
Most attempts in a playoff game with zero interceptions – 60 (at Seattle, ).Most consecutive games with 20+ completions – 57 (2009–2013).Most consecutive home games with at least one touchdown pass – 60.Most consecutive games with at least one touchdown pass – 54.Most touchdown passes in a single game – 7 (Tied),.Most games with 4+ touchdown passes – 36.Most games with 400+ passing yards – 16.Most games with 300+ passing yards – 117.Most seasons with 30+ touchdown passes (10).Most consecutive seasons with 30+ touchdown passes (9).Most consecutive seasons with 20+ touchdown passes (14).Most consecutive seasons with 5,000+ passing yards (3).Most consecutive seasons with 4,000+ passing yards (12).Most seasons leading league in passing yards (7).Highest career regular season passing yards per game – 281.62.Highest completion percentage, season – 74.4% (2018).Highest completion percentage, game - 96.67% ().Fastest to reach 60,000 yards passing.

Fastest to reach 50,000 yards passing.All-time leader in regular season career pass completions – 6,867.All time leader in regular season career passing touchdowns – 547.All time leader in regular season career passing yards – 77,416.Purdue Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame (inducted 2009).Academic All-America Team Member of the Year.2× Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year (1998 – media, 2000 – coaches & media).National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Award (2000).Most pass completions in a season (361 1998) (Surpassed by Dwayne Haskins in 2018).Most pass attempts in a season (569 1998).Most passing touchdowns in a season (39 1998) (Surpassed by Dwayne Haskins in 2018).Most career pass attempts (1,678) (Surpassed by Clayton Thorson in 2018).The other two are Peyton Manning & Favre. Brees is one of three QBs to beat all 32 teams. Sports Illustrated named Brees its 2010 Sportsman of the Year.

He was the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year in 2004, the Offensive Player of the Year in 20, and the MVP of Super Bowl XLIV. He has led the NFL in passing yards a record seven times and in passing touchdowns a record-tying four times. He has passed for over 5,000 yards in a season five times-no other NFL quarterback has done so more than once. In 2012, he broke Johnny Unitas' long-standing record of consecutive games with a touchdown pass. As of 2018, he remains the Big Ten record-holder in several passing categories, including completions (1,026), attempts (1,678), and yards (11,792).īrees holds the NFL records for career pass touchdowns, career pass completions, career completion percentage, career passing yards, and is 2nd in career pass attempts (he joined Brett Favre on Thanksgiving 2019 as the only QBs to have over 10,000 of those). He left college as one of the most decorated players in Purdue and Big Ten Conference history, establishing two NCAA records, 13 Big Ten Conference records, and 19 Purdue University records. After a prolific college football career at Purdue University, he was chosen by the San Diego Chargers with the first pick in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. Drew Brees is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL).
