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		9	12	0		12	22	54.5	259	0	0	1	4.5	61	11.8	9.7	21.6	21.6	77.7
1959	25	PHI		9	12	0		3	5	60	27	1	20	0	0	19	5.4	9.4	9.0	2.3	114.2
1960	26	PHI		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								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						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	26	7.1	84	8.9	6.9	16.6	232.9	74.3								11
1963	29	PHI	QB	9	9	8	1-6-1	99	184	53.8	1413	11	6	13	7.1	75	7.7	5.7	14.3	157.0	69.4						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						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						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						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						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								7
1969*	35	WAS	QB	9	14	14	7-5-2	274	442	62	3102	22	5	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	66	7.0	7.0	11.7	168.1	91.5	25	214	6.9	5.91	5.94			15
1971	37	WAS		9	5	1	1-0-0	16	28	57.1	170	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		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		9	14	4	3-1-0	87	145	60	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	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	189	4.4	99	7.6	6.8	13.2	147.8	82.6	94	748	2.2	7.23	6.44	18	14	136
11 yrs		WAS			135	108	52-51-5	1831	3155	58	22585	179	5.7	116	3.7	99	7.2	6.6	12.3	167.3	83.9	94	748	7.4	5.97	5.53	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						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		1	0	0-0	6	12	50	78	0	0	3	25	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	78	0	0	3	25	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	78	0	0	3	25	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		95		106	105	84		97
1964*	30	WAS	QB	9	14	14	6-8-0	385	105		113		108	107	119		114
1965	31	WAS	QB	9	13	13	6-7-0	356	92		96		106	92	105		99
1966*	32	WAS	QB	9	14	14	7-7-0	436	105		109		123	112	109		115
1967*	33	WAS	QB	9	14	14	5-6-3	508	107		116		119	111	122		120
1968	34	WAS	QB	9	12	12	4-8-0	292	97		108		122	108	115		115
1969*	35	WAS	QB	9	14	14	7-5-2	442	103	103	111	110	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		9	7	4	4-0-0	59	172	175	135	140	144	92	88	124	122
1973	39	WAS		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	Rush	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								10	-0.3	-3	2	0
1958	24	PHI		9	12	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1								1	1.0	1	0	1
1960	26	PHI		9	12	0	4	5	0	9	1.3	0.4	0.3								4	1.3	5	0	3
1961*+	27	PHI	QB	9	14	14	20	27	0	14	1.4	1.9	1.4								20	1.4	27	0	6
1962	28	PHI	QB	9	14	13	17	44	2	30	2.6	3.1	1.2								17	2.6	44	2	4
1963	29	PHI	QB	9	9	8	13	38	1	13	2.9	4.2	1.4								13	2.9	38	1	1
1964*	30	WAS	QB	9	14	14	27	57	3	24	2.1	4.1	1.9								27	2.1	57	3	3
1965	31	WAS	QB	9	13	13	17	23	2	27	1.4	1.8	1.3								17	1.4	23	2	6
1966*	32	WAS	QB	9	14	14	12	14	0	16	1.2	1.0	0.9								12	1.2	14	0	5
1967*	33	WAS	QB	9	14	14	15	46	2	21	3.1	3.3	1.1								15	3.1	46	2	5
1968	34	WAS	QB	9	12	12	8	21	1	11	2.6	1.8	0.7								8	2.6	21	1	2
1969*	35	WAS	QB	9	14	14	17	156	1	33	9.2	11.1	1.2								17	9.2	156	1	2
1970	36	WAS	QB	9	14	14	6	39	1	14	6.5	2.8	0.4								6	6.5	39	1	4
1971	37	WAS		9	5	1	3	29	0	11	9.7	5.8	0.6								3	9.7	29	0	1
1972	38	WAS		9	7	4	4	-5	0	0	-1.3	-0.7	0.6								4	-1.3	-5	0	4
1973	39	WAS		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								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								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	1	0	0
1958	24	PHI		9	12	0							1	1	0	0
1960	26	PHI		9	12	0							3	2	0	0	0.0
1961*+	27	PHI	QB	9	14	14							6	2	0	0	0.0
1962	28	PHI	QB	9	14	13							4	2	0	0	0.0
1963	29	PHI	QB	9	9	8							1	1	0	0	0.0
1964*	30	WAS	QB	9	14	14							3	0	0	0	0.0
1965	31	WAS	QB	9	13	13							6	3	0	0	0.0
1966*	32	WAS	QB	9	14	14							5	1	0	0	0.0
1967*	33	WAS	QB	9	14	14							5	0	0	0	0.0
1968	34	WAS	QB	9	12	12							2	1	0	0	0.0
1969*	35	WAS	QB	9	14	14							2	1	0	0	0.0
1970	36	WAS	QB	9	14	14							4	1	0	0	0.0
1971	37	WAS		9	5	1							1	0	0	0	0.0
1972	38	WAS		9	7	4							4	0	-9	0	0.0
1973	39	WAS		9	14	4							1	0	0	0	0.0
1974	40	WAS	qb	9	14	4							2	2	-11	0	0.0
Career					218	147							50	18	-20	0	0.0
11 yrs		WAS			135	108							35	9	-20	0	0.0
7 yrs		PHI			83	39							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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