most passing completions in first 17 seasons

Drew Brees had the most completions by a quarterback in his first 17 seasons, with 6,222 completions.

Interpreted as:
most passing completions by a player in first 17 seasons
NAMECMPGPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
6,222
249
9,294
66.9
70,445
7.6
282.9
488
228
96.7
5.3
2.5
378
2,692
2Peyton Manning
P. Manning
6,125
266
9,380
65.3
71,940
7.7
270.5
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
3Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
5,562
239
8,763
63.5
64,516
7.4
269.9
423
196
92.4
4.8
2.2
525
3,515
4Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
5,551
234
8,464
65.6
62,792
7.4
268.3
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
5Brett Favre
B. Favre
5,377
257
8,758
61.4
61,655
7.0
239.9
442
288
85.7
5.0
3.3
439
2,888
6Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
5,277
244
8,134
64.9
63,440
7.8
260.0
421
209
95.2
5.2
2.6
465
2,842
7Tom Brady
T. Brady
5,244
237
8,224
63.8
61,582
7.5
259.8
456
152
97.2
5.5
1.8
417
2,596
8Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
5,050
233
7,838
64.4
60,348
7.7
259.0
396
201
94.0
5.1
2.6
516
3,438
9Dan Marino
D. Marino
4,967
242
8,358
59.4
61,361
7.3
253.6
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
10Eli Manning
E. Manning
4,895
236
8,119
60.3
57,023
7.0
241.6
366
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
11Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4,651
213
7,118
65.3
55,360
7.8
259.9
449
93
104.5
6.3
1.3
498
3,338
12Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
4,166
196
6,751
61.7
45,697
6.8
233.1
257
162
84.4
3.8
2.4
404
2,882
13John Elway
J. Elway
4,123
234
7,250
56.9
51,475
7.1
220.0
300
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
14Warren Moon
W. Moon
3,988
208
6,823
58.4
49,325
7.2
237.1
291
233
80.9
4.3
3.4
458
3,415
15Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
3,951
205
6,120
64.6
46,966
7.7
229.1
353
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
16Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
3,941
182
6,307
62.5
46,247
7.3
254.1
294
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
17Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
3,934
174
5,899
66.7
44,700
7.6
256.9
298
131
96.8
5.1
2.2
345
2,487
18Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
3,839
194
6,717
57.2
44,611
6.6
230.0
251
206
77.1
3.7
3.1
467
3,135
19Derek Carr
D. Carr
3,765
169
5,785
65.1
41,245
7.1
244.1
257
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
20Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
3,539
179
5,651
62.6
39,793
7.0
222.3
254
151
87.5
4.5
2.7
363
2,372
21Kerry Collins
K. Collins
3,487
198
6,261
55.7
40,922
6.5
206.7
208
196
73.8
3.3
3.1
337
2,230
22Jared Goff
J. Goff
3,440
151
5,224
65.8
39,622
7.6
262.4
256
102
96.8
4.9
2.0
286
2,074
23Joe Montana
J. Montana
3,409
192
5,391
63.2
40,551
7.5
211.2
273
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
24Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
3,341
230
5,895
56.7
43,535
7.4
189.3
317
234
81.5
5.4
4.0
247
2,083
25Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
3,334
201
5,925
56.3
40,943
6.9
203.7
251
235
75.4
4.2
4.0
362
2,662
StatMuse has season-level data for completions going back to the 1932 season.

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8
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.471
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