#12
New york jets – QB
Pas Yd – w/NYJ
27,057
Pas TD – w/NYJ
170
INT – w/NYJ
215
Cmp% – w/NYJ
50.2
Rate – w/NYJ
65.8
Rsh Yd – w/NYJ
135
Bio
HT
6-2
WT
220 lbs
DRAFT
1965 R1-P1 (NYJ)
NYJ ACQN
1965 AFL Draft
DOB
May 31, 1943
POB
Beaver Falls, PA
HS
Beaver Falls (PA)
COLLEGE
Alabama
Teams
New York Jets
1965-1976
Los Angeles Rams
1977
The Joe Namath team profile page at Jets X-Factor provides New York Jets stats, bio, records, awards, and more about the organization’s legendary quarterback.
Honors
Super Bowl 3
Champion & MVP (NYJ)
AFL MVP
AP, UFI & TSN AFL MVP: 1968
AFL ROY
AP, UFI & TSN AFL Rookie of the Year
Comeback POY
PFWA Comeback Player of the Year: 1973
All-Decade
AFL Hall of Fame 1st TM All-1960s
Hall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee: 1985
Retired Number
New York Jets Retired Number: 12
Ring of Honor
New York Jets Ring of Honor
Career Highlights
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)
CAREER STATS
GAMES | RECORD | COMP% | PASS YDS | PASS TD | INT | RATE | RUSH YDS | RUSH TD | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jets Regular Season | 136 | 60-61-4 | 50.2 | 27,057 | 170 | 215 | 65.8 | 135 | 7 |
Regular Season | 140 | 62-63-4 | 50.1 | 27,663 | 173 | 220 | 65.5 | 140 | 7 |
Playoffs | 3 | 2-1 | 42.7 | 641 | 3 | 4 | 54.8 | 15 | 0 |