Aaron Rodgers

For the Australian rules footballer, see Aaron Rogers.

Aaron Rodgers
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Rodgers with the Green Bay Packers in 2022
No. 8 – New York Jets
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1983-12-02) December 2, 1983 (age 40)
Chico, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:223 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High school:Pleasant Valley
(Chico, California)
College:
NFL draft:2005 / Round: 1 / Pick: 24
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
NFL records
  • Career passer rating (minimum 1,500 attempts): 103.6
  • Single season passer rating: 122.5 (2011)
  • Lowest interception percentage in a season: 0.3% (2018)
Career NFL statistics as of 2023
Passing attempts:7,661
Passing completions:5,001
Completion percentage:65.3%
TD–INT:475–105
Passing yards:59,055
Passer rating:103.6
Rushing yards:3,466
Rushing touchdowns:35
Player stats at PFR

Aaron Charles Rodgers (born December 2, 1983) is an American football quarterback for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the California Golden Bears (where he set several career passing records, including lowest single-season and career interception rates[1]), before being selected in the first round of the 2005 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers, spending 18 seasons with the team.[2] He is regarded among the greatest[3] and most talented quarterbacks of all time.[4]

After backing up Brett Favre for the first three years of his NFL career, Rodgers became the Packers' starting quarterback in 2008. In the 2010 season, he led them to a victory in Super Bowl XLV, earning the Super Bowl MVP. He was named Associated Press Athlete of the Year in 2011,[5] and was voted league MVP by the Associated Press for the 2011, 2014, 2020, and 2021 NFL seasons. Rodgers is the fifth player to win NFL MVP in consecutive seasons, joining Peyton Manning, Favre, Joe Montana and Jim Brown. Rodgers has led the NFL six times in touchdown-to-interception ratio (2011, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2021);[6] six times in lowest passing interception percentage (2009, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021);[7] four times in passer rating (2011, 2012, 2020, 2021);[8] and four times in touchdown passing percentage (2011, 2012, 2020, 2021);[9] three times in total touchdowns (2011, 2016, 2020); twice in touchdown passes (2016, 2020)[10] and once in yards per attempt (2011) and completion percentage (2020).[11]

Rodgers is first on the NFL's all-time regular-season career passer rating list, with a regular-season career passer rating of over 100 (the first to ever have a career rating over 100) while also having had the highest passer rating, the best touchdown-to-interception ratio and the lowest passing interception percentage in NFL history throughout the entire 2010s decade. In the postseason, he is second in both touchdown passes and touchdown-to-interception ratio, fourth in passing yards, and fifth in all-time passer rating. In the regular season, he has the best touchdown-to-interception ratio in NFL history at 4.52,[12] holds the league's lowest career interception percentage at 1.4 percent[13] and the highest single-season passer rating record of 122.5.[14] Rodgers is also a four-time winner of the Best NFL Player ESPY Award.

  1. ^ "Player Bio: Aaron Rodgers". The University of California Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Football League: NFL Draft History". National Football League. Archived from the original on July 3, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  3. ^ "Simms: 'Aaron Rodgers is the best quarterback I have ever seen'" (Television production). National Football League. Archived from the original on September 18, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2018. Aaron Rodgers [...] is the best quarterback I have ever seen. He would be my number one quarterback. [...] He is the best thrower of the football I have ever seen. – Chris Simms, former NFL quarterback and current sports commentator
    "Aaron Rodgers the Greatest Passer of All Time, Inside the NFL" (Television production). NFL Network. January 11, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2018. This is a fact, [...] Aaron Rodgers is the greatest thrower of the football in the history of the NFL, bar none. – Phil Simms, former NFL quarterback and current sportscaster
    "Where will Rodgers finish among the greatest QBs of all time?" (Television production). National Football League. August 30, 2018. Archived from the original on November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
    Siegel, Alan (February 28, 2018). "The top 25 NFL quarterbacks of all-time". USA Today. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2018. By the time he's done, Rodgers may be No. 1 on this list. At 35, the seven-time Pro Bowler and two-time NFL MVP, who led the Packers to victory in Super Bowl XLV, is still going strong. He holds the NFL record in single-season and career passer rating (122.5, 103.2) and is creeping up on the leaders in nearly every major passing category.
  4. ^ Roberts, Mike (February 23, 2023). "The 3 most talented quarterbacks in NFL history". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
    Schein, Adam (January 18, 2021). "NFL Divisional Round aftermath: Aaron Rodgers most talented QB ever? Chiefs in trouble?". NFL.com. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
    Miller, Dalton (May 27, 2021). "Ranking the Top Quarterbacks in NFL History from Tom Brady to Warren Moon". Pro Football Network. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
    Schwab, Frank (February 1, 2023). "What is Tom Brady's place among the 5 greatest QBS in NFL history?". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  5. ^ "Rodgers named Male Athlete of the Year". Fox Sports. Associated Press. December 21, 2011. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
  6. ^ "NFL Yearly Leaders – Passing Touchdown/Interception Ratio". FootballDB.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  7. ^ "NFL Yearly Passing Interception Percentage Leaders". FootballDB.com. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  8. ^ "NFL Yearly Passer Rating Leaders". FootballDB.com. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  9. ^ "NFL Yearly Touchdown Pass Percentage Leaders". FootballDB.com. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  10. ^ "NFL Yearly Touchdown Passes Leaders". FootballDB.com. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  11. ^ "NFL Yearly Passing Yards per Attempt Leaders". FootballDB.com. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  12. ^ "NFL Career Leaders – Passing Touchdown/Interception Ratio". FootballDB.com. Archived from the original on May 8, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  13. ^ "NFL Career Pass Interception % Leaders". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on August 15, 2011. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  14. ^ Mayer, Larry (September 12, 2012). "Bears gearing up to battle Rodgers". Chicago Bears. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.