List of most consecutive starts by a National Football League quarterback

In the history of the National Football League, there have been twelve starts streaks of at least 100 consecutive games by eleven different quarterbacks, with four of those with a regular season streak of at least 200 games.[1][2]

Brett Favre holds the record for most consecutive starts by a quarterback.

Brett Favre has held the record since November 7, 1999 when he made his 117th consecutive start against the Chicago Bears.[3] His consecutive starts streak is also the longest all-time for a non-special teams player.[4] 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).[5][6]

Below is a list of the top 25 quarterbacks to achieve the longest consecutive regular season starts at their position.

All-time consecutive starts streaks

Top 25 ranked by consecutive regular season starts, updated through 2020 season Bold denotes an active streak.

Rank	Quarterback	Streak start	Streak end	Teams	Regular season	Playoffs	Total	References
1	Brett Favre	9/27/1992	12/5/2010	GB/NYJ/MIN	297	24	321	[6][7][8]
2	Philip Rivers	9/11/2006	1/3/2021	SD/LAC/IND	240	12	252	[9][10]
3	Eli Manning	11/21/2004	11/23/2017	NYG	210	12	222	[11][12]
4	Peyton Manning	9/6/1998	1/2/2011	IND	208	19	227	[6][13][14]
5	Matt Ryan	12/20/2009	10/20/2019	ATL	154	9	163	[15][16]
6	Russell Wilson	9/9/2012	Active	SEA	144	16	160	[17]
7	Matthew Stafford	9/11/2011	11/3/2019	DET	136	3	139	[18][2]
8	Joe Flacco	9/7/2008	11/22/2015	BAL	122	15	137	[19][20]
9	Ron Jaworski	9/18/1977	11/25/1984	PHI	116	7	123	[6][21][22][23]
10	Tom Brady	9/14/2009	1/3/2016	NE	112	14	126	[24][25]
11		9/30/2001	9/7/2008	NE	111	17	128	[6][26][27][28]
12	Joe Ferguson	9/18/1977	9/23/1984	BUF	107	3	110	[6][29][30]
13	Dan Marino	10/25/1987	10/10/1993	MIA	95	4	99	[6][31][32]
14	Roman Gabriel	11/28/1965	9/17/1972	LAR	89	2	91	[6][33]
15	Johnny Unitas	9/27/1959	11/7/1965	BAL	88	3	91	[6][34][35]
16	Jim Everett	9/4/1988	10/23/1993	LAR	87	4	91	[6][36]
17	Richard Todd	9/9/1979	12/2/1984	NYJ/NO	86	4	90	[37]
18T	Aaron Brooks	11/26/2000	12/12/2005	NO	82	2	84	[38]
	Drew Brees	1/16/2010	9/20/2015	NO	82	8	90	[39][40]
20	Trent Green	9/9/2001	9/10/2006	KC	81	1	82	[41]
21T	Drew Brees	1/8/2005	12/27/2009	SD/NO	79	3	82	[42]
	Kirk Cousins	9/13/2015	12/23/2019	WAS/MIN	79	1	80	[43]
23T	Andy Dalton	9/11/2011	12/13/2015	CIN	77	4	81	[44]
	Ryan Tannehill	9/9/2012	12/11/2016	MIA	77	0	77	[45]
25T	Steve Grogan	11/23/1975	11/16/1980	NE	76	2	78	[46]
	Tom Brady	10/9/2016	Active	NE/TB	76	13	89	[47]

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
• 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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