Aaron Rodgers

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Lore & Background

After backing up Brett Favre for the first three years of his NFL career, Rodgers became the Packers' starting quarterback in 2008. In the 2010 season, he led them to a victory in Super Bowl XLV, earning the Super Bowl MVP. He was named Associated Press Athlete of the Year in 2011, and was voted league MVP by the Associated Press for the 2011, 2014, 2020, and 2021 NFL seasons. Rodgers is the fifth player to win NFL MVP in consecutive seasons, joining Peyton Manning, Favre, Joe Montana and Jim Brown. Rodgers has led the NFL six times in touchdown-to-interception ratio (2011, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2021); six times in lowest passing interception percentage (2009, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021); four times in passer rating (2011, 2012, 2020, 2021); and four times in touchdown passing percentage (2011, 2012, 2020, 2021); three times in total touchdowns (2011, 2016, 2020); twice in touchdown passes (2016, 2020) and once in yards per attempt (2011) and completion percentage (2020). In 2023, Rodgers was traded to the New York Jets, where he spent two seasons with the team. Released by the Jets after the 2024 season, Rodgers signed with the Steelers, whom he led to a division title that season.

In Their Own Story

Lambeau Field held its breath as the clock wound down. Defenders surged toward the pocket like a collapsing star, but Rodgers didn't flinch. He planted his back foot, spun on a dime with balletic grace, and released the ball from an impossible angle. The spiral cut through the cold Wisconsin air, landing where only he could see it. The crowd roared, but in that split second of chaos, there was only calm execution—a signature play that defined fifteen seasons of brilliance.

Reader's Guide

Ranking first on the NFL's all-time regular-season career passer rating list, Rodgers is among the most efficient quarterbacks of all time. Apart from a regular-season career passer rating of over 100 (the first to ever have a career rating over 100), he also holds the best touchdown-to-interception ratio and the lowest passing interception percentage in NFL history while also having had the highest passer rating in NFL history throughout the entire 2010s decade. In the postseason, he is second in both touchdown passes and touchdown-to-interception ratio, fourth in passing yards, and eighth in all-time passer rating. In the regular season, he has the best touchdown-to-interception ratio in NFL history at 4.34, holds the league's second lowest career interception percentage at 1.4 percent and the highest single-season passer rating record of 122.5. Rodgers is also a four-time winner of the Best NFL Player ESPY Award.

Did You Know?

• Rodgers was born on December 2, 1983, in Chico, California.
• He set a single-season school record with 2,466 total yards at Pleasant Valley High School in 2001.
• Rodgers threw 26 touchdowns in his freshman season at Butte College, leading the school to a 10–1 record.
• He holds the Cal career record for lowest percentage of passes intercepted at 1.95 percent.
• Rodgers was selected 24th overall by the Green Bay Packers in the 2005 NFL draft after being passed over by the San Francisco 49ers.