most comeback player of the year awards in nfl history

Joe Burrow and Chad Pennington are tied for the most career AP Comeback Player of the Year awards in the NFL, with 2.

Interpreted as:
most comeback player of the year awards by a player in NFL history
NAMECPOYGPYDSYDS/GTDRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR YDS/GPR TD
1Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
2
77
817
10.6
12
847
11.0
12
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
2Chad Pennington
C. Pennington
2
89
421
4.7
7
465
5.2
7
7
0.1
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
3Keenan Allen
K. Allen
1
171
12,458
72.9
71
113
0.7
0
12,051
70.5
70
25
0.1
0
229
1.3
0
4Geno Smith
G. Smith
1
109
1,535
14.1
12
1,603
14.7
12
11
0.1
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
5Andrew Luck
A. Luck
1
86
1,537
17.9
14
1,590
18.5
14
4
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
6Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
1
155
2,019
13.0
28
2,103
13.6
27
8
0.1
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
7Eric Berry
E. Berry
1
89
398
4.5
5
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
8Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
1
143
9,304
65.1
93
2
0.0
1
9,286
64.9
92
16
0.1
0
0
0.0
0
9Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
1
239
1,226
5.1
15
1,357
5.7
15
-3
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
10Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
1
209
868
4.2
17
925
4.4
17
32
0.2
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
11Jordy Nelson
J. Nelson
1
151
10,024
66.4
72
-2
0.0
0
8,587
56.9
72
1,339
8.9
0
97
0.6
0
12Alex Smith
A. Smith
1
174
2,538
14.6
15
2,604
15.0
15
-7
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
13Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
1
247
453
1.8
3
600
2.4
3
-9
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
14Drew Brees
D. Brees
1
287
724
2.5
26
752
2.6
25
74
0.3
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
15Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
1
219
19,180
87.6
89
387
1.8
2
14,731
67.3
81
2,371
10.8
2
1,684
7.7
4
16Michael Vick
M. Vick
1
143
6,056
42.3
36
6,109
42.7
36
1
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
17Tom Brady
T. Brady
1
335
1,060
3.2
28
1,123
3.4
28
65
0.2
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
18Greg Ellis
G. Ellis
1
176
234
1.3
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
19Peyton Manning
P. Manning
1
266
620
2.3
18
667
2.5
18
-2
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
20Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
1
141
880
6.2
11
956
6.8
11
9
0.1
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
21Tedy Bruschi
T. Bruschi
1
189
247
1.3
5
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
47
0.2
0
0
0.0
0
22Joe Johnson
J. Johnson
1
117
5
0.0
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
23Bryant Young
B. Young
1
208
47
0.2
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
24Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
1
126
10,031
79.6
39
7,966
63.2
30
2,065
16.4
9
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
25Tommy Maddox
T. Maddox
1
92
110
1.2
1
128
1.4
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0

More Bengals Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,809

Burrow

Joe Burrow

RUSH

1,019

Brown

Chase Brown

REC

1,412

Chase

Ja'Marr Chase
Team Rankings

PPG

24.4

12th

OPP PPG

28.9

30th

RUSH YDS/G

93.6

29th

PASS YDS/G

249.6

7th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
Bengals Bengals
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
Last Game
CLE Browns

5 - 12

20

Final

18

CIN Bengals

6 - 11

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/4
@
22-21
Sat
10/4
@
38-35
Sat
10/4
@
37-24
Sat
10/4
@
27-10
Sat
10/4
@
23-20

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/10
@
4:30 PM
Sat
1/10
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
4:30 PM
Sun
1/11
@
8:00 PM