List of most consecutive starts by a National Football League quarterback

In the history of the National Football League, nine quarterbacks have achieved regular season streaks of at least 100 games,^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]} with only two of those with a regular season streak of at least 200 games.^[11][12] Tom Brady is the only quarterback to have two separate streaks of at least 100 consecutive regular season games.^[13]

Brett Favre has held the record since November 7, 1999 when he made his 117th consecutive start against the Chicago Bears.^[14] His consecutive starts streak is also the longest all-time for a non-special teams player.^[15] On December 5, 2010, playing for the Minnesota Vikings against the Buffalo Bills, Favre was knocked out of the game on the first drive with a sprained SC joint injury to his right shoulder, caused by a hit from linebacker Arthur Moats. After a snowstorm delayed the following Sunday's game against the New York Giants to Monday, December 13, Favre was ruled inactive, ending his streak at a record 297 games (321 including playoffs).^[16][17]

Following is the list of quarterbacks to achieve the longest consecutive regular season starts at the quarterback position.

All-time consecutive starts streaks

Top 25 quarterbacks consecutive starts, as of Week 12, 2016 season

Ranking based on consecutive regular season starts

Bold denotes an active streak

Rank	Quarterback	Streak start	Streak end	Teams	Regular season	Playoffs	Total	Ref.
1	Brett Favre	9/27/1992	12/5/2010	GNB, NYJ, MIN	297	24	321	[17][18][19]
2	Peyton Manning	9/6/1998	1/2/2011	IND	208	19	227	[17][20][21]
3	Eli Manning	11/21/2004	Active	NYG	195	11	206	[17][22]
4	Philip Rivers	9/11/2006	Active	SDG	171	9	180	[23]
5	Joe Flacco	9/7/2008	11/22/2015	BAL	122	15	137	[24][25]
6	Ron Jaworski	9/18/1977	11/25/1984	PHI	116	7	123	[17][26][27][28]
7	Tom Brady	9/14/2009	1/3/2016	NE	112	14	126	[13][29]
8	Tom Brady	9/30/2001	9/7/2008	NE	111	17	128	[17][30][31][32]
9	Matt Ryan	12/20/2009	Active	ATL	110	4	114	[33]
10	Joe Ferguson	9/18/1977	9/23/1984	BUF	107	3	110	[17][34][35]
11	Dan Marino	10/25/1987	10/10/1993	MIA	95	4	99	[17][36][37]
12	Matthew Stafford	9/11/2011	Active	DET	91	2	93	[38]
13	Roman Gabriel	11/28/1965	9/17/1972	RAM	89	2	91	[17][39]
14	Johnny Unitas	9/27/1959	11/7/1965	BAL	88	3	91	[17][40][41]
15	Jim Everett	9/4/1988	10/23/1993	RAM	87	4	91	[17][42]
16	Richard Todd	9/9/1979	12/2/1984	NYJ, NOR	86	4	90	[43]
17T	Aaron Brooks	11/26/2000	12/12/2005	NOR	82	2	84	[44]
17T	Drew Brees	1/16/2010	9/20/2015	NOR	82	8	90	[45][46]
19	Trent Green	9/9/2001	9/10/2006	KC	81	1	82	[47]
20	Drew Brees	1/8/2005	12/27/2009	SDG, NOR	79	3	82	[48]
21	Andy Dalton	9/11/2011	12/13/2015	CIN	77	4	81	[49]
22	Steve Grogan	11/23/1975	11/16/1980	NE	76	2	78	[50]
23T	Russell Wilson	9/09/2012	Active	SEA	75	10	85	[51]
23T	Ryan Tannehill	9/09/2012	Active	MIA	75	0	75	[52]
25	Fran Tarkenton	12/11/1966	12/12/1971	MIN, NYG	71	0	71	[53]
25	Joe Theismann	12/7/1980	11/18/1985	WAS	71	8	79	[54]
25	Rich Gannon	9/12/1999	10/20/2003	OAK	71	7	78	[55]

See also

• Iron man
• List of most consecutive starts and games played by National Football League players
• List of National Football League records (individual)#Starts/games played
• Lists of NFL starting quarterbacks
• List of most consecutive games with touchdown passes in the National Football League
• List of most wins by a National Football League starting quarterback

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