Drew Brees stats

Last played for the New Orleans Saints, 2020

Quarterback · #9

Age 47 · 6' 0"

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Drew Brees played 20 NFL seasons, 2001 to 2020.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
287
CMP
7,142
ATT
10,551
CMP%
67.7
YDS
80,358
AVG
7.6
TD
571
INT
243

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.
2001LAC1152755.62218.210
2002LAC1632052660.83,2846.21716
2003LAC1120535657.62,1085.91115
2004LAC1526240065.53,1597.9277
2005LAC1632350064.63,5767.22415
2006NO1635655464.34,4188.02611
2007NO1644065267.54,4236.82818
2008NO1641363565.05,0698.03417
2009NO1536351470.64,3888.53411
2010NO1644865868.14,6207.03322
2011NO1646865771.25,4768.34614
2012NO1642267063.05,1777.74319
2013NO1644665068.65,1627.93912
2014NO1645665969.24,9527.53317
2015NO1542862768.34,8707.83211
2016NO1647167370.05,2087.73715
2017NO1638653672.04,3348.1238
2018NO1536448974.43,9928.2325
2019NO1128137874.32,9797.9274
2020NO1227539070.52,9427.5246

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Career Postseason

GP
18
CMP
481
ATT
721
CMP%
66.7
YDS
5,366
AVG
7.4
TD
37
INT
15

Per game

Career regular season

GP
287
CMP
24.9
ATT
36.8
CMP%
67.7
YDS
280.0
AVG
7.6
TD
2.0
INT
0.8

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.
2001LAC115.02755.6221.08.21.00.0
2002LAC1620.032.960.8205.36.21.11.0
2003LAC1118.632.457.6191.65.91.01.4
2004LAC1517.526.765.5210.67.91.80.5
2005LAC1620.231.364.6223.57.21.50.9
2006NO1622.334.664.3276.18.01.60.7
2007NO1627.540.867.5276.46.81.81.1
2008NO1625.839.765.0316.88.02.11.1
2009NO1524.234.370.6292.58.52.30.7
2010NO1628.041.168.1288.87.02.11.4
2011NO1629.341.171.2342.38.32.90.9
2012NO1626.441.963.0323.67.72.71.2
2013NO1627.940.668.6322.67.92.40.8
2014NO1628.541.269.2309.57.52.11.1
2015NO1528.541.868.3324.77.82.10.7
2016NO1629.442.170.0325.57.72.30.9
2017NO1624.133.572.0270.98.11.40.5
2018NO1524.332.674.4266.18.22.10.3
2019NO1125.534.474.3270.87.92.50.4
2020NO1222.932.570.5245.27.52.00.5

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Fantasy

Career regular season

GP
287
PPR
5,253.0
HALF
5,249.0
STD
5,245.0
PPG
18.3

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.
2001LAC114.614.614.614.6
2002LAC16186.4186.4186.411.6
2003LAC11115.8115.3114.810.5
2004LAC15243.7243.2242.716.2
2005LAC16219.9219.9219.913.7
2006NO16259.9259.9259.916.2
2007NO16267.1266.1265.116.7
2008NO16304.7304.7304.719
2009NO15305.4304.9304.420.4
2010NO16274.2273.7273.217.1
2011NO16387.6387.6387.624.2
2012NO16347.6347.6347.621.7
2013NO16361.7361.7361.722.6
2014NO16310.0309.5309.019.4
2015NO15308.2308.2308.220.5
2016NO16340.3340.3340.321.3
2017NO16262.6262.6262.616.4
2018NO15305.0304.5304.020.3
2019NO11224.8224.8224.820.4
2020NO12213.5213.5213.517.8

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

Bio

Age
47 yearsJan 15, 1979
Height
6' 0"
Debut
2001
Birthplace
Austin, TX
Draft
2001Rd 2, Pk 32
College
Purdue
Offensive Player of the Year
2x
Super Bowl MVP
2009

Latest performance

Drew Brees

Jan 17 · vs TB · L 30-20

CMP
19
ATT
34
YDS
134
TD
1
INT
3
RTG
38.1

His top receivers, 2020

New Orleans Saints's pass catchers by receiving yards.

Receiving lines of his club's top pass catchers
PlayerTGTSRECYDSTD
Alvin KamaraRB107837565
Emmanuel SandersWR82617265
Jared CookTE60375047
Michael ThomasWR55404380
Adam TrautmanTE16151711

2001 NFL combine

QB, 6'0", 213 lb · Purdue

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.83s44th
Vertical jump32"55th
Broad jump8' 9"15th
3-cone drill7.09s56th
20-yard shuttle4.21s72nd

Percentile: the share of QBs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2001 combine

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentCMPATTYDSTDINT
Sun, Jan 17vsTBL 30-20193413413
Sun, Jan 10vsCHIW 21-9283926520
Sun, Jan 03atCARW 33-7223220130
Fri, Dec 25vsMINW 52-33192631102
Sun, Dec 20vsKCL 32-29153423431
Sun, Nov 15vsSFW 27-138137610

What were Drew Brees's career stats?

Drew Brees played 20 seasons for the Chargers and the Saints. He completed 7,142 of 10,551 passes for 80,358 yards, 571 touchdowns and 243 interceptions. His best season was 2011: 5,476 passing yards, 46 passing touchdowns and 14 interceptions thrown.

League leaderboards and awards

20 seasons, 10 postseasons, 2001 to 2020

Drew Brees led the NFL in passing yards (2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016), passing touchdowns (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012) and passer rating (2009, 2018); finished top 10 in a stat 43 times; sits top 10 all time in passing yards and passing touchdowns.

Championships

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 2nd in passing yards (80,358)
  • 2nd in passing touchdowns (571)

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.

More on Drew Brees

Playoff games

Drew Brees played 18 games across 10 NFL postseasons — 9 won, 9 lost.

Drew Brees'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.
2020CHIW 21-926520
2020TBL 30-2013413
2019MINL 26-20 OT20811
2018PHIW 20-1430121
2018LARL 26-23 OT24921
2017CARW 31-2637621
2017MINL 29-2429432
2013PHIW 26-2425012
2013SEAL 23-1530910
2011DETW 45-2846630
2011SFL 36-3246242
2010SEAL 41-3640420
2009ARIW 45-1424730
2009MINW 31-28 OT19730
2009INDW 31-1728820
2006PHIW 27-2424310
2006CHIL 39-1435421
2004NYJL 20-17 OT31921

What the columns mean: INT

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