Sonny Jurgensen

Christian Adolph Jurgensen II

Position: QB Throws: Right

5-11, 202lb (180cm, 91kg)

Born: August 23, 1934 in Wilmington, NC

College: Duke (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 105 (99th overall since 1960)

High School: New Hanover (NC)

Draft: Philadelphia Eagles in the 4th round (43rd overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1983 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

218

136

QBrec

69-71-7

Cmp%

57.1

Yds

32224

Y/A

7.6

255

Int

189

FantPt

2020.1

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV	Awards
1957	23	PHI	QB	9	10	4	3-1-0	33	70	47.1	470	5	7.1	8	11.4	61	6.7	3.0	14.2	47.0	53.6
1958	24	PHI	QB	9	12	0		12	22	54.5	259	0	0.0	1	4.5	61	11.8	9.7	21.6	21.6	77.7
1959	25	PHI	QB	9	12	0		3	5	60.0	27	1	20.0	0	0.0	19	5.4	9.4	9.0	2.3	114.2
1960	26	PHI	QB	9	12	0		24	44	54.5	486	5	11.4	1	2.3	71	11.0	12.3	20.3	40.5	122.0	5	45	10.2	9.00	10.12			2
1961*+	27	PHI	QB	9	14	14	10-4-0	235	416	56.5	3723	32	7.7	24	5.8	69	8.9	7.9	15.8	265.9	88.1	28	211	6.3	7.91	6.92	3	3	16	UPI MVP-2, AP1, PB
1962	28	PHI	QB	9	14	13	3-9-1	196	366	53.6	3261	22	6.0	26	7.1	84	8.9	6.9	16.6	232.9	74.3	21	212	5.4	7.88	5.99			11
1963	29	PHI	QB	9	9	8	1-6-1	99	184	53.8	1413	11	6.0	13	7.1	75	7.7	5.7	14.3	157.0	69.4	13	111	6.6	6.61	4.76	1	0	5
1964*	30	WAS	QB	9	14	14	6-8-0	207	385	53.8	2934	24	6.2	13	3.4	80	7.6	7.3	14.2	209.6	85.4	38	302	9.0	6.22	5.97	0	1	12	AP CPoY-3, PB
1965	31	WAS	QB	9	13	13	6-7-0	190	356	53.4	2367	15	4.2	16	4.5	55	6.6	5.5	12.5	182.1	69.6	29	245	7.5	5.51	4.42	1	1	8
1966*	32	WAS	QB	9	14	14	7-7-0	254	436	58.3	3209	28	6.4	19	4.4	86	7.4	6.7	12.6	229.2	84.5	26	210	5.6	6.49	5.85	2	3	14	AP MVP-7, PB
1967*	33	WAS	QB	9	14	14	5-6-3	288	508	56.7	3747	31	6.1	16	3.1	86	7.4	7.2	13.0	267.6	87.3	19	157	3.6	6.81	6.62	4	2	16	UPI MVP-3, AP2, PB
1968	34	WAS	QB	9	12	12	4-8-0	167	292	57.2	1980	17	5.8	11	3.8	99	6.8	6.3	11.9	165.0	81.7	21	183	6.7	5.74	5.25			7
1969*	35	WAS	QB	9	14	14	7-5-2	274	442	62.0	3102	22	5.0	15	3.4	88	7.0	6.5	11.3	221.6	85.4	40	322	8.3	5.77	5.28	2	0	15	AP MVP-5, UPI MVP-7, AP2, PB
1970	36	WAS	QB	9	14	14	6-8-0	202	337	59.9	2354	23	6.8	10	3.0	66	7.0	7.0	11.7	168.1	91.5	25	214	6.9	5.91	5.94			15
1971	37	WAS	QB	9	5	1	1-0-0	16	28	57.1	170	0	0.0	2	7.1	30	6.1	2.9	10.6	34.0	45.2	1	8	3.4	5.59	2.48			1
1972	38	WAS	QB	9	7	4	4-0-0	39	59	66.1	633	2	3.4	4	6.8	36	10.7	8.4	16.2	90.4	84.9	2	21	3.3	10.03	7.74	1	1	3
1973	39	WAS	QB	9	14	4	3-1-0	87	145	60.0	904	6	4.1	5	3.4	36	6.2	5.5	10.4	64.6	77.5	16	114	9.9	4.91	4.25	2	1	4
1974	40	WAS	QB	9	14	4	3-1-0	107	167	64.1	1185	11	6.6	5	3.0	44	7.1	7.1	11.1	84.6	94.5	10	69	5.6	6.31	6.28	2	2	7
Career					218	147	69-71-7	2433	4262	57.1	32224	255	6.0	189	4.4	99	7.6	6.8	13.2	147.8	82.6	294	2424	6.5	6.54	5.79	18	14	136
11 yrs		WAS			135	108	52-51-5	1831	3155	58.0	22585	179	5.7	116	3.7	99	7.2	6.6	12.3	167.3	83.9	227	1845	6.7	6.13	5.65	14	11	102
7 yrs		PHI			83	39	17-20-2	602	1107	54.4	9639	76	6.9	73	6.6	84	8.7	7.1	16.0	116.1	79.1	67	579				4	3	34

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1960	26	PHI	QB	1	0	0-0
1971	37	WAS	QB	1	0	0-0
1973	39	WAS	QB	1	0	0-0
1974	40	WAS	QB	1	0	0-0	6	12	50.0	78	0	0.0	3	25.0	27	6.5	-4.8	13.0	78.0	31.2	1	8	7.7	5.38	-5.00
Career				4		0-0	6	12	50.0	78	0	0.0	3	25.0	27	6.5	-4.8	13.0	19.5	31.2	1	8	7.7	5.38	-5.00
3 yrs		WAS		3	0	0-0	6	12	50.0	78	0	0.0	3	25.0	27	6.5	-4.8	13.0	26.0	31.2	1	8	7.7	5.38	-5.00
1 yr		PHI		1	0	0-0

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Adjusted Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1957	23	PHI	QB	9	10	4	3-1-0	70	92		70		90	125	49		86
1961*+	27	PHI	QB	9	14	14	10-4-0	416	122		118		116	118	104		119
1962	28	PHI	QB	9	14	13	3-9-1	366	127		111		104	105	86		104
1963	29	PHI	QB	9	9	8	1-6-1	184	103	109	95	99	106	105	84	110	97
1964*	30	WAS	QB	9	14	14	6-8-0	385	105	105	113	112	108	107	119	101	114
1965	31	WAS	QB	9	13	13	6-7-0	356	92	96	96	98	106	92	105	109	99
1966*	32	WAS	QB	9	14	14	7-7-0	436	105	112	109	113	123	112	109	116	115
1967*	33	WAS	QB	9	14	14	5-6-3	508	107	118	116	122	119	111	122	128	120
1968	34	WAS	QB	9	12	12	4-8-0	292	97	100	108	109	122	108	115	107	115
1969*	35	WAS	QB	9	14	14	7-5-2	442	103	102	111	109	135	102	116	99	119
1970	36	WAS	QB	9	14	14	6-8-0	337	104	106	118	118	126	124	120	106	127
1972	38	WAS	QB	9	7	4	4-0-0	59	172	175	135	140	144	92	88	124	122
1973	39	WAS	QB	9	14	4	3-1-0	145	93	92	105	103	124	100	119	91	114
1974	40	WAS	QB	9	14	4	3-1-0	167	109	116	121	124	139	121	122	115	131
Career					218	147	69-71-7	4262

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1957	23	PHI	QB	9	10	4	10	-3	2	8	-0.3	-0.3	1.0				0				10	-0.3	-3	2	0
1958	24	PHI	QB	9	12	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1				0				1	1.0	1	0	1
1960	26	PHI	QB	9	12	0	4	5	0	9	1.3	0.4	0.3				0				4	1.3	5	0	3
1961*+	27	PHI	QB	9	14	14	20	27	0	14	1.4	1.9	1.4				0				20	1.4	27	0	6
1962	28	PHI	QB	9	14	13	17	44	2	30	2.6	3.1	1.2				0				17	2.6	44	2	4
1963	29	PHI	QB	9	9	8	13	38	1	13	2.9	4.2	1.4				0				13	2.9	38	1	1
1964*	30	WAS	QB	9	14	14	27	57	3	24	2.1	4.1	1.9				0				27	2.1	57	3	3
1965	31	WAS	QB	9	13	13	17	23	2	27	1.4	1.8	1.3				0				17	1.4	23	2	6
1966*	32	WAS	QB	9	14	14	12	14	0	16	1.2	1.0	0.9				0				12	1.2	14	0	5
1967*	33	WAS	QB	9	14	14	15	46	2	21	3.1	3.3	1.1				0				15	3.1	46	2	5
1968	34	WAS	QB	9	12	12	8	21	1	11	2.6	1.8	0.7				0				8	2.6	21	1	2
1969*	35	WAS	QB	9	14	14	17	156	1	33	9.2	11.1	1.2				0				17	9.2	156	1	2
1970	36	WAS	QB	9	14	14	6	39	1	14	6.5	2.8	0.4				0				6	6.5	39	1	4
1971	37	WAS	QB	9	5	1	3	29	0	11	9.7	5.8	0.6				0				3	9.7	29	0	1
1972	38	WAS	QB	9	7	4	4	-5	0	0	-1.3	-0.7	0.6				0				4	-1.3	-5	0	4
1973	39	WAS	QB	9	14	4	3	7	0	7	2.3	0.5	0.2	1	-3	-3.0	0	-3	0.1	-0.2	4	1.0	4	0	1
1974	40	WAS	QB	9	14	4	4	-6	0	0	-1.5	-0.4	0.3				0				4	-1.5	-6	0	2
Career					218	147	181	493	15	33	2.7	2.3	0.8	1	-3	-3.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	182	2.7	490	15	50
11 yrs		WAS			135	108	116	381	10	33	3.3	2.8	0.9	1	-3	-3.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	117	3.2	378	10	35
7 yrs		PHI			83	39	65	112	5	30	1.7	1.3	0.8				0				65	1.7	112	5	15

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1957	23	PHI	QB	9	10	4			0				0	1	0	0
1958	24	PHI	QB	9	12	0			0				1	1	0	0
1960	26	PHI	QB	9	12	0			0				3	2	0	0	0.0
1961*+	27	PHI	QB	9	14	14			0				6	2	0	0	0.0
1962	28	PHI	QB	9	14	13			0				4	2	0	0	0.0
1963	29	PHI	QB	9	9	8			0				1	1	0	0	0.0
1964*	30	WAS	QB	9	14	14			0				3	0	0	0	0.0
1965	31	WAS	QB	9	13	13			0				6	3	0	0	0.0
1966*	32	WAS	QB	9	14	14			0				5	1	0	0	0.0
1967*	33	WAS	QB	9	14	14			0				5	0	0	0	0.0
1968	34	WAS	QB	9	12	12			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
1969*	35	WAS	QB	9	14	14			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
1970	36	WAS	QB	9	14	14			0				4	1	0	0	0.0
1971	37	WAS	QB	9	5	1			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1972	38	WAS	QB	9	7	4			0				4	0	-9	0	0.0
1973	39	WAS	QB	9	14	4			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1974	40	WAS	QB	9	14	4			0				2	2	-11	0	0.0
Career					218	147			0				50	18	-20	0	0.0
11 yrs		WAS			135	108			0				35	9	-20	0	0.0
7 yrs		PHI			83	39			0				15	9	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1957	23	PHI	QB	9	10	4	2	2		12	1.2
1962	28	PHI	QB	9	14	13	2	2		12	0.9
1963	29	PHI	QB	9	9	8	1	1		6	0.7
1964*	30	WAS	QB	9	14	14	3	3		18	1.3
1965	31	WAS	QB	9	13	13	2	2		12	0.9
1967*	33	WAS	QB	9	14	14	2	2		12	0.9
1968	34	WAS	QB	9	12	12	1	1		6	0.5
1969*	35	WAS	QB	9	14	14	1	1		6	0.4
1970	36	WAS	QB	9	14	14	1	1		6	0.4
Career					218	147	15	15	0	90	.4
11 yrs		WAS			135	108	10	10	0	60	.4
7 yrs		PHI			83	39	5	5	0	30	.4

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PFR HOF Monitor: 78.57 (25th among QB, average HOF QB is 103.58)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Sonny Jurgensen?

Sonny Jurgensen is 88 years old.

When was Sonny Jurgensen born?

Sonny Jurgensen was born on August 23, 1934.

Where was Sonny Jurgensen born?

Sonny Jurgensen was born in Wilmington, NC.

How tall is Sonny Jurgensen?

Sonny Jurgensen is 5-11 (180 cm) tall.

How much did Sonny Jurgensen weigh when playing?

Sonny Jurgensen weighed 202 lbs (91 kg) when playing.

Is Sonny Jurgensen in the Hall of Fame?

Sonny Jurgensen was elected into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1983.

How many games did Sonny Jurgensen play?

Sonny Jurgensen played 218 games over his career.

How many passing yards did Sonny Jurgensen have?

Sonny Jurgensen had 32,224 passing yards over his career.

How many touchdowns did Sonny Jurgensen have?

Sonny Jurgensen had 255 touchdowns over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Sonny Jurgensen won?

Sonny Jurgensen has never won a Super Bowl.

When did Sonny Jurgensen retire?

Sonny Jurgensen last played in 1974.

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