Peyton Manning vs Philip Rivers

Peyton Manning and Philip Rivers compared on their NFL careers: Peyton Manning played 17 seasons, 1998 to 2015, Philip Rivers 18 seasons, 2004 to 2025. Peyton Manning has 71,940 passing yards to Philip Rivers's 63,984. Peyton Manning won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Peyton Manning and Philip Rivers career totals

266	GP	247
71,940	YDS	63,984
539	TD	425
7.7	AVG	7.8

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Peyton Manning and Philip Rivers postseason

27	GP	12
7,339	YDS	2,965
40	TD	16
7.1	AVG	7.4

Where each stands all time

Peyton Manning and Philip Rivers all-time places

3rd (71,940)	Passing yards	8th (63,984)
3rd (539)	Passing touchdowns	7th (425)

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

Peyton Manning: 2 championships; MVP ×5, Offensive Player of the Year ×2, Super Bowl MVP
Philip Rivers: 0 championships; Comeback Player 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.

Peyton Manning and Philip Rivers season by season

1st	1998	3,739	26	28	2004	33	1	0
2nd	1999	4,135	26	15	2005	115	0	1
3rd	2000	4,413	33	15	2006	3,388	22	9
4th	2001	4,131	26	23	2007	3,152	21	15
5th	2002	4,200	27	19	2008	4,009	34	11
6th	2003	4,267	29	10	2009	4,254	28	9
7th	2004	4,557	49	10	2010	4,710	30	13
8th	2005	3,747	28	10	2011	4,624	27	20
9th	2006	4,397	31	9	2012	3,606	26	15
10th	2007	4,040	31	14	2013	4,478	32	11
11th	2008	4,002	27	12	2014	4,286	31	18
12th	2009	4,500	33	16	2015	4,792	29	13
13th	2010	4,700	33	17	2016	4,386	33	21
14th	2012	4,659	37	11	2017	4,515	28	10
15th	2013	5,477	55	10	2018	4,308	32	12
16th	2014	4,727	39	15	2019	4,615	23	20
17th	2015	2,249	9	17	2020	4,169	24	11
18th	—	—	—	—	2025	544	4	3

What the columns mean: INT