Most consecutive starts: 297 (321 including playoffs)[a]
Career NFL statistics
Pass attempts:
10,169
Pass completions:
6,300
Completion percentage:
62.0%
TD–INT:
508–336
Passing yards:
71,838
Passer rating:
86.0
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Brett Lorenzo Favre (/fɑːrv/ⓘFARV; born October 10, 1969) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons, primarily with the Green Bay Packers. Favre had 321 consecutive starts from 1992 to 2010, including 297 regular season games, the most in league history. He was also the first NFL quarterback to obtain 70,000 yards, 10,000 passes, 6,000 completions, 500 touchdowns, and victories over all 32 teams.
Favre played college football at the University of Southern Mississippi and was selected in the second round of the 1991 NFL draft by the Atlanta Falcons, where he spent one season as a backup. Traded to the Packers, he became their starter early in the 1992 season and revitalized a franchise that had been in a period of decline since the late 1960s. During his 16 seasons with Green Bay, he led the team to 11 playoff appearances, seven division titles, four NFC Championship Games, two consecutive Super Bowl appearances, and one championship title in Super Bowl XXXI, the team's first in nearly three decades. Favre was traded in 2008 to the New York Jets, where he played one year, and spent his final two seasons with the Minnesota Vikings. His 2009 campaign for the Vikings saw him guide them to a division title and NFC Championship Game appearance, while having one of his strongest statistical seasons.
At the time of his retirement, Favre was the NFL leader in passing yards, passing touchdowns, and quarterback wins, and holds the record for interceptions.[1] From 1995 to 1997, he was named Most Valuable Player three times, the most the award was consecutively received. Favre also received 11 Pro Bowl and three first-team All-Pro selections. He was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016.
In 2022, Favre began to face controversy for the Mississippi welfare funds scandal after investigations determined $8 million intended for welfare programs went to Favre or causes he championed.[2] Favre has denied the allegations and filed a defamation lawsuit against the State Auditor of Mississippi and two media personalities over their coverage of him.[3]
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^"Favre Watch". Packers.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved February 8, 2007.
^Vrentas, Jenny (September 26, 2022). "Brett Favre's Most Memorable Stat May Be $8 Million Meant for the Poor". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 27, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
^Cabral, Sam (February 10, 2023). "Brett Favre: US football star files for defamation over Mississippi fraud claims". BBC News. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
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