Philip Rivers stats

Last played for the Indianapolis Colts, 2025

Quarterback · #17

Age 44 · 6' 5"

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Philip Rivers played 18 NFL seasons, 2004 to 2025.

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
247
CMP
5,335
ATT
8,226
CMP%
64.9
YDS
63,984
AVG
7.8
TD
425
INT
212

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.
2004LAC25862.5334.110
2005LAC2122254.51155.201
2006LAC1628446061.73,3887.4229
2007LAC1627746060.23,1526.92115
2008LAC1631247865.34,0098.43411
2009LAC1631748665.24,2548.8289
2010LAC1635754166.04,7108.73013
2011LAC1636658262.94,6247.92720
2012LAC1633852764.13,6066.82615
2013LAC1637854469.54,4788.23211
2014LAC1637957066.54,2867.53118
2015LAC1643766166.14,7927.32913
2016LAC1634957860.44,3867.63321
2017LAC1636057562.64,5157.92810
2018LAC1634750868.34,3088.53212
2019LAC1639059166.04,6157.82320
2020IND1636954368.04,1697.72411
2025IND3589263.05445.943

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Career Postseason

GP
12
CMP
238
ATT
401
CMP%
59.4
YDS
2,965
AVG
7.4
TD
16
INT
10

Per game

Career regular season

GP
247
CMP
21.6
ATT
33.3
CMP%
64.9
YDS
259.0
AVG
7.8
TD
1.7
INT
0.9

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.
2004LAC22.5462.516.54.10.50.0
2005LAC26.01154.557.55.20.00.5
2006LAC1617.828.861.7211.87.41.40.6
2007LAC1617.328.860.2197.06.91.30.9
2008LAC1619.529.965.3250.68.42.10.7
2009LAC1619.830.465.2265.98.81.80.6
2010LAC1622.333.866.0294.48.71.90.8
2011LAC1622.936.462.9289.07.91.71.3
2012LAC1621.132.964.1225.46.81.60.9
2013LAC1623.63469.5279.98.22.00.7
2014LAC1623.735.666.5267.97.51.91.1
2015LAC1627.341.366.1299.57.31.80.8
2016LAC1621.836.160.4274.17.62.11.3
2017LAC1622.535.962.6282.27.91.80.6
2018LAC1621.731.868.3269.38.52.00.8
2019LAC1624.436.966.0288.47.81.41.3
2020IND1623.133.968.0260.67.71.50.7
2025IND319.330.763.0181.35.91.31.0

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Fantasy

Career regular season

GP
247
PPR
3,898.5
HALF
3,898.5
STD
3,898.5
PPG
15.8

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.
2004LAC24.84.84.82.4
2005LAC22.52.52.51.3
2006LAC16210.4210.4210.413.2
2007LAC16183.4183.4183.411.5
2008LAC16282.8282.8282.817.7
2009LAC16275.2275.2275.217.2
2010LAC16285.6285.6285.617.9
2011LAC16260.6260.6260.616.3
2012LAC16222.2222.2222.213.9
2013LAC16289.4289.4289.418.1
2014LAC16269.6269.6269.616.9
2015LAC16284.5284.5284.517.8
2016LAC16268.9268.9268.916.8
2017LAC16272.4272.4272.417
2018LAC16277.0277.0277.017.3
2019LAC16237.5237.5237.514.8
2020IND16240.0240.0240.015
2025IND331.731.731.710.6

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

Bio

Age
44 yearsDec 8, 1981
Height
6' 5"
Debut
2004
Birthplace
Athens, AL
Draft
2004Rd 1, Pk 4
College
NC State
Comeback Player of the Year
2013

Latest performance

Philip Rivers

Dec 28 · vs JAX · L 23-17

CMP
17
ATT
30
YDS
147
TD
1
INT
1
RTG
66.9

His top receivers, 2025

Indianapolis Colts's pass catchers by receiving yards.

Receiving lines of his club's top pass catchers
PlayerTGTSRECYDSTD
Alec PierceWR84471,0036
Tyler WarrenTE112768174
Michael Pittman Jr.WR111807847
Josh DownsWR88585664
Jonathan TaylorRB55463782

Snap counts, 2025

97% of his club's offensive snaps a game (172 in 3 games); 98% in week 17.

His offensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
15SEA60100%0
16SF5693%0
17JAX5698%0

NFL snap counts, every player

2004 NFL combine

QB, 6'5", 229 lb · North Carolina State

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash5.08s7th

Percentile: the share of QBs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2004 combine

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentCMPATTYDSTDINT
Sun, Dec 28vsJAXL 23-17173014711
Mon, Dec 22vsSFL 48-27233527721
Sun, Dec 14atSEAL 18-16182712011
Sat, Jan 09atBUFL 27-24274630920
Sun, Jan 03vsJAXW 28-14172716411
Sun, Dec 27atPITL 28-24213427011

What were Philip Rivers's career stats?

Philip Rivers played 18 seasons for the Chargers and the Colts. He completed 5,335 of 8,226 passes for 63,984 yards, 425 touchdowns and 212 interceptions. His best season was 2015: 4,792 passing yards, 29 passing touchdowns and 13 interceptions thrown.

League leaderboards and awards

18 seasons, 7 postseasons, 2004 to 2025

Philip Rivers led the NFL in passing yards (2010), passing touchdowns (2008) and passer rating (2008); finished top 10 in a stat 31 times; sits top 10 all time in passing yards and passing touchdowns.

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 8th in passing yards (63,984)
  • 7th in passing touchdowns (425)

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 Philip Rivers

Playoff games

Philip Rivers played 12 games across 7 NFL postseasons — 5 won, 7 lost.

Philip Rivers'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.
2020BUFL 27-2430920
2018BALW 23-1716000
2018NEL 41-2833131
2013CINW 27-1012810
2013DENL 24-1721720
2009NYJL 17-1429812
2008INDW 23-17 OT21701
2008PITL 35-2430831
2007TENW 17-629211
2007INDW 28-2426431
2007NEL 21-1221102
2006NEL 24-2123001

What the columns mean: INT

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