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Which NFL longevity record is the most unbreakable?
Posted on 6/1/26 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 6/1/26 at 2:26 pm
Passing Yards: 89,214 by Tom Brady
-highest active players: 5th Aaron Rodgers (42) with 66274. 6th Stafford (38) with 64516.
-The most likely guys to come close would be Mahomes, Goff or Allen but They all have around 1/3rd of Brady's total.
Passing TDs: 649 by Tom Brady
-highest active: 4th Aaron Rodgers (42) has 527
Matt Stafford (38) is 7th all-time and has 423. He would need 227 TDs to break the record.
-most likely challengers: Mahomes (30) has 267 but his TD numbers have fallen off a cliff the last 3 years.
Goff (31) has 256 TDs. If he averaged 30 a year, he would need to play 13 more years to break the record.
Interceptions Thrown: 336 by Brett Favre
-highest active player: Philip Rivers (44) with 212. Matt Stafford (38) with 196.
Safe to say that this record ain't being broken. Brees finished 90 Ints short, Brady finished 124 INTs short.
Rushing Yards: 18355 by Emmitt Smith
-highest active player: Derrick Henry (32) is in 10th place with 13,018. He needs 1900 yards to crack the top 5. He needs 5,338 yards for #1
Rushing TDs: 164 by Emmitt Smith
-highest active player: Derrick Henry (32) is 4th all-time with 122. He needs 43 TDs for #1.
Receptions: 1549 by Jerry Rice
-highest active player: Travis Kelce (36) is 8th with 1080. He needs 22 receptions to become 5th all-time.
most likely to challenge the record:
Amon-Ra St. Brown (26) has 547 in 5 years.
Jamarr Chase (26) has 520 in 5 years.
Justin Jefferson (26) has 579 in 6 years.
Receiving Yards: 22895 by Jerry Rice
highest active player: DeAndre Hopkins (33) is 18th with 13295.
most likely challengers:
Justin Jefferson (26) has 8480 yards in 6 years.
CeeDee Lamb (27) has 7416 yards in 6 years.
Jamarr Chase (26) has 6837 yards in 5 years
Puka Nakua (25) had 4191 yards in 3 years.
Total TDs: 208 by Jerry Rice
highest active player: Derrick Henry (32) is 10th all-time with 127. He needs 19 more for 5th all-time.
Sacks: 200 by Bruce Smith
-highest active players*: Von Miller (37) is 9th with 138.5. Cam Jordan (36) is 17th with 132. Cam needs 6.5 to be top 10.
Most likely challenger:
Myle Garrett (30) is 20th all-time with 125.5 sacks. He needs 7 sacks to be 15th. 13 sacks to be 10th all-time. 25 for top 5 but needs a whopping 75 to break the record.
Combined Tackles: 2059 by Ray Lewis
-highest active player: 3rd Bobby Wagner (35) with 2000. Wagner had 162 tackles last year so if he gets signed this year, he will probably break this one. LaVonte David (36) is another contender with 1716 tackles...but would need to play until he is 40 to break it.
(Wagner is a little further behind in solo tackles. Ray Lewis has 1568 and Wagner only has 1150)
Interceptions: 81 by Paul Krause
-No active player is in the top 80.
Harrison Smith has 39, Kevin Byard has 36. Even if they doubled their career totals, they'd fall short.
It would appear that both the interception records are just not happening ever. The game has changed way too much. The rest all depend on longevity and beating father time. I highly doubt Brady, Rice, or Emmitt's records get beat in my lifetime but they definitely seem 1000x more likely to be challenged than the 2 interception records.
-highest active players: 5th Aaron Rodgers (42) with 66274. 6th Stafford (38) with 64516.
-The most likely guys to come close would be Mahomes, Goff or Allen but They all have around 1/3rd of Brady's total.
Passing TDs: 649 by Tom Brady
-highest active: 4th Aaron Rodgers (42) has 527
Matt Stafford (38) is 7th all-time and has 423. He would need 227 TDs to break the record.
-most likely challengers: Mahomes (30) has 267 but his TD numbers have fallen off a cliff the last 3 years.
Goff (31) has 256 TDs. If he averaged 30 a year, he would need to play 13 more years to break the record.
Interceptions Thrown: 336 by Brett Favre
-highest active player: Philip Rivers (44) with 212. Matt Stafford (38) with 196.
Safe to say that this record ain't being broken. Brees finished 90 Ints short, Brady finished 124 INTs short.
Rushing Yards: 18355 by Emmitt Smith
-highest active player: Derrick Henry (32) is in 10th place with 13,018. He needs 1900 yards to crack the top 5. He needs 5,338 yards for #1
Rushing TDs: 164 by Emmitt Smith
-highest active player: Derrick Henry (32) is 4th all-time with 122. He needs 43 TDs for #1.
Receptions: 1549 by Jerry Rice
-highest active player: Travis Kelce (36) is 8th with 1080. He needs 22 receptions to become 5th all-time.
most likely to challenge the record:
Amon-Ra St. Brown (26) has 547 in 5 years.
Jamarr Chase (26) has 520 in 5 years.
Justin Jefferson (26) has 579 in 6 years.
Receiving Yards: 22895 by Jerry Rice
highest active player: DeAndre Hopkins (33) is 18th with 13295.
most likely challengers:
Justin Jefferson (26) has 8480 yards in 6 years.
CeeDee Lamb (27) has 7416 yards in 6 years.
Jamarr Chase (26) has 6837 yards in 5 years
Puka Nakua (25) had 4191 yards in 3 years.
Total TDs: 208 by Jerry Rice
highest active player: Derrick Henry (32) is 10th all-time with 127. He needs 19 more for 5th all-time.
Sacks: 200 by Bruce Smith
-highest active players*: Von Miller (37) is 9th with 138.5. Cam Jordan (36) is 17th with 132. Cam needs 6.5 to be top 10.
Most likely challenger:
Myle Garrett (30) is 20th all-time with 125.5 sacks. He needs 7 sacks to be 15th. 13 sacks to be 10th all-time. 25 for top 5 but needs a whopping 75 to break the record.
Combined Tackles: 2059 by Ray Lewis
-highest active player: 3rd Bobby Wagner (35) with 2000. Wagner had 162 tackles last year so if he gets signed this year, he will probably break this one. LaVonte David (36) is another contender with 1716 tackles...but would need to play until he is 40 to break it.
(Wagner is a little further behind in solo tackles. Ray Lewis has 1568 and Wagner only has 1150)
Interceptions: 81 by Paul Krause
-No active player is in the top 80.
Harrison Smith has 39, Kevin Byard has 36. Even if they doubled their career totals, they'd fall short.
It would appear that both the interception records are just not happening ever. The game has changed way too much. The rest all depend on longevity and beating father time. I highly doubt Brady, Rice, or Emmitt's records get beat in my lifetime but they definitely seem 1000x more likely to be challenged than the 2 interception records.
This post was edited on 6/1/26 at 2:28 pm
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 2:35 pm to saintsfan92612
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Rushing Yards: 18355 by Emmitt Smith
-highest active player: Derrick Henry (32) is in 10th place with 13,018. He needs 1900 yards to crack the top 5. He needs 5,338 yards for #1
I don't put anything beyond King Henry anymore, but 32 seems to be the age for NFL backs where they start to hit a wall.
Of the top 31 rushers in NFL history (not counting Henry because he is still playing), there have only been eight seasons where a player aged 32 or older ran for 1,000 yards in a season. Two of them were by Payton and one was by Smith, among others.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 2:35 pm to saintsfan92612
George Blanda.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 2:36 pm to saintsfan92612
Most years in the league - George Blanda 26 years
Posted on 6/1/26 at 3:01 pm to MAROON
Blanda’s longevity is way more breakable than these. Morten Andersen playing for just 1 season less (though more games) and Vinatieri for 2 shows it’s entirely plausible
No one’s touching Rice’s numbers though
No one’s touching Rice’s numbers though
Posted on 6/1/26 at 3:26 pm to saintsfan92612
Some of these individual records (especially receiving and rushing) will never be broken because of the NFL’s obsession with ‘spreading out touches’
Part of me gets it, but part of me misses the days where you had ONE stud running back and/or one stud WR carrying the team.
It’s one of my unpopular sports opinions, but I believe that if you have ‘a dude’, you need to feed that dude.
Part of me gets it, but part of me misses the days where you had ONE stud running back and/or one stud WR carrying the team.
It’s one of my unpopular sports opinions, but I believe that if you have ‘a dude’, you need to feed that dude.
This post was edited on 6/1/26 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 6/1/26 at 3:28 pm to saintsfan92612
Off-hand, I'd say Rice's receiving yards and TD records, just because the dude was still putting up pro-Bowl numbers past 35 years old, which is something receivers just don't do.
But honestly with the rule changes and the way offense vs. defense is played these days...I think Krause's INT record is even safer.
But honestly with the rule changes and the way offense vs. defense is played these days...I think Krause's INT record is even safer.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 3:29 pm to saintsfan92612
Joe Thomas playing 10,363 consecutive snaps
Posted on 6/1/26 at 3:35 pm to saintsfan92612
Not NFL, but Lou Gehrig started his streak 101 years ago today.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 3:45 pm to saintsfan92612
With the 18 game season coming at some point and rules favoring the offense, most of the offensive records would be breakable.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 3:48 pm to razor55red
quote:
George Blanda.
/thread
Posted on 6/1/26 at 3:53 pm to saintsfan92612
Most consecutive games started
297 - Brett Favre. No one else has come within 27 games of that record. The active leaders are Jake Matthews at 195 games followed by Josh Allen at 127 games
297 - Brett Favre. No one else has come within 27 games of that record. The active leaders are Jake Matthews at 195 games followed by Josh Allen at 127 games
This post was edited on 6/1/26 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 6/1/26 at 3:54 pm to RemouladeSawce
quote:
Blanda’s longevity is way more breakable than these. Morten Andersen playing for just 1 season less (though more games) and Vinatieri for 2 shows it’s entirely plausible
There is a BIG difference between kicking for 20 something years and being a QB for a good chunk of 26 years (AND being a kicker), including setting records that weren’t broken until Dan Marino redefined the position.
Yes, those kickers were in the league for a long time. They were barely football players, though.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 4:05 pm to lsufball19
quote:
Most consecutive games started 297 - Brett Favre. No one else has come within 27 games of that record. The active leaders are Jake Matthews at 195 games followed by Josh Allen at 127 games
321 counting the postseason. No one will get close.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 4:34 pm to saintsfan92612
I’m old enough to remember thinking that Dan Marino’s 61,361 passing yards would not be broken. Now here we are just 25 years later and he’s 10 on the all time passing yards list.
With the movement to a passing league and increased number of games, I wouldn’t be surprised to see several of those be broken in the next 25-50 years.
With the movement to a passing league and increased number of games, I wouldn’t be surprised to see several of those be broken in the next 25-50 years.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 4:55 pm to saintsfan92612
I agree withy you completely - the interception records on both ends are never broken. QB completion percentage is so much higher now. No one is throwing 20 INTs a year like they used to 30-50 years ago. If they do, they would be benched so quickly.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 5:10 pm to Ag Zwin
Well the question wasn’t the more impressive achievement, it was whether his record could be broken. And it very nearly was
This post was edited on 6/1/26 at 5:11 pm
Posted on 6/1/26 at 5:21 pm to rpg37
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QB completion percentage is so much higher now. No one is throwing 20 INTs a year like they used to 30-50 years ago. If they do, they would be benched so quickly.
The rules play into both of these. The defense has been about neutered on guarding receivers and hitting QB's. Totally different game now.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 5:28 pm to Suntiger
quote:Increased number of games will help
With the movement to a passing league and increased number of games, I wouldn’t be surprised to see several of those be broken in the next 25-50 years.
But would you believe it if I told you that the league average passing attempts and passing yards per game over each of the last 4 seasons were DOWN from Marino’s last great year (1995)?
We had a spike in the mid-late 2010s during what was arguably the greatest QB play we’ve ever seen at one time. It skews our perception of the modern day, but we’re not in that era anymore. The Big 4 elite (the top 4 on this list as well) were obviously great but that 2nd tier was also seriously deep and there was a disproportionate amount of guys that played very late into their careers at a high level. Now we’re back to far fewer genuine star QBs and unsurprisingly the stats say we’re in the 1990s all over again
I think most QB records set over the last decade will last. As will RB records because they don’t play that long anymore. And WR records too because the ball gets distributed way more evenly
This post was edited on 6/1/26 at 5:33 pm
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:59 pm to RemouladeSawce
Fun Jerry Rice longevity stats:
From age 37 to 42, Jerry Rice had 5283 yards and 33 TDs
The Chicago Bears all-time leading receiver is Johnny Morris who had 5059 yards and 31 TDs in his career
Most receiving yards after turning 40:
Jerry Rice 2509
Tom Brady 6
Mercedes Lewis 2
Everyone Else 0
Brett Favre -2
Aaron Rodgers -9
Jerry had 12,274 yards after turning 30...That is more than Calvin Johnson's entire career.
From age 37 to 42, Jerry Rice had 5283 yards and 33 TDs
The Chicago Bears all-time leading receiver is Johnny Morris who had 5059 yards and 31 TDs in his career
Most receiving yards after turning 40:
Jerry Rice 2509
Tom Brady 6
Mercedes Lewis 2
Everyone Else 0
Brett Favre -2
Aaron Rodgers -9
Jerry had 12,274 yards after turning 30...That is more than Calvin Johnson's entire career.
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