Drew Brees vs Patrick Mahomes

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Drew Brees and Patrick Mahomes compared on their NFL careers: Drew Brees played 20 seasons, 2001 to 2020, Patrick Mahomes 10 seasons, 2017 to 2026. Drew Brees has 80,358 passing yards to Patrick Mahomes's 36,505. Drew Brees won 1 title, Patrick Mahomes won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Drew Brees and Patrick Mahomes career totals
287GP128
80,358YDS36,505
571TD272
7.6AVG7.7

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Drew Brees and Patrick Mahomes postseason
18GP21
5,366YDS5,814
37TD46
7.4AVG7.7

Where each stands all time

Drew Brees and Patrick Mahomes all-time places
2nd (80,358)Passing yards29th (36,505)
2nd (571)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

  • Drew Brees: 1 championship; Offensive Player of the Year ×2, Super Bowl MVP
  • Patrick Mahomes: 3 championships; MVP ×2, Offensive Player of the Year, Super Bowl MVP ×3

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.

Drew Brees and Patrick Mahomes 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.
1st200122110201728401
2nd20023,284171620185,0975012
3rd20032,108111520194,031265
4th20043,15927720204,740386
5th20053,576241520214,8393713
6th20064,418261120225,2504112
7th20074,423281820234,1832714
8th20085,069341720243,9282611
9th20094,388341120253,5872211
10th20104,6203322202656651
11th20115,4764614————
12th20125,1774319————
13th20135,1623912————
14th20144,9523317————
15th20154,8703211————
16th20165,2083715————
17th20174,334238————
18th20183,992325————
19th20192,979274————
20th20202,942246————

What the columns mean: INT