Joe Burrow vs Patrick Mahomes

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Joe Burrow and Patrick Mahomes compared on their NFL careers: Joe Burrow played 7 seasons, 2020 to 2026, Patrick Mahomes 10 seasons, 2017 to 2026. Joe Burrow has 21,271 passing yards to Patrick Mahomes's 36,505. Patrick Mahomes won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Joe Burrow and Patrick Mahomes career totals
79GP128
21,271YDS36,505
160TD272
7.4AVG7.7

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Joe Burrow and Patrick Mahomes postseason
7GP21
1,826YDS5,814
9TD46
7.3AVG7.7

Where each stands all time

Joe Burrow and Patrick Mahomes all-time places
75th (21,271)Passing yards29th (36,505)
60th (160)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

  • Joe Burrow: 0 championships; Comeback Player of the Year ×2
  • 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.

Joe Burrow 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.
1st20202,688135201728401
2nd20214,611341420185,0975012
3rd20224,475351220194,031265
4th20232,30915620204,740386
5th20244,91843920214,8393713
6th20251,80917520225,2504112
7th20264613120234,1832714
8th————20243,9282611
9th————20253,5872211
10th————202656651

What the columns mean: INT