Brett Favre did not look like a star chasing history. He just kept moving and throwing. On Dec 5, 2010, when his NFL career almost came to an end, the veteran had done something no QB had ever done before. He crossed 500 career TD passes. Guinness World Records later made it official. Favre became the first NFL quarterback to hit that number.
Why Brett Favre’s 500 TDs Changed NFL History
Favre’s NFL life started without any noise. He first hit the NFL in 1991 with the Falcons but found his true match with Green Bay. Everything changed on Sept 27, 1992. The star replaced injured QB Don Majkowski vs. the Cincinnati Bengals. There he threw a game-winning TD that night. He also never left the starting job again.
From that point on, HOF played like someone and kept the momentum going. He started 297 straight regular-season games from 1992 to 2010. Including playoffs, the number reached 321. No QB in NFL history has touched that level of caliber. That streak alone shows how the numbers kept stacking up.
Favre threw his 500th TD pass on Nov. 28, 2010, while playing for Minnesota. He finished his career a week later with 508 total TD passes. Guinness World later recognized him as the first NFL QB to hit the 500 mark. That moment locked his legacy into global sports history.
Favre became the first QB to hit 70,000 career passing yards. His final credentials settled at 71,838 yards when he stepped away. Over 6,300 passes found their mark, while throws exceeded 10,000 times. All of it grew from belief - coaches leaned on him. Teammates counted on his presence. Fans never doubted he’d be there.
Peyton Manning later broke Favre’s TD record in 2014. But that does not erase what Favre did first. He opened the door. He proved that durability still mattered in a violent league. Guinness did not honour Favre for being perfect. They honoured him for lasting.
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Favre joins seven others from Green Bay’s Hall of Fame class on the NFL’s century roster - names like Hutson, Gregg, Hubbard, White, Lombardi, and Lambeau are already there. Though their time in Packers uniforms was short, Stenerud and Tunnel still made the cut, too.
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