January 5, 2010
Active players move up career stat lists
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre won’t let his age get in the way and he certainly didn’t slow down during his team’s season finale in Week 17. At age 40, Favre capped a memorable 2009 season by posting the highest passer rating of any quarterback during the NFL’s final weekend. More importantly to him, he got his team back on track just in time for the playoffs.
Favre helped the Vikings rebound from losing three of its last four games by leading them to a 44-7 pounding of the New York Giants on Sunday. He completed 25 of 31 passes for 316 yards and threw 4 TDs and had no interceptions for a rating of 148.7. It was his best single-game rating of the season.
Amazingly this season marked the first time in Favre’s 19-year NFL career that he finished a season with a passer rating of higher than 100 points. He completed 363 of 531 passes for 4,202 yards, 33 TDs and 7 interceptions for 107.2 passer rating in leading the Vikings to a 12-4 record and the NFC North crown. This season marked the ninth time he had 30-plus TD passes and the sixth time he threw for 4,000 yards in a season.
Top 20 (through Week 17)
Here is a look at the all-time career leaders in the four main statistical categories through Week 17 action of the 2009 season.
Passers | Receivers | Rushers | Scorers