This is a list of the most consecutive starts and games played by a player by position in the National Football League (NFL).^[1][2]

Quarterback Brett Favre's streak of 297 consecutive games started is the longest all-time.^[3][4] Among defensive players, Jim Marshall's 270 is the longest.^[3] Of special note is punter Jeff Feagles, who played in 352 consecutive games which is the longest of all-time for a special teams player.^[5] Special teams players are not credited with starts in the NFL.^[1][6] In 2018, Ryan Kerrigan became the most recent player to surpass someone at his position for consecutive starts, having broken the previous mark for left outside linebackers previously held by Jason Gildon.^[7]

Bold denotes an active streak

Consecutive games started

All-time starts

Minimum 200 consecutive regular season starts^[1][2][8]

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Pos	Period	Teams	Consecutive starts	Playoffs	Total	References
1	Brett Favre	QB	September 27, 1992 – May 12, 2010	GB/NYJ/MIN	297	24	321	[9][10]
2	Jim Marshall	DE	September 17, 1961 – December 16, 1979	MIN	270	19	289	[11][12]
3	Bill Romanowski	LB	April 9, 1988 – September 22, 2003	SF/PHI/DEN/OAK	243	28	271
4T	Mick Tingelhoff	C	September 16, 1962 – December 17, 1978	MIN	240	19	259	[13][14]
	Philip Rivers	QB	November 9, 2006 – March 1, 2021	SD/LAC/IND	240	12	252	[15][16][17]
5	Bruce Matthews	G	November 29, 1987 – June 1, 2002	OIL/TEN	229	15	244	[18][19]
6	Will Shields	RG	December 9, 1993 – December 31, 2006	KC	223	8	231	[20][21]
7T	Alan Page	DT	August 10, 1967 – December 20, 1981	MIN/CHI	215	19	234	[22][23]
	Ronde Barber	CB	November 21, 1999 – December 30, 2012	TB	215	9	224	[24][25]
	London Fletcher	LB	December 11, 2000 – December 29, 2013	SLR/BUF/WAS	215	6	221	[26][27]
10T	Jim Otto	C	November 9, 1960 – December 14, 1974	OAK	210	13	223	[28][29]
	Eli Manning	QB	November 24, 2004 – November 23, 2017	NYG	210	12	222	[30][31]
12T	Derrick Brooks	LB	January 9, 1996 – December 28, 2008	TB	208	11	219	[32][33]
	Peyton Manning	QB	June 9, 1998 – February 1, 2011	IND	208	19	227	[34][35]
14	Gene Upshaw	LG	October 9, 1967 – April 10, 1981	OAK	207	24	231	[36][37]
15	Randall McDaniel	LG	October 22, 1989 – June 1, 2002	MIN/TB	202	16	218	[38][39]

Close

Active leaders

Minimum 100 consecutive regular season starts^[40]

More information Player, Pos ...

Player	Pos	Teams	Reg. season starts	References
Jake Matthews	OT	ATL	161	[41]

Close

• Iron man
• List of most consecutive starts by an NFL quarterback
• List of NFL players by games played
• List of NFL records (individual)#Starts
• List of most consecutive games with touchdown passes in the NFL