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{{Short description|American football player and sportscaster (born 1955)}}
{{other people|Phillip Sims}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Phil Simms
| image       = Phil Simms Feb 2019 3 (cropped).jpg
| alt         =
| caption     = Simms in 2019
| number      = 11
| position    = [[Quarterback]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1955|11|3}}
| birth_place = [[Springfield, Kentucky]], U.S.
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 3
| weight_lbs  = 216
| high_school = [[Southern High School (Kentucky)|Southern]] ([[Louisville, Kentucky]])
| college     = [[Morehead State Eagles football|Morehead State]] (1974–1978)
| draftyear   = 1979
| draftround  = 1
| draftpick   = 7
| pastteams   = * [[New York Giants]] ({{NFL Year|1979}}–{{NFL Year|1993}})
| highlights  = * 2× [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XXI|XXI]], [[Super Bowl XXV|XXV]])
* [[Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award|Super Bowl MVP]] ([[Super Bowl XXI|XXI]])
* [[Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award|NFL Man of the Year]] ({{NFL Year|1993}})
* 2× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1986 Pro Bowl|1985]], [[1994 Pro Bowl|1993]])
* [[Jim Thorpe Trophy]] ({{NFL Year|1986}})
* [[Newspaper Enterprise Association|NEA]] First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1986 All-Pro Team|1986]])
* [[Pro Football Writers of America NFL All-Rookie Team|PFWA All-Rookie Team]] ([[Pro Football Writers of America NFL All-Rookie Team#1979|1979]])
* [[New York Giants#Ring of Honor|New York Giants Ring of Honor]]
* [[New York Giants#Retired numbers|New York Giants No. 11]] retired
;NFL records
* Highest completion percentage in a Super Bowl (minimum 14 pass attempts): 88%, Super Bowl XXI<ref>{{Cite web |title=Highest completion percentage by a player in a Super Bowl, minimum 14 pass attempts |url=https://statm.us/e/m/azROZQN0P |access-date=March 8, 2024 |website=StatMuse |language=en}}</ref> 
* Highest [[passer rating]] in a Super Bowl (minimum 14 pass attempts): 150.9, Super Bowl XXI<ref>{{Cite web |title=Highest passer rating by a player in a Super Bowl, minimum 14 pass attempts |url=https://statm.us/e/m/AKDDHWVyu |access-date=March 8, 2024 |website=StatMuse |language=en}}</ref>
| statlabel1  = Passing attempts
| statvalue1  = 4,647
| statlabel2  = Passing completions
| statvalue2  = 2,576
| statlabel3  = Completion percentage
| statvalue3  = 55.4%
| statlabel4  = [[Touchdown|TD]]–[[Interception|INT]]
| statvalue4  = 199–157
| statlabel5  = Passing yards
| statvalue5  = 33,462
| statlabel6  = [[Passer rating]]
| statvalue6  = 78.8
| pfr         = SimmPh00 
}}

'''Phillip Martin Simms''' (born November 3, 1955) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] [[quarterback]] who played in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for 14 seasons with the [[New York Giants]]. After playing [[college football]] for the [[Morehead State Eagles football|Morehead State Eagles]], Simms was selected in the first round by the Giants as the seventh overall pick in the [[1979 NFL draft]]. Simms was named [[Most Valuable Player]] (MVP) of [[Super Bowl XXI]], after he led the Giants to a 39–20 victory over the [[Denver Broncos]] and set the record for highest completion percentage in a Super Bowl, completing 22 of 25 passes (88%), as well as the highest passer rating in a Super Bowl at 150.9; both of these records still stand. He was also named to the [[NFL Pro Bowl|Pro Bowl]] for his performances in the [[1985 NFL season|1985]] and [[1993 NFL season|1993 season]]s.

He finished his career with 33,462 passing yards and would go on to be a career broadcaster of NFL games—first as an analyst for [[ESPN]], then as an in-game color commentator with [[NBC]] and [[CBS]]. He left CBS in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Jason |date=April 30, 2024 |title=Two Major Names are Leaving CBS Sports' NFL Show Amid Shakeup |url=https://foxsportsradio.iheart.com/content/2024-04-30-two-major-names-are-leaving-cbs-sports-nfl-show-amid-shakeup/ |access-date=May 14, 2024 |website=www.foxsportsradio.iheart.com |language=en-US}}</ref> He is the father of former NFL quarterback, assistant coach, and current NFL football analyst [[Chris Simms]] and former quarterback [[Matt Simms (American football)|Matt Simms]].