List of career achievements by Drew Brees

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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 touchdowns, career pass completions, career completion percentage, career passing yards, and is 2nd in career pass attempts (he joined Brett Favre on Thanksgiving 2019 as the only QBs to have over 10,000 of those). 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. The other two are Peyton Manning & Favre.

College

Statistics

			Passing
Year	Team	GP	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	TDs	Int
1997	Purdue	8	19	43	44.2	232	0	1
1998	Purdue	13	361	569	63.4	3,983	39	20
1999	Purdue	12	337	554	60.8	3,909	25	12
2000	Purdue	12	309	512	60.4	3,668	26	12
Total		45	1,026	1,678	61.1	11,792	90	45

Records

Big Ten conference records

• Most career passing yards (11,792) ^[1]
• Most career pass attempts (1,678) ^[2] (Surpassed by Clayton Thorson in 2018)
• Most career pass completions (1,026) ^[3]
• Most passing touchdowns in a season (39; 1998) ^[4] (Surpassed by Dwayne Haskins in 2018)
• Most pass attempts in a season (569; 1998) ^[5]
• Most pass completions in a season (361; 1998) ^[6] (Surpassed by Dwayne Haskins in 2018)

Awards

• Maxwell Award (2000) ^[7]
• Socrates Award (2000) ^[8]
• Big Ten Player of the Year (2000)
• National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Award (2000) ^[9]
• 2× Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year (1998 – media, 2000 – coaches & media) ^[10]
• 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
	Led the league
	NFL record
	Won the Super Bowl
	AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year
Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	G	GS	Comp	Att	Yds	Pct	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	Ypg	Sck	SckY	Rate
2001	SD	1	0	15	27	221	55.6	8.2	1	0	40	221.0	2	12	94.8
2002	SD	16	16	320	526	3,284	60.8	6.2	17	16	52	205.3	24	180	76.9
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
2007	NO	16	16	440	652	4,423	67.5	6.8	28	18	58	276.4	16	109	89.4
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
2010	NO	16	16	448	658	4,620	68.1	7.0	33	22	80	288.8	25	185	90.9
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
2014	NO	16	16	456	659	4,952	69.2	7.5	33	17	69	309.5	29	186	97.0
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
2017	NO	16	16	386	536	4,334	72.0	8.1	23	8	54	270.9	20	145	103.9
2018	NO	15	15	364	489	3,992	74.4	8.2	32	5	72	266.1	17	121	115.7
2019	NO	10	10	262	348	2,726	75.3	7.8	24	4	49	272.6	12	89	115.7
Career		274	273	6,848	10,131	77,163	67.6	7.6	544	237	98	281.6	407	2,902	98.3

Source ^[11]

Postseason

Year	Team	G	GS	Comp	Att	Yds	Pct	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	Ypg	Sck	SckY	Rate
2004	SD	1	1	31	42	319	73.8	7.6	2	1	44	319.0	2	11	101.2
2006	NO	2	2	47	81	597	58.0	7.4	3	1	88	298.5	6	51	88.3
2009		3	3	72	102	732	70.6	7.2	8	0	44	244.0	2	15	117.0
2010		1	1	39	60	404	65.0	6.7	2	0	40	404.0	1	7	95.4
2011		2	2	73	106	928	68.9	8.8	7	2	66	464.0	5	34	110.1
2013		2	2	44	73	559	60.3	7.7	2	2	52	279.5	3	9	81.9
2017		2	2	48	73	670	65.8	9.2	5	3	80	335.0	3	23	100.8
2018		2	2	54	78	550	69.2	7.2	4	2	43	275.0	4	25	95.6
Career		15	15	408	615	4,759	66.3	7.7	33	11	88	317.3	26	175	100.0

NFL records

• All time leader in regular season career passing yards – 77,416. ^[12]
• All time leader in regular season career passing touchdowns – 547. ^[13]
• All-time leader in regular season career pass completions – 6,867.
• Fastest to reach 50,000 yards passing ^[14]
• Fastest to reach 60,000 yards passing ^[15]
• Fastest to reach 70,000 yards passing
• Highest completion percentage, game - 96.67% (12/16/2019)
• Highest completion percentage, season – 74.4% (2018) ^[16]
• Highest career regular season passing yards per game – 281.62
• Most seasons leading league in passing yards (7)
• Most consecutive seasons with 4,000+ passing yards (12) ^[17]
• 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)
• Most games with 300+ passing yards – 117 ^[18]
• Most games with 400+ passing yards – 16 ^[19]
• Most games with 4+ touchdown passes – 36
• Most touchdown passes in a single game – 7 (Tied), 11/1/2015 ^[20]
• 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) ^[21]
• Most attempts in a playoff game with zero interceptions – 60 (at Seattle, 1/8/2011) ^[22]
• Most completions in a playoff game with zero interceptions – 39 (at Seattle, 1/8/2011) ^[22]
• All-time leader in completion percentage – 67.59%
• Most completions, season – 471 (2016) ^[16]
• Most games w/ 300+ yards passing, season – 13 (2011) ^[23]
• Most touchdowns accounted for (571) - 547 passing, 23 rushing, 1 receiving (unofficial)

Saints franchise records

Career Most games played – 216 (2006–2019) Most victories, career – 133 (2006–2019) Most pass completions, career – 5,742 (2006–2019) [24] Most pass attempts, career – 8,352 (2006-2019) Highest completion %, career – 68.8% (2006-2019) Most passing yards, career – 65,068 (2006–2019) [25] Most passing touchdowns, career – 467 (2006–2019) Most interceptions thrown, career – 184 (2006–2019) Lowest interception percentage, career – 2.2% (2006-2019) Highest yards per attempt, career – 7.8 (2006–2019) [16] Most pass yards per game, career – 301.2 (2006-2019) Highest passer rating, career – 101.3 (2006–2019) [16] Most fourth quarter comebacks/game-winning drives, career – 30/41 (2006–2019) Most 4,000-yard passing seasons – 12 (2006–2017) [16] Most consecutive 4,000-yard passing seasons – 12 (2006–2017) [16] Most consecutive games 300+ yards passing – 9 (2011–2012; 2012–2013) [23] Most consecutive pass attempts without an interception – 305 (2015–2016) Season Most completions, season – 471 (2016) [16] Most pass attempts, season – 673 (2016) [16] Highest completion %, season – 74.4% (2018) [16] 2nd Most passing yards, season – 5,476 (2011) Most games w/ 300+ yards passing, season – 13 (2011) [23] Most touchdown passes, season – 46 (2011) [16] Most passes intercepted – 22 (2010) (tied with Aaron Brooks) Highest yards per attempt, season – 8.5 (Min. 500 attempts) (2009) [16] Most pass yards per game, season – 342.25 (2011) Highest passer rating, season – 116.3 (2019) [16] Most fourth quarter comebacks/game-winning drives, season – 6/7 (2018)

Single-game Most completions, game – 40 vs. San Francisco 49ers, 1/14/2012 (playoffs) Most pass attempts, game – 63 vs. San Francisco 49ers 1/14/2012 (playoffs) [26] Highest completion %, game (Min. 20 attempts) – 96.7% vs. Indianapolis Colts, 12/16/2019 Most consecutive completions, game - 23 vs. Indianapolis/Tennessee, 12/16/2019-12/22/2019 [26] 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) [27] 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) [28] ESPY Award Outstanding Team – New Orleans Saints (2010)

Athletes in Action/Bart Starr Award (2011) [29] Byron "Whizzer" White NFL Man of the Year Award (2011) ESPY Award Best Record-Breaking Performance (2012) Texas Sports Hall of Fame (inducted 2013) [30] 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) [31] Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year (2010) PFWA Good Guy Award (2010) [32]

References

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31. Layden, Tim (December 6, 2010). "Sportsman of the Year – Drew Brees: The saints quarterback brought a Lombardi Trophy to New Orleans – just one of the countless ways he has contributed to the rebirth of a great American city" (PDF). Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 14, 2014.
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External links

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