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On Sunday in MetLife Stadium, Eli Manning started his 128th regular season game, which is the equivalent of eight full NFL seasons. He has started those games consecutively, which is the longest streak among the league’s active quarterbacks and the third-longest in history. Only Brett Favre (297) and his older brother, Peyton Manning (208), have started more consecutive games among quarterbacks than Manning, who is 75-53 (.586) in the regular season.
 
What follows is how Manning’s statistics compare with all other active quarterbacks at the 128-game mark, as well as Favre, Hall of Famer Dan Marino, Archie Manning and Phil Simms, whose Giants career passing records will soon be broken by Manning. Thanks to the Elias Sports Bureau for providing the statistics.

Active Quarterbacks
Name	W-L	Att	Com	Yds	TD	Int	Rate
Eli Manning	75-53	4,230	2,482	29,939	197	138	82.4
Tom Brady	98-30	4,240	2,691	31,050	228	99	93.7
Drew Brees	72-56	4,424	2,882	32,454	215	120	91.8
Matt Hasselbeck	69-59	4,163	2,505	28,900	172	121	82.8
Peyton Manning	80-48	4,333	2,769	33,189	244	130	93.5
Retired Quarterbacks
Phil Simms	78-50	3,771	2,055	27,155	165	135	77.2
Brett Favre	83-45	4,396	2,686	31,142	236	142	87.0
Archie Manning	35-90	3,253	1,803	21,297	111	149	67.8
Dan Marino	79-49	4,510	2,662	33,807	252	144	87.8

*Eli Manning’s totals are only for his 128 starts and do not include the three completions and 66 yards he had on nine attempts as a reserve in his NFL debut at Philadelphia on Sept. 12, 2004.

*All five active quarterbacks with at least 128 games have played in a Super Bowl. Hasselbeck is the only one of the five who was not victorious at least once in the title game.

*Of the nine quarterbacks listed here, Archie Manning is the only one never to play in a Super Bowl.

*Eli and Peyton each have more than twice as many victories as their father did at this point in their careers.

*Including his totals from his first game, Eli Manning has 30,005 passing yards in eight seasons plus nine games. Archie Manning finished his 14-year career with 23,911 yards.

*Eli has 197 touchdown passes and 138 interceptions. His father’s career totals were 125 touchdown passes and 173 interceptions.

*The difference in the numbers posted by the two Giants quarterbacks indicates how much more of a passing league the NFL is now compared to Simms’ era. In the same number of starts, Manning has thrown 459 more passes, has 427 more completions and 2,784 more yards - and has three fewer regular-season victories.

*Manning’s 75-53 record breaks down 37-28 at home and 38-25 on the road.

*Now in the second half of his ninth season, Manning is on his way to setting all of the Giants’ major career passing records:

Name	Attempts	Completions	Yards	Touchdowns
Phil Simms	4,647	2,576	33,462	199
Eli Manning	4,239	2,485	30,005	197

*The franchise leader in interceptions is Charlie Conerly with 167. Simms had 157 and Manning has 138.

*Manning holds the team record with 25 regular-season 300-yard games. Simms had 22.

*Manning’s 128 consecutive regular-season starts is 24 games longer than the current runner-up, San Diego’s Philip Rivers – the player for whom he was traded on draft day in 2004.

Consecutive regular-season games started (active):

Name	Games
Eli Manning	128
Philip Rivers	104
Joe Flacco	72
Tom Brady	56
Mark Sanchez	43
Matt Ryan	43

Longest consecutive starting streaks by NFL quarterbacks (all-time):

Name	Teams	Years	Streak
Brett Favre	GB, NYJ, MIN	1992-2010	297 games
Peyton Manning	IND	1998-2010	208 games
Eli Manning	NYG	2004-Present	128 games
Ron Jaworski	PHI	1977-1984	116 games
Tom Brady	NE	2001-2008	111 games
Joe Ferguson	BUF	1977-1984	107 games

*Since Manning made his starting debut on Nov. 21, 2004, 104 different quarterbacks have started an NFL game.

*Manning has started against 65 different quarterbacks in the regular season. His highest victory total is against Jason Campbell (6-0) and Tony Romo (6-5). He is 1-1 vs. Brady, 0-4 vs. Brees, 1-2 vs. Hasselbeck and 0-2 vs. Peyton Manning.

Manning’s record by month:

September	16-10
October	27-5
November	13-18
December	16-19
January	3-1

Record When Manning:

Throws 0 Touchdowns:	8-14
Throws 1 Touchdown:	28-19
Throws 2 Touchdowns:	20-13
Throws 3 Touchdowns:	16-4
Throws 4 Touchdowns:	3-3
Throws 5 Touchdowns:	0-0
Throws 6 Touchdowns:	0-0
Throws at least one TD:	67-39
Was Not Sacked:	22-8
Was Sacked:	53-45
Was Not Intercepted:	33-9
Was Intercepted:	42-44
Played on Grass:	24-13
Played on Turf:	51-40
Rushed for a Touchdown:	3-1
Margin 7 pts or more:	49-37
Margin 3 points/less:	10-12

Manning’s 2,485 completions and 30,005 passing yards by receiver:

Receiver	Catches	Yards
Plaxico Burress	244	3681
Hakeem Nicks	224	3340
Steve Smith	213	2314
Amani Toomer	210	2554
Jeremy Shockey	206	2300
Mario Manningham	156	2275
Victor Cruz	139	2253
Tiki Barber	129	1144
Ahmad Bradshaw	122	952
Kevin Boss	118	1597
Domenik Hixon	86	1177
Brandon Jacobs	80	730
Derrick Ward	69	576
Jake Ballard	38	604
David Tyree	38	439
Sinorice Moss	36	373
D.J. Ware	35	233
Tim Carter	34	471
Martellus Bennett	31	370
Derek Hagan	31	317
Jim Finn	29	213
Ramses Barden	27	372
Bear Pascoe	25	236
Travis Beckum	24	256
Visanthe Shiancoe	22	178
Madison Hedgecock	20	128
Henry Hynoski	19	115
Ike Hilliard	17	143
Rueben Randle	9	154
Michael Matthews	8	54
Andre Brown	7	57
Reuben Droughns	7	49
Darcy Johnson	6	43
Marcellus Rivers	5	36
Michael Jennings	5	49
Devin Thomas	3	37
Jamaar Taylor	2	102
Michael Clayton	2	19
Da'Rel Scott	2	13
Anthony Mix	1	21
Brandon Stokley	1	7
Ron Dayne	1	7
Jerrel Jernigan	1	6
Duke Calhoun	1	4
David Wilson	1	3
Sean Berton	1	3

Manning’s 197 Career Touchdown Passes By Targets (25 Different Receivers):

Plaxico Burress	33
Hakeem Nicks	24
Jeremy Shockey	19
Mario Manningham	18
Kevin Boss	18
Amani Toomer	17
Victor Cruz	16
Steve Smith	11
Jake Ballard	4
Brandon Jacobs	4
David Tyree	4
Martellus Bennett	3
Travis Beckum	3
Domenik Hixon	3
Tiki Barber	3
Ahmad Bradshaw	3
Sinorice Moss	2
Tim Carter	2
Darcy Johnson	2
Madison Hedgecock	2
Derek Hagan	2
Derrick Ward	1
Marcellus Rivers	1
Visanthe Shiancoe	1
Bear Pascoe	1

By Quarters:

First	38
Second	58
Third	37
Fourth	63
Overtime	1

By Length (Yards):

1-9	10-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70-79	80-89	90-99
86	35	28	21	5	5	7	6	2	2

*Lawrence Tynes leads the NFL with 26 field goals and 102 points. His closest pursuer in both categories is former Giant Matt Bryant, now with Atlanta, who has 20 field goals and 82 points.

*Tynes is the first NFL player to score at least 100 points in the first nine games since San Diego running back LaDainian Tomlinson in 2006. More significantly, according to Elias, he is the only kicker since the 1970 merger with at least 100 points in nine games. He might be the only pure kicker in history to accomplish the feat, because prior to the merger, many kickers also played other positions.

*Tynes is also one of four kickers in history with at least 26 field goals in nine games:

Player	Team	Year	Field Goals
Lawrence Tynes	Giants	2012	26
Neil Rackers	Arizona	2005	28
Olindo Mare	Miami	1999	27
Richie Cunningham	Dallas	1997	26

*Tynes kicked two field goals Sunday against Pittsburgh, the last NFL team against which he has booted a three-pointer. He is one of 17 kickers with a field goal against all 32 NFL teams.

*The Giants totaled 24 first downs in their last two games (11 at Dallas, 13 vs. Pittsburgh). That is their lowest two-game total since Dec. 5 and 12, 2004, when they had 18 combined first downs in losses at Washington (seven) and Baltimore (11).

*The Giants did not score a touchdown in the second half of either of their last two games, the first time they did not do that in consecutive games since it happened in three in a row from Oct. 28-Nov. 18, 2007. The Giants won two of those games.

*The Giants’ plus-14 turnover differential is second in the NFL behind Chicago’s plus-16. Their 26 takeaways are second to the Bears’ 28. The two teams are tied for the league lead with 17 interceptions.

*All four NFC East teams lost in Week Nine, the first time that’s happened since Week 13 last year.