Joe Namath

Honors:

• 4-time AFL All-Star (1965, 1967-69)
• Pro Bowl (1972)
• First-Team All-AFL (1968)
• 3-time Second-Team All-AFL (1966-67, 1969)
• 3-time Passing Yards Leader (1966-67, 1972)
• Passing Touchdowns Leader (1972)
• Second-Team All-Pro (1972)
• NFL Comeback Player of the Year (1974)
• No. 12 retired by Jets, New York Jets Ring of Honor
• 1965 AFL Rookie of the Year, AFL All-Time Team
• Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 1985, Super Bowl III MVP

Jets all-time regular season ranks:

• 1st in passing yards (27,057)
• 1st in passing touchdowns (170)
• 2nd in passes completed (1,836, trailing Ken O’Brien’s 2,039)
• 4th in Pro-Football-Reference’s Approximate Value (112)
• 32nd in games played (136)

Jets all-time playoff ranks:

• 5th in passing yards (636)
• 5th in completions (50)
• 6th in passing touchdowns (3)

Jets single-season ranks:

• Most passing yards (4,007, 1967)
• 10th-most passing yards (3,379, 1966)
• 3rd-most passing touchdowns (26, 1967)
• 3rd-best passing touchdown rate, minimum 300 pass attempts (5.9%, 1972)
• 6th-best passing touchdown rate, minimum 300 pass attempts (5.5%, 1974)
• T-7th-best passing touchdown rate, minimum 300 pass attempts (5.3%, 1969)
• T-7th-best passing touchdown rate, minimum 300 pass attempts (5.3%, 1967)
• T-7th-best passing touchdown rate, minimum 300 pass attempts (5.3%, 1965)
• Best Y/A, minimum 300 pass attempts (8.7, 1972)
• 2nd-best Y/A, minimum 300 pass attempts (8.3, 1968)
• 3rd-best Y/A, minimum 300 pass attempts (8.2, 1967)

Jets single-game (regular season or playoff) ranks:

• Most passing yards (496, Week 2 of 1972, W 44-34 @ BAL)
• Most yards per completion, minimum 15 completions (33.1, Week 2 of 1972, W 44-34 @ BAL)
• Best Y/A, minimum anywhere from 13 to 28 pass attempts (17.7, Week 2 of 1972, W 44-34 @ BAL)
• T-2nd-most passing touchdowns (5, Week 3 of 1966, W 52-12 vs. HOU)
• T-6th-most passing touchdowns (4, Week 4 of 1968, L 35-37 @ BUF)
• 9th-most passing yards (415, Week 5 of 1967, W 29-27 vs. MIA)
• 10th-most passing yards (403, Week 13 of 1972, L 16-24 @ OAK)
• 11th-most passing yards (399, Week 4 of 1967, W 38-24 @ DEN)
• 12th-most passing yards (397, Week 5 of 1970, L 22-29 vs. BAL)

Miscellaneous Jets records:

• Most regular season games played among QB (136)
• Most pick-sixes (28, which is 20 more than any other Jet)
• Most fourth-quarter comebacks (15)
• Most QB wins (60)
• Most QB losses (61)
• 2nd-most game-winning drives (15, trailing Ken O’Brien’s 16)
• 1st in career yards per pass attempt relative to league average, out of 17 quarterbacks with 500+ career attempts with Jets (110 – 100 is average)
• 3rd in career passer rating relative to league average, out of 17 quarterbacks with 500+ career attempts with Jets (102 – 100 is average). Trails Ken O’Brien (108) and Chad Pennington (112)