James Robert McMahon vs Jim Harbaugh

James Robert McMahon and Jim Harbaugh compared on their NFL careers: James Robert McMahon played 15 seasons, 1982 to 1996, Jim Harbaugh 14 seasons, 1987 to 2000. James Robert McMahon has 18,148 passing yards to Jim Harbaugh's 26,288. James Robert McMahon won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

James Robert McMahon and Jim Harbaugh career totals
119GP177
18,148YDS26,288
100TD129
7.1AVG6.7

How do they compare in the playoffs?

James Robert McMahon and Jim Harbaugh postseason
10GP5
1,112YDS906
5TD6
7.2AVG5.6

Where each stands all time

James Robert McMahon and Jim Harbaugh all-time places
90th (18,148)Passing yards56th (26,288)
95th (100)Passing touchdowns69th (129)

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

  • James Robert McMahon: 2 championships; none on file
  • Jim Harbaugh: 0 championships; Comeback Player of the Year, Coach of the Year

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.

James Robert McMahon and Jim Harbaugh 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.
1st19821,5019719876200
2nd19832,1841213198851402
3rd19841,1468219891,20459
4th19852,392151119902,178106
5th19869955819913,1211516
6th19871,63912819922,4861312
7th19881,3466719932,002711
8th19892,132101019941,44096
9th1990630019952,575175
10th19912,239121119962,6301311
11th19922791219972,060104
12th19931,9689819981,8391211
13th19942191319992,7611014
14th199560020001,416810
15th19963900

What the columns mean: INT