QB · #9

Drew Brees

Play style & archetype

Based on 2026 play-by-play data.

Archetype

20 NFL seasons and 80,358 career passing yards. Best year: 5,476 in 2011.

Regular season, by year and team. Career bests are highlighted.

Season	Team	GP	CMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	QBR
2001	SD	1	15	27	55.6	221	8.2	1	0	40	2	94.8	-
2002	SD	16	320	526	60.8	3,284	6.2	17	16	52	24	76.9	-
2003	SD	11	205	356	57.6	2,108	5.9	11	15	68	21	67.5	-
2004	SD	15	262	400	65.5	3,159	7.9	27	7	79	18	104.8	-
2005	SD	16	323	500	64.6	3,576	7.2	24	15	54	27	89.2	-
2006	NO	16	356	554	64.3	4,418	8.0	26	11	86	18	96.2	66.7
2007	NO	16	440	652	67.5	4,423	6.8	28	18	58	16	89.4	64.6
2008	NO	16	413	635	65.0	5,069	8.0	34	17	84	13	96.2	65.7
2009	NO	15	363	514	70.6	4,388	8.5	34	11	75	20	109.6	82.0
2010	NO	16	448	658	68.1	4,620	7.0	33	22	80	25	90.9	70.8
2011	NO	16	468	657	71.2	5,476	8.3	46	14	79	24	110.6	82.3
2012	NO	16	422	670	63.0	5,177	7.7	43	19	80	26	96.3	66.8
2013	NO	16	446	650	68.6	5,162	7.9	39	12	76	37	104.7	69.1
2014	NO	16	456	659	69.2	4,952	7.5	33	17	69	29	97.0	73.2
2015	NO	15	428	627	68.3	4,870	7.8	32	11	80	31	101.0	66.8
2016	NO	16	471	673	70.0	5,208	7.7	37	15	98	27	101.7	66.8
2017	NO	16	386	536	72.0	4,334	8.1	23	8	54	20	103.9	63.1
2018	NO	15	364	489	74.4	3,992	8.2	32	5	72	17	115.7	79.2
2019	NO	11	281	378	74.3	2,979	7.9	27	4	61	12	116.3	73.3
2020	NO	12	275	390	70.5	2,942	7.5	24	6	52	13	106.4	68.3
Career		287	7142	10551	67.7	80,358	7.6	571	243	98	420	98.7	-

Season	Team	GP	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	FUM	LST
2001	SD	1	2	18	9.0	0	13	1	0	0
2002	SD	16	38	130	3.4	1	15	10	0	0
2003	SD	11	21	84	4.0	0	18	7	1	0
2004	SD	15	53	85	1.6	2	22	18	3	1
2005	SD	16	21	49	2.3	1	9	8	0	0
2006	NO	16	42	32	0.8	0	16	3	3	1
2007	NO	16	23	52	2.3	1	9	8	1	0
2008	NO	16	22	-1	0.0	0	9	4	5	0
2009	NO	15	22	33	1.5	2	10	8	1	0
2010	NO	16	18	-3	-0.2	0	7	1	0	0
2011	NO	16	21	86	4.1	1	20	5	1	1
2012	NO	16	15	5	0.3	1	11	2	0	0
2013	NO	16	35	52	1.5	3	16	6	0	0
2014	NO	16	27	68	2.5	1	13	6	2	0
2015	NO	15	24	14	0.6	1	12	5	0	0
2016	NO	16	23	20	0.9	2	7	7	0	0
2017	NO	16	33	12	0.4	2	7	7	2	0
2018	NO	15	31	22	0.7	4	11	11	2	0
2019	NO	11	9	-4	-0.4	1	2	2	0	0
2020	NO	12	18	-2	-0.1	2	3	4	0	0
Career		287	498	752	1.5	25	22	123	21	3

Season	Team	GP	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD
2003	SD	11	1	0	21	21.0	1	21	1
2004	SD	15	1	0	38	38.0	0	38	1
2007	NO	16	2	2	10	5.0	0	8	0
2009	NO	15	1	1	-4	-4.0	0	-4	0
2010	NO	16	1	1	7	7.0	0	7	0
2014	NO	16	1	1	1	1.0	0	1	0
2018	NO	15	1	1	1	1.0	0	1	0
Career		287	8	6	74	9.3	1	38	2

Season	Team	GP	TOT	SOLO
2002	SD	16	1	1
2003	SD	11	1	1
2005	SD	16	2	2
2007	NO	16	3	3
2008	NO	16	2	2
2010	NO	16	1	1
2011	NO	16	2	2
2012	NO	16	1	1
2016	NO	16	2	2
2017	NO	16	1	1
Career		287	16	16

Season	Team	GP	PASS	RUSH	REC	TD	PTS
2001	SD	1	1	0	0	0	0
2002	SD	16	17	1	0	1	6
2003	SD	11	11	0	1	1	6
2004	SD	15	27	2	0	2	12
2005	SD	16	24	1	0	1	6
2006	NO	16	26	0	0	0	0
2007	NO	16	28	1	0	1	6
2008	NO	16	34	0	0	0	0
2009	NO	15	34	2	0	2	12
2010	NO	16	33	0	0	0	0
2011	NO	16	46	1	0	1	6
2012	NO	16	43	1	0	1	6
2013	NO	16	39	3	0	3	18
2014	NO	16	33	1	0	1	6
2015	NO	15	32	1	0	1	6
2016	NO	16	37	2	0	2	12
2017	NO	16	23	2	0	2	12
2018	NO	15	32	4	0	4	24
2019	NO	11	27	1	0	1	6
2020	NO	12	24	2	0	2	12
Career		287	571	25	1	26	156