- Eight-time Pro Bowl selection (2006, ’09-11, ’13, ’16-18 seasons) and four-time AFC Offensive Player of the Month (Dec. 2008, Dec. 2009, Oct. 2010 and Sept. 2014).
- 10-time AFC Offensive Player of the Week (one in 2006, one in ‘07, one in ‘08, two in ‘13, one in ’14, one in ’15, two in ’17 and one in ‘18) and 16-time FedEx Air Player of the Week (one in 2006, one in ’07, two in ’08, one in ’13, three in ’14, three in ’15, one in ’16, two in ’17 and two in ‘18).
- Named Comeback Player of the Year by The Associated Press and the Professional Football Writers of America in 2013 when he completed 69.5 percent of his passes for 4,478 yards and 32 touchdowns with 11 interceptions for a 105.5 passer rating.
- Seven-time Chargers Most Valuable Player, two-time Chargers Offensive Player of the Year and 2007 Chargers Co-Most Inspirational Player.
- Walter Payton Man of the Year Finalist after being named the Chargers’ nominee in 2011.
- Named a member of the Chargers’ 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 2009.
- Has the longest active starting streak in the NFL of 208 regular-season games, dating back to his first career start in 2006, tying Peyton Manning for the third-longest streak by a QB in history.
- Finished the 2018 season with 118 career regular-season wins, tying Hall of Fame QB Johnny Unitas for No. 9 in league annals.
- Posted the most efficient game in NFL history in a victory over the Cardinals in 2018, setting all-time marks for single-game consecutive completions (25) and single-game completion percentage with at least 20 pass attempts (96.6).
- Recorded five-straight games during the 2014 season with a passer rating of at least 120.0, becoming the first player in NFL history to do so in a single season.
- Sits at No. 8 all-time in career regular-season passing yards (54,656) and completions (4,518).
- Ended 2018 ranked sixth all-time with 374 career regular-season touchdown passes and eighth all-time with a 95.6 career passer rating (min. 1,500 pass attempts).
- Threw for 300-plus passing yards in a team-record 62 career games, tied with Hall of Fame QB Brett Favre for fifth in NFL history.
- His 11 career 400-yard performances are the most in Chargers history and rank No. 5 in league annals.
- In NFL history, ranks seventh in three-plus touchdown games (56) and tied for No. 22 in four-plus touchdown games (nine).
- In 78 AFC West games as a starter, Rivers has completed 63.0 percent of his passes (1,606-of-2,551) for 19,595 yards with 126 touchdowns and 78 interceptions for a 90.3 passer rating.
- Topped 4,500 passing yards in a season a team-record four times, the fifth-most in NFL history, trailing only QB Drew Brees (eight), Peyton Manning (six), QB Matt Ryan (six) and QB Tom Brady (five).
- With 4,308 passing yards in 2018, had his 10th 4,000-yard season, becoming the fourth player in NFL history to do so, joining Peyton Manning (14), Brees (12) and Brady (10).
- Last year, posted his 11th-straight season with 3,500-plus passing yards, joining Brees (14 seasons) and Peyton Manning (13) as the only players in NFL history to do so.
- Eclipsed 3,000 yards passing for the 13th-consecutive season (2006-18), tying QB Ben Roethlisberger for the fifth-longest streak in NFL history behind Favre (18, 1992-09), Brees (15, 2004-18), QB Eli Manning (14, 2005-18) and Peyton Manning (13, 1998-10).
- Recorded six career 30-touchdown seasons, tied with QB Aaron Rodgers for sixth in NFL history, trailing only Brees (10), Favre (nine), Peyton Manning (nine) and Brady (seven).
- In 2018, posted 32 touchdown passes for his 11th-straight 25-touchdown season (2008-18), tying for the second-longest streak in NFL history with Brees (11, 2006-16) and trailing only Peyton Manning (13, 1998-2010).
- Last season, recorded a comeback win with a deficit of at least 16 points for the seventh time in his career, tying Peyton Manning for the most in league annals.
- Registered a career-low 1.7 interception percentage in 2017, ranking second in the NFL that season among QBs that started all 16 games (Brees had a 1.5 interception percentage).
- Set a career high with 4,792 passing yards in 2015 while tossing 29 touchdowns, 13 interceptions and completing 66.1 percent of his passes for a 93.8 passer rating.
- Against Green Bay in Week 6 of the 2015 season, set single-game team records for pass attempts (65), completions (43) and passing yards (503), marking the first 500-yard performance in Chargers history.
- Did not throw three-plus interceptions in a single game until the 91st contest of his career in 2011, besting Hall of Fame QB Joe Montana (57 games) for an NFL record for the most games to start a career without throwing three-plus picks.
- Threw at least one touchdown pass in each of his first seven career starts to open the 2006 season.
- Appeared in four games as a backup over the first two seasons of his career, totaling 148 yards and a touchdown.
2018: Selected to his eighth Pro Bowl, but did not participate and was replaced by Indianapolis QB Andrew Luck…Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his record-setting performance against the Cardinals in Week 12: Completed the first 25 attempts of the game, good for a single-game all-time record and tying the NFL mark for consecutive completions at any point in league history, finished with a record completion percentage of 96.6 while throwing for 259 yards and three TDs (138.4 passer rating)…Voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week in Week 13 at Pittsburgh: Threw for 299 yards and two TDs while completing 72.2 percent of his passes (26-of-36) for a 115.4 passer rating…Named FedEx Air Player of the Week for a second time following a fan vote for his performance in a Week 15 win at Kansas City: 313 passing yards and two TDs, including a game-winning drive in the fourth quarter…Opened all 16 games at QB to extend his team-record streak of consecutive regular-season starts to 208, the longest active streak in the NFL, becoming the ninth player since at least 1970 and fourth QB in history to reach that mark (tying Peyton Manning at 208 starts)…Completed 347 passes on 508 attempts (68.3 pct.) for 4,308 yards and 32 TDs with 12 INT, tying a single-season career high 105.5 passer rating…Led the team to 12 wins, bringing his career regular-season total to 118 victories to pass Hall of Fame QB Terry Bradshaw and New York Giants QB Eli Manning, and tie Hall of Fame QB Johnny Unitas for 10th all-time…Orchestrated three fourth quarter comebacks, bringing him to 27 for his career…Recorded a comeback win with a deficit of at least 16 points for the seventh time in his career, tying Peyton Manning for the most in league annals…Posted the most efficient game in NFL history in a victory over the Cardinals, setting all-time marks for single-game consecutive completions (25) and single-game completion percentage with at least 20 pass attempts (96.6)…Broke a tie with Hall of Fame QB Fran Tarkenton (342) for sole possession of sixth on the all-time TD passes list, increasing his career total to 373 TDs…Surpassed Hall of Fame QB John Elway (51,475) for No. 8 on the NFL’s career passing yards list…Topped 400 yards twice to bring his career total to 11 performances of 400-plus passing yards…Extended his streaks for seasons with 25-plus TD passes (11 seasons), 3,000 passing yards (13 seasons) and 3,500 passing yards (11 seasons), good for the second-longest, fourth-longest and third-longest, respectively, in NFL history…Reached 30 TD passes for the sixth time, tying Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers for the fifth-most in history…Posted 4,000-plus passing yards for the 10th season of his career, the third-most 4,000-yard campaigns in NFL history…Eclipsed 300-plus yards in five games, giving him 62 career 300-yard games to tie Hall of Fame QB Brett Favre for No. 5 all-time…Posted four games with three passing TDs, bringing his career total to 56 games with three-plus TD passes…Threw multiple TD passes in each of the first 12 games of the season, only the fourth QB ever to do so (Aaron Rodgers in 2011, Peyton Manning in 2004 and Johnny Unitas in 1959)…Set a team mark with 13-straight multi-TD contests dating back to 2017, tying for the second-longest streak in history…Registered a passer rating of at least 90 in each of the first 13 games this season, becoming the third QB in NFL history to do so in each of the first 13 contests to a season…Became just the third QB in NFL history to throw multiple TD passes and register a passer rating of at least 95.0 in each of the first nine games of a season (New England QB Tom Brady in 2007 and Rodgers in 2011)…Became the sixth-ever QB to register 400 career completions of 25-plus yards…Started at QB in both playoff games and led the Bolts to his fifth career postseason win…Threw for 491 yards and three TDs with an INT while completing 56.6 percent (47-of-83) of his passes for an 80.9 passer rating…Reached 14 career postseason TD passes, eclipsing the previous team mark of 12 by Hall of Fame QB Dan Fouts…Posted a postseason single-game career-high 331 passing yards in the AFC Divisional for his second career postseason 300-yard performance…Awards: Pro Bowl Selection (Eighth)…AFC Offensive Player of the Week (Week 12)…FedEx Air Player of the Week (Weeks 13 and 15)…vs. Kansas City (Sept. 9): Started at QB in the season opener for the 13th-straight season, extending his regular-season game starts streak to 193 games…Completed 34 passes on 51 attempts (66.7 pct.) for 424 yards and three TDs with an INT (103.7 passer rating)…Found RB Austin Ekeler in the second quarter for a 13-yard TD for career TD pass No. 343 to break a tie with Fran Tarkenton (342) for sole possession of sixth all-time…The 424 yards were his most in a Week 1 game in his career…The performance brought him to 10 400-yard games, 58 300-yard contests and 53 three-TD games…On the first score, stood tall in the pocket despite pressure to launch a pass over LB Anthony Hitchens to Ekeler in the front, left corner of the end zone…In the fourth quarter, extended a scoring drive on third-and-five by perfectly placing a ball to WR Mike Williams on a seam-route for a 25-yard gain…Five plays later, floated a ball to WR Keenan Allen in the front, right corner of the end zone for his second TD pass of the day after Allen pulled a double-move to get by CB Orlando Scandrick…After buying time by rolling to his right, fired his third TD pass of the day on a four-yard strike to WR Tyrell Williams in the back, right corner of the end zone…at Buffalo (Sept. 16): Led the Bolts to a win, giving him 107 career regular-season victories to tie Terry Bradshaw for 12th all-time…Completed 23 passes on 27 attempts (85.2 pct.) for 256 yards and three TDs for a 143.2 passer rating, marking the fifth-best single-game passer rating of his career (min. 20 attempts)…The three TDs came in the first half, his seventh time of his career…The scores marked his second three-TD game of the season and the 54th of his career…Threw for 178 yards and the three scores in the first half on 15-of-16 passing (93.8 pct.) for a 152.6 passer rating, including posting completions on his first seven attempts of the game for 96 yards and two TDs (perfect 158.3 passer rating)…Found WR Mike Williams for the first TD catch of his career on a seam-route in the first quarter, stepping up in the pocket and standing tall despite pressure…Perfectly placed a ball to Mike Williams later in the first quarter in the soft spot of the zone defense to move the chains on third-and-12…On his second TD pass, ran a play-action pass with RB Melvin Gordon III before finding Gordon open in space in the right flat for a nine-yard score…Found Gordon later in the second quarter for his third TD pass of the day, hitting the RB on a swing pass on third-and-goal despite tight coverage by LB Matt Milano…at Los Angeles Rams (Sept. 23): Threw for 226 yards and two TDs on 18-of-30 passing (60.0 pct.) for a 105.7 passer rating, marking his third-straight game with a rating above 100 to open the season…The two scores brought him to 350 career TD passes…Held on a PAT…Threw his first TD to Mike Williams over the top of CBs Marcus Peters and Aqib Talib for 42 yards after running play-action with Melvin Gordon…Found Mike Williams again in the third quarter on a flag-route for a 20-yard score on fourth-and-two…In the second quarter, side-stepped the pass rush to find TE Antonio Gates for a 27-yard gain on third-and-four…Three plays later, stood tall in the pocket and floated a pass to Keenan Allen down the left sideline on third-and-17 for 25 yards with CB Sam Shields and S Lamarcus Joyner in tight coverage…vs. San Francisco (Sept. 30): Appeared in career game No. 200, starting at QB to extend his team-record streak to 196-consecutive games…Completed 25 passes on 39 attempts (64.1 pct.) for 250 yards and three TDs with an INT (97.2 passer rating), marking his third three-TD performance of the season…Bounced back from an early INT to lead the Bolts to a come-from-behind victory in the fourth quarter, marking his 25th career fourth quarter comeback win and the 108th regular-season win of his career for sole possession of No. 12 in NFL history, breaking a tie with Terry Bradshaw…Passed John Elway (51,475) for No. 8 on the all-time passing yardage list…Found Gates wide open in the back, right corner of the end zone in the first quarter after LB Reuben Foster and CB Ahkello Witherspoon bit on an underneath route by Melvin Gordon…The score marked the 88th TD between them and, at 38 years, 104 days, made Gates the oldest TE in NFL history to catch a TD pass…Threw his second TD on a 22-yard pass to Austin Ekeler in the second quarter, floating the ball down the right sideline to Ekeler, who was defended in single-man coverage by LB Fred Warner…That TD made Ekeler the first undrafted RB with five-plus TD catches in his first two seasons since 1966…Registered the third score in the third quarter, finding Gordon open in the right flat for a six-yard score…vs. Oakland (Oct. 7): Completed 81.5 percent of his passes (22-of-27) for 339 yards and two TDs (143.4 passer rating) to record his second 300-yard performance of the season (59th of his career)…The 143.4 rating was the highest of his career against the Raiders and ranked fourth in his career (min. 25 attempts)…Recorded the best completion percentage (81.5) of his career against the Raiders…Increased his season total to 13 TDs, tying for the most in his career through a season’s first five games (2013)…Threw his first TD of the day in the second quarter after bobbling a snap and recovering to find Austin Ekeler in the left flat, who turned upfield for a 44-yard catch-and-run…Hit TE Virgil Green on a screen pass in the fourth quarter by floating the ball over the arms of DE Arden Key for a 13-yard TD…Made a play in the third quarter to move the chains, buying time by rolling to his right on third-and-11 before finding Antonio Gates for a 16-yard gain down the sideline…at Cleveland (Oct. 14): Threw for 207 yards and two TDs with an INT on 11-of-20 passing (55.0 pct.) for a 103.5 passer rating…Became the 12th QB in NFL history to reach 110 career regular-season victories…Eclipsed 400 career completions to go for 25-plus yards to become the sixth-ever QB to do so…The two scores brought him to 76 since the start of 2016, the most in the NFL…They also marked 15 TD passes this season, tying 2013 as the most through the first six games in a season for his career…Hit Tyrell Williams on back-to-back plays of 44 and 45 yards for a two-play scoring drive in the second quarter for his first TD…Threw his second TD to Tyrell Williams later in the second quarter, putting the ball in a spot for Williams to high-point the football with DB Denzel Ward tight in coverage…vs. Tennessee (Wembley Stadium, Oct. 21): Started career game No. 199, throwing for 306 yards and two TDs on 19-of-26 passing (73.1 pct.) for a 137.7 passer rating…Led the team to the 111th regular-season victory of his career, improving to 27-0 in games where he has a passer rating of 137.0 or better…Recorded the 60th 300-yard performance of his career…Hit Tyrell Williams on a go-route down the left sideline for a 75-yard score on the first offensive play from scrimmage, marking the first TD on the team’s first offensive play of the day following a kickoff since Nov. 18, 2001 (WR Curtis Conway’s 67-yard TD run on a reverse)…Opened the scoring in the second half with a 55-yard strike to Mike Williams on a deep corner-route…In the fourth quarter, perfectly placed a seven-yard pass to a diving Keenan Allen to convert a third-and-four with CB Logan Ryan in tight coverage…at Seattle (Nov. 4): Reached career start No. 200, becoming the 10th player since 1970, and fourth QB ever, to reach that mark…Led the team to his 112th regular-season victory, tying Eli Manning for 11th all-time…Completed 13 passes on 26 attempts (50.0 pct.) for 228 yards and two TDs (105.9 passer rating)…The 105.9 rating marked his seventh of the season of at least 100, marking the most games with a rating of 100-plus through the first eight games of a season in his career…On his first score, hit Tyrell Williams in the front left corner of the end zone on a back-shoulder fade despite tight coverage from CB Tre Flowers for a 12-yard TD…Found Mike Williams on a perfectly timed hitch-route along the left sideline in the second quarter that Williams took for a 30-yard score…at Oakland (Nov. 11): Completed 18 passes on 26 attempts (69.2 pct.) for 223 yards and two TDs with an INT (105.9 passer rating), marking his eighth game of the season with a passer rating of 100-plus…Became just the third QB in NFL history (Tom Brady in 2007 and Aaron Rodgers in 2011) to throw multiple TD passes and register a passer rating of at least 95.0 in each of the first nine games of a season…Extended his streak of games with a TD pass to 22, the third-longest in team history…Found Keenan Allen for his first TD pass on an 11-yard score in the front right corner of the end zone at the end of the first half…Opened the second half by floating a pass over a blitzing defense to Melvin Gordon, who took the pass for a career-long 66-yard catch-and-run for a TD…Extended his starting streak to 201 games, playing all 56 snaps on offense and leading the team to his 113th regular-season victory…vs. Denver (Nov. 18): Tied G Randall McDaniel with his 202nd-straight start for the ninth-longest streak since at least 1970…Posted 401 passing yards and two TDs with two INTs while completing 65.1 percent of his passes (28-of-43) for a 91.3 passer rating…Set a single-game career high when playing Denver with the 401 passing yards…Became the only QB in 2018 to throw multiple TDs in every game…Dating back to 2017, extended his team-record streak of multi-TD games to 11 contests…On the team’s opening drive, stood tall in the face of pressure on third-and-six to hit Keenan Allen on a post-route for 27 yards…Threw a jump ball down the right sideline to Mike Williams in the second quarter on third-and-four that went to the Denver four-yard line for a 29-yard gain…Plays later, found Allen wide open in the back of the end zone for his first TD pass of the day…Threw his second TD of the game in the third quarter to Antonio Gates on a flag-route on the left side of the end zone for six yards…Kept that scoring drive alive earlier with a block on S Darian Stewart on a 17-yard reverse run by Austin Ekeler…vs. Arizona (Nov. 25): Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week after posting the most efficient passing game in NFL history…Completed all but one pass attempt (28-of-29) for a record-setting 96.6 completion percentage (min. 20 attempts)…Completed the first 25 attempts of the day, setting the all-time record for most single-game consecutive completions and tying Miami QB Ryan Tannehill (25 over a two-game stretch in 2015) for the most consecutive completions over any point in league history…Threw for 259 yards and three TDs (138.4 passer rating) for the 56th three-TD performance of his career…Extended his streak of games with a TD pass to 24 consecutive and his multi-TD streak to 12 contests, including the first 11 of the season to become just the fourth QB ever to achieve that mark…Finished the first half a perfect 19-of-19 for 187 yards and two TDs (142.8 passer rating), the first time in his career without an incompletion in the first half…Completed the 25th-straight pass of the day on his third TD pass, buying time by rolling to his right before perfectly placing the ball to Keenan Allen along the right sideline of the end zone for a four-yard score…Hit Mike Williams on a pair of TD passes in the second quarter in the left side of the end zone, with a nine-yard score coming on a flag-route and a two-yard score on a fade-route…Perfectly placed a ball to TE Sean Culkin for his first career catch on a wheel-route along the left sideline between the coverage of CB Leonard Johnson and S Antoine Bethea…at Pittsburgh (Dec. 2): Named FedEx Air Player of the Week following a fan vote…Orchestrated his second fourth quarter come-from-behind victory on the season, good for the 26th of his career and career victory No. 115…With a 16-point deficit in the third quarter, registered his seventh career comeback win when trailing by 16-plus points to tie Peyton Manning for the most in NFL history…Completed 72.2 percent of his passes (26-of-36) for 299 yards and two TDs (115.4 passer rating), extending his streak of games with a TD pass to 25 and tying for the second-longest streak of games with multiple TD passes (13) in NFL history…Remained the only QB to throw multiple TD passes in each game in 2018, becoming the fourth-ever QB to do so in each of a season’s first 12 games…The 115.4 passer rating marked his 12th of the year that was above 90.0, making him the third QB to do so in each of the first 12 games to open a season…Fired a 46-yard score to WR Travis Benjamin for the team’s first score on an out-and-up-route down the right sideline…Completed his second TD to Keenan Allen, who corralled the pass after it was tipped in the air by a Pittsburgh defender, for a 10-yard score…Perfectly placed a third quarter pass over the underneath coverage of CB Mike Hilton to Mike Williams in front of LB L.J. Fort and CB Coty Sensabaugh…Hit Antonio Gates and Allen on a pair of two-point conversions, including a corner-route to Gates after he beat the coverage of CB Artie Burns…vs. Cincinnati (Dec. 9): Completed 19 passes on 29 attempts (65.5 pct.) for 220 yards and a TD (99.8 passer rating), good for his 26th-straight game with a TD pass…Saw his streak of games with multiple TD passes come to an end at 13 games dating back to 2017, tying for the second-longest streak in history…Registered a passer rating above 90 to continue his streak and be the third-ever QB to do so in each of the first 13 games of a season…Extended his streak of seasons with at least 3,500 passing yards to 11 years, good for the third-longest streak in history…Lobbed the TD pass over the top of coverage to Keenan Allen in the first quarter for a 14-yard score…Later in the opening quarter, faked a handoff to Austin Ekeler before spinning and hitting Ekeler in the left flat on a screen pass that went 21 yards…Found Mike Williams on a deep hitch-route down the seam in the fourth quarter on third-and-10 in front of a defender for a 17-yard gain to move the chains…at Kansas City (Dec. 13): Voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week…Threw for 313 yards and two TDs with two INTs on 26-of-38 passing (68.4 pct.) for an 89.0 passer rating, marking his first game of the season with a passer rating below 91…Led the team to a fourth quarter comeback win, his third of the year and 27th of his career…Extended his league-leading streak of games with a TD pass to 27 contests…Posted his 62nd career 300-yard performance to tie Brett Favre for No. 5 in history…Eclipsed 30 TD passes on the season, tying Aaron Rodgers for fifth-most 30-TD campaigns in league annals…On the first TD pass, threw a jump ball for Mike Williams over CB Steven Nelson on a fade-route for a three-yard score…Kept the game-winning drive alive in the fourth quarter with a perfectly placed ball to Travis Benjamin for a 26-yard gain on fourth-and-seven…Found Mike Williams again on a one-yard pass for his second TD, converting a back-shoulder fade with CB Orlando Scandrick in coverage…On the ensuing two-point conversion, threw a game-winning pass to Mike Williams wide open in the back of the end zone…vs. Baltimore (Dec. 22): Completed 23 passes on 37 attempts (62.2 pct.) for 181 yards and two INTs (51.7 passer rating)…Saw his streak of games with a TD pass come to an end at 27, the second-longest streak in team history…at Denver (Dec. 30): Played 49 snaps on offense in his 208th-straight start at QB, which tied Peyton Manning for the third-longest by a QB in history…Threw for 176 yards and a TD with two INTs on 14-of-24 passing (58.3 pct.) for a 60.4 passer rating…Faked a handoff to Melvin Gordon in the third quarter before throwing a strike to Mike Williams up the left seam for a three-yard TD…at Baltimore (AFC Wild Card, Jan. 6): Started at QB for the 10th postseason start of his career…Set a single-game postseason career high (min. 20 attempts) by completing 68.8 percent of his passes (22-of-32) for 160 yards (80.2 passer rating)…Stood tall despite pressure early in the second quarter, throwing a 17-yard pass down the left sideline to Keenan Allen…Perfectly floated a ball over the coverage of CB Jimmy Smith to Mike Williams on a seam-route for 28 yards in the third quarter, extending a drive that was ended by a one-yard TD carry by Melvin Gordon…Contributed with his legs in the fourth quarter, scrambling for a nine-yard gain on third-and-eight, diving across the line-to-gain to move the sticks…at New England (AFC Divisional, Jan. 13): Threw for a single-game postseason career-high 331 yards and three TDs with an INT on 25-of-51 passing (49.0 pct.) for an 81.4 passer rating, marking the second 300-yard performance of his postseason career…The three TDs brought him to 14 for his postseason career, passing Dan Fouts’ team mark of 12 career TD passes in the postseason…Recorded his fourth multi-TD performance in the postseason, tying Fouts for the most in team postseason annals…Threw the first TD in the first quarter to Keenan Allen on a go-route down the right sideline for 43 yards…Set up the second score by perfectly placing a ball to Allen on a seam-route between two defenders for a 32-yard gain to the one-yard line…On the following play, ran a play-action pass to find Virgil Green open in the end zone for a one-yard TD pass…In the fourth quarter, threw his first career postseason TD to Antonio Gates for eight yards on a corner-route along the right sideline in the end zone despite the coverage of S Patrick Chung…The catch made Gates the oldest TE in NFL postseason history with a TD reception and gave him the most career postseason receiving yards in Chargers history…Started at QB for the 11th start of his postseason career.
2017: Selected to his seventh Pro Bowl, but did not participate and was replaced by Kansas City QB Alex Smith…Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts in a Week 12 win against the Cowboys: 27-of-33 passing (81.8 pct.) for 434 yards and three TDs (149.1 passer rating)…Was voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week for his performance…Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week and was voted FedEx Air Player of the Week for the second time following his performance in a Week 17 win against the Raiders: 28-of-37 (75.7 pct.) for 387 yards and three TDs (135.8 passer rating)…One of only two players (New England QB Tom Brady) in 2017 to win AFC Offensive Player of the Week multiple times…Started all 16 games at QB, bringing his career total and consecutive games started streak to 192, the longest active starting streak in the NFL…Registered the 100th win of his career in the second contest against Denver, becoming the 15th player in NFL history and fifth active player to reach the century mark…Improved his mark to 106 regular-season wins, passing Hall of Fame QBs Jim Kelly (101) and Warren Moon (102) for sole possession of 13th in NFL history…Threw for 4,515 yards and 28 TDs with 10 INTs on 360-of-575 passing (62.6 pct.) for a 96.0 passer rating, marking his 12th-consecutive season with 3,000-plus passing yards and his 10th-straight season with 3,500-plus passing yards, joining QB Peyton Manning and QB Drew Brees (13 seasons) as the only QBs in NFL history to reach 3,500 passing yards in 10-plus consecutive seasons…It also marked his ninth season with 4,000 plus yards, joining Peyton Manning (14), Brees (12) and Brady (nine) as the only QBs in NFL history to top 4,000 yards in nine or more seasons…Topped 400 yards once, marking the ninth game with 400-plus passing yards in his career…The 434-yard performance made him the second QB in NFL history to throw for 400-plus yards on the road in Dallas on Thanksgiving (Washington QB Kirk Cousins, 449 in 2016)…Threw for 300-plus yards six times, bringing his career total to 57 games…Posted four games with three passing TDs, putting him at 52 games with three-plus TD passes for his career…In seven games, posted a passer rating greater than 105 and registered a rating better than 100 in nine games, including one game with a passer rating of 149.1 (third-highest of career)…Threw a TD to TE Antonio Gates in the home opener that marked his 85th thrown to Gates, the most by a QB-TE duo in NFL history and tied Hall of Fame QB Steve Young and Hall of Fame WR Jerry Rice for No. 2 among any QB and receiver combination in league annals…Broke the tie with Young and Rice with a TD pass to Gates in the second matchup with Kansas City for sole possession of No. 2 among any QB-receiver combination in league annals, trailing only Peyton Manning and Hall of Fame WR Marvin Harrison (112 TDs)…Threw the 87th TD to Gates in his career at the Jets on Christmas Eve…Became the 10th player in NFL history to top 49,000 passing yards and ninth to top 50,000, finishing the season at No. 9 on the all-time passing list with 50,348 career regular-season passing yards…Against the Patriots, eclipsed 50,000 career passing yards in the regular and postseason combined, the 10th player in league annals to do so…Finished the season with 4,171 career completions, good for No. 7 in league history…Moved into a tie for sixth in NFL history with Hall of Fame QB Fran Tarkenton with 342 career passing TDs…His 7.76 career yards-per-pass attempt ranked second to QB Ben Roethlisberger (7.86) all time among QBs with 40,000-plus career passing yards…Posted two come-from-behind wins in the fourth quarter, giving him 24 for his career and 10 in the final two minutes…Appeared on 1,028 of 1,064 offensive snaps, ranking third among Chargers offensive players…Awards: Pro Bowl Selection (Seventh)…AFC Offensive Player of the Week (Weeks 12 and 17)…FedEx Air Player of the Week (Weeks 12 and 17)…at Denver (Sept. 11): Started his 12th-consecutive season opener...Posted 22 completions on 33 passing attempts (66.7 pct.) for 192 yards and three TDs with an INT (99.6 passer rating)…It marked the 49th game with three-plus TD passes in his career and the third time in the season opener…On the first TD, took a shotgun snap at the Denver 11-yard line and stepped up in the pocket to find RB Melvin Gordon on an angle-route in stride before Gordon leaped over S Justin Simmons to reach the end zone…After a pick by S Adrian Phillips, led the Chargers on a drive that culminated in a five-yard TD pass to WR Keenan Allen in the middle of the end zone on a seam-route that beat CB Chris Harris Jr. …Threw his third TD of the day one play after LB Korey Toomer forced a fumble that was recovered by CB Casey Hayward…Took the snap from the Denver 38-yard line and threw a deep pass to WR Travis Benjamin in the end zone along the left sideline after Benjamin sped past S Darian Stewart…vs. Miami (Sept. 17): Posted a 110.6 passer rating, connecting on 31-of-39 passes (79.5 pct.) for 331 yards and a TD…Marked the 52nd game of his career and first of the season to throw for 300-plus passing yards…His 79.5 completion percentage ranked ninth in his career at the time and was only his fourth game with a completion percentage above 79.0 when throwing 30-plus pass attempts…Hit Antonio Gates in the third quarter on a seven-yard seam route for Gates’ 112th career TD reception, breaking a tie with TE Tony Gonzalez for the most receiving TDs by a TE in NFL history…The score marked the 85th thrown to Gates, which ranks as the most all-time by a QB-TE combination and tied with Steve Young and Jerry Rice for No. 2 between any QB and receiver combination…Earlier in the game, completed a four-yard pass to Gates for Gates’ 900th career reception…vs. Kansas City (Sept. 24): Completed 20-of-40 attempts (50.0 pct.) with three INTs (37.2 passer rating)…vs. Philadelphia (Oct. 1): Registered his 180th start (all consecutive), the most in team annals…Posted a 105.9 passer rating, the second of 105-plus on the season, on 22-of-38 passing (57.9 pct.) for 347 yards and two TDs…Completed passes to a season-high nine different receivers…The 347 passing yards were good for his 53rd career game with 300-plus yards…Opened the scoring for Los Angeles on the first play of the team’s fourth drive by hitting WR Tyrell Williams in stride on a deep post-pattern for a 75-yard TD…It marked the fourth-longest pass of his career, with each of them going for scores…Tossed his second TD to bring the Chargers within two in the fourth quarter, hitting TE Hunter Henry on a four-yard score in the back of the end zone…The score was the 320th TD pass of his career…It marked his 106th game played with multiple TD passes…at New York Giants (Oct. 8): Posted his 50th game with three-plus TD passes, throwing for three TDs and 258 yards on 21-of-44 passing (47.7 pct.) with an INT (79.5 passer rating)…With an 11-yard pass to Antonio Gates, surpassed 47,000 career yards, the 11th player in league annals to do so…The play also moved him into 10th in career passing yards, passing Fran Tarkenton (47,003) and ending the game with 47,198…Hit Melvin Gordon for two passing TDs and Hunter Henry for another…Found Gordon early in the second quarter in the right flat for a six-yard score on second-and-goal…With less than a minute in the third quarter, threw a 25-yard strike to Henry in the left corner of the end zone over the top of three Giants defenders to give the Chargers the lead…Trailing by two with just over three minutes remaining, motioned Gordon next to him in the shotgun, hitting the RB in the right flat again for a 10-yard score on third-and-nine to take the lead for good…It was the 23rd fourth quarter comeback victory of his career and the first since an overtime victory over Atlanta (Oct. 23, 2016)…It also marked his first come-from-behind victory with three-plus TD passes since an overtime win against San Francisco (Dec. 20, 2014)…at Oakland (Oct. 15): Started a game-winning drive with just over four minutes remaining in the fourth quarter to register his 24th fourth quarter come-from-behind victory in his career…It marked the 10th time he has done so in the final two minutes…Finished with 268 passing yards and a TD on 25-of-36 passing (69.4 pct.) for a passer rating of 100.2, his third of 100-plus on the season…Completed a 15-yard third down pass to WR Mike Williams in the fourth quarter for Williams’ first NFL catch…Later in the same drive, found Melvin Gordon on a screen pass for a six-yard TD to take a 14-10 lead with just over 10 minutes to play…Down 16-14, started the game-winning drive by lofting a pass over S Karl Joseph to Hunter Henry for a 34-yard gain…Found Henry two plays later for a 23-yard gain to the Oakland 33-yard line…Centered the ball with four seconds remaining on the Oakland 24-yard line to set up a 32-yard game-winning field goal by K Nick Novak…vs. Denver (Oct. 22): Registered the 100th win of his career, becoming the 15th player in league history and fifth active player to reach the century mark…Completed 15 passes out of 26 attempts (57.7 pct.) for 183 yards and two TDs (105.1 passer rating)…It marked the third game with a passer rating greater than 105 and fourth of the season over 100…Drew the Denver defense offsides for a free play in the second quarter, finding Keenan Allen on a corner-route for a 19-yard gain to the Denver one-yard line…On the next play, completed a swing-pass to RB Austin Ekeler in the left flat for a one-yard TD…In the fourth quarter, completed a 13-yard strike to Hunter Henry on third-and-11 to keep the drive alive…Found Travis Benjamin later in the fourth quarter on a slant-route that went for a 42-yard TD…at New England (Oct. 29): Completed 17 passes of 30 attempts (56.7 pct.) for 212 yards and a TD with an INT (76.0 passer rating)…Found Travis Benjamin on a go-route down the right sideline in the fourth quarter for a 24-yard score to bring the Chargers within five points…Completed passes to eight different receivers…at Jacksonville (Nov. 12): Posted 21 completions on 37 attempts (56.8 pct.) for 235 yards and two TDs with an INT (82.6 passer rating)…Registered his fifth completion of the game in the second quarter to Mike Williams for a 20-yard gain on a post-route…It marked completion No. 3,989 for his career, passing Warren Moon (3,988) for the eighth-most in league annals…Found Austin Ekeler in the right flat twice for a pair of scores (28-yarder in second quarter and 22-yarder in third quarter)…vs. Buffalo (Nov. 19): Appeared in the 190th game of his career, registering his 186th-consecutive start at QB…Tied Jim Kelly with 101 career regular-season wins for 14th in NFL history…Threw for 251 yards and two TDs on 20-of-32 passing (62.5 pct.) for a 107.7 passer rating through three quarters before being removed with a substantial lead…at Dallas (Nov. 23): Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week and was voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week…Registered 434 yards and three TDs on 27-of-33 passing (81.8 pct.) for a 149.1 passer rating…Became the second road QB to throw for 400-plus yards at Dallas on Thanksgiving (Washington QB Kirk Cousins, 2016)…It marked the ninth game of his career with 400-plus yards, the 54th game with 300-plus yards and 51st game with three-plus TD passes…The 149.1 passer rating was the third-highest of his career and his highest since 2010…His 81.8 completion percentage ranked No. 8 in his career and fourth with at least 30 pass attempts…Threaded the ball to Hunter Henry early in the game, dropping it over the head of LB Justin Durant and in front of CB Orlando Scandrick for a 17-yard completion…Opened the scoring in the third quarter with a three-yard TD pass to Henry after going through his progressions to find the TE posted up in front of S Byron Jones in the middle of the end zone…Later on, found Tyrell Williams on a go-route down the right sideline in the front of the end zone, floating the pass over the top of CB Anthony Brown for a 27-yard TD…Capped the offensive scoring in the fourth quarter by completing a 42-yard TD to Keenan Allen after the WR broke a couple of tackles and juked past two defenders…The win brought his career total to 102 regular-season wins, passing Jim Kelly (101) and tying Warren Moon for 13th in NFL history…vs. Cleveland (Dec. 3): Posted career regular-season win No. 103, breaking a tie with Warren Moon for sole possession of 13th in league annals…Brought his season total above 3,000 passing yards for the 12th-consecutive year and eclipsed 49,000 career passing yards with a 344-yard performance…Started at QB for the 188th-straight game, becoming the longest active starting streak…Totaled the 344 yards and a TD on 31-of-43 passing (72.1 pct.) for a 103.2 passer rating…It marked the 55th 300-yard game of his career…Appeared on all 70 offensive snaps…Extended a first quarter play by rolling to his right, giving Hunter Henry time to get on his feet after being knocked to the ground by a defender, before throwing a 12-yard completion to the tight end for a first down…Threw the 335th TD of his career, good for seventh all-time, to Keenan Allen in the third quarter on a third-and-goal on a seam-route…vs. Washington (Dec. 10): Completed 18-of-31 passes (58.1 pct.) for 319 yards and two TDs (114.9 passer rating)…Passed Warren Moon (49,324) for ninth on the all-time passing list, finishing the game with 49,444 for his career…Found Hunter Henry open on a crossing-route in the back of the end zone in the first quarter for an eight-yard TD pass…Found Tyrell Williams in stride with separation from CB Josh Norman and S D.J. Swearinger for a 75-yard TD in the second quarter…Ran a flea flicker with Melvin Gordon in the third quarter, finding Keenan Allen on a go-route down the right sideline for a 51-yard gain to the Washington one-yard line…at Kansas City (Dec. 16): Started the 190th game of his career at QB, extending his consecutive start streak…Completed 20 passes on 36 attempts (55.6 pct.) for 227 yards and a TD with three INTs (49.2 passer rating)…Threw a 10-yard TD pass to Antonio Gates in the third quarter for the 86th career TD between them, breaking a tie with Steve Young and Jerry Rice for second among TDs between a QB-receiver combo to trail only Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison (112)…at New York Jets (Dec. 24): Registered 22 completions on 40 attempts (55.0 pct.) for 290 yards and a TD (86.5 passer rating), passing Hall of Fame QB John Elway (4,123) for eighth on the all-time completions list…Surpassed 4,000 passing yards for the season, marking his ninth season eclipsing the 4,000-yard mark…Joined Peyton Manning (14), Drew Brees (12) and Tom Brady (nine) as the only four QBs in league annals to accomplish that feat…Fired a three-yard TD to Antonio Gates on a seam-route in the second quarter, marking his 87th to Gates…In the fourth quarter, lobbed a pass into a soft spot of the zone between three Jets defenders to find Keenan Allen on a deep out-route for a 20-yard gain on third-and-eight…vs. Oakland (Dec. 31): Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week and was voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week…Completed 28 passes on 37 attempts (75.7 pct.) for 387 yards and three TDs (135.8 passer rating)…Added a five-yard scramble on third-and-four in the third quarter…Stepped up in the pocket to avoid pressure to find Tyrell Williams behind the defense for a 56-yard TD in the second quarter…To close out the first half, threw a six-yard TD to Keenan Allen on a fade-route in the back right corner of the end zone…Fired his third TD of the day to Travis Benjamin, going over the top on third-and-12 for a 62-yard score…In the fourth quarter, stood tall in the pocket, despite Oakland blitzing seven defenders, to find Allen open on an out-route for a 27-yard gain.
2016: Selected to his sixth Pro Bowl, replacing Pittsburgh QB Ben Roethlisberger after originally being named as an alternate…Voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week for his efforts in a Week 2 win against the Jaguars: 17-of-24 passing (70.8 pct.) for 220 yards and four TDs (138.9 passer rating)…Started all 16 games, passing for 4,386 yards and 33 TDs with 21 INTs on 249-of-578 passing (60.4 pct.) for an 87.9 passer rating…Posted six games of 300-plus passing yards and three games with three-plus TD passes…Posted a passer rating of 152.2 on game-opening drives, completing 43 passes on 54 attempts (79.6 pct.) for 629 yards and six TDs…Awards: Pro Bowl Selection (Sixth)…FedEx Air Player of the Week (Week 2)…vs. Jacksonville (Sept. 18): Voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week…Completed 17 passes on 24 attempts (70.8 pct.) for 220 yards and four TDs (138.9 passer rating)…Registered two of the TDs in the first half on 12-of-15 passing (80.0 pct.)…Posted TD passes of 44 and 45 yards in the third quarter, marking the first game since Sept. 14, 2008 (at Denver) with two TD passes of 44-plus yards…On third-and-five late in the third quarter, scrambled for 10 yards and a first down to help set up a 45-yard TD to WR Travis Benjamin…vs. New Orleans (Oct. 2): Completed his first nine attempts for 157 yards and two TDs to start the game…Posted 14 completions on 17 attempts (82.4 pct.) in the first half for 199 yards and two TDs (154.7 passer rating)…Saw his streak of 141 pass attempts without an INT to start the season end, marking the longest streak in franchise annals…at Oakland (Oct. 9): Tied a career high with four TD passes, bringing his career total to 292 to move past Hall of Fame QB Johnny Unitas (290) and Hall of Fame QB Warren Moon (291) for ninth on the all-time passing TDs list…Passed for 359 yards to register his third-straight 300-yard game…Posted three completions of 50-plus yards, matching a career high (Oct. 25, 2009 at Kansas City)…With TE Hunter Henry (59 yards), Travis Benjamin (54 yards) and WR Tyrell Williams (50 yards) hauling in receptions of 50-plus yards, marked the first time since Oct. 20, 1968 (vs. Denver) with three Chargers receivers posting catches of at least 50 yards…Set the sixth-highest yards-per-attempt average of his career with 11.97…at Atlanta (Oct. 23): Led the team to overcome a 17-point deficit in the second half, including by seven points in the fourth quarter, to top the Falcons in overtime, 33-30, for his 22nd fourth quarter comeback victory in his career…The come-from-behind victory was his sixth when trailing by 17-plus points…Netted a season-high 371 yards for the 49th 300-yard game of his career…at Denver (Oct. 30): Appeared in the 172nd game of his career, tying CB Quentin Jammer for No. 8 in team annals…Raised his career pass attempts to 5,631 to pass Hall of Fame QB Dan Fouts (5,604) for the most in franchise history…vs. Tennessee (Nov. 6): Moved into sole possession of eighth in games played in Chargers history, appearing in his 173rd contest…Completed 16-of-20 passes (80.0 pct.) for 176 yards and two TDs (136.7 passer rating) in the first half to register a first half passer rating of 130-plus for the 26th time in his career…vs. Miami (Nov. 13): Threw three TD passes to bring his career total to 301 and Hall of Fame QB John Elway (300) for No. 8 on the all-time list…His 300th TD was hauled in by Hunter Henry for a seven-yard score on third-and-goal…Registered 326 passing yards to post his 50th 300-yard performance…at Houston (Nov. 27): Posted three TD passes for the second-straight game…Completed 13 passes of 16 attempts (81.3 pct.) in the first half for 148 yards and two TDs (144.8 passer rating)…Eclipsed 3,000 yards on the season in the first half, marking his 11th-straight 3,000-yard season to tie for the fourth-most in NFL history…vs. Tampa Bay (Dec. 4): With 225 passing yards, raised his career total to 44,800 to pass QB Drew Bledsoe (44,611) for No. 12 on the all-time passing yards list…Reached 25 passing TDs on the season for his ninth-straight season of 25-plus, the third-longest streak in league annals…at Carolina (Dec. 11): Appeared in his 174th-consecutive game, tying P Mike Scifres for the third-longest streak in Chargers history…Tied a career high (2010) with his 14th completion of 40-plus yards of the season…With 236 passing yards, eclipsed 45,000 for his career to reach 45,036…vs. Oakland (Dec. 18): Moved into sole possession of third in team history with his 175th-straight game played…Completed a 47-yard TD pass to Travis Benjamin, setting a career high with his 15th completion of 40-plus yards…at Cleveland (Dec. 24): Passed for 322 yards to post the 51st 300-yard performance of his career, tying Dan Fouts’ franchise record…Increased his season total to 4,117 passing yards, reaching 4,000 yards for the eighth season of his career, good for No. 4 in league annals…With two TD passes, brought his season total to 31 to eclipse 30-plus TD passes for the fifth time, good for sixth in NFL history…Registered his 16th completion of the season of 40-plus yards on a 50-yarder to Travis Benjamin on the first play of scrimmage…vs. Kansas City (Jan. 1): Threw two TD passes to bring his season total to 33, marking the second-most in a single season in his career…vs. NFC (2017 Pro Bowl, Jan. 29): Completed seven passes on 11 attempts (63.6 pct.) for 59 yards (77.5 passer rating)…Knelt the ball twice to close out the AFC victory.
2015: Named Chargers Most Valuable Player for the seventh time…Voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week for his performance in a Week 1 win over the Lions: 34-of-41 passing (82.9 pct.) for 403 yards and two TDs with two INTs (103.6 passer rating)…Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week and was voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week for the second time following a Week 4 win over the Browns: 358 passing yards and three TDs on 23-of-38 passing (60.5 pct.) for a 118.1 passer rating…Won his third FedEx Air Player of the Week by a fan vote for a record-setting performance against the Packers in Week 6: Set team records in passing attempts (65), completions (43) and passing yards (503), completing 66.2 percent of his passes and throwing two TDs…Finished the year with a career-high 4,792 yards and 29 TDs on 437-of-661 passing (66.1 pct.) with 13 INTs (93.8 passer rating)…Passed Hall of Fame QB Dan Fouts (254) for the most TD passes in Chargers history, raising his career total to 314…Awards: Selected as a fourth-alternate for the Pro Bowl…Chargers Most Valuable Player…AFC Offensive Player of the Week (Week 4)…FedEx Air Player of the Week (Weeks 1, 4 and 6)…vs. Detroit (Sept. 13): Voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week…Posted 403 passing yards and two TDs with two INTs on 34-of-41 passing (82.9 pct.) for a 103.6 passer rating…Tied Dan Fouts’ team record for career TD passes (254)…The 403 yards were the most ever by a Chargers QB in a season opener…Finished the game with 20-straight completions, totaling 229 yards and two TDs…At the time, the 82.9 completion percentage ranked fourth in his career and No. 8 in franchise annals…With the team trailing by one point to start the fourth quarter, the game marked his 21st career fourth quarter come-from-behind victory…Led the team to overcome a first half deficit of 18 points, the second-largest in franchise history…at Cincinnati (Sept. 20): Set the team record for career TD passes, breaking a tie with Dan Fouts with the first of his two TD passes on the day…Ended the game with his career total at 256…Moved past Fouts and Hall of Fame QB Sonny Jurgensen (255) into sole possession of 14th on the all-time passing TDs list…Completed his first two passes of the game before an incompletion, tying Hall of Fame QB Joe Montana (1987), QB Mark Brunell (2006), QB David Carr (2006) and QB Matt Ryan (2012) for the third-longest streak in league history of 22-straight completions dating back to the game against Detroit…Totaled 241 passing yards to pass QB Donovan McNabb (37,276) for 18th on the all-time passing yards list…vs. Cleveland (Oct. 4): Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week and was voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week…Completed 23 passes on 38 attempts (60.5 pct.) for 358 yards and three TDs (118.1 passer rating)…Tied T Russ Washington’s franchise record with his 148th-consecutive start…It marked the 40th three-TD game and 39th 300-yard game of his career…Drove the team 57 yards on eight plays over the final two minutes to set up a game-winning 34-yard field goal as time expired, marking his 25th game-winning drive in the fourth quarter or overtime…vs. Pittsburgh (Oct. 12): Started at QB on ESPN’s Monday Night Football, passing Russ Washington for his team-record 149th-straight start…Completed 35 passes on 48 attempts (72.9 pct.) for 365 yards and two TDs with an INT (99.7 passer rating)…It marked his 40th 300-yard game…Raised his career total to 38,269 passing yards, eclipsing QB Boomer Esiason (37,920) and QB Dave Krieg (38,147) for No. 17 on the all-time list…The two TD passes raised his career total to 262, passing Krieg (261) for 13th in league history…at Green Bay (Oct. 18): Voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week after making his 150th consecutive start and setting franchise records for attempts (65), completions (43) and yards (503)…It marked the first 500-yard performance in team history and the 17th in league annals…It was the 41st 300-yard game and the eighth 400-plus passing yard performance of his career, extending his team record…Became just the fourth QB in league history to start 150 straight contests…vs. Oakland (Oct. 25): Totaled 336 yards and three TDs with two INTs on 38-of-58 passing (65.5 pct.) for a passer rating of 83.7…Tied Dan Fouts’ team record with his fourth-straight 300-yard performance…It marked the 42nd game of his career with 300-plus yards and his 41st three-TD game…at Baltimore (Nov. 1): With 301 passing yards and three TDs, extended his marks to 43 career games with 300-plus yards and 42 career games with three-plus TD passes…It marked his fifth-straight 300-yard game, breaking a team record set by Dan Fouts…Posted a season-high 126.1 passer rating on 28-of-37 passing (75.7 pct.)…Fired a 70-yard TD pass to WR Malcom Floyd in the third quarter for the third-longest pass of his career…vs. Chicago (Nov. 9): Eclipsed 3,000 passing yards on the season, marking his 10th-straight year with 3,000-plus passing yards…vs. Kansas City (Nov. 22): Passed Dan Fouts (3,297) for the franchise record for career completions…at Jacksonville (Nov. 29): Tied a career-high with four TD passes to raise career total to 275 and move past Joe Montana (273) and into a tie with QB Vinny Testaverde for 11th all-time…The game marked the 43rd game of his career with three-plus TD passes and his seventh four-TD performance…Totaled 300 passing yards for his 44th career 300-yard game and brought his career total to 40,166, becoming the 17th player in league annals to eclipse 40,000 career yards…Reached the threshold in 159 career games, the fourth-fastest in NFL history…at Kansas City (Dec. 13): With 263 yards, moved to 15th on the NFL’s all-time passing yards list with 40,631 in his career, passing Joe Montana (40,551)…vs. Miami (Dec. 20): Fired three TD passes to RB Danny Woodhead, bringing his season total to 26 to mark his eighth-straight 25-TD campaign…Joined QB Peyton Manning (13, 1998-2010) and QB Drew Brees (10, 2006-15) as the only passers in history to throw 25-plus TDs in eight-straight seasons…With 311 yards against the Dolphins, brought his career total to 40,942 to pass QB Kerry Collins (40,922) for 14th in NFL history…It marked his eighth 300-yard performance of the year, tying Dan Fouts (1980) for the most in a season in team history…Raised his season total to 4,287 passing yards, his seventh 4,000-yard season to trail just Peyton Manning (14), Brees (10) and QB Tom Brady (eight) for the most in NFL history…at Oakland (Dec. 24): Eclipsed 4,500 passing yards on the year for a team-record third time…at Denver (Jan. 3): Passed for 228 yards to finish the season with 4,792 yards, good for No. 2 in team history and just 10 yards shy of setting the franchise record.
2014: Named Chargers Most Valuable Player for the sixth time…Recognized as AFC Offensive Player of the Month in September…Threw for 1,155 yards and nine TDs with an INT on 96-of-137 passing (70.1 pct.) for a 114.5 passer rating in the season’s opening month…Voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week for his performance in a Week 2 win over the Seahawks: 28-of-37 passing (75.7 pct.) for 284 yards and three TDs (124.2 passer rating)…Earned his second FedEx Air Player of the Week award via fan vote following a Week 4 win over the Jaguars: 377 passing yards and three TDs on 29-of-39 passing (74.4 pct.) for a 130.0 passer rating…Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in a Week 16 come-from-behind victory over the 49ers: 33-of-54 passing (61.1 pct.) for 356 yards and four TDs with three INTs (82.0 passer rating)…Was voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week…Started all 16 games, completing a franchise-record 379 passes on 570 attempts (66.5 pct.) for 4,286 yards and 31 TDs with 18 INTs (93.8 passer rating)…Ranked sixth in the league with a 105.4 passer rating on third down…Recorded an NFL-record five-straight games with a passer rating of 120 or higher, beating the previous mark of four games held by Hall of Fame QBs Johnny Unitas (1965) and Kurt Warner (2009)…Awards: Selected as a second-alternate for the Pro Bowl…Chargers Most Valuable Player…AFC Offensive Player of the Month (September)…AFC Offensive Player of the Week (Week 16)…FedEx Air Player of the Week (Weeks 2, 4 and 16)…Monday Morning Quarterback Offensive Player of the Week (Week 16)…vs. Seattle (Sept. 14): Voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week…Completed 28 passes on 37 attempts (75.7 pct.) for 284 yards and three TDs (124.2 passer rating)…Fired all three TD passes to TE Antonio Gates…Posted a career-high 11 rushes…at Buffalo (Sept. 21): Threw two TD passes to tie his own team record of 23-straight games with a TD pass…Completed 18 passes on 25 attempts (72.0 pct.) for 256 yards (131.4 passer rating)…vs. Jacksonville (Sept. 28): Voted as the FedEx Air Player of the Week by fans…Fired three TD passes and 377 yards on 29-of-39 passing (74.4 pct.) for a 130.0 passer rating…Set a team record with his 24th-straight game with a TD pass…Registered his third game in a row with a passer rating above 120, tying the longest stretch of his career (2008 and ’11)…Completed better than 72 percent of his passes for the third-straight game…With TDs of 43 yards and 47 yards to WR Eddie Royal and one of 24 yards to WR Malcom Floyd, registered the first game of his career with three TD passes of 24-plus yards…vs. New York Jets (Oct. 5): Completed 20 passes on 28 attempts (71.4 pct.) for 288 yards and three TDs with an INT (125.3 passer rating)…Tied the longest streak of his career with his fourth-straight game completing better than 70 percent of his passes…Set an NFL record with his fourth-straight game with a passer rating above 120 (min. 20 attempts)…Saw his streak of 128-straight passes without a pick end with an INT in the second quarter…Extended his team-record streak of consecutive games with a TD pass to 25…His third TD of the game was the 233rd of his career to pass Hall of Fame QB Steve Young (232) for 23rd on the all-time list…at Oakland (Oct. 12): Threw for 313 yards and three TD passes (123.8 passer rating), marking his fifth-straight multi-TD game to tie the best stretch of his career…Extended his NFL-record streak of games with a passer rating over 120 to five (min. 20 attempts)…Brought his career total to 236 TDs, passing QB Donovan McNabb (234) and tying Hall of Fame QB George Blanda (236) for 21st in NFL history…vs. Kansas City (Oct. 19): Completed 17 passes on 31 attempts (54.8 pct.) for 205 yards and two TDs with an INT (83.4 passer rating)…Passed George Blanda (236) and Hall of Fame QB Jim Kelly (237) for 20th in league annals, finishing the game with 238 career TD passes…It marked his sixth consecutive multi-TD game, tying Hall of Fame QB Dan Fouts (1981) for the most in Chargers history…Saw his NFL-record streak of five straight games with a passer rating over 120 (min. 20 attempts) come to an end…Raised his career total to 34,330 passing yards to pass QB Steve DeBerg (34,241) for 25th on the all-time list…at Denver (Oct. 23): Set the franchise record with his seventh-straight multi-TD game, throwing for three TDs…It extended his team record of games with a TD pass to 28 games…Moved past Hall of Fame QB Len Dawson (239) to raise his career total to 241 TD passes for 19th in league annals…With 30 completions, brought his career total to 2,831 to pass Johnny Unitas (2,830) for 25th on the all-time list…at Miami (Nov. 2): Saw his team-record streaks of 28-straight games with a TD pass and seven-straight multi-TD games come to an end…It marked his first game without a TD pass since Dec. 2, 2012 vs. Cincinnati…Passed QB Jim Hart (34,665) and QB Matt Hasselbeck (34,667) to place 23rd on the NFL’s all-time passing list…vs. Oakland (Nov. 16): Moved past QB Jim Everett (34,837) for 22nd on the all-time yardage list…vs. St. Louis (Nov. 23): Posted a season-high completion percentage of 82.9 on 29-of-35 passing…In the second half, completed 14 passes on 15 attempts (93.3 pct.) for 185 yards a TD, including seven-of-seven for 92 yards in the third quarter…Eclipsed 35,000 passing yards for his career…at Baltimore (Nov. 30): Threw for 383 yards and a TD with an INT on 34-of-45 passing (75.6 pct.)…Led the team back from two 10-point deficits in the fourth quarter to a 34-33 win…Led the final, game-winning 80-yard drive with less than two minutes remaining, capping off the drive with a one-yard TD pass to Eddie Royal to register the 19th fourth quarter come-from-behind victory in his career…Started in his 140th-straight game, tying T Walt Sweeney for the second-longest streak in Chargers history…Brought his career passing yardage to 35,587 to move to 20th all-time, passing QB Carson Palmer and Jim Kelly…Raised his career TD pass total to 246 to pass QB John Hadl (244) for 18th in league history…Completed all eight passes on third down for 156 yards…vs. Denver (Dec. 14): Threw career TD pass No. 248 to pass QB Boomer Esiason (247) for 17th on the all-time list…at San Francisco (Dec. 20): Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week and voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week…Registered the 20th fourth quarter comeback win of his career…Brought the team back from two 21-point deficits, tying for the highest in franchise history (Nov. 12, 2006), including a 35-21 deficit in the fourth quarter…Tied his career high with four TD passes, including three in the second half…Led TD drives of 85 and 80 yards in the final nine minutes, with the latter culminating in a game-tying 11-yard TD pass to Malcom Floyd with 29 seconds remaining…Completed a pair of passes on fourth down during the game-tying drive…Eclipsed 3,000 career completions on the game-tying drive…Led the team on a nine-play, 40-yard game-winning drive in overtime…Set a career high with 54 passes…Raised his career total to 252 passing TDs, becoming the 17th QB in NFL history with 250 and passed QB Drew Bledsoe (251) for 16th on the all-time list…at Kansas City (Dec. 28): Threw for 291 yards with two INTs on 20-of-34 passing (58.8 pct.) for a 62.3 passer rating…Eclipsed 4,000 yards for the sixth time in his career, extending his franchise record…It tied Hall of Fame QBs Dan Marino and Brett Favre for the sixth-most 4,000-yard seasons in league annals.
2013: Selected to his fifth Pro Bowl…Named Comeback Player of the Year by The Associated Press and the Professional Football Writers of America…Recognized as Chargers Most Valuable Player…Earned AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts in a Week 2 win over the Eagles: 36-of-47 passing (76.6 pct.) for 419 yards and three TDs (124.3 passer rating)…His performance in a Week 4 victory over Dallas resulted in him being named AFC Offensive Player of the Week: 401 passing yards and three TDs with an INT on 35-of-42 passing (85.3 pct.) for a 120.3 passer rating…Voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week in a Week 12 victory at Kansas City: 27 completions on 39 attempts (69.2 pct.) for 392 yards and three TDs (127.3 passer rating)…Passed for 4,478 yards and 32 TDs with 11 INTs while completing a team-record 69.5 percent of his passes (378-of-544) for a 105.5 passer rating…Topped 300 yards five times and eclipsed 400 yards in three contests…Registered a passer rating of 100 or more in eight games, including six with at least a 120.0 rating…Fired three-plus TDs in six games, including one where he threw four TDs…Registered four fourth quarter come-from-behind victories…Joined Hall of Fame QB Brett Favre (2009) and QB Drew Brees (2011) as the only players in NFL history to complete 20 passes and 80 percent of their pass attempts three times in a single season…Started both playoff contests, finishing 30-of-43 passing (69.8 pct.) for 345 yards and three TDs (116.9 passer rating)…Awards: Pro Bowl Selection (Fifth)…The Associated Press Comeback Player of the Year…Professional Football Writers of America Comeback Player of the Year…Chargers Most Valuable Player…AFC Offensive Player of the Week (Weeks 2 and 4)…FedEx Air Player of the Week (Week 12)…Monday Morning Quarterback Offensive Player of the Week (Week 4)…vs. Houston (Sept. 9): Threw three TD passes in the first half, marking the fourth game of his career with three TDs in the first half…It was his second game against the Texans with three TD passes in the first half (Oct. 28, 2007 at Houston)…Finished the contest with four TD passes for his fifth four-TD performance and his second against the Texans (Nov. 7, 2010 at Houston)…at Philadelphia (Sept. 15): Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week…Led the Chargers to the 400th win in franchise history…Completed 76.6 percent of his passes (36-of-47) for 419 yards and three TDs (124.3 passer rating)…It marked his fourth-career 400-yard game…Led a late fourth quarter nine-play game-winning drive in under two minutes to set up K Nick Novak for a game-winning 46-yard field goal…The three TD passes were to WR Eddie Royal…Completed his first 10 passes…at Tennessee (Sept. 22): Completed 20 passes on 24 attempts (83.3 pct.) for the second-highest single-game completion percentage of his career at the time…vs. Dallas (Sept. 29): Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week…Threw for 401 yards and three TDs with an INT on 35-of-42 passing (83.3 pct.) for a 120.3 passer rating…It marked the second 400-yard game of his career…His 83.3 completion percentage was the highest in NFL history in a 400-yard passing game…Became the first QB in league annals to post a completion percentage above 80 in back-to-back games (min. 20 attempts)…The three TDs brought his career total to 200, becoming the 34th player to reach that mark and the sixth-fastest (120 games) to eclipse 200 TD passes…His third TD of the day (and 200th of his career) was a 56-yard strike to TE Antonio Gates in the fourth quarter…Gates was also on the receiving end of his 100th TD pass against the Cowboys on Dec. 13, 2009…Completed all 12 passes in the third quarter…at Oakland (Oct. 6): Threw for 411 yards, his team-record third 400-yard game of the season and his second in as many weeks…Became the first QB in team history with back-to-back 400-yard games…It marked the sixth game of his career with 400-plus passing yards, tying Hall of Fame QB Dan Fouts for the most in Chargers history…Threw two TD passes to reach 202 for his career to pass QB John Hadl (201) for the second-most in team history…at Jacksonville (Oct. 20): Completed 22 passes on 26 attempts (84.6 pct.) for 285 yards and a TD (125.2 passer rating)…Completed his first 14 pass attempts…His 84.6 completion percentage was the second-highest of his career and the third game of the season with a completion percentage above 80…Eclipsed 30,000 career passing yards to become the fifth-fastest player in NFL history to reach that mark (123 games)…at Kansas City (Nov. 24): Voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week…Threw for 392 yards and three TDs on 27-of-39 passing (69.2 pct.) for a 127.3 passer rating…Fired a 26-yard game-winning TD to WR Seyi Ajirotutu with 24 seconds remaining…It marked his fourth game of the season with 390-plus yards, tying for the most in a season in league annals…Also threw a season-long 60-yard TD to TE Ladarius Green in the fourth quarter…Led the team to 31 points in the second half, including 17 in the fourth quarter…vs. Cincinnati (Dec. 1): With 252 passing yards, raised his season total to 3,633 to reach a team-record sixth-straight season with 3,500-plus yards…vs. New York Giants (Dec. 8): Recorded a season-high 137.4 passer rating and 249 yards with three TDs on 21-of-28 passing (75.0 pct.)…Brought his season TD pass total to 26 to register his sixth-straight season with 25-plus TD passes…at Denver (Dec. 12): Tossed two TDs and 166 yards on 12-of-20 passing (60.0 pct.) for a 120.0 passer rating…Raised his season passing yardage total beyond 4,000 for his team-record fifth 4,000-yard campaign…vs. Oakland (Dec. 22): Threw for 201 yards and a TD with an INT on 19-of-29 passing (65.5 pct.) for an 82.7 passer rating…It marked his 19th-straight game with a TD pass, tying John Hadl (1966-67) for the third-longest streak in team history…vs. Kansas City (Dec. 29): Led the Chargers to overcome a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter and orchestrated a 16-play, 62-yard drive in overtime for a game-winning 36-yard field goal by Nick Novak…Raised his season total to 30 TDs for his third 30-TD season…It marked his 20th-straight game with a TD pass, tying Dan Fouts (1979-80) for the second-longest streak in Chargers history…at Cincinnati (AFC Wild Card, Jan. 5): Completed 12 passes on 16 attempts (75.0 pct.) for 128 yards and a TD (118.8 passer rating)…at Denver (AFC Divisional, Jan. 12): Threw for 217 yards and two TDs on 18-of-27 passing (66.7 pct.) for a 115.8 passer rating…vs. Team Sanders (2014 Pro Bowl, Jan. 26): Threw for 94 yards and a TD with two INTs for Team Rice…Completed eight passes on 13 attempts (61.5 pct.) for a 69.6 passer rating.
2012: Threw for 3,606 yards and 26 TDs with 15 INTs while completing 64.1 percent of his passes (88.6 passer rating)…Became the seventh-fastest player in history to surpass 25,000 career passing yards…at Kansas City (Sept. 30): Made his 100th-career start (all consecutive)…Reached 2,000 career completions with his first of the game…Eclipsed 25,000 career passing yards against the Chiefs (104th career game) to become the seventh-fastest player to reach that mark…at New Orleans (Oct. 7): Threw for a season-high 354 yards…vs. Kansas City (Nov. 1): Completed a team-record 90.0 percent of his passes (18-of-20)…Became the sixth QB in league annals to complete at least 90 percent in a single game (min. 20 attempts)…Completed his first 13 passes of the game, with the first incompletion coming on a throwaway out of the back of the end zone…at Tampa Bay (Nov. 11): Threw for a then-career-high 148 yards in the first quarter…Ended the first half with 218 yards and three TDs on 16-of-18 passing (88.9 pct.) for a 156.7 passer rating…vs. Baltimore (Nov. 25): Threw for 228 yards to raise his career total to 27,105, passing QB John Hadl (26,938) for No. 2 in team annals…vs. Oakland (Dec. 30): Recorded a season-high passer rating of 142.0 with two TDs.
2011: Selected to his fourth Pro Bowl…Named Chargers Most Valuable Player…Started all 16 games, completing 366-of-582 passes (62.9 pct.)…Threw for 4,624 yards and 27 TDs with 20 INTs (88.7 passer rating)…Posted the 13th fourth quarter comeback win of his career…Awards: Pro Bowl Selection (Fourth)…Chargers Most Valuable Player…Chargers Walter Payton Man of the Year Nominee and Walter Payton Man of the Year Finalist…vs. Minnesota (Sept. 11): Posted 335 passing yards…Recorded the 13th fourth quarter comeback win of his career with a 19-yard TD pass with five minutes remaining…at New England (Sept. 18): Eclipsed 20,000 career passing yards…at Denver (Oct. 9): Posted a two-yard TD run, the third rushing TD of his career…vs. Green Bay (Nov. 6): Tied a then-career-high with four TD passes and recorded 385 passing yards, which was good for the fourth-best of his career at the time…Threw three INTs against the Packers to end an NFL-record streak of 90 games to start a career without a three-INT performance…The previous mark of 57 was held by Hall of Fame QB Joe Montana…at Chicago (Nov. 20): Fired two TD passes to bring his career total to 151…Eclipsed 3,000 passing yards on the season for his sixth-straight 3,000-yard season…at Jacksonville (Dec. 5): Recorded a season-high 146.1 passer rating on ESPN’s Monday Night Football…Threw a 52-yard TD pass to WR Malcom Floyd…Ended the game with 1,842 career completions, passing QB John Hadl (1,824) for the second-most in team history…vs. Baltimore (Dec. 18): Went over 4,000 yards for a team-record fourth-straight season on NBC’s Sunday Night Football…at Detroit (Dec. 24): Threw an INT late in the fourth quarter that ended a career-best streak of 170 passes without a pick, the second-longest stretch in Chargers history…vs. NFC (2012 Pro Bowl, Jan. 29): Led the AFC with 190 passing yards and two TDs with an INT…Registered a 105.2 passer rating while completing 11 passes on 19 attempts (57.9 pct.)…Threw his second TD pass to teammate TE Antonio Gates for 27 yards as time expired in the first half.
2010: Selected to his third Pro Bowl, replacing New England QB Tom Brady as the AFC’s starter after initially being named as a reserve…Recognized as Chargers Most Valuable Player…Named AFC Offensive Player of the Month of October…During the month, completed 125 passes on 185 attempts (67.6 pct.) for 1,562 yards and eight TDs with three INTs (101.2 passer rating)…His 1,562 passing yards were an NFL record for the month of October…Finished the season with a then-career-high 4,710 yards and 30 TDs with 13 INTs while completing 66.0 percent of his passes (101.8 passer rating)…It capped a three-year stretch where he posted a passer rating above 100 in each season, joining Hall of Fame QB Steve Young and QB Peyton Manning as the only passers to do so in three consecutive years…His 4,710 passing yards led the league and were the 10th-most yards in a single season at the time…Became the first QB in team history with 25-plus TDs in three-consecutive seasons, including a team-record stretch of 23-straight games with a TD pass…Recorded back-to-back four-TD games, joining Hall of Fame QB Dan Fouts (1985) and QB Drew Brees (2004) as the only Chargers QBs to do so…Posted six 300-yard performances, including a then-team-record 455 yards against Seattle…Tied Fouts with his third 4,000-yard season for the most in Chargers history…Recorded his 11th career fourth quarter comeback win…Threw for 2,649 yards in the first eight games, an NFL record for the first half of a season, topping Fouts’ mark of 2,580 yards…Awards: Pro Bowl Selection (Third)…Chargers Most Valuable Player…USA Today’s Chargers MVP…NFL Alumni Association Quarterback of the Year…AFC Offensive Player of the Month (October)…vs. Jacksonville (Sept. 19): Threw for 334 yards for his 16th 300-yard performance of his career, tying QB John Hadl for second in team history…at Seattle (Sept. 26): Threw for a then-team-record 455 yards and two TDs with two INTs (80.3 passer rating)…Completed 29 passes on a then-career-high 53 attempts (54.7 pct.)…Increased his career passing yards to 16,279 to pass QB Stan Humphries (16,085) for third in team history…vs. Arizona (Oct. 3): Posted a 148.1 passer rating, marking the second-highest of his career at the time…at Oakland (Oct. 10): Recorded the second 400-yard passing game of his career…His 431 yards were good for the ninth-most in team history at the time, including a career-high 290 in the first half…It marked the 17th 300-yard performance of his career…at St. Louis (Oct. 17): Completed 22 passes to move past Stan Humphries (1,335) for third in team history…vs. Tennessee (Oct. 31): Threw for 305 yards to raise season total to 2,649, the most in NFL history in a player’s first eight games to start the season, breaking the record of 2,580 by Dan Fouts (1982)…at Houston (Nov. 7): Tied a career high with his second four-TD game…His 137.2 passer rating a season high on the road…The performance put his career passer rating at 96.9, topping Steve Young (96.8) as the best in league history at the time…vs. Denver (Nov. 22): Posted his second-straight four-TD game to become the third QB in team history with consecutive four-TD performances, joining Drew Brees (2004) and Dan Fouts (1985)…at Indianapolis (Nov. 28): Completed a then-career-high 82.6 percent of his passes and saw his 23-game streak with a TD pass come to an end, which was a team record and the longest active streak in the NFL at the time…vs. Kansas City (Dec. 12): Fired his 25th TD pass on the season, becoming the first Chargers QB with 25-plus TDs in three-straight seasons…It marked TD pass No. 88 since 2008, the most in a three-year stretch in team history (Dan Fouts had 87 from 1979-81)…24 passing attempts moved him past Stan Humphries (2,350) for third in team annals…vs. San Francisco (Dec. 16): Eclipsed 4,000 passing yards on the season for the third-straight year, tying a team record held by Dan Fouts (1979-81)…Recorded his 1,500th career completion…vs. NFC (2011 Pro Bowl, Jan. 30): Finished 17-of-26 passing (65.4 pct.) for a game-high 192 yards and two TDs with two INTs (80.9 passer rating)…Threw a 28-yard TD to TE Marcedes Lewis to end the third quarter, which proved to be the game-winning score.
2009: Selected to his second Pro Bowl, but did not participate and was replaced by Tennessee QB Vince Young…Recognized as Chargers Most Valuable Player…Named AFC Offensive Player of the Month for December…Completed 93 passes on 137 attempts (67.9 pct.) for 1,316 yards and nine TDs with three INTs (111.5 passer rating) in the season’s final month…Finished the season with 4,254 yards and 28 TDs with nine INTs on 317-of-486 passing (65.2 pct.) for a 104.4 passer rating…Topped a passer rating of 100 eight times, including six of the final eight weeks…Started all 16 games for the third-straight year…Threw for 300-plus yards five times to bring his career total to 14, including the first 400-yard performance of his career…Fired three TDs in four games, raising his career total to 15…Completed the ninth and 10th regular-season fourth quarter come-from-behind victories of his career…Eclipsed 100 career TD passes in his 65th career game, the eighth-fastest in league history at the time…Finished the season with 105 TDs and 44 INTs in his career, the best TD-INT ratio by a QB through his first four years as a starter…Started the team’s playoff game, completing 67.5 percent of his passes and throwing for 298 yards and a TD with two INTs (76.9 passer rating)…Awards: Pro Bowl Selection (Second)…Chargers Most Valuable Player…Dallas Morning News Most Valuable Player…AFC Defensive Player of the Month (December)…at Oakland (Sept. 14): Notched his first fourth quarter comeback win of the season, leading the team on an 89-yard game-winning TD drive in nine plays…Completed six-of-seven passes for 79 yards on the drive, posting a fourth quarter passer rating of 144.4…vs. Baltimore (Sept. 20): Threw for a then-career-high 436 yards and two TDs with two INTs while completing 25 passes on 45 attempts (55.6 pct.) for an 85.0 passer rating, tying Hall of Fame QB Dan Fouts for the third-highest single-game passing yardage in team history at the time…Completed a career-long 80-yard TD in the first quarter to RB Darren Sproles…It marked the ninth-longest pass play in team history…at Kansas City (Oct. 25): Registered his second three-TD game of the season, marking his 88th career TD pass to move to third in Chargers history…Recorded a 107.9 passer rating, his first above 100 on the season…Fired a 58-yard TD to Darren Sproles…vs. Oakland (Nov. 1): Saw his streak of 143-straight passes, which stretched over four games, without an INT come to an end…at New York Giants (Nov. 8): With an 18-yard game-winning TD pass to WR Vincent Jackson with 21 seconds remaining, recorded his second fourth quarter come-from-behind victory on the year…It was his third three-TD performance of the year…vs. Philadelphia (Nov. 15): Completed a then-career-high 80.0 percent of his passes for 231 yards and two TDs (131.8 passer rating)…at Cleveland (Dec. 6): Threw for 373 yards and two TDs on 18-of-25 passing (72.0 pct.) for a season-high 140.8 passer rating…Fired his 100th career TD pass on a 14-yarder to TE Antonio Gates, tying as the eighth-fastest player (65 games) to 100 TD passes…It marked his second-straight game with 300-plus yards…Also marked his fourth-straight game with a passer rating over 100, and his third in the past four games with a passer rating to eclipse 130…vs. Cincinnati (Dec. 20): Led a 46-yard drive that resulted in a 52-yard game-winning field goal by K Nate Kaeding…at Tennessee (Dec. 25): Eclipsed 4,000 passing yards on the season, helping clinch the No. 2 seed in the AFC playoffs…Registered a 132.1 passer rating, his fourth of 130-plus on the season…vs. New York Jets (AFC Divisional, Jan. 17): Completed 27 passes on 40 attempts (67.5 pct.) for 298 yards and a TD with two INTs (76.9 passer rating).
2008: Recognized as Chargers Co-Most Valuable Player…Named Chargers Offensive Player of the Year…Named AFC Offensive Player of the Month for December…Posted 1,054 passing yards and 11 TDs with just one INT while completing 66.1 percent of his passes (120.3 passer rating) in the season’s final month…Voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week in a Week 3 Monday Night Football win over the Jets: Threw for 250 yards and three TDs while completing 76.0 percent of his passes (130.0 passer rating)…Voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week for the second time following a Week 6 win over the Patriots on NBC’s Sunday Night Football: Registered a season-high 141.9 passer rating while throwing for 306 yards and three TDs…Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in a Week 15 victory over the Chiefs: Completed 70.8 percent of his passes for 346 yards and two TDs with an INT (96.4 passer rating)…Started all 16 games at QB, throwing for 4,009 yards and a team-record 34 TDs with 11 INTs while completing 65.3 percent of his passes (team-record and league-high 105.5 passer rating)…Set career highs in passing TDs and passer rating (min. 100 attempts)…It marked the first time he eclipsed 4,000 yards or 30 TDs in a single season…Threw for 300-plus yards five times, increasing his career total to nine…Brought his career total to 11 three-plus TD performances with seven such games in 2008, including the first four-TD game of his career…Started the season with three-straight games with three TD passes…Threw at least one TD in each of the first nine games of the season…Totaled three regular-season fourth quarter comeback victories…Finished the year with the No. 2 passer rating on third down (110.7) and in the fourth quarter (111.7)…Started both playoff contests, completing 41 passes on 71 attempts (57.7 pct.) for 525 yards and three TDs with two INTs (83.4 passer rating)…Registered his second three-TD performance in the postseason and his first 300-yard game in the playoffs…Led the team back for a fourth quarter come-from-behind win in the playoffs…Awards: Selected as a first-alternate for the Pro Bowl…Chargers Co-Most Valuable Player…Chargers Offensive Player of the Year…AFC Offensive Player of the Month (December)…Chargers Alumni Offensive Player of the Month (September)…AFC Offensive Player of the Week (Week 15)…FedEx Air Player of the Week (Weeks 3 and 6)…Sports Illustrated Offensive Player of the Week (Week 15)…at Denver (Sept. 14): Threw for a then-career-high 377 passing yards and three TDs with an INT while completing 21 passes on 33 attempts (63.6 pct.) for a 120.4 passer rating…It marked his first 300-yard performance of the season and second three-TD game…vs. New York Jets (Sept. 22): Voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week…Bounced back from an early INT to complete 19 of his next 24 passes (79.2 pct.) for 250 yards and three TDs…Marked his third-straight three-TD game…vs. New England (Oct. 12): Voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week…Posted a season-high passer rating of 141.9…Completed 18 passes on 27 attempts (66.7 pct.) for 306 yards and three TDs…It was his fourth three-TD game of the year and second 300-yard performance…It marked his first 300-yard game at home of his career…vs. Kansas City (Nov. 9): Threw two second-half TD passes to lead the team to a fourth quarter come-from-behind victory…Finished with 316 yards and two TDs with two INTs on 27-of-36 passing (75.0 pct.) for a 96.5 passer rating…It marked the first back-to-back 300-yard performances by a Charger since QB John Friesz in 1991…Led the 14-play, 94-yard game-winning drive while completing all eight passes for 75 yards…at Pittsburgh (Nov. 16): Saw his streak of 16-straight games with a TD come to an end…It tied QB John Hadl for the third-longest streak in team history…at Kansas City (Dec. 14): Named AFC Offensive Player the Week…Rallied the team from an 11-point deficit with just under five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, completing 19-of-25 passes (76.0 pct.) for 199 yards and two TDs while directing TD drives of 89 and 61 yards…Threw the 10-yard game-winning TD pass to WR Vincent Jackson with just over 30 seconds remaining…at Tampa Bay (Dec. 21): Threw a then-career-high four TD passes…It marked his first four-TD performance…Threw two TD passes in the fourth quarter to overcome a four-point deficit…vs. Indianapolis (AFC Wild Card, Jan. 3): Brought the team back from a three-point fourth quarter deficit…Directed a game-tying field goal drive late in the fourth quarter to force overtime…In overtime, conducted a game-winning TD drive on the first series.
2007: Named Chargers Co-Most Inspirational Player…Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts in a Week 5 win against the Broncos: 13-of-18 passing (72.2 pct.) for 270 yards and two TDs (151.4 passer rating), marking the highest passer rating of his career…Voted by fans as FedEx Air Player of the Week…Threw for 3,152 yards and 21 TDs with 15 INTs on 277-of-460 passing (60.2 pct.) for an 82.4 passer rating…Posted three performances of three-plus TD passes…Registered two games with 300-plus passing yards…Led the team to a fourth quarter comeback victory, bringing his career total to five…In his second-straight postseason, completed 52 passes on 86 attempts (60.5 pct.) for 767 yards and four TDs with four INTs (85.8 passer rating)…Gutted through a knee injury, starting and playing the entire AFC Championship with a torn ACL in his right knee…Awards: Chargers Co-Most Inspirational Player…AFC Offensive Player of the Week (Week 5)…FedEx Air Player of the Week (Week 5)…at Green Bay (Sept. 23): Completed his first 15 pass attempts, tying a team record set by Hall of Fame QB Dan Fouts…With three TD passes and 306 passing yards, posted his second career three-TD performance and third career 300-yard effort…at Denver (Oct. 7): Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week and was voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week…Set a career high with a passer rating of 151.4…Completed 13 passes on 18 attempts (72.2 pct.) for 270 yards and a TD…Added a two-yard rushing TD for his first-career score on the ground…Completed all eight passes in the third quarter for 160 yards and two TDs (158.3 passer rating)…vs. Houston (Oct. 28): Registered his second three-TD performance of the season, raising his career total to three games…vs. Baltimore (Nov. 25): Recorded the fourth three-TD game of his career…at Tennessee (Dec. 9): Suffered a knee injury in the second quarter, but returned in the second half to throw two TD passes in the fourth quarter, leading the team to a come-from-behind victory in overtime…It was the fifth fourth quarter comeback win of his career…Capped off an 80-yard game-tying drive with a two-yard TD to TE Antonio Gates with just nine seconds remaining…vs. Tennessee (AFC Wild Card, Jan. 6): With 292 yards and a TD with an INT, led the team to 17-6 win to give the Chargers their first postseason victory in 13 years…Hit WR Vincent Jackson for a 25-yard score in the third quarter for the team’s first lead of the game…Completed nine passes on 10 attempts (90.0 pct.) for 137 yards and a TD (152.1 passer rating) in the third quarter…at Indianapolis (AFC Divisional, Jan. 13): Suffered a knee injury on the final play of the third quarter and did not return…Was injured throwing a screen pass to RB Darren Sproles that went for a 56-yard catch-and-run TD…Finished with 14 completions on 19 attempts (73.7 pct.) for 264 yards and three TDs with an INT (133.2 passer rating), marking his first-career three-TD performance in the postseason…at New England (AFC Championship, Jan. 20): Started at QB and played the entire game through a torn ACL in his right knee suffered against Indianapolis.
2006: Selected to his first Pro Bowl, but did not participate and was replaced by Tennessee QB Vince Young…Named Chargers Offensive Player of the Year…Recognized as AFC Offensive Player of the Week with his performance in a Week 6 win over the 49ers: 29-of-39 passing (74.4 pct.) for 334 yards and two TDs (116.8 passer rating), marking the first 300-yard game of his career…Was voted by fans as the FedEx Air Player of the Week for his efforts…Started all 16 games, marking the first starts of his career…Completed 284 passes on 492 attempts (61.7 pct.) for 3,388 yards and 22 TDs with nine INTs (92.0 passer rating)…Threw at least one TD pass in each of his first seven career starts…Fired three-plus TD passes in one game and threw for 300-plus passing yards in two contests…Had the league’s No. 1 passer rating in the fourth quarter (116.6) and second half (99.3)…Had a passer rating above 100 in six games…Posted four fourth quarter come-from-behind victories…Started the team’s playoff contest, finishing with 14 completions on 32 attempts (43.8 pct.) for 230 yards with an INT (55.5 passer rating)…Awards: Pro Bowl Selection (First)…Chargers Offensive Player of the Year…AFC Offensive Player of the Week (Week 6)…FedEx Air Player of the Week (Week 6)…Chargers Alumni Player of the Week (Week 2)…NBC’s Football Night in America Player of the Day (Week 10)…Sports Illustrated Offensive Player of the Week (Week 10)…at Oakland (Sept. 11): Started the first game of his career on ESPN’s Monday Night Football…Completed eight passes on 11 attempts (72.7 pct.) for 108 yards and a TD (133.9 passer rating), marking the second-highest completion percentage and third-highest passer rating for an NFL QB making his first career start in a season opener (since 1995)…at San Francisco (Oct. 15): Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week and voted by fans as FedEx Air Player of the Week…Completed 29 passes on 39 attempts (74.4 pct.) for 334 yards and two TDs (116.8 passer rating)…It marked the first 300-yard performance of his career…Posted 13-straight completions in the first half for 195 yards and two TDs, including a 57-yard score to TE Antonio Gates and a 33-yard TD to WR Vincent Jackson…Completed 14 of his first 15 attempts with the lone incompletion an intentional throwaway…Did not have an incompletion on four of his scoring drives, including three that went for TDs…Completed nine passes on 10 attempts for 142 yards and a TD on third down…at Cincinnati (Nov. 12): Threw for 337 yards and three TDs on 24-of-36 passing (66.7 pct.) for a 124.5 passer rating…It marked his second 300-yard game and his first-career three-TD performance…Led the team back from two 21-point deficits in the first half…After trailing 21-0, completed 19 passes on 25 attempts (76.0 pct.) for 291 yards and three TDs…Trailed by 10 points entering the fourth quarter, marking his first-career fourth quarter come-from-behind victory…at Denver (Nov. 19): Posted his second fourth quarter comeback victory in as many weeks, leading the team to a 35-27 win after trailing by 17 points, including by seven in the fourth quarter…Finished with 19 completions on 26 attempts (73.1 pct.) for 222 yards and two TDs with two INTs (92.1 passer rating)…Led an 11-play, 99-yard TD drive in the first quarter, the team’s longest since Nov. 25, 2001…at Seattle (Dec. 24): Fired a game-winning 37-yard TD to Vincent Jackson with just under 30 seconds remaining to mark his third fourth quarter comeback win…Finished with 181 yards and two TDs…vs. Arizona (Dec. 31): Completed a season-high 79.2 percent (19-of-24) of his passes despite playing through a foot injury…Threw for 231 yards and two TDs with an INT (117.2 passer rating)…Posted nine completions on 10 attempts (90.0 pct.) for 135 yards and two TDs (158.3 passer rating) in the second quarter…vs. New England (AFC Divisional, Jan. 14): Started the first postseason game of his career while playing through a foot injury…Finished with 14 completions on 32 attempts (43.8 pct.) for 230 yards with an INT (55.5 passer rating).
2005: Played in two games, finishing with 12 completions on 22 passes (54.5 pct.) for 115 yards with an INT (50.4 passer rating)…vs. Buffalo (Nov. 20): Made his season debut, but did not record any stats…vs. Denver (Dec. 31): Entered in the second quarter for injured QB Drew Brees…Finished 12-of-22 passing (54.5 pct.) for 115 yards with an INT (50.4 passer rating)…Led the team on a 10-play, 69-yard TD drive on his first series.
2004: Appeared in two games, completing five passes on eight attempts (62.5 pct.) for 33 yards and a TD (110.9 passer rating)…vs. New Orleans (Nov. 7): Made his NFL debut, but did not record any stats…vs. Kansas City (Jan. 2): Played the second half, finishing with five completions on eight attempts (62.5 pct.) for 33 yards and a TD…Fired a 13-yard score in the fourth quarter to WR Malcom Floyd for his first career TD pass.
COLLEGE: Played four seasons (2000-03) at North Carolina State, starting an NCAA-record 51 career games…Set school career records for passing yards (13,484), pass attempts (1,710), completions (1,087), TD passes (95), completion percentage (63.6 pct.), 300-yard games (19) and 400-yard games (seven)…At the time, his 13,484 career passing yards ranked No. 2 by a QB in Division I FBS history…Finished seventh in Heisman Trophy voting his senior year…Became the seventh QB in NCAA History and the first from the Atlantic Coast Conference to post three 3,000-yard passing seasons…Throughout his career, earned ACC Player of the Week (once), ACC Offensive Back of the Week (twice) and ACC Rookie of the Week (eight times)…As a senior, was awarded ACC Player of the Year and first-team All-ACC…Named Most Valuable Player of the Tangerine Bowl after a career-high 475 yards and a school-record-tying five TDs in the 30-point win over Kansas…As a junior, earned second-team All-ACC honors and was named the MVP of the Gator Bowl against Notre Dame…Recognized as CNN/Sports Illustrated National Player of the Week after a five-TD performance against Navy in 2002…Received honorable mention All-ACC and was named MVP of the Citrus Bowl as a sophomore…In 2000, was named ACC Rookie of the Year…Recognized by ABC Sports as Newcomer of the Year…Earned Freshman of the Year honors by Football News and Columbus Touchdown Club…MVP of the Micron PC Bowl in 2000.
PERSONAL: Given name Philip Michael Rivers…Born in Decatur, Ala. …Knew his wife, Tiffany, while growing up in Alabama before marrying her following his freshman year at North Carolina State…The couple has nine children, seven girls and two boys…His father, Steve, played LB at Mississippi State while his brother, Stephen, played QB at Louisiana State and Vanderbilt before closing his career at Northwestern State (La.)…Learned his passion for football from his father as a water boy for Decatur High, where his dad was the head coach…Presented an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree after delivering the commencement speech at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. in 2014, marking the second time he gave a commencement speech as he did so in 2012 at North Carolina State…Recognized by the Los Angeles Sports Council as the Co-Sportsmen of the Year for 2018 with Los Angeles Rams DT Aaron Donald while also garnering Professional Star of the Year honors from the San Diego Sports Association…Oversaw the Rivers of Hope Foundation from 2010-12 with his wife, raising over $1 million for the foundation’s efforts…In 2014, Rivers helped raise more than $112,000 for San Diego’s Ronald McDonald House through the “Passing It On” campaign…Earned a degree in business from North Carolina State…High School: Named Alabama Player of the Year as a senior at Athens (Ala.) High…Played for his father at Athens High, choosing to play for the Golden Eagles over Decatur (Ala.) High after his father moved on from Decatur to coach at Athens.
2004 Selected by New York Giants in the first round (fourth overall) of NFL Draft, April 24…Traded by Giants along with the Giants’ third-round selection as well as first and fifth-round selections in the 2005 NFL Draft to San Diego Chargers for QB Eli Manning, April 24…Signed rookie contract, Aug. 24.
2009 Signed contract extension, Aug. 24.
2015 Signed contract extension, Aug. 15.
