Who Has the Most NFL Records?
The NFL is filled with all-time greats. These are the men who have rewritten the record books.
Brett Favre
Brett Favre is a former American football quarterback who has played for three teams in the National Football League (NFL): the Green Bay Packers, New York Jets, and Minnesota Vikings. He is the only player in NFL history to have won the Super Bowl three times, and he holds many NFL records, including most career passing touchdowns, most career passing yards, and most career interceptions.
Most career passing yards
Brett Favre is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Southern Mississippi, and was selected in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons.
Favre became the Packers’ starting quarterback in 1992 and led them to eight consecutive postseason appearances, winning five NFC Championships and Super Bowl XXXI during that span. He was traded to the New York Jets in 2008, and spent two seasons with the team before signing with the Minnesota Vikings in 2009. Following his season with Minnesota, he announced his second retirement from professional football, but un-retired and rejoined the Vikings in 2010. Favre played one more season before again retiring in 2011. He holds NFL records for most career passing yards, most career passing touchdowns, most consecutive starts by a player, most times sacked, and most fumbles. At 61 years of age, he is also oldest player to have thrown an NFL touchdown pass.
During his 20 NFL seasons as a player Brett Favre set or tied numerous league records including:
-Most Passing Yards: 71,838
-Most Touchdown Passes: 508
-Most Interceptions: 336
-Most Games Started by a Player: 298
-Oldest Player to Start an NFL Game: 44 years old
-Oldest Player to Win an NFL Game: 44 years old
-Oldest Player to Throw a Touchdown Pass: 41 years old
-Most Times Sacked: 525
Most career passing touchdowns
Brett Favre holds the record for the most career passing touchdowns with 442. He played for the Green Bay Packers, New York Jets, and Minnesota Vikings over the course of his 20-year career in the NFL.
Most career interceptions
Brett Favre, who played for the Green Bay Packers, New York Jets, and Minnesota Vikings, has the most career interceptions of any NFL player with 336.
Jerry Rice
Most career receptions
In his 20 NFL seasons, Jerry Rice caught 1,549 passes for 22,895 yards and 197 touchdowns, with a career average of 14.8 yards per reception. He is the only player in NFL history with at least 1,500 catches and 22,000 receiving yards.
Most career receiving yards
Jerry Rice is widely considered to be the greatest wide receiver in NFL history. He played for 20 seasons, primarily with the San Francisco 49ers, and holds numerous records. One of those records is for the most career receiving yards, with 22,895. This is over 1,000 yards more than the second player on the list, Randy Moss.
Most career receiving touchdowns
Jerry Rice, a former wide receiver who played most of his career with the San Francisco 49ers, holds the record for most career receiving touchdowns with 205. He also holds the record for most career receiving yards with 22,895, and most career receptions with 1,549.
Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning, quarterback for the Denver Broncos, set a new NFL record for the most touchdown passes in a season with 55. The previous record of 50 was held by Tom Brady of the New England Patriots. Manning now holds the record for the most touchdown passes in a career with 539.
Most career passing yards
Peyton Manning holds the NFL record for most career passing yards with 71,940. He passed Brett Favre for the most passing yards in NFL history in 2015, and his total has continued to grow since then. Manning retired after the 2015 season, but he remains the NFL’s all-time leader in passing yards.
Most career passing touchdowns
Peyton Manning holds the NFL record for the most career passing touchdowns. He has thrown 539 touchdown passes in his NFL career.
Most career completions
Peyton Manning currently holds the NFL record for most career completions with 6,125. He is followed by Brett Favre in second with 6,106 and Drew Brees in third with 6,003. Manning also holds the NFL record for most career passing yards with 71,940.
Emmitt Smith
Emmitt Smith holds the most NFL records of any player in the history of the league. He is the all-time leading rusher with 18,355 yards and has the most career rushing touchdowns with 164. Smith also has the most seasons with 1,000 or more rushing yards with 11. He is the only player in NFL history to record 20 or more rushing touchdowns in four different seasons.
Most career rushing yards
Emmitt Smith holds the NFL record for most career rushing yards with 18,355. He played for the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals over the course of his 15-year career.
Most career rushing touchdowns
Emmitt Smith holds the NFL record for most rushing touchdowns in a career with 164. He played for the Dallas Cowboys for thirteen seasons and is considered one of the greatest running backs of all time.
Most career 100-yard rushing games
Emmitt Smith holds the record for the most career 100-yard rushing games with 22. He achieved this feat over the course of his 15-year career with the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals.
