Donovan McNabb vs Joe Flacco

Donovan McNabbJoe Flacco

Donovan McNabb and Joe Flacco compared on their NFL careers: Donovan McNabb played 13 seasons, 1999 to 2011, Joe Flacco 18 seasons, 2008 to 2025. Donovan McNabb has 37,276 passing yards to Joe Flacco's 48,176. Joe Flacco won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Donovan McNabb and Joe Flacco career totals
167GP209
37,276YDS48,176
234TD272
6.9AVG6.7

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Donovan McNabb and Joe Flacco postseason
16GP16
3,752YDS3,530
24TD26
6.5AVG7.2

Where each stands all time

Donovan McNabb and Joe Flacco all-time places
27th (37,276)Passing yards14th (48,176)
30th (234)Passing touchdowns19th (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

  • Donovan McNabb: 0 championships; none on file
  • Joe Flacco: 1 championship; Super Bowl MVP

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.

Donovan McNabb and Joe Flacco 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.
1st19999488720082,9711412
2nd20003,365211320093,6132112
3rd20013,233251220103,6222510
4th20022,28917620113,6102012
5th20033,216161120123,8172210
6th20043,87531820133,9121922
7th20052,50716920143,9862712
8th20062,64718620152,7911412
9th20073,32419720164,3172015
10th20083,916231120173,1411813
11th20093,553221020182,465126
12th20103,377141520191,82265
13th20111,02642202086463
14th————202133830
15th————20221,05153
16th————20231,616138
17th————20241,761127
18th————20252,4791510

What the columns mean: INT