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Joe Montana

Joseph Clifford Montana Jr.

Position: QB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: June 11, 1956 in New Eagle, PA
College: Notre Dame

Career AV: 123 (31st overall since 1950)

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2000

8-time Pro Bowler & 3-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 3rd round (82nd overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft.

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Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% AV
1979 23 SFO 16 16 1 0-1-0 13 23 56.5 96 1 4.3 0 0.0 18 4.2 5.0 7.4 6.0 81.1 0 0 4.2 5.0 0.0 0
1980 24 SFO qb 16 15 7 2-5-0 176 273 64.5 1795 15 5.5 9 3.3 71 6.6 6.2 10.2 119.7 87.8 15 100 5.9 5.5 5.2 6
1981* 25 SFO QB 16 16 16 13-3-0 311 488 63.7 3565 19 3.9 12 2.5 78 7.3 7.0 11.5 222.8 88.4 26 193 6.6 6.2 5.1 12
1982 26 SFO QB 16 9 9 3-6-0 213 346 61.6 2613 17 4.9 11 3.2 55 7.6 7.1 12.3 290.3 88.0 20 166 6.7 6.3 5.5 16
1983* 27 SFO QB 16 16 16 10-6-0 332 515 64.5 3910 26 5.0 12 2.3 77 7.6 7.6 11.8 244.4 94.6 33 224 6.7 6.7 6.0 17
1984* 28 SFO QB 16 16 15 14-1-0 279 432 64.6 3630 28 6.5 10 2.3 80 8.4 8.7 13.0 226.9 102.9 22 138 7.7 7.9 4.8 16
1985* 29 SFO QB 16 15 15 9-6-0 303 494 61.3 3653 27 5.5 13 2.6 73 7.4 7.3 12.1 243.5 91.3 35 246 6.4 6.4 6.6 13
1986 30 SFO QB 16 8 8 6-2-0 191 307 62.2 2236 8 2.6 9 2.9 48 7.3 6.5 11.7 279.5 80.7 12 95 6.7 5.9 3.8 7
1987*+ 31 SFO QB 16 13 11 10-1-0 266 398 66.8 3054 31 7.8 13 3.3 57 7.7 7.8 11.5 234.9 102.1 22 158 6.9 7.0 5.2 15
1988 32 SFO QB 16 14 13 8-5-0 238 397 59.9 2981 18 4.5 10 2.5 96 7.5 7.3 12.5 212.9 87.9 34 223 6.4 6.2 7.9 12
1989*+ 33 SFO QB 16 13 13 11-2-0 271 386 70.2 3521 26 6.7 8 2.1 95 9.1 9.5 13.0 270.8 112.4 33 198 7.9 8.3 7.9 17
1990*+ 34 SFO QB 16 15 15 14-1-0 321 520 61.7 3944 26 5.0 16 3.1 78 7.6 7.2 12.3 262.9 89.0 29 153 6.9 6.5 5.3 14
1992 36 SFO 16 1 0 15 21 71.4 126 2 9.5 0 0.0 17 6.0 7.9 8.4 126.0 118.4 1 8 5.4 7.2 4.5 1
1993* 37 KAN QB 19 11 11 8-3-0 181 298 60.7 2144 13 4.4 7 2.3 50 7.2 7.0 11.8 194.9 87.4 12 61 6.7 6.5 3.9 9
1994 38 KAN QB 19 14 14 9-5-0 299 493 60.6 3283 16 3.2 9 1.8 57 6.7 6.5 11.0 234.5 83.6 19 132 6.2 6.0 3.7 9
Career 192 164 117-47-0 3409 5391 63.2 40551 273 5.1 139 2.6 96 7.5 7.4 11.9 211.2 92.3 313 2095 6.7 6.6 5.5 164
13 yrs SFO 167 139 100-39-0 2929 4600 63.7 35124 244 5.3 123 2.7 96 7.6 7.5 12.0 210.3 93.5 282 1902 6.8 6.7 5.8 146
2 yrs KAN 25 25 17-8-0 480 791 60.7 5427 29 3.7 16 2.0 57 6.9 6.7 11.3 217.1 85.0 31 193 6.4 6.2 3.8 18

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1981 (3-0), 1983 (1-1), 1984 (3-0), 1985 (0-1), 1986 (0-1), 1987 (0-1), 1988 (3-0), 1989 (3-0), 1990 (1-1), 1993 (2-1), 1994 (0-1)

Advanced Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+
1980 24 SFO qb 16 15 7 2-5-0 273 91 99 106 110 132 116 116 111 123
1981* 25 SFO QB 16 16 16 13-3-0 488 106 113 116 119 127 96 126 112 122
1982 26 SFO QB 16 9 9 3-6-0 346 110 114 115 117 118 108 115 111 118
1983* 27 SFO QB 16 16 16 10-6-0 515 109 116 119 122 125 109 125 112 124
1984* 28 SFO QB 16 16 15 14-1-0 432 127 135 133 137 128 125 124 120 134
1985* 29 SFO QB 16 15 15 9-6-0 494 107 111 117 119 121 116 119 109 122
1986 30 SFO QB 16 8 8 6-2-0 307 106 118 106 113 127 82 115 124 108
1987*+ 31 SFO QB 16 13 11 10-1-0 398 115 120 123 127 139 139 110 113 136
1988 32 SFO QB 16 14 13 8-5-0 397 111 108 116 115 116 104 119 95 117
1989*+ 33 SFO QB 16 13 13 11-2-0 386 145 138 145 141 152 132 123 95 149
1990*+ 34 SFO QB 16 15 15 14-1-0 520 113 117 115 117 120 112 108 111 118
1993* 37 KAN QB 19 11 11 8-3-0 298 108 116 114 119 108 108 116 119 114
1994 38 KAN QB 19 14 14 9-5-0 493 98 105 105 109 108 93 120 117 107
Career 192 164 117-47-0 5391 111 116 118 121 124 111 118 111 123

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1979 23 SFO 16 16 1 3 22 0 13 7.3 1.4 0.2 22 0 1
1980 24 SFO qb 16 15 7 32 77 2 11 2.4 5.1 2.1 77 2 4
1981* 25 SFO QB 16 16 16 25 95 2 20 3.8 5.9 1.6 95 2 2
1982 26 SFO QB 16 9 9 30 118 1 21 3.9 13.1 3.3 118 1 4
1983* 27 SFO QB 16 16 16 61 284 2 18 4.7 17.8 3.8 284 2 3
1984* 28 SFO QB 16 16 15 39 118 2 15 3.0 7.4 2.4 118 2 4
1985* 29 SFO QB 16 15 15 42 153 3 16 3.6 10.2 2.8 153 3 5
1986 30 SFO QB 16 8 8 17 38 0 17 2.2 4.8 2.1 38 0 3
1987*+ 31 SFO QB 16 13 11 35 141 1 20 4.0 10.8 2.7 141 1 3
1988 32 SFO QB 16 14 13 38 132 3 15 3.5 9.4 2.7 132 3 3
1989*+ 33 SFO QB 16 13 13 49 227 3 19 4.6 17.5 3.8 227 3 9
1990*+ 34 SFO QB 16 15 15 40 162 1 20 4.1 10.8 2.7 162 1 4
1992 36 SFO 16 1 0 3 28 0 16 9.3 28.0 3.0 28 0 0
1993* 37 KAN QB 19 11 11 25 64 0 17 2.6 5.8 2.3 64 0 1
1994 38 KAN QB 19 14 14 18 17 0 13 0.9 1.2 1.3 17 0 7
Career 192 164 457 1676 20 21 3.7 8.7 2.4 1676 20 53
13 yrs SFO 167 139 414 1595 20 21 3.9 9.6 2.5 1595 20 45
2 yrs KAN 25 25 43 81 0 17 1.9 3.2 1.7 81 0 8

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1979 23 SFO 16 16 1 1 1 0 0
1980 24 SFO qb 16 15 7 4 1 0 0
1981* 25 SFO QB 16 16 16 2 0 0 0
1982 26 SFO QB 16 9 9 4 2 -2 0
1983* 27 SFO QB 16 16 16 3 0 0 0
1984* 28 SFO QB 16 16 15 4 2 -3 0
1985* 29 SFO QB 16 15 15 5 3 -11 0
1986 30 SFO QB 16 8 8 3 0 0 0
1987*+ 31 SFO QB 16 13 11 3 2 -5 0
1988 32 SFO QB 16 14 13 3 1 -3 0
1989*+ 33 SFO QB 16 13 13 9 3 -3 0
1990*+ 34 SFO QB 16 15 15 4 0 0 0
1993* 37 KAN QB 19 11 11 1 0 -1 0
1994 38 KAN QB 19 14 14 7 1 -6 0
Career 192 164 53 16 -34 0
13 yrs SFO 167 139 45 15 -27 0
2 yrs KAN 25 25 8 1 -7 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1980 24 SFO qb 16 15 7 2 2 12
1981* 25 SFO QB 16 16 16 2 2 12
1982 26 SFO QB 16 9 9 1 1 6
1983* 27 SFO QB 16 16 16 2 2 12
1984* 28 SFO QB 16 16 15 2 2 12
1985* 29 SFO QB 16 15 15 3 3 18
1987*+ 31 SFO QB 16 13 11 1 1 6
1988 32 SFO QB 16 14 13 3 3 18
1989*+ 33 SFO QB 16 13 13 3 3 18
1990*+ 34 SFO QB 16 15 15 1 1 6
Career 192 164 20 20 120

Similar Players

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Steve DeBerg, Jake Plummer, Charley Johnson, Tony Eason, Drew Brees, Randall Cunningham, Troy Aikman*, Jon Kitna, Chris Miller, J.P. Losman
4 Randall Cunningham, Jay Cutler, Drew Brees, Troy Aikman*, Mark Brunell, Tony Eason, Ed Brown, Brett Favre, Tony Romo, Philip Rivers
5 Troy Aikman*, Drew Brees, Mark Brunell, Randall Cunningham, Philip Rivers, Carson Palmer, Michael Vick, Brett Favre, Steve McNair, Tom Brady
6 Drew Brees, Randall Cunningham, Troy Aikman*, Michael Vick, Brett Favre, Mark Brunell, Donovan McNabb, Tom Brady, Ken Anderson, Carson Palmer
7 Troy Aikman*, Donovan McNabb, Drew Brees, Mark Brunell, Tom Brady, Aaron Brooks, Ken Anderson, Jeff Garcia, Steve McNair, Michael Vick
8 Troy Aikman*, Ken Anderson, Joe Namath*, Donovan McNabb, Drew Brees, Randall Cunningham, Steve Grogan, Steve McNair, Mark Brunell, Jeff Garcia
9 Drew Brees, Donovan McNabb, Steve McNair, Roger Staubach*, Troy Aikman*, Boomer Esiason, Trent Green, Ken Anderson, Steve Grogan, Drew Bledsoe
10 Donovan McNabb, Roger Staubach*, Boomer Esiason, Drew Bledsoe, Terry Bradshaw*, Trent Green, Steve McNair, Mark Brunell, Troy Aikman*, Ken Anderson
11 Roger Staubach*, Donovan McNabb, Brett Favre, Ken Anderson, John Elway*, Dan Marino*, Terry Bradshaw*, Steve McNair, Johnny Unitas*, Boomer Esiason
12 Brett Favre, Ken Anderson, John Elway*, Dan Marino*, Roger Staubach*, Jim Kelly*, Terry Bradshaw*, Steve McNair, Fran Tarkenton*, Johnny Unitas*
13 Ken Anderson, Roger Staubach*, Jim Kelly*, Fran Tarkenton*, Terry Bradshaw*, Brett Favre, John Elway*, Dan Fouts*, Steve McNair, Mark Brunell
14 Fran Tarkenton*, Roger Staubach*, Jim Kelly*, Terry Bradshaw*, Ken Anderson, Steve McNair, Boomer Esiason, Mark Brunell, Troy Aikman*, Donovan McNabb
15 Ken Anderson, Fran Tarkenton*, Terry Bradshaw*, Jim Kelly*, Dan Fouts*, John Elway*, Steve McNair, Roger Staubach*, Drew Bledsoe, Johnny Unitas*
Career Ken Anderson, Terry Bradshaw*, Dan Fouts*, Johnny Unitas*, Bob Griese*, Fran Tarkenton*, Warren Moon*, John Elway*, Drew Bledsoe, Jim Kelly*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1981 NFL Super Bowl MVP
1984 NFL Super Bowl MVP
1986 NFL AP Comeback Player of the Year
1989 NFL AP MVP
1989 NFL PFWA MVP
1989 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1989 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1989 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year
1989 NFL Super Bowl MVP
1990 NFL AP MVP

Pro Bowls

1981
1983
1984
1985
1987
1989
1990
1993

First-Team All-Pro

1987
1989
1990

Passes Completed

1981 NFL 311 (4)
1982 NFL 213 (2)
1983 NFL 332 (3/88)
1984 NFL 279 (7)
1985 NFL 303 (3)
1987 NFL 266 (2)
1988 NFL 238 (10)
1990 NFL 321 (2)
1994 NFL 299 (9)
Career 3409 (9)

Pass Attempts

1981 NFL 488 (8)
1982 NFL 346 (1)
1983 NFL 515 (4)
1984 NFL 432 (10)
1985 NFL 494 (6)
1987 NFL 398 (8)
1990 NFL 520 (4)
1994 NFL 493 (8)
Career 5391 (11)

Passing Yds

1981 NFL 3565 (8)
1982 NFL 2613 (2)
1983 NFL 3910 (4)
1984 NFL 3630 (6)
1985 NFL 3653 (5)
1987 NFL 3054 (5)
1989 NFL 3521 (8)
1990 NFL 3944 (3/97)
1994 NFL 3283 (10)
Career 40551 (10)

Passing TD

1982 NFL 17 (1)
1983 NFL 26 (4)
1984 NFL 28 (3/83)
1985 NFL 27 (2)
1987 NFL 31 (1/43)
1988 NFL 18 (8)
1989 NFL 26 (4)
1990 NFL 26 (3)
Career 273 (9)

Passer Rating

1980 NFL 87.8 (5)
1981 NFL 88.4 (4)
1982 NFL 88.0 (5)
1983 NFL 94.6 (5)
1984 NFL 102.9 (2/28)
1985 NFL 91.3 (3)
1986 NFL 80.7 (10)
1987 NFL 102.1 (1/33)
1988 NFL 87.9 (6)
1989 NFL 112.4 (1/4)
1990 NFL 89.0 (7)
1993 NFL 87.4 (5)
1994 NFL 83.6 (8)
Career 92.3 (8)

Long Pass

1981 NFL 78 (10)
1984 NFL 80 (5)
1985 NFL 73 (9)
1988 NFL 96 (1/27)
1989 NFL 95 (2/35)
1990 NFL 78 (8)

Passes Intercepted

1982 NFL 11 (8)
1987 NFL 13 (9)
1990 NFL 16 (7)
Career 139 (60)

Sacked

1988 NFL 34 (6)
Career 313 (29)

Sacked Yds Lost

Career 2095 (40)

Passing Yds/Game

1981 NFL 222.8 (9)
1982 NFL 290.3 (2/18)
1983 NFL 244.4 (5)
1984 NFL 226.9 (7)
1985 NFL 243.5 (3)
1986 NFL 279.5 (2/34)
1987 NFL 234.9 (8)
1989 NFL 270.8 (1/59)
1990 NFL 262.9 (2/78)
1994 NFL 234.5 (8)
Career 211.2 (24)

Yds/Pass Att

1981 NFL 7.3 (8)
1982 NFL 7.6 (8)
1983 NFL 7.6 (8)
1984 NFL 8.4 (2/80)
1985 NFL 7.4 (7)
1987 NFL 7.7 (6)
1988 NFL 7.5 (7)
1989 NFL 9.1 (1/18)
1990 NFL 7.6 (6)
1993 NFL 7.2 (9)
Career 7.5 (23)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1989 NFL 13.0 (10)
Career 11.9 (152)

Pass Attempts/Game

1981 NFL 30.5 (9)
1982 NFL 38.4 (1/18)
1983 NFL 32.2 (6)
1985 NFL 32.9 (6)
1986 NFL 38.4 (2/18)
1990 NFL 34.7 (2)
1994 NFL 35.2 (6/84)
Career 28.1 (45)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1980 NFL 6.19 (10)
1981 NFL 6.98 (8)
1982 NFL 7.10 (7)
1983 NFL 7.55 (7)
1984 NFL 8.66 (2/24)
1985 NFL 7.30 (5)
1987 NFL 7.76 (2)
1988 NFL 7.28 (7)
1989 NFL 9.54 (1/2)
1990 NFL 7.20 (7)
1993 NFL 7.01 (8)
Career 7.37 (9)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1981 NFL 6.56 (9)
1982 NFL 6.69 (5)
1983 NFL 6.73 (5)
1984 NFL 7.69 (2/26)
1985 NFL 6.44 (5)
1986 NFL 6.71 (5)
1987 NFL 6.90 (4)
1988 NFL 6.40 (10)
1989 NFL 7.93 (1/14)
1990 NFL 6.91 (5)
1993 NFL 6.72 (5)
Career 6.74 (10)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1980 NFL 5.52 (8)
1981 NFL 6.25 (6)
1982 NFL 6.26 (4)
1983 NFL 6.69 (4)
1984 NFL 7.93 (2/17)
1985 NFL 6.36 (4)
1986 NFL 5.94 (7)
1987 NFL 6.98 (2/98)
1988 NFL 6.19 (7)
1989 NFL 8.31 (1/6)
1990 NFL 6.54 (6)
1993 NFL 6.54 (4)
1994 NFL 5.99 (7)
Career 6.60 (10)

Passes Completed/Game

1981 NFL 19.4 (4)
1982 NFL 23.7 (2/22)
1983 NFL 20.8 (4)
1984 NFL 17.4 (8)
1985 NFL 20.2 (3)
1986 NFL 23.9 (1/21)
1987 NFL 20.5 (4)
1989 NFL 20.8 (2)
1990 NFL 21.4 (2/92)
1994 NFL 21.4 (7/92)
Career 17.8 (27)

Pass Completion %

1980 NFL 64.5% (1/76)
1981 NFL 63.7% (1)
1982 NFL 61.6% (7)
1983 NFL 64.5% (2/76)
1984 NFL 64.6% (2/74)
1985 NFL 61.3% (1)
1986 NFL 62.2% (2)
1987 NFL 66.8% (1/32)
1988 NFL 59.9% (3)
1989 NFL 70.2% (1/4)
1990 NFL 61.7% (3)
1994 NFL 60.6% (10)
Career 63.2% (11)

Pass Intercept. %

1980 NFL 3.3% (5)
1981 NFL 2.5% (3)
1982 NFL 3.2% (5)
1983 NFL 2.3% (3)
1984 NFL 2.3% (2)
1985 NFL 2.6% (3)
1986 NFL 2.9% (6)
1988 NFL 2.5% (3)
1989 NFL 2.1% (2)
1993 NFL 2.3% (7)
1994 NFL 1.8% (1/59)
Career 2.6% (13)

Passing TD %

1980 NFL 5.5% (8)
1982 NFL 4.9% (9)
1984 NFL 6.5% (3)
1985 NFL 5.5% (4)
1987 NFL 7.8% (1/41)
1988 NFL 4.5% (7)
1989 NFL 6.7% (1)
1990 NFL 5.0% (9)
1993 NFL 4.4% (7)
Career 5.1% (41)

Sack %

1980 NFL 5.21% (7)
1981 NFL 5.06% (9)
1982 NFL 5.46% (7)
1983 NFL 6.02% (8)
1984 NFL 4.85% (3)
1986 NFL 3.76% (3)
1987 NFL 5.24% (5)
1990 NFL 5.28% (7)
1993 NFL 3.87% (4)
1994 NFL 3.71% (5/96)
Career 5.49% (42)

Playoff Games

Career 23 (9)

Playoff Games Started

Career 23 (3)

Fumbles

Career 53 (103)

Fumbles Recovered

Career 16 (193)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1981Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1983Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1984Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1985UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
1987Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1989Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1990UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1979 23 16 QB 12 50
1980 24 15 QB 164 24
1981 25 16 QB 254 20 8 59
1982 26 9 QB 202 126 1 4
1983 27 16 QB 329 114 3 10
1984 28 16 QB 317 105 4 11
1985 29 15 QB 315 101 1 6
1986 30 8 QB 123 24
1987 31 13 QB 302 166 1 2
1988 32 14 QB 238 31 7 35
1989 33 13 QB 322 88 2 13
1990 34 15 QB 304 91 3 7
1992 36 1 QB 20 54
1993 37 11 QB 156 17
1994 38 14 QB 211 12 77
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