Fran Tarkenton Player Bio | Yearly Stats | Accomplishments | Similar Players
Player Bio   Top
Francis Asbury Tarkenton Position: QB Height: 6' 1''  Weight: 190 Born: 2/3/1940, in Richmond, VA, USA High School: Athens (GA) College: University of Georgia Drafted: 1961, Round 3, Pick 1 (29 Overall) by Minnesota Vikings
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) *****Hall of Fame***** 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   1961 21 MIN NFL 14 280 157 56.1 1997 7.13 71t 18 17 44 416 74.7 109   56 308 5.5 5 52t   0 0 0.0 0 0   8 5 0 0 0 1962 22 MIN NFL 14 329 163 49.5 2595 7.89 89t 22 25 45 450 66.9 92   41 361 8.8 2 31   0 -12 0.0 0 -12L   5 2 0 0 0 1963 23 MIN NFL 14 297 170 57.2 2311 7.78 67t 15 15 42 448 78.0 109   28 162 5.8 1 24   0 0 0.0 0 0   7 2 0 0 0 1964 24 MIN NFL 14 306 171 55.9 2506 8.19 64 22 11 46 446 91.8 128   50 330 6.6 2 31   0 0 0.0 0 0   6 2 0 0 0 1965 25 MIN NFL 14 329 171 52.0 2609 7.93 72t 19 11 28 250 83.8 114   56 356 6.4 1 36   0 0 0.0 0 0   5 3 0 0 0 1966 26 MIN NFL 14 358 192 53.6 2561 7.15 68t 17 16 37 322 73.8 109   62 376 6.1 4 28   0 0 0.0 0 0   8 4 0 0 0 1967 27 NYG NFL 14 377 204 54.1 3088 8.19 70t 29 19 29 283 85.9 129   44 306 7.0 2 22   0 0 0.0 0 0   4 0 0 0 0 1968 28 NYG NFL 14 337 182 54.0 2555 7.58 84 21 12 27 255 84.6 123   57 301 5.3 3 22t   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 0 0 0 0 1969 29 NYG NFL 14 409 220 53.8 2918 7.13 65 23 8 36 289 87.2 122   37 172 4.6 0 21   0 0 0.0 0 0   7 2 0 0 0 1970 30 NYG NFL 14 389 219 56.3 2777 7.14 59 19 12 36 249 82.2 125   43 236 5.5 2 20   0 0 0.0 0 0   3 3 0 0 0 1971 31 NYG NFL 13 386 226 58.5 2567 6.65 81t 11 21 27 232 65.4 105   30 111 3.7 3 16   0 0 0.0 0 0   4 4 0 -4 0 1972 32 MIN NFL 14 378 215 56.9 2651 7.01 76t 18 13 26 203 80.2 121   27 180 6.7 0 21   0 0 0.0 0 0   3 1 0 0 0 1973 33 MIN NFL 14 274 169 61.7 2113 7.71 54t 15 7 31 270 93.2 144   41 202 4.9 1 16   0 0 0.0 0 0   5 1 0 0 0 1974 34 MIN NFL 13 351 199 56.7 2598 7.40 80t 17 12 17 142 82.1 128   21 120 5.7 2 15   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 0 0 0 0 1975 35 MIN NFL 14 425 273 64.2 2994 7.04 46 25 13 27 245 91.8 140   16 108 6.8 2 21t   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 3 0 -3 0 1976 36 MIN NFL 13 412 255 61.9 2961 7.19 56t 17 8 25 221 89.3 133   27 45 1.7 1 20   0 0 0.0 0 0   4 2 0 -9 0 1977 37 MIN NFL 9 258 155 60.1 1734 6.72 59t 9 14 22 232 69.2 113   15 6 0.4 0 8   0 0 0.0 0 0   3 2 0 -14 0 1978 38 MIN NFL 16 572 345 60.3 3468 6.06 58t 25 32 27 254 68.9 106   24 -6 -0.3 1 15   0 0 0.0 0 0   7 7 0 -7 0 18 NFL Season Totals   246 6467 3686 57.0 47003 7.27 0 342 266 572 5207 80.4     675 3674 5.4 32 0   0 -12 0.0 0 0   84 43 0 -37 0 Awards 1975 - AP NFL MVP - AP Offensive Player of the Year - Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) - UPI NFC Player of the Year 1964 - Pro Bowl MVP
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 . . . . . 8. Fran Tarkenton 3686 Career Pass Att 1. Brett Favre* 9281 2. Dan Marino 8358 3. John Elway 7250 4. Warren Moon 6823 5. Drew Bledsoe 6717 . . . . . 7. Fran Tarkenton 6467 Career Comp. % 1. Chad Pennington* 0.6597 2. Kurt Warner* 0.6542 3. Peyton Manning* 0.6441 4. Steve Young 0.6428 5. Drew Brees* 0.6395 . . . . . 60. Fran Tarkenton 0.5700 Minimum 1500 Att. Career Pass Yards 1. Brett Favre* 65127 2. Dan Marino 61361 3. John Elway 51475 4. Warren Moon 49325 5. Fran Tarkenton 47003 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 . . . . . 42. Fran Tarkenton 7.268 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 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 . . . . . 27. Fran Tarkenton 18.91 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 Career Pass Att/Int 1. Donovan McNabb* 47.81 2. Neil O'donnell 47.49 3. Jeff Garcia* 44.29 4. Mark Brunell* 43.34 5. Tom Brady* 42.48 . . . . . 88. Fran Tarkenton 24.31 Minimum 1500 Att. Career Pass Rating 1. Steve Young 96.80897 2. Peyton Manning* 94.74832 3. Kurt Warner* 93.79334 4. Tom Brady* 92.90594 5. Joe Montana 92.25755 . . . . . 43. Fran Tarkenton 80.35443 Minimum 1500 Att.   1975 - AP NFL MVP - AP Offensive Player of the Year - Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) - UPI NFC Player of the Year 1964 - Pro Bowl MVP
Similar Players   Top
1. Brett Favre .8967 2. Warren Moon .8656 3. John Elway .8586 4. Dan Marino .8481 5. Vinny Testaverde .8427 6. Dan Fouts .8372 7. Dave Krieg .8341 8. Roman Gabriel .8289 9. Norm Snead .8265 10. Kerry Collins .8170

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