Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints
Bress completed 70.62 percent of his passes in 2009, setting the NFL record for completion percentage in a season. He threw for 4,388 yards, extending his consecutive 4,000 passing yard seasons to four, a franchise record. Brees threw 34 touchdowns and became the first player in NFL history to throw six touchdown passes on Kickoff Weekend. With nine touchdown passes through Week 2, Brees tied for the most TD passes through the first two games of a season. Brees became the fastest quarterback to reach 15,000 passing yards with a team when the Saints beat the Giants in Week 6, reaching this milestone in 53 games. He quarterbacked the Saints to a 13-3 record and the No. 1 seed in the NFC. Brees was nominated for five FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week awards in 2009, winning five times

Manning passed for 4,500 yards in 2009, reaching 50,128-career yards. He became the fastest quarterback in NFL history to reach the 50,000-yard mark, accomplishing the feat in 191 career games. Manning threw 33 touchdowns this season and has 366 career-touchdowns (third on the all-time passing touchdowns list). He became the first player all-time to pass for at least 3,500 yards in 12 consecutive seasons and to throw at least 25 touchdown passes in 12 seasons in a row. Starting all 16 games, Manning had nine games passing for more than 300 yards, becoming the third player in NFL history to start a season with five consecutive 300-yard passing games. He completed 68.8% of his passes and quarterbacked the Colts to a 14-2 record and the number one seed in the AFC. Manning was nominated for five FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week awards in 2009, winning twice.