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The Success and The Failures of Lefthanders in Sports

Lefthanded Quarterbacks Statistics

Among quarterbacks with the
most pass completions

1     Drew Brees                  6,867
27      Boomer Esiason        2,969  
       8th at time of his retirement

35     Mark Brunell                2,761
40     Steve Young                 2,667
60     Ken Stabler                  2,270
94     Michael Vick                1,807 
105     Jim Zorn                       1,669   

Among quarterbacks with the highest career completion percentage

1      Drew Brees             66.6%
11     Steve Young            64.3% 
        1st at time of his retirement

40     Ken Stabler             59.8%
       47    Mark Brunell           59.5%     
 88    Boomer Esiason     57.0%
104   Michael Vick            56.2%
115   Scott Mitchell          55.5%
148   Jim Zorn                   53.0%

Among quarterbacks to throw
for more than 20,000 yards

1     Peyton Manning      71,940
20     Boomer Esiason      37,920  
       9th at time of his retirement

32     Steve Young             33,124 
40     Mark Brunell            32,072 
57     Ken Stabler               27,938 
89     Michael Vick              22,464 
99     Jim Zorn                     21,115 

Among quarterbacks to throw
for more than 100 touchdowns

1       Peyton Manning       539
22      Boomer Esiason       247  
        9th at time of his retirement

30     Steve Young               232 
47     Ken Stabler                194 
51     Mark Brunell              184 
97     Michael Vick               133 
121    Jim Zorn                      111  

We've shown the #1 ranked quarterback
in the stats below for a reference point.  
You can see that our top six lefthanders rank
in or near the top 100 in most passing stats. 

Ken Stabler, Boomer Esiason, and Steve Young were much closer to the top in some statistics when they retired, but the modern NFL offenses makes it easier for quarterbacks to put up big numbers.