008	3,472	22	22	—	—	—	—
19th	2009	4,202	33	7	—	—	—	—
20th	2010	2,509	11	19	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: INT