All-time Consecutive Starts Streaks
Updated through the 2012 season in progress (through Divisional round)
Bold denotes an active streak
Rank | Quarterback | Streak start | Streak end | Teams | Regular season |
Playoffs | Total | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brett Favre | Green Bay; NY Jets; Minnesota |
297 | 24 | 321 | |||
2 | Peyton Manning | Indianapolis | 208 | 19 | 227 | |||
3 | Eli Manning | NY Giants | 135 | 11 | 146 | |||
4 | Ron Jaworski | Philadelphia | 116 | 7 | 123 | |||
5 | Philip Rivers | San Diego | 112 | 7 | 119 | |||
6 | Tom Brady | New England | 111 | 17 | 128 | |||
7 | Joe Ferguson | Buffalo | 107 | 3 | 110 | |||
8 | Dan Marino | Miami | 95 | 4 | 99 | |||
9 | Roman Gabriel | LA Rams | 89 | 2 | 91 | |||
10 | Johnny Unitas | Baltimore | 88 | 3 | 91 | |||
11 | Jim Everett | LA Rams | 87 | 4 | 91 | |||
12 | Richard Todd | NY Jets; New Orleans |
86 | 4 | 90 | |||
13 | Aaron Brooks | New Orleans | 82 | 2 | 84 | |||
14 | Trent Green | Kansas City | 81 | 1 | 82 | |||
15 | Joe Flacco | Baltimore | 80 | 11 | 91 | |||
16 | Drew Brees | San Diego; New Orleans |
79 | 2 | 81 | |||
17 | Steve Grogan | New England | 76 | 2 | 78 | |||
18T | Fran Tarkenton | Minnesota; NY Giants |
71 | 0 | 71 | |||
18T | Joe Theismann | Washington | 71 | 8 | 79 | |||
18T | Rich Gannon | Oakland | 71 | 7 | 78 | |||
21T | Brian Sipe | Cleveland | 70 | 1 | 71 | |||
21T | Trent Dilfer | Tampa Bay | 70 | 2 | 72 | |||
21T | Drew Bledsoe | Buffalo; Dallas | 70 | 0 | 70 |
- Other active streaks (minimum 50 consecutive starts)
Quarterback | Streak start | Streak end | Teams | Regular season |
Playoffs | Total | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Brady | New England | 64 | 6 | 70 | |||
Matt Ryan | Atlanta | 51 | 3 | 54 |
Read more about this topic: List Of Most Consecutive Starts By A National Football League Quarterback
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