What NFL Player Played for the Most Teams?

We all know that NFL players move around a lot, but which player has played for the most teams? We did a little research and found the answer!

Brett Favre

Brett Favre is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons. He began his career with the Atlanta Falcons, then played for the Green Bay Packers from 1992 to 2007.

Green Bay Packers

Brett Favre played quarterback for the Green Bay Packers from 1992 to 2007. He was traded to the New York Jets in 2008 and played one season for them before being traded to the Minnesota Vikings, where he played for two seasons. He then retired from the NFL.

New York Jets

The New York Jets are a professional American football team located in the New York metropolitan area. The Jets compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team is headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey. In a unique arrangement for the league, the Jets share MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey with the New York Giants. The franchise is legally and corporately registered as New York Jets, LLC.

The team was founded in 1959 as the Titans of New York, an original member of the American Football League (AFL); later, the franchise joined the NFL in the AFL–NFL merger in 1970. The team began to play their home games at Shea Stadium in 1964 and acquired their current name in 1963. The Jets advanced to the AFL Championship Game four times (1968, 1969, 1970, 1971), winning once (1968), but lost Super Bowls III and IV. Since 1968, they have appeared in the playoffs 13 times, and in the AFC Championship Game five times (1982, 1985, 1998, 2009, 2010), most recently appearing in consecutive Championship Games for a second time (2009 and 2010). However, they have never returned to the Super Bowl since their victory at Super Bowl III and make it a point of emphasis not to mention or celebrate this infamous moment from their past; instead concentrating on more recent successes such as winning their first division title since 2002 with an 11-5 record following a 9-7 season which culminated with defeating their archrival Patriots 28-21 on January 1st 2012 after coming back from deficits of 9-0 and 21-10 to win going away featuring quarterback Mark Sanchez’s strong game management skills down the stretch throwing 2 fourth quarter touchdown passes including Santonio Holmes’ game winning score with just over 10 minutes remaining in regulation play giving them their first playoff game victory since January 15th 2005 when they defeated Peyton Manning and his Indianapolis Colts 26-17 at home en route to advancing to their second AFC Championship game under then head coach Herm Edwards but ultimately losing 24-17 on conference title game rematch against eventual Super Bowl XXXVIII champion New England Patriots who earlier that season had defeated them 31-21 on November 12th 2001 at Foxboro Stadium en route to going on appear in and win Super Bowl XXXVI against St. Louis Rams 20-17 getting redemption for an earlier disappointing loss to them as 14 point favourites earlier that season 29 days previously by same score on Sunday night September 23rd 2001 which also took place one week after tragically terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001 which postponed that week 3 contest between these two bitter rivals until Sunday October 7th 2001]].

Minnesota Vikings

Brett Lorenzo Favre is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers. He also briefly played for the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings. Favre was the first NFL player to pass for 500 touchdowns, throw for 70,000 yards, and complete 7,000 passes in a career. During his 20 NFL seasons, he ranks fifth all-time in passing yards (71,838), seventh in passing touchdowns (509), eighth in completions (6,300), fourth in interceptions thrown (336), and tenth in passer rating (86.0).

Jim Harbaugh

Harbaugh played for the Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens, San Diego Chargers, and Atlanta Falcons.

Chicago Bears

Jim Harbaugh played for the Chicago Bears from 1987 to 1993. He was drafted by the Bears in the first round of the 1987 NFL Draft. He played quarterback for the Bears for six seasons.

Indianapolis Colts

After being traded to the Baltimore Ravens following the 2001 season, Harbaugh was named the Ravens’ starting quarterback for the 2002 season. In his first year with the team, he helped lead them to a 10-6 record and a playoff berth. The following season, Harbaugh led the Ravens to a Super Bowl victory over the New York Giants.

San Diego Chargers

San Diego Chargers (1994)*
Jim Harbaugh never played a regular season game for the Chargers, but he was with the team during training camp and the preseason in 1994. He was waived by the Chargers on August 30, 1994.

Peyton Manning

NFL Quarterback Peyton Manning holds the record for playing for the most teams in his career. He played for the Indianapolis Colts, the Denver Broncos, and the New York Jets.

Indianapolis Colts

Peyton Manning is a retired American football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He spent 14 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and was a member of the Denver Broncos for four seasons. Manning is one of the most accomplished quarterbacks in NFL history.

Denver Broncos

Peyton Manning is a retired American football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Indianapolis Colts. He also played for the Denver Broncos. Considered to be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, he was the winningest quarterback in NFL regular season history at the time of his retirement, with 200 wins. He holds many NFL records, including touchdown passes (539), AP MVP awards (5), Pro Bowl appearances (14), and single-season yards passing (5,477 in 2013). He is one of only two quarterbacks to win a Super Bowl with two different teams, along with Craig Morton.

Tom Brady

Tom Brady, who was born on August 3, 1977, is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He is one of only two players to win five Super Bowls (the other being Charles Haley), the most of any player in NFL history.

New England Patriots

Tom Brady is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He has played in nine Super Bowls, winning seven of them, the most of any player in NFL history. Brady is also the only quarterback to have won a Super Bowl in his first season as a starter. He was drafted by the Patriots 199th overall in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. In Brady’s seventeen seasons as a starter, he has played in294 regular season games, winning 207 of them.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Brady was drafted by the New England Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He began his career as the team’s backup quarterback, before taking over as the starter in 2001 after Drew Bledsoe was injured. Due to his late draft selection, Brady is considered the biggest “steal” in the history of the NFL Draft. During Brady’s seventeen seasons as a starter, he has played in a record nine Super Bowls with the Patriots, winning seven of them, most recently Super Bowl LIII in February 2019. Brady has been awarded four Super Bowl MVPs (Super Bowl XXXVI, XXXVIII, XLIX, and LI), has been selected to 14 Pro Bowls, and has led his team to more division titles (16) than any other quarterback in NFL history. As of 2020, Brady is fourth all-time in career passing yards for regular season play, third in career touchdown passes , and fourth in career passer rating .