Jim Plunkett Player Bio | Yearly Stats | Accomplishments | Similar Players
Player Bio   Top
James William Plunkett Position: QB Height: 6' 2''  Weight: 220 Born: 12/5/1947, in San Jose, CA, USA High School: Overfelt (San Jose, CA)/James Lick (San Jose, CA) College: Stanford University Drafted: 1971, Round 1, Pick 1 (1 Overall) by New England Patriots
Yearly Regular Season Stats   Top
Click on column header to sort. Click on team for team-season page Click on league for league-season page Click on log for game log (1998 to present only) Regular Season Stats   PASSING   RUSHING   RECEIVING   FUMBLES Year AGE Team LG GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA LNG TD INT SKD SKY RAT RAT+   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG   TOT OWR OPR YDS TD   1971 23 NWE NFL 14 328 158 48.2 2158 6.58 88t 19 16 36 319 68.6 110   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   6 0 0 0 0 1972 24 NWE NFL 14 355 169 47.6 2196 6.19 62 8 25 39 385 45.7 69   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   6 1 0 0 0 1973 25 NWE NFL 14 376 193 51.3 2550 6.78 64 13 17 37 350 65.8 101   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   6 1 0 0 0 1974 26 NWE NFL 14 352 173 49.1 2457 6.98 69t 19 22 21 174 64.1 100   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   4 1 0 0 0 1975 27 NWE NFL 5 92 36 39.1 571 6.21 76 3 7 13 89 39.7 60   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 0 0 0 0 1976 28 SFO NFL 12 243 126 51.9 1592 6.55 85t 13 16 26 249 63.0 94   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 0 0 0 0 1977 29 SFO NFL 14 248 128 51.6 1693 6.83 47t 9 14 30 242 62.1 101   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 2 0 0 0 1979 31 OAK NFL 4 15 7 46.7 89 5.93 39 1 1 2 9 60.1 85   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 1980 32 OAK NFL 13 320 165 51.6 2299 7.18 86t 18 16 36 285 72.9 99   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   9 2 0 -2 0 1981 33 OAK NFL 9 179 94 52.5 1045 5.84 42 4 9 22 184 56.7 78   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   3 1 0 -6 0 1982 34 LAD NFL 9 261 152 58.2 2035 7.80 52 14 15 23 211 77.0 105   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   4 1 0 -7 0 1983 35 LAD NFL 14 379 230 60.7 2935 7.74 99t 20 18 42 363 82.7 109   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   7 3 0 0 0 1984 36 LAD NFL 8 198 108 54.5 1473 7.44 73t 6 10 13 103 67.6 89   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 1 0 0 0 1985 37 LAD NFL 3 103 71 68.9 803 7.80 41t 3 3 13 101 89.6 122   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   6 1 0 -5 0 1986 38 LAD NFL 10 252 133 52.8 1986 7.88 81t 14 9 27 215 82.5 111   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   4 0 0 -3 0 15 NFL Season Totals   157 3701 1943 52.5 25882 6.99 0 164 198 380 3279 67.5     0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   62 14 0 -23 0 Awards 1980 - NFL Comeback Player of the Year - Super Bowl MVP 1971 - UPI AFL-AFC Rookie of the Year 1970 - Heisman Trophy Winner
Career Accomplishments   Top
Career Pass Comp 1. Brett Favre* 5720 2. Dan Marino 4967 3. John Elway 4123 4. Warren Moon 3988 5. Drew Bledsoe 3839 . . . . . 56. Jim Plunkett 1943 Career Pass Att 1. Brett Favre* 9281 2. Dan Marino 8358 3. John Elway 7250 4. Warren Moon 6823 5. Drew Bledsoe 6717 . . . . . 45. Jim Plunkett 3701 Career Pass Yards 1. Brett Favre* 65127 2. Dan Marino 61361 3. John Elway 51475 4. Warren Moon 49325 5. Fran Tarkenton 47003 . . . . . 50. Jim Plunkett 25882 Career Pass Yds/Att 1. Otto Graham 8.626 2. Sid Luckman 8.420 3. Norm Van Brocklin 8.156 4. Kurt Warner* 8.038 5. Len Dawson 8.035 . . . . . 75. Jim Plunkett 6.993 Minimum 1500 Att. Career Pass TDs 1. Brett Favre* 464 2. Dan Marino 420 3. Fran Tarkenton 342 4. Peyton Manning* 333 5. John Elway 300 . . . . . 51. Jim Plunkett 164 Career Pass Att/TD 1. Sid Luckman 12.73 2. Len Dawson 12.92 3. Frank Ryan 14.32 4. Daryle Lamonica 15.43 5. Sammy Baugh 16.02 . . . . . 66. Jim Plunkett 22.57 Minimum 1500 Att. Career Pass Int 1. Brett Favre* 310 2. Vinny Testaverde 267 3. Fran Tarkenton 266 4. Norm Snead 257 5. Johnny Unitas 253 . . . . . 22. Jim Plunkett 198   1980 - NFL Comeback Player of the Year - Super Bowl MVP 1971 - UPI AFL-AFC Rookie of the Year 1970 - Heisman Trophy Winner
Similar Players   Top
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