What NFL Records Does Drew Brees Hold?
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Drew Brees is one of the most prolific quarterbacks in NFL history. He holds several league records, including most passing yards in a season and most passing touchdowns in a career.
Most Career Passing Yards
As of the end of the 2019 NFL regular season, Brees has thrown for 77,416 yards in his career, the most in NFL history. He has also led the league in passing yards a record six times, and is the only player to have done so for six consecutive seasons. In 2019, he set an NFL record for most passing yards in a single season with 5,477.
Second most passing yards in a season
In the 2018 season, Brees threw for 4,368 yards, leading the league for the ninth time in his career. His 72.0 completion percentage was the second-highest of his career, and his 32 touchdown passes were tied for his second-most in a season.
Most consecutive seasons with 4,000+ passing yards
From 2008-2017, Brees threw for 4,000 or more passing yards in 10 consecutive seasons, which is the most by any quarterback in NFL history. During that 10-year span, Brees also led the NFL in passing yards seven times, which is the most by any quarterback in NFL history.
Most Career Touchdown Passes
Entering the 2020 season, Brees had thrown for 571 touchdown passes, the most in NFL history. He also holds the NFL record for career completion percentage (74.4), career passing yards (77,416), and career 300-yard passing games (112).
Most passing touchdowns in a season
In the 2013 NFL season, Drew Brees set the record for most passing touchdowns in a season with 55. The previous record was held by Tom Brady, who threw 50 touchdown passes in the 2007 season.
Most passing touchdowns in a game
Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints threw seven touchdown passes against the New York Giants on November 1, 2015, breaking the previous record of six held jointly by Nick Foles, Peyton Manning, and Y.A. Tittle.
Most Career Completions
In NFL history, only Brett Favre has more completions than Brees’ 5,829. Brees’ total includes 5,476 completions in regular season games and 353 completions in the playoffs. He has completed 70.4 percent of his career regular season attempts, which is the highest single-season mark in NFL history.
Most completions in a season
In 2009, with the New Orleans Saints, Brees completed a then NFL record 440 out of 658 attempts for 5,069 yards, 34 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions.
Most completions in a game
In 2009, against the Detroit Lions, Brees completed 37 of 52 passes, setting an NFL record for most completions in a game.
Most Career 300-Yard Passing Games
Drew Brees doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon and after looking at his stats, it’s not hard to see why. In his career, he’s played in 293 games and started in 288 of them. Out of those 293 games, he’s had 78 where he’s thrown for 300 or more yards. That’s good for second all time, only behind Peyton Manning’s 86.
Most consecutive seasons with a 300-yard passing game
In 2012, Brees became the first quarterback in NFL history to have thrown for more than 5,000 yards in a season three times. He joined Hall of Famers Steve Young (1992–94) and Dan Marino (1984) as the only quarterbacks to do so.
In 2013, he broke Johnny Unitas’s 53-year-old record for most consecutive games with a touchdown pass, with his 48th straight game. That season, he also broke Warren Moon’s all-time record for most passing yards in a season by a quarterback with at least 10 starts; his 5,162 yards surpassed Moon’s 5,061 in 1990. In addition, he set an NFL single-season record for completion percentage (71.2%).
Most Career 400-Yard Passing Games
Drew Brees currently holds the NFL record for the most career 400-yard passing games, with 23. Brees has accomplished this feat in 18 seasons, which is also an NFL record. He has also thrown for 400 or more yards in a game 23 times, which is the second-most in NFL history.
Most 400-yard passing games in a season
In 2013, Brees set the NFL single-season record for most 400-yard passing games, with eight.
