Ben Roethlisberger

QB

#7

Experience: 18 years

Height: 6-5

Age: 39

Weight: 240 lbs

College: Miami (Ohio)

2021 SEASON

TDS

3
INT

3
YDS

801
RTG

79

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Passing

YEAR	TEAM	G	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	1st	1st%	20+	SCK	SCKY	RATE
2004	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	295	196	66.44	2621	8.9	58	17	11	130	44.07	43	30	213	98.1
2005	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	268	168	62.69	2385	8.9	85	17	9	111	41.42	35	23	129	98.6
2006	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	469	280	59.7	3513	7.5	67	18	23	178	37.95	42	46	280	75.4
2007	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	404	264	65.35	3154	7.8	83	32	11	168	41.58	39	47	347	104.1
2008	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	469	281	59.91	3301	7	65	17	15	162	34.54	35	46	284	80.1
2009	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	506	337	66.6	4328	8.6	60	26	12	202	39.92	61	50	348	100.5
2010	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	389	240	61.7	3200	8.2	56	17	5	149	38.3	52	32	220	97
2011	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	513	324	63.16	4077	8	95	21	14	210	40.94	56	40	269	90.1
2012	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	449	284	63.25	3265	7.3	82	26	8	167	37.19	39	30	182	97
2013	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	584	375	64.21	4261	7.3	67	28	14	205	35.1	60	42	282	92
2014	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	608	408	67.11	4952	8.1	94	32	9	240	39.47	55	33	172	103.3
2015	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	469	319	68.02	3938	8.4	69	21	16	174	37.1	48	20	141	94.5
2016	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	509	328	64.44	3819	7.5	72	29	13	184	36.15	59	17	141	95.4
2017	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	561	360	64.17	4251	7.6	97	28	14	207	36.9	52	21	139	93.4
2018	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	675	452	66.96	5129	7.6	97	34	16	248	36.74	61	24	166	96.5
2019	Pittsburgh Steelers	2	62	35	56.45	351	5.7	45	0	1	14	22.58	4	2	7	66
2020	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	608	399	65.63	3803	6.3	84	33	10	193	31.74	43	13	118	94.1
2021	Pittsburgh Steelers	3	130	83	63.85	801	6.2	52	3	3	38	29.23	9	8	35	79
TOTAL		236	7968	5133	64.42	61149	7.7	1328	399	204	2980	37.4	793	524	3473	93.8

Rushing

YEAR	TEAM	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st	1st%	20+	FUM
2004	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	56	144	2.6	20	1	12	21.43	2	1
2005	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	31	69	2.2	13	3	9	29.03	0	1
2006	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	32	98	3.1	20	2	11	34.38	1	2
2007	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	35	204	5.8	30	2	17	48.57	1	1
2008	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	34	101	3	17	2	8	23.53	0	4
2009	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	40	82	2.1	15	2	16	40	0	3
2010	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	34	176	5.2	31	2	15	44.12	2	3
2011	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	31	70	2.3	11	0	6	19.35	0	1
2012	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	26	92	3.5	14	0	5	19.23	0	1
2013	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	27	99	3.7	19	1	5	18.52	0	3
2014	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	33	27	0.8	8	0	5	15.15	0	5
2015	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	15	29	1.9	13	0	4	26.67	0	1
2016	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	16	14	0.9	14	1	3	18.75	0	2
2017	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	28	47	1.7	14	0	6	21.43	0	2
2018	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	31	98	3.2	18	3	13	41.94	0	0
2019	Pittsburgh Steelers	2	1	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0
2020	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	25	11	0.4	11	0	3	12	0	3
2021	Pittsburgh Steelers	3	5	10	2	8	0	1	20	0	0
TOTAL		236	500	1378	2.8	283	19	139	27.8	6	33

Receiving

YEAR	TEAM	G	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st	1st%	20+	40+
2004	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	1	-7	-7	-7	0	0	0	0	0
2009	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
2014	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	0	-6	0	-6	0	0	0	0	0
2015	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	0	-3	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0
2016	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	Pittsburgh Steelers	15
2018	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0
2019	Pittsburgh Steelers	2
2020	Pittsburgh Steelers	15
2021	Pittsburgh Steelers	3
TOTAL		236	2	-12	-6	-12	0	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

YEAR	TEAM	G	FUM	LOST	FF	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
2004	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	2	2	0	0	0	0
2005	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	2	1	0	1	0	0
2006	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	5	2	0	0	0	0
2007	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	9	3	0	4	0	0
2008	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	14	7	0	3	0	0
2009	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	7	3	0	2	0	0
2010	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	7	3	0	1	0	0
2011	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	8	5	0	2	0	0
2012	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	6	3	0	3	0	0
2013	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	9	6	0	3	0	0
2014	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	9	5	0	2	0	0
2015	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	2	0	0	1	0	0
2016	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	8	2	0	4	0	0
2017	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	3	1		2
2018	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	7	2	0	4
2019	Pittsburgh Steelers	2	1	0		1
2020	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	5	1	0	2
2021	Pittsburgh Steelers	3	2	0		1
TOTAL		236	106	46	0	36	0	0

Defense

YEAR	TEAM	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
2004	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	Pittsburgh Steelers	15
2018	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	1	1	0	0	0	0
2019	Pittsburgh Steelers	2
2020	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	1	1	0	0		0
2021	Pittsburgh Steelers	3
TOTAL		236	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Punting

YEAR	TEAM	G	PUNTS	YDS	LNG	AVG	BLK	RET	RETY	IN 20	NET AVG
2004	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	2	72	39	36	0	0	0	1	26
2006	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	1	35	35	35	0	0	0	0	15
2011	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	1	26	26	26	0	0	0	1	26
2013	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	1	28	28	28	0	0	0	1	28
2014	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
2015	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	Pittsburgh Steelers	15
2018	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	1	27	27	27	0	1	18	0	9
2019	Pittsburgh Steelers	2
2020	Pittsburgh Steelers	15
2021	Pittsburgh Steelers	3
TOTAL		236	6	188	155	31.3	1	1	18	3	6.9

Biography

Pro Career

Career Regular-Season Record as a Starter: 156-74-1 (.677): 13-0 (1.000) in '04, 9-3 (.750) in '05, 7-8 (.467) in '06, 10-5 (.667) in '07, 12-4 (.750) in '08, 9-6 (.600) in '09, 9-3 (.750) in '10, 11-4 (.733) in '11, 7-6 (.538) in '12, 8-8 (.500) in '13, 11-5 (.688) in '14, 7-4 (.636) in '15, 10-4 (.714) in '16, 12-3 (.800) in '17, 9-6-1 (.594) in '18, 0-2 (.000) in '19 and in '20, 12-3 (.800).
Fifth player in NFL history to record 150 wins as a starting quarterback in the regular-season, joining Tom Brady, Brett Favre, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees
Fourth QB in NFL history (Tom Brady, Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw) to win 100 games in the first 150 starts of his career
One of six quarterbacks in NFL history with at least 13 consecutive 3,000-passing yard seasons (Brett Favre: 18, Peyton Manning: 16, Drew Brees: 15, Philip Rivers: 15, Eli Manning 14)
Seventh quarterback in NFL history, 11th occurrence, to record 5,000 passing yards in a season (Drew Brees: 5, Tom Brady: 1, Patrick Mahomes: 1, Peyton Manning: 1, Dan Marino: 1, Matthew Stafford: 1, Jameis Winston 1).
Six-time Pro Bowl selection (2007, 2011, 2014-17)
Named AFC Player of the Month (November in 2013)
Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week 17 times in his career (Week 6 in 2004, Weeks 10 and 16 in 2007, Week 5 in 2008, Week 15 in 2009, Week 17 in 2010, Weeks 5 and 8 in 2011, Week 11 in 2013, Weeks 8-9 in 2014, Weeks 2 and 10 in 2015, Week 4 in 2016, Week 14 in 2017 and Weeks 3 and 10 in 2018)
Named the FedEx Air Player of the Week 14 times (Week 5 in 2006, Weeks 9 and 16 in 2007, Week 5 in 2008, Week 8 in 2011, Weeks 8-9 and 14-15 in 2014, Weeks 10, 13 and 15 in 2015, Week 5 in 2016 and Week 14 in 2017)
Named the Steelers' 2013 Walter Payton Man of the Year, an award that recognizes a player's off-the-field community service as well as his playing excellence
Earned Sunday ESPN NFL Primetime Game Ball honors for the Wild Card Game, Divisional Playoff and AFC Championship Game in 2005
Recipient of the 2010 and 2020 Pro Football Writers' "The Chief Award," which was established in honor of the Steelers' founder, Arthur J. Rooney, Sr., and is presented annually to the Steeler that best exemplifies the spirit of cooperation with the media
Named 2004 Offensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News, Pro Football Weekly, PFWA, Football Digest and Pepsi
Won the 2004 Joe Greene Great Performance Award given annually to the Steelers' top rookie
Named to Pro Football Weekly's and the PFWA's 2004 All-Rookie Team
Named Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week (Weeks 3-6, 8, 9, 11, 13 and 16 of 2004)
Named NFL Rookie of the Month (October in 2004)

Pro Career

Career Regular-Season Record as a Starter: 156-74-1 (.677): 13-0 (1.000) in '04, 9-3 (.750) in '05, 7-8 (.467) in '06, 10-5 (.667) in '07, 12-4 (.750) in '08, 9-6 (.600) in '09, 9-3 (.750) in '10, 11-4 (.733) in '11, 7-6 (.538) in '12, 8-8 (.500) in '13, 11-5 (.688) in '14, 7-4 (.636) in '15, 10-4 (.714) in '16, 12-3 (.800) in '17, 9-6-1 (.594) in '18, 0-2 (.000) in '19 and in '20, 12-3 (.800).
Fifth player in NFL history to record 150 wins as a starting quarterback in the regular-season, joining Tom Brady, Brett Favre, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees
Fourth QB in NFL history (Tom Brady, Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw) to win 100 games in the first 150 starts of his career
One of six quarterbacks in NFL history with at least 13 consecutive 3,000-passing yard seasons (Brett Favre: 18, Peyton Manning: 16, Drew Brees: 15, Philip Rivers: 15, Eli Manning 14)
Seventh quarterback in NFL history, 11th occurrence, to record 5,000 passing yards in a season (Drew Brees: 5, Tom Brady: 1, Patrick Mahomes: 1, Peyton Manning: 1, Dan Marino: 1, Matthew Stafford: 1, Jameis Winston 1).
Six-time Pro Bowl selection (2007, 2011, 2014-17)
Named AFC Player of the Month (November in 2013)
Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week 17 times in his career (Week 6 in 2004, Weeks 10 and 16 in 2007, Week 5 in 2008, Week 15 in 2009, Week 17 in 2010, Weeks 5 and 8 in 2011, Week 11 in 2013, Weeks 8-9 in 2014, Weeks 2 and 10 in 2015, Week 4 in 2016, Week 14 in 2017 and Weeks 3 and 10 in 2018)
Named the FedEx Air Player of the Week 14 times (Week 5 in 2006, Weeks 9 and 16 in 2007, Week 5 in 2008, Week 8 in 2011, Weeks 8-9 and 14-15 in 2014, Weeks 10, 13 and 15 in 2015, Week 5 in 2016 and Week 14 in 2017)
Named the Steelers' 2013 Walter Payton Man of the Year, an award that recognizes a player's off-the-field community service as well as his playing excellence
Earned Sunday ESPN NFL Primetime Game Ball honors for the Wild Card Game, Divisional Playoff and AFC Championship Game in 2005
Recipient of the 2010 and 2020 Pro Football Writers' "The Chief Award," which was established in honor of the Steelers' founder, Arthur J. Rooney, Sr., and is presented annually to the Steeler that best exemplifies the spirit of cooperation with the media
Named 2004 Offensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News, Pro Football Weekly, PFWA, Football Digest and Pepsi
Won the 2004 Joe Greene Great Performance Award given annually to the Steelers' top rookie
Named to Pro Football Weekly's and the PFWA's 2004 All-Rookie Team
Named Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week (Weeks 3-6, 8, 9, 11, 13 and 16 of 2004)
Named NFL Rookie of the Month (October in 2004)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS (REGULAR SEASON)

Has appeared in the most games at QB in franchise history (233), which ranks tied for 12th in NFL history.
Has started the most games at QB in franchise history (231), which ranks tied for ninth in NFL history.
Has the most regular-season wins in franchise history (156), which ranks fifth in NFL history.
Entering 2021, holds career franchise regular-season records in numerous passing categories, including passing TDs (396), passing TDs of at least 60 yards (22), passing yards (60,348), passer rating (94.0), completions (5,050), pass attempts (7,838), completion percentage (64.4), yards per attempt (7.7), 300-yard passing games (72) and 3,000-yard passing seasons (14).
Entering 2021, holds NFL records for most 500-yard passing games (three) and most 450-yard passing games (six).
Entering 2021, ranks fourth in NFL history in 400-yard passing games (12), sixth in 300-yard passing games (66), sixth in completions (5,050), seventh in passing yards (60,348), eighth in attempts (7,838), ninth in passing TDs (396), 11th in completion percentage (64.43, min. 1,500 career pass attempts), 11th in quarterback rating (94.0, min. 1,500 career pass attempts) and 12th in pass yards/attempt (7.70, min. 1,500 career pass attempts).
Entering 2021, is 25-2 all-time at home in October as a starter, the best winning percentage in in the Super Bowl era among QBs who have made at least 10 starts at home in October (.926).
Entering 2021, is 22-5 in regular-season primetime games at Heinz Field, including 7-0 on Thursday night at home.
Entering 2021, has thrown at least three TD passes in 54 regular-season games, which ranks eighth in NFL history
Entering 2021, has registered 96 regular-season games as a starter with a passer rating over 100.0, which ranks seventh in NFL history
Entering 2021, has orchestrated 46 regular-season gamewinning drives, which is a franchise record and ranks fifth in NFL history
Entering 2021, has led the Steelers to an offensive scoring drive in the 4th quarter, with the team trailing by one score, to either tie or take the lead 35 times in his career, which is a franchise record and ranks fourth in NFL history
Entering 2021, has registered at least four TD passes 16 times in his career, which is a franchise record and ranks eighth in NFL history
Entering 2021, has led the Steelers to 59 victories as a starter when the game was decided by six points or less
His 59 victories as a starter when the game was decided by six points or less ranks fourth in NFL history
His .620 (59-36-1) winning percentage as a starter when the game was decided by six points or less ranks second in NFL history (min. 50 career starts)
Holds single-season franchise records in completions (452 in 2018), attempts (675 in 2018), TD passes (34 in 2018), passer rating (104.1 in 2007), completion percentage (68.0 in 2015), passing yards (5,129 in 2018), 300-yard games (nine in 2014) and games with a passer rating of 100.0 or more (10 in 2014).
Holds single-game franchise records in passing yards (522, 10/26/14 vs. Indianapolis), completions (44, 12/10/17 vs. Baltimore), attempts (66, 12/10/17 vs. Baltimore), completion percentage (min. 20 attempts, 88.0, 11/8/18 vs. Carolina) and TD passes (six), which he did in back-to-back games in 2014 (10/26 vs. Indianapolis and 11/2 vs. Baltimore).
Thrown for at least 3,000 passing yards in 14 seasons of his 16 seasons in the NFL, including 13 straight and 14 of the last 15 campaigns (2006-2018, 2020).
Won 74 of his first 100 home games starts, which ties as the fourth-most in NFL history (Brady: 87, Brett Favre: 82, John Elway: 77, Peyton Manning: 74).
Only the second QB in team history (Terry Bradshaw, 111) to reach 100 career wins in the regular season.
Earned his 130th win as a starting QB in his 192nd start to mark the third-fewest starts in NFL history to win 130 games (Tom Brady: 168 and Peyton Manning: 189).
Third quarterback in NFL history with at least 225 TD passes in career home games (226) – joining Drew Brees (281, Mercedes-Benz Superdome) and Tom Brady (258, Gillette Stadium)
Thrown for at least 3,000 passing yards in 14 of his 17 seasons in the NFL, which ranks tied for sixth in NFL history
Thrown for at least 3,500 passing yards in 10 of his 17 seasons in the NFL, including a franchise-record six consecutive seasons (2013-2018)
His 10 seasons with 3,500 passing yards or more ranks tied for ninth in NFL history
His four seasons of 30 or more TD passes rank tied for eighth in NFL history
His nine seasons of 25 or more TD passes rank seventh in NFL history
His 11 seasons of 20 or more TD passes, including eight consecutive years (2011-18), rank tied for ninth in NFL history
Threw at least 15 TDs in each of his first 15 seasons, marking the most consecutive seasons to start a career with at least 15 passing TDs in NFL history
Has registered at least five TD passes in a game six times in his career, becoming the fifth quarterback in NFL history to register at least five TD passes in six games in a career (Drew Brees: 11, Peyton Manning: 9, Tom Brady: 7, Dan Marino: 6).
His 19 rushing TDs rank third in franchise quarterback history (Kordell Stewart, 35; Terry Bradshaw, 32)
Has registered a perfect passer rating four times in his career – the most such games by an NFL quarterback in NFL history (min. 10 attempts)
Only player in NFL history to record at least 500 passing yards three times (12/20/09 vs. Green Bay, 10/26/14 vs. Indianapolis, 12/10/17 vs. Baltimore)
Threw at least one TD pass in 45 consecutive home games, which stands as the third-longest streak in NFL history (Tom Brady: 47 and Drew Brees: 60)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS (POSTSEASON)

In 17 seasons, has led the Steelers to 10 postseason berths, eight AFC North Championships, four AFC Championships and two Super Bowl victories in three championship game appearances, becoming the youngest quarterback to ever win a Super Bowl (23, Super Bowl XL), and the second-youngest quarterback to win his second Super Bowl (Tom Brady).
Owns many franchise records for career postseason passing, including yards (5,757), TDs (34), attempts (744), completions (469), completion percentage (63.0), 300-yard games (six) and games with 30 or more completions (four)
Has appeared in the most playoff games (22) in franchise history
His 13 victories rank tied for seventh in NFL playoff history
His 469 completions rank sixth in NFL playoff history
His 744 attempts rank fifth in NFL playoff history
His 5,757 passing yards rank fifth in NFL playoff history
His 34 passing TDs rank seventh in NFL playoff history
One of seven quarterbacks to reach 5,000 career passing yards in the postseason – joining Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, Joe Montana, Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees
One of seven quarterbacks with at least 400 pass completions in the postseason history – Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees and Joe Montana
Has thrown a TD pass in 18 of his 22 career postseason games
Second player in franchise playoff history to total at least 30 passing TDs with 34 (Terry Bradshaw, 30)
Has recorded 10 multi-TD passing games in his postseason career, which is tied with Terry Bradshaw for the franchise record and ranks tied for sixth in NFL playoff history

2020 (STEELERS)

Named an offensive captain for the 12th time (10th consecutive)
Set NFL playoff single-game records for both completions (47) and attempts (68) in the Wild Card defeat to Cleveland
Became the second signal caller to ever throw for at least 500 yards in the playoffs
His 501 yards passing against the Browns ranks second in single-game postseason history. QB Tom Brady owns the postseason record with 505 yards passing in Super Bowl XXXIX.
Ranked third in the NFL in both attempts (608) and completions (399)
Ranked tied for seventh in TD passes (33)
In NFL history among quarterbacks in their 17th season in the NFL, ranked first in pass TDs (33), first in completions (399), first in attempts (608), fourth in pass yards (3,804), sixth in completion percentage (65.6%) and sixth in passer rating (94.1)

2019 (STEELERS)

Named an offensive captain for the 11th time (ninth consecutive)
Played in the first two games of the season before leaving the Week 2 contest vs. Seattle with a season-ending injury to his right arm

2018 (STEELERS)

Threw for at least 250 yards and one TD in each of the Steelers' first 13 games in 2018, which set franchise record for consecutive games with at least 250 passing yards and a TD pass
Threw for at least 5,000 passing yards in a season for the first time in his NFL career
Only quarterback in NFL history to throw three TD passes of 94 yards or more
Fourth quarterback in NFL history to throw three TD passes of 90 yards or more
One of two quarterbacks in NFL history to start a season with a 13-game streak or more of games with at least 250 passing yards and a TD pass, joining Drew Brees: 16 (2011)
Completed 452 passes to mark his sixth consecutive season with at least 300 completions (eighth overall), his second consecutive season with at least 350 completions (fourth overall), his second season with at least 400 completions and first season with 450 completions
Threw for at least 250 yards and a TD in 15 of the Steelers' 16 games
Opened the season with three consecutive 300-passing yard games for the first time in his NFL career
Second Steeler to lead the NFL in both passing yards and completions (Jim Finks: 1955)

2017 (STEELERS)

Became the eighth quarterback in NFL history to reach 50,000 regular-season passing yards
Became the ninth player in NFL history to reach 4,000 regular-season pass completions
Became the first quarterback in NFL history to have 40 or more completions in three regular season games (completed 44 passes against Baltimore on 12/10)
Named an offensive team captain for the ninth time (seventh consecutive)
Finished the season ranked fifth in passing yards (4,251), tied for fourth in completions (360) and tied for fifth in passing TDs (28)
His 360 pass completions were the third-most by a Steeler in a single season
His 4,251 passing yards in 2017 were the fourth-most by a Steeler in a single season
Set then franchise single-game playoff records for passing attempts (58), pass completions (37), passing yards (469) and touchdown TDs (5)

2016 (STEELERS)

Became the 10th quarterback in NFL history to throw at least 275 TD passes with one team
Became the 11th quarterback in NFL history to reach 45,000 passing yards and eighth to do so with one team
Reached 45,000 passing yards in his 179th career game, the fifth-fewest games in NFL history to hit that milestone
Became the first player in NFL history to throw at least 500 completions to three teammates (Heath Miller, Hines Ward and Antonio Brown)
Third active NFL quarterback to reach 50 road wins (Tom Brady and Drew Brees)
Named an offensive team captain for the eighth time
Finished in the top-10 in the NFL in three-TD games (7, T-3rd), passing TDs (29, 6th), pass plays of 25 yards or more (33, 8th) and 300-yard passing games (4, T-10th)
Thrown at least 20 touchdowns in six straight seasons, a team record
Reached 3,500 passing yards for the fourth straight season, extending his team record
Started all three postseason games, setting the Steelers' record for most playoff games played (20).

2015 (STEELERS)

Named an offensive team captain for the seventh time
Totaled 3,938 passing yards during the regular season
Reached 3,500 passing yards for the third straight season, extending his team record
Did not start vs. Cleveland (11/15) but entered the game early in the first quarter due to an injury to QB Landry Jones and completed 22-of-33 passes for 379 yards with three TDs
His 379 yards are the most in NFL history for a quarterback that did not start the game
Has thrown at least 20 TDs in five straight seasons, a team record
Started both postseason contests, finishing with a 93.3 passer rating, the second-highest in a single postseason in his career

2014 (STEELERS)

Set an NFL record for the most TD passes in a two-game span (threw for 12 TDs in Weeks 8-9)
Threw at least one TD in 30 consecutive regular-season games that he played in, a team record, which started 9/9/12 at Denver and ended 9/11/14 at Baltimore
Became one of six quarterbacks in NFL history to earn wins against at least 31 other teams with a Week 15 victory at Atlanta
Named offensive team captain for the sixth year
Started all 16 games during the regular season for the third time in his career
Became the first quarterback in team history to throw for at least 30 TDs in two seasons (2007 and 2014)
Became the first quarterback in team history to throw for at least 4,000 yards in back-to-back seasons
His 4,952 passing yards tied for the league lead (Drew Brees), and he joined Jim Finks (2,270 yards in 1955) as the only QBs in team history to lead or tie for the NFL lead in passing yards.

2013 (STEELERS)

Named offensive team captain for the fifth year
Started all 16 games for the second time in his career (2008)
Tied Terry Bradshaw 11/28 at Baltimore and passed Bradshaw 12/8 vs. Miami for the most passing TDs during the regular season in franchise history
Surpassed 30,000 career passing yards
Passed Bradshaw (3,901) for the most pass attempts in franchise history
Reached 200 TD passes to join Bradshaw, John Elway, Joe Montana, Tom Brady and Eli Manning as the only QBs in NFL history to have at least 200 TD passes and win at least two Super Bowls

2012 (STEELERS)

Named offensive team captain for the fourth year
Became the Steelers' all-time leader in passing yards during the regular season
Marked the fifth straight season he recorded at least 3,200 passing yards
Threw at least 20 TDs in back-to-back seasons for the first time in his career
Recorded at least one TD pass in all 13 games he played, marking the first time in his career that he threw at least one TD in each game he played in the regular season

2011 (STEELERS

Became the first quarterback in franchise history to throw for more than 300 yards in three consecutive games (Weeks 7-9)
Named offensive team captain for the third year
Reached 25,000 career passing yards
Passed Terry Bradshaw (2,025) for the most completions in franchise history

2010 (STEELERS)

Finished third in the NFL during the regular season with an 8.23 yards-per-attempt average
Recorded the longest run of his career (31 yards), and he added two rushing TDs
Started all three postseason contests, helping lead the team to Super Bowl XLV

2009 (STEELERS)

Broke single-season passing record, single-season completions record and the record for most 300-yard passing games
Broke the single-game record for passing yards with 503 yards
The 503 yards were the 10th highest total in league history
Set the Steelers record for highest completion percentage in a single-season
Joined Pro Hall of Famers Y.A. Tittle and Warren Moon as the only quarterbacks in the NFL to throw for at least 500 yards with three TDs and without an interception
Became the first quarterback in team history to eclipse the 4,000-yard passing mark in a single season
Became just the second QB in team history to reach 15,000 passing yards (15,337)
Moved into second place on the team's all-time list for pass completions (1,222) ahead of Kordell Stewart (1,190)

2008 (STEELERS)

Improved to 51-20 (.718 pct.) as a starter, the most wins in NFL history by a quarterback in his first five seasons
His 51 wins in his first five seasons are the most by a QB in league history, surpassing such QBs as Otto Graham, Dan Marino, Tom Brady and John Elway
Became the fifth QB since the NFL merger (1970) to lead his team to the conference title game in three of his first five seasons (Roger Staubach, Bernie Kosar, Tom Brady, Donovan McNabb)
His eight playoff wins during his first five seasons trail only Brady (9) all-time
Surpassed 1,000 career completions (1,189) during the October 19 win at Cincinnati and moved into second place on the team's all-time passing yardage list (14,974), passing Kordell Stewart (13,328) in Week 10 against the Colts
Second-quarter TD pass to Santonio Holmes at Tennessee on December 21 was his 100th career TD pass
With 3,301 passing yards, became the first quarterback in franchise history to top 3,000 yards in three consecutive seasons
His 329 passing yards on December 21 at Tennessee gave him his franchise-best seventh career 300-yard passing performance

2007 (STEELERS)

Passer rating of 104.1 was a franchise record and ranked second in the NFL behind Tom Brady
Set a team record with TD passes in 15 straight games
Broke the single-game completion percentage mark of 85.7% (18 of 21) in the Week 12 win over the Dolphins
Tied a franchise record by passing for over 3,000 yards for the second consecutive year
Set a career high and finished second in the league behind Vince Young with 204 rushing yards on 35 attempts (5.8 avg.)

2006 (STEELERS)

Broke the team single-game record for completions as he posted 38 against Denver
His 433 yards passing against Denver were the second-highest total in team history
Passed Ed Brown (5,821) for 10th place on the Steelers all-time passing list with 6,051 career yards
Passed Mike Tomczak (37) for ninth on the Steelers all-time touchdown passes list
Passed Ed Brown (736) for 10th place on the Steelers' all-time list with 743 career attempts
Set new career highs in attempts (54), completions (38) and yards (433)
His 38 completions marks a new Steelers' single-game high, surpassing Neil O'Donnell's 34 at Chicago (Nov. 5, 1995)
His 433 yards was the second-highest single-game total in Steelers' history (Tommy Maddox, 473, Nov. 10, 2002) and marked his first career 400-yard passing game
His 54 attempts marked the third highest in Steelers' history

2005 (STEELERS)

Youngest starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl (23-years old)
Guided the Steelers to their first Super Bowl victory in 26 years
Helped the Steelers become the first team in NFL history to win three road playoff games
First quarterback in league history to lead his team to the conference championship game in each of his first two seasons

2004 (STEELERS)

Broke Dan Marino's NFL rookie quarterback records for completion percentage (66.4) and passer rating (98.1)
Set franchise records in completion percentage and passer rating
First rookie quarterback in NFL history to post a 13-0 regular-season record

COLLEGE

Three-year starter at Miami (Ohio) from 2001-03
Rewrote virtually every school passing record in just 38 games
Completed 854-of-1,304 passes (65.5%) for 10,829 yards with 84 TDs
Set RedHawks' career record with 11,075 yards of total offense
Third player in Mid-American Conference history to throw for over 3,000 yards in three seasons
10th player in MAC history to throw for over 10,000 yards in his career
Eighth player in school history to earn All-America honors
Punted 24 times for 963 yards (40.1 avg.), with 17 attempts downed inside the opponent's 20-yard line
2003 First-Team All-American selection by The NFL Draft Report
2003 Associated Press Third-Team All-American
2003 All-MAC First-Team
2003 MAC Most Valuable Player
2003 MAC Offensive Player of the Year
Guided Miami (Ohio) to its first bowl appearance since 1986 and its first postseason victory in 28 seasons in 2003
2002 All-American honorable mention honors by The NFL Draft Report
2002 All-MAC Second-Team
2001 Football Writer's Association of America First-Team Freshman All-American
2001 All-MAC Second-Team
First RedHawk to earn MAC Freshman of the Year since running back Deland McCullough in 1992
Earned a bachelor's degree in education

PERSONAL

Attended Findlay (Ohio) High School
Started at quarterback for the varsity only as a senior
Played wide receiver for varsity as a junior
Played quarterback for the junior varsity team as a freshman and sophomore
Earned Ohio's Division I Offensive Player of the Year as a senior in 1999
Runner-up for 1999 Mr. Football honors in Ohio
Set state records by throwing for 4,041 yards with 54 TDs during his senior campaign and also ran for seven TDs
Named league, district and Toledo Blade Player of the Year
Helped the team compile a 23-9 record, which included two league championships and a state playoff appearance
Played in Ohio's North-South Game and the Ohio-Pennsylvania Big 33 All-Star game
All-league and all-district performer in baseball and basketball
Team captain in all three sports
Son of Ken and Brenda Roethlisberger
Married to Ashley and they have two sons, Benjamin Todd Jr. and Bodie, and one daughter, Baylee Marie
Full name is Benjamin Todd Roethlisberger

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