List of career achievements by Drew Brees
Drew Brees is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). After a prolific college football career at Purdue University, he was chosen by the San Diego Chargers with the first pick in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He left college as one of the most decorated players in Purdue and Big Ten Conference history, establishing two NCAA records, 13 Big Ten Conference records, and 19 Purdue University records. As of 2018, he remains the Big Ten record-holder in several passing categories, including completions (1,026), attempts (1,678), and yards (11,792).
Brees holds the NFL records for career pass completions, career completion percentage, career passing yards, and is 2nd in career passing touchdowns. In 2012, he broke Johnny Unitas' long-standing record of consecutive games with a touchdown pass. He has passed for over 5,000 yards in a season five times—no other NFL quarterback has done so more than once. He has led the NFL in passing yards a record seven times and in passing touchdowns a record-tying four times. He was the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year in 2004, the Offensive Player of the Year in 2008 and 2011, and the MVP of Super Bowl XLIV. Sports Illustrated named Brees its 2010 Sportsman of the Year. Brees is one of three QBs to beat all 32 teams.
College
Statistics
Year |
Team |
1997 |
Purdue |
1998 |
Purdue |
1999 |
Purdue |
2000 |
Purdue |
Total |
|
Records
- Big Ten conference records
- Most career passing yards (11,792)
- Most career pass attempts (1,678)
- Most career pass completions (1,026)
- Most passing touchdowns in a season (39; 1998)
- Most pass attempts in a season (569; 1998)
- Most pass completions in a season (361; 1998)
Awards
- Maxwell Award (2000)
- Socrates Award (2000)
- Big Ten Player of the Year (2000)
- National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Award (2000)
- 2× Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year (1998 – media, 2000 – coaches & media)
- Alamo Bowl MVP (1998)
- Outback Bowl MVP (2000)
- Academic All-America Team Member of the Year
- Big Ten Medal of Honor (2001)
- Today's Top 10 Award (Class of 2001)
- Purdue Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame (inducted 2009)
Professional
Statistics
Legend |
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Bold |
Regular season
Year |
Team |
G |
GS |
Comp |
Att |
Yds |
Pct |
Avg |
TD |
Int |
Lng |
YPG |
Sck |
SckY |
Rate |- style="background:white;* |
2001 |
SD |
1 |
0 |
15 |
27 |
221 |
55.6 |
8.2 |
1 |
0 |
40 |
221.0 |
2 |
12 |
94.8 |
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2002 |
SD |
16 |
16 |
320 |
526 |
3,284 |
60.8 |
6.2 |
17 |
16 |
52 |
205.3 |
24 |
180 |
76.9 |
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2003 |
SD |
11 |
11 |
205 |
356 |
2,108 |
57.6 |
5.9 |
11 |
15 |
68 |
191.6 |
21 |
178 |
67.5 |
||||||||||||||||
2004 |
SD |
15 |
15 |
262 |
400 |
3,159 |
65.5 |
7.9 |
27 |
7 |
79 |
210.6 |
18 |
131 |
104.8 |
||||||||||||||||
2005 |
SD |
16 |
16 |
323 |
500 |
3,576 |
64.6 |
7.2 |
24 |
15 |
54 |
223.5 |
27 |
223 |
89.2 |
||||||||||||||||
2006 |
NO |
16 |
16 |
356 |
554 |
4,418 |
64.3 |
8.0 |
26 |
11 |
86 |
276.1 |
18 |
105 |
96.2 |
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2007 |
NO |
16 |
16 |
440 |
652 |
4,423 |
67.5 |
6.8 |
28 |
18 |
58 |
276.4 |
16 |
109 |
89.4 |
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2008 |
NO |
16 |
16 |
413 |
635 |
5,069 |
65.0 |
8.0 |
34 |
17 |
84 |
316.8 |
13 |
92 |
96.2 |
||||||||||||||||
2009 |
NO |
15 |
15 |
363 |
514 |
4,388 |
70.6 |
8.5 |
34 |
11 |
75 |
292.5 |
20 |
135 |
109.6 |
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2010 |
NO |
16 |
16 |
448 |
658 |
4,620 |
68.1 |
7.0 |
33 |
22 |
80 |
288.8 |
25 |
185 |
90.9 |- style="background:white;* |
2011 |
NO |
16 |
16 |
468 |
657 |
5,476 |
71.2 |
8.3 |
46 |
14 |
79 |
342.3 |
24 |
158 |
110.6 |
2012 |
NO |
16 |
16 |
422 |
670 |
5,177 |
63.0 |
7.7 |
43 |
19 |
80 |
323.6 |
26 |
190 |
96.3 |
||||||||||||||||
2013 |
NO |
16 |
16 |
446 |
650 |
5,162 |
68.6 |
7.9 |
39 |
12 |
76 |
322.6 |
37 |
244 |
104.7 |
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2014 |
NO |
16 |
16 |
456 |
659 |
4,952 |
69.2 |
7.5 |
33 |
17 |
69 |
309.5 |
29 |
186 |
97.0 |
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2015 |
NO |
15 |
15 |
428 |
627 |
4,870 |
68.3 |
7.8 |
32 |
11 |
80 |
324.7 |
31 |
235 |
101.0 |
||||||||||||||||
2016 |
NO |
16 |
16 |
471 |
673 |
5,208 |
70.0 |
7.7 |
37 |
15 |
98 |
325.5 |
27 |
184 |
101.7 |
||||||||||||||||
NO |
16 |
16 |
386 |
536 |
4,334 |
72.0 |
8.1 |
23 |
8 |
54 |
270.9 |
20 |
145 |
103.9 |
|||||||||||||||||
NO |
15 |
15 |
272 |
356 |
3,135 |
76.4 |
8.33 |
29 |
2 |
72 |
285 |
10 |
77 |
127.3 |
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Career |
260 |
259 |
6,494 |
9,650 |
73,580 |
67.3 |
7.62 |
517 |
230 |
98 |
283 |
388 |
2,769 |
97.90 |
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Postseason
Year |
Team |
G |
GS |
Comp |
Att |
Yds |
Pct |
Avg |
TD |
Int |
Lng |
YPG |
Sck |
SckY |
Rate |- style="background:white;* |
2004 |
SD |
1 |
1 |
31 |
42 |
319 |
73.8 |
7.6 |
2 |
1 |
44 |
319.0 |
2 |
11 |
101.2 |- style="background:white;* |
2006 |
NO |
2 |
2 |
47 |
81 |
597 |
58.0 |
7.4 |
3 |
1 |
88 |
298.5 |
6 |
51 |
88.3 |- style="background:white;* |
2009 |
3 |
3 |
72 |
102 |
732 |
70.6 |
7.2 |
8 |
0 |
44 |
244.0 |
2 |
15 |
117.0 |- style="background:white;* |
2010 |
1 |
1 |
39 |
60 |
404 |
65.0 |
6.7 |
2 |
0 |
40 |
404.0 |
1 |
7 |
95.4 |- style="background:white;* |
2011 |
2 |
2 |
73 |
106 |
928 |
68.9 |
8.8 |
7 |
2 |
66 |
464.0 |
5 |
34 |
110.1 |- style="background:white;* |
2013 |
2 |
2 |
44 |
73 |
559 |
60.3 |
7.7 |
2 |
2 |
52 |
279.5 |
3 |
9 |
81.9 |- style="background:white;* |
2017 |
2 |
2 |
48 |
73 |
670 |
65.8 |
9.2 |
5 |
3 |
80 |
335.0 |
3 |
23 |
100.8 |
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Postseason |
13 |
13 |
354 |
537 |
4,209 |
65.9 |
7.8 |
29 |
9 |
88 |
323.77 |
22 |
150 |
100.7 |
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NFL records
- Most games with 300+ passing yards – 114
- Most games with 400+ passing yards – 16
- Most touchdown passes in a single game – 7 (Tied), 11/1/2015 "NFL Single Game Passing Touchdowns", Pro-Football-Reference.com
- Most consecutive games with at least one touchdown pass – 54
- Most consecutive home games with at least one touchdown pass – 60
- Most Seasons with 5,000+ passing yards – 5 (2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016)
- Most consecutive games with 20+ completions – 57 (2009–2013)
- Most pass attempts in a playoff game with zero interceptions – 60 (at Seattle, 1/8/2011)
- Most pass completions in a playoff game with zero interceptions – 39 (at Seattle, 1/8/2011)
- All-time leader in completion percentage – 67.3%
- All time leader in career passing yards – 73,580.
- Highest career regular season passing yards per game – 283
- Fastest to reach 50,000 yards passing
- Fastest to reach 60,000 yards passing
- Fastest to reach 70,000 yards passing.
- Most seasons leading league in passing yards (7)
- Most consecutive seasons with 4,000+ passing yards (12)
- Most consecutive seasons with 5,000+ passing yards (3)
- Most consecutive seasons with 20+ touchdown passes (14)
- Most consecutive seasons with 30+ touchdown passes (9)
- Most seasons with 30+ touchdown passes (10)
Saints franchise records
Career
- Most games played – 205 (2006–2018)
- Most victories, career – 125 (2006–2018)
- Most pass completions, career – 5,461 (2006–2018)
- Most pass attempts, career – 7,974 (2006-2018)
- Highest completion %, career – 68.5% (2006–2018)
- Most passing yards, career – 62,089 (2006–2018)
- Most passing touchdowns, career – 440 (2006–2018)
- Most interceptions thrown, career – 180 (2006–2018)
- Lowest interception percentage, career – 2.3% (2006-2018)
- Highest yards per attempt, career – 7.8 (2006–2018)
- Most pass yards per game, career – 302.9 (2006-2018)
- Highest passer rating, career – 100.6 (2006–2018)
- Most fourth quarter comebacks/game-winning drives, career – 29/39 (2006–2018)
- Most 4,000-yard passing seasons – 12 (2006–2017)
- Most consecutive 4,000-yard passing seasons – 12 (2006–2017)
- Most consecutive games 300+ yards passing – 9 (2011–2012; 2012–2013)
- Most consecutive pass attempts without an interception – 305 (2015–2016)
Season
- Most completions, season – 471 (2016)
- Most pass attempts, season – 673 (2016)
- Highest completion %, season – 74.4% (2018)
- Most passing yards, season – 5,476 (2011)
- Most games w/ 300+ yards passing, season – 13 (2011)
- Most touchdown passes, season – 46 (2011)
- Most passes intercepted – 22 (2010) (tied with Aaron Brooks)
- Highest yards per attempt, season – 8.5 (Min. 500 attempts) (2009)
- Most pass yards per game, season – 342.25 (2011)
- Highest passer rating, season – 115.7 (2018)
- Most fourth quarter comebacks/game-winning drives, season – 6/7 (2018)
Single-game
- Most completions, game – 39 (four times) most recent vs. Atlanta Falcons, 9/23/2018
- Most pass attempts, game – 60 (tied with Aaron Brooks) vs. Chicago Bears 12/30/2007
- Highest completion %, game (Min. 20 attempts) – 89.7% vs. Washington Redskins, 10/8/2018
- Most consecutive completions – 19 (thrice) most recent vs. Los Angeles Rams, 11/27/2017
- Most passing yards, game – 510 vs. Cincinnati Bengals, 11/19/2006
- Most passing touchdowns, game – 7 vs. New York Giants, 11/1/2015
- Highest passer rating, game – 158.3 vs. New England Patriots, 11/30/2009
- Highest passing yards per attempt – 16.1 vs. New England Patriots, 11/30/2009
- Longest touchdown pass, game – 98 yards vs. Oakland Raiders, 9/11/2016
Awards
- AP NFL Comeback Player of the Year (2004)
- Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award (2006 joint winner)
- Miller Lite NFL Player of the Year (2006)
- PFWA George S. Halas Courage Award (2007)
- NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2008, 2011)
- Super Bowl XLIV MVP (2009)
- Bert Bell Award (2009)
- ESPY Award Best Male Athlete (2010)
- ESPY Award Best NFL Player (2010)
- ESPY Award Best Championship Performance (2010)
- ESPY Award Outstanding Team – New Orleans Saints (2010)
- Athletes in Action/Bart Starr Award (2011)
- Byron "Whizzer" White NFL Man of the Year Award (2011)
- ESPY Award Best Record-Breaking Performance (2012)
- Texas Sports Hall of Fame (inducted 2013)
- 2× NFL Alumni Quarterback of the Year (2006, 2009)
- Walter Payton Man of the Year (2006)
- Bart Starr Man of the Year (2011)
- Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (2010)
- Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year (2010)
- PFWA Good Guy Award (2010)