Kyle Orton vs Steve McNair

Kyle OrtonSteve McNair

Kyle Orton and Steve McNair compared on their NFL careers: Kyle Orton played 9 seasons, 2005 to 2014, Steve McNair 13 seasons, 1995 to 2007. Kyle Orton has 18,037 passing yards to Steve McNair's 31,304.

Who has the better career numbers?

Kyle Orton and Steve McNair career totals
87GP161
18,037YDS31,304
101TD174
6.7AVG6.9

Where each stands all time

Kyle Orton and Steve McNair all-time places
90th (18,037)Passing yards45th (31,304)
94th (101)Passing touchdowns49th (174)

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

  • Kyle Orton: 0 championships; none on file
  • Steve McNair: 0 championships; 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.

Kyle Orton and Steve McNair 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.
1st20051,869913199556931
2nd20074783219961,19764
3rd20082,972181219972,6651413
4th20093,802211219983,2281510
5th20103,65320919992,179128
6th20111,7589920002,8471513
7th2012891020013,3502112
8th20133982220023,3872215
9th20143,018181020033,215247
10th————20041,34389
11th————20053,1611611
12th————20063,0501612
13th————20071,11324

What the columns mean: INT