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It’s a wrap on a fantastic career.
Former Seattle Seahawks star quarterback Russell Wilson announced his retirement from the NFL in a thank-you video posted June 3, capping a legendary career that spanned 14 years (2012-25) and four teams. Here are Wilson’s 14-year NFL career by the numbers:
1: Wilson is first in Seahawks history with 37,059 passing yards, 3,079 completions, 292 passing yards, a 101.8 passer rating and 104 regular season wins over his 10 years with the franchise (2012-21).
2: The number of Super Bowls he played in (2013 and 2014 seasons with the Seahawks).
4A: Wilson ranks fourth in NFL history among quarterbacks with 5,568 career regular-season rushing yards.
4B: The number of teams that Wilson played for (he played for the Seahawks from 2012-21, the Denver Broncos from 2022-23, the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2024 and the New York Giants in 2025).
5A: Wilson is fifth all-time with a career passer rating of 99.3.
5B: He threw double-digit interceptions in just five seasons.
9: Wilson had a career 9-8 postseason record, going 9-7 with the Seahawks and 0-1 with the Steelers.
10: The number of Pro Bowl nods he earned.
11: Wilson is 11th in NFL history with 4,056 postseason passing yards.
12: He is 12th in league history with 353 regular-season passing yards.
16: Wilson is 16th in NFL history with 46,966 regular season passing yards.
27: The number of touchdowns Wilson threw over 17 postseason games.
30: He threw for 30-plus touchdowns in five seasons: 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
34: He led the NFL with 34 touchdown passes in 2017.
40: Wilson threw for a career-high 40 touchdowns in 2020.
48: Wilson helped the Seahawks win their first Super Bowl in franchise history in 2013, just his second season in the sport, when Seattle obliterated Denver in Super Bowl XLVIII, 43-8.
74: The number of players selected before Wilson in the 2012 NFL Draft; Seattle took Wilson with the No. 75 pick after playing three seasons with the North Carolina State Wolfpack (2008-10) and one season with the Wisconsin Badgers (2011). Of those 74 players, five of them were quarterbacks.
100: He posted a passer rating of at least 100 in seven seasons: 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
110.1: Wilson led the NFL with a 110.1 passer rating in 2015.
2020: Wilson was the 2020 recipient of the Walter Payton Man of the Year.
4,000: He threw for more than 4,000 yards in four seasons: 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2020.
4,689: The number of yards Wilson rushed for in the regular season with the Seahawks, which ranks fifth in franchise history among all players; his 23 rushing touchdowns with the team ranked eighth.
