Derek Carr stats

Last played for the New Orleans Saints, 2024

Quarterback · #4

Age 35 · 6' 3"

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Derek Carr played 11 NFL seasons, 2014 to 2024.

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
169
CMP
3,765
ATT
5,785
CMP%
65.1
YDS
41,245
AVG
7.1
TD
257
INT
112

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (CMP, YDS, TD: 4+ games, 100+ ATT; CMP%, AVG: 4+ games, 200+ ATT) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver.ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken.CMP%: Share of passes completed. The modern league average is around 65%.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2014LV1634859958.13,2705.52112
2015LV1635057361.13,9877.03213
2016LV1535756063.83,9377.0286
2017LV1532351562.73,4966.82213
2018LV1638155368.94,0497.31910
2019LV1636151370.44,0547.9218
2020LV1634851767.34,1037.9279
2021LV1742862668.44,8047.72314
2022LV1530550260.83,5227.02414
2023NO1737554868.43,8787.1258
2024NO1018927967.72,1457.7155

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Career Postseason

GP
1
CMP
29
ATT
54
CMP%
53.7
YDS
310
AVG
5.7
TD
1
INT
1

Per game

Career regular season

GP
169
CMP
22.3
ATT
34.2
CMP%
65.1
YDS
244.1
AVG
7.1
TD
1.5
INT
0.7

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver.ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken.CMP%: Share of passes completed. The modern league average is around 65%.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2014LV1621.837.458.1204.45.51.30.8
2015LV1621.935.861.1249.27.02.00.8
2016LV1523.837.363.8262.57.01.90.4
2017LV1521.534.362.7233.16.81.50.9
2018LV1623.834.668.9253.17.31.20.6
2019LV1622.632.170.4253.47.91.30.5
2020LV1621.832.367.3256.47.91.70.6
2021LV1725.236.868.4282.67.71.40.8
2022LV1520.333.560.8234.87.01.60.9
2023NO1722.132.268.4228.17.11.50.5
2024NO1018.927.967.7214.57.71.50.5

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Fantasy

Career regular season

GP
169
PPR
2,569.6
HALF
2,569.1
STD
2,568.6
PPG
15.2

Fantasy points in ESPN’s default scoring, worked out here from the season lines: PPR with a point per catch, half-PPR with half, standard with none.

Ranked among NFL players with 4+ games that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Fantasy by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.PPR: Fantasy points with a point per catch — the scoring most leagues use.HALF: Fantasy points with half a point per catch.STD: Standard fantasy points: nothing for a catch, only yards, touchdowns and turnovers.PPG: PPR fantasy points per game played.
2014LV16196.0196.0196.012.3
2015LV16273.3273.3273.317.1
2016LV15262.5262.5262.517.5
2017LV15204.4204.4204.413.6
2018LV16228.8228.3227.814.3
2019LV16244.4244.4244.415.3
2020LV16284.1284.1284.117.8
2021LV17267.0267.0267.015.7
2022LV15219.1219.1219.114.6
2023NO17241.1241.1241.114.2
2024NO10148.9148.9148.914.9

What the columns mean: PPR · HALF · STD · PPG

Bio

Age
35 yearsMar 28, 1991
Height
6' 3"
Debut
2014
Birthplace
Bakersfield, CA
Draft
2014Rd 2, Pk 36
College
Fresno State

Latest performance

Derek Carr

Dec 08 · @ NYG · W 14-11

CMP
20
ATT
31
YDS
219
TD
1
INT
1
RTG
82.6

His top receivers, 2024

New Orleans Saints's pass catchers by receiving yards.

Receiving lines of his club's top pass catchers
PlayerTGTSRECYDSTD
Juwan JohnsonTE66505483
Alvin KamaraRB89685432
Foster MoreauTE43324135
Chris OlaveWR44324001
Rashid ShaheedWR41203493

2014 NFL combine

QB, 6'2", 214 lb · Fresno State

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.69s75th
Vertical jump34.5"81st
Broad jump9' 2"38th
20-yard shuttle4.20s75th

Percentile: the share of QBs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2014 combine

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentCMPATTYDSTDINT
Sun, Dec 08atNYGW 14-11203121911
Sun, Dec 01vsLARL 21-14243718410
Sun, Nov 17vsCLEW 35-14212724820
Sun, Nov 10vsATLW 20-17162526920
Sun, Nov 03atCARL 23-22183123610
Mon, Oct 07atKCL 26-13182816521

What were Derek Carr's career stats?

Derek Carr played 11 seasons for the Raiders and the Saints. He completed 3,765 of 5,785 passes for 41,245 yards, 257 touchdowns and 112 interceptions. His best season was 2021: 4,804 passing yards, 23 passing touchdowns and 14 interceptions thrown.

League leaderboards and awards

11 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2014 to 2024

Derek Carr finished top 10 in a stat 10 times.

All-time career rank

  • 23rd in passing yards (41,245)
  • 25th in passing touchdowns (257)

Among the 2,842 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

Derek Carr college stats

Derek Carr played 4 seasons at Fresno State Bulldogs (2009 to 2013): 12,842 passing yards, 113 touchdown passes and 24 interceptions.

passing

Derek Carr's college passing by season
CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver.CMP%: Share of passes that were caught. The league average sits near 65%.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.RTG: Passer rating on the NFL's 0-158.3 scale, built from completion rate, yards, touchdowns and interceptions.
2009Fresno State Bulldogs101471.4112800290138.6
2011Fresno State Bulldogs27944662.63,5447.92698820144.5
2012Fresno State Bulldogs34451167.34,10483779727155.9
2013Fresno State Bulldogs45365968.75,0827.75087511156.1

rushing

Derek Carr's college rushing by season
CAR: Times the player ran with the ball.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2009Fresno State Bulldogs10000
2011Fresno State Bulldogs57721.3320
2012Fresno State Bulldogs6610015
2013Fresno State Bulldogs401172.9217

receiving

Derek Carr's college receiving by season
SeasonSchoolRECREC: Passes caught.YDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVGAVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2011Fresno State Bulldogs1-1-100

scoring

Derek Carr's college scoring by season
REC: Passes caught.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
2011Fresno State Bulldogs26300300018
2012Fresno State Bulldogs3700000000
2013Fresno State Bulldogs50200200012

punting

Derek Carr's college punting by season
AVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.
2012Fresno State Bulldogs42934116
2013Fresno State Bulldogs633.845203

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for.

More on Derek Carr

Playoff games

Derek Carr played 2 games across 2 NFL postseasons — 0 won, 2 lost.

Derek Carr's line in each playoff game
YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2021CINL 26-1931011
2016HOUL 27-14000

What the columns mean: INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.