John Elway Player Bio | Yearly Stats | Accomplishments | Similar Players
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John Albert Elway, Jr. Position: QB Height: 6' 3''  Weight: 210 Born: 6/28/1960, in Port Angeles, WA, USA High School: Granada Hills (CA) College: Stanford University
Yearly Regular Season Stats   Top
Click on column header to sort. Click on team for team-season page Click on league for league-season page Click on log for game log (1998 to present only) *****Hall of Fame***** Regular Season Stats   PASSING   RUSHING   RECEIVING   FUMBLES Year AGE Team LG GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA LNG TD INT SKD SKY RAT RAT+   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG   TOT OWR OPR YDS TD   1983 23 DEN NFL 11 259 123 47.5 1663 6.42 49t 7 14 28 218 54.9 72   28 146 5.2 1 23   0 0 0.0 0 0   6 3 0 0 0 1984 24 DEN NFL 15 380 214 56.3 2598 6.84 73 18 15 24 158 76.8 101   56 237 4.2 1 21   0 0 0.0 0 0   14 5 0 -10 0 1985 25 DEN NFL 16 605 327 54.0 3891 6.43 65t 22 23 38 307 70.2 95   51 253 5.0 0 22   0 0 0.0 0 0   7 2 0 -35 0 1986 26 DEN NFL 16 504 280 55.6 3485 6.91 53 19 13 32 233 79.0 107   52 257 4.9 1 24   1 23 23.0 1 23t   8 1 0 -13 0 1987 27 DEN NFL 12 410 224 54.6 3198 7.80 72t 19 12 20 138 83.4 111   66 304 4.6 4 29   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 0 0 -1 0 1988 28 DEN NFL 15 496 274 55.2 3309 6.67 86 17 19 30 237 71.4 98   54 234 4.3 1 26   0 0 0.0 0 0   7 5 0 -9 0 1989 29 DEN NFL 15 416 223 53.6 3051 7.33 69 18 18 35 298 73.7 97   48 244 5.1 3 31   0 0 0.0 0 0   9 2 0 -4 0 1990 30 DEN NFL 16 502 294 58.6 3526 7.02 66 15 14 43 311 78.5 101   50 258 5.2 3 21   0 0 0.0 0 0   8 1 0 -3 0 1991 31 DEN NFL 16 451 242 53.7 3253 7.21 71 13 12 45 305 75.4 99   55 255 4.6 6 17t   1 24 24.0 0 24   12 2 0 0 0 1992 32 DEN NFL 12 316 174 55.1 2242 7.09 80t 10 17 36 272 65.7 87   34 94 2.8 2 9   0 0 0.0 0 0   12 1 0 0 0 1993 33 DEN NFL 16 551 348 63.2 4030 7.31 63 25 10 39 293 92.8 121   44 153 3.5 0 18   0 0 0.0 0 0   8 5 0 -5 0 1994 34 DEN NFL 14 494 307 62.1 3490 7.06 63 16 10 46 303 85.7 109   58 235 4.1 4 22   0 0 0.0 0 0   11 2 0 -5 0 1995 35 DEN NFL 16 542 316 58.3 3970 7.32 62t 26 14 22 180 86.4 109   41 176 4.3 1 25   0 0 0.0 0 0   9 1 0 -7 0 1996 36 DEN NFL 15 466 287 61.6 3328 7.14 51 26 14 26 194 89.2 116   50 249 5.0 4 22   0 0 0.0 0 0   6 2 0 -4 0 1997 37 DEN NFL 16 502 280 55.8 3635 7.24 78 27 11 34 203 87.5 113   50 218 4.4 1 23   0 0 0.0 0 0   11 1 0 -21 0 1998 38 DEN NFL 13 356 210 59.0 2806 7.88 58 22 10 18 135 93.0 119   37 94 2.5 1 16   1 14 14.0 0 14   7 2 0 -18 0 Log 16 NFL Season Totals   234 7250 4123 56.9 51475 7.10 0 300 226 516 3785 79.9     774 3407 4.4 33 0   3 61 20.3 1 0   137 35 0 -135 0   PUNTING   KICKING Year AGE Team LG GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA   1983 23 DEN NFL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1984 24 DEN NFL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1985 25 DEN NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1986 26 DEN NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1987 27 DEN NFL 12 1 31 31 0 0 1 31.0 31.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1988 28 DEN NFL 15 3 117 40 0 0 2 39.0 39.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1989 29 DEN NFL 15 1 34 34 0 1 0 14.0 34.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1990 30 DEN NFL 16 1 37 37 0 1 0 17.0 37.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1991 31 DEN NFL 16 1 34 34 0 1 0 14.0 34.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1992 32 DEN NFL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1993 33 DEN NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1994 34 DEN NFL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1995 35 DEN NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1996 36 DEN NFL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1997 37 DEN NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1998 38 DEN NFL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 Log 16 NFL Season Totals   234 7 253 40 0 3 3 0.0 36.1   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 Awards 1998 - Super Bowl MVP 1993 - UPI AFL-AFC Offensive MVP 1987 - AP NFL MVP - UPI AFL-AFC Offensive MVP
Career Accomplishments   Top
Career Pass Comp 1. Brett Favre* 5720 2. Dan Marino 4967 3. John Elway 4123 4. Warren Moon 3988 5. Drew Bledsoe 3839 Career Pass Att 1. Brett Favre* 9281 2. Dan Marino 8358 3. John Elway 7250 4. Warren Moon 6823 5. Drew Bledsoe 6717 Career Comp. % 1. Chad Pennington* 0.6597 2. Kurt Warner* 0.6542 3. Peyton Manning* 0.6441 4. Steve Young 0.6428 5. Drew Brees* 0.6395 . . . . . 64. John Elway 0.5687 Minimum 1500 Att. Career Pass Yards 1. Brett Favre* 65127 2. Dan Marino 61361 3. John Elway 51475 4. Warren Moon 49325 5. Fran Tarkenton 47003 Career Pass Yds/Att 1. Otto Graham 8.626 2. Sid Luckman 8.420 3. Norm Van Brocklin 8.156 4. Kurt Warner* 8.038 5. Len Dawson 8.035 . . . . . 63. John Elway 7.100 Minimum 1500 Att. Career Pass TDs 1. Brett Favre* 464 2. Dan Marino 420 3. Fran Tarkenton 342 4. Peyton Manning* 333 5. John Elway 300 Career Pass Att/TD 1. Sid Luckman 12.73 2. Len Dawson 12.92 3. Frank Ryan 14.32 4. Daryle Lamonica 15.43 5. Sammy Baugh 16.02 . . . . . 94. John Elway 24.17 Minimum 1500 Att. Career Pass Int 1. Brett Favre* 310 2. Vinny Testaverde 267 3. Fran Tarkenton 266 4. Norm Snead 257 5. Johnny Unitas 253 . . . . . 11. John Elway 226 Career Pass Att/Int 1. Donovan McNabb* 47.81 2. Neil O'donnell 47.49 3. Jeff Garcia* 44.29 4. Mark Brunell* 43.34 5. Tom Brady* 42.48 . . . . . 32. John Elway 32.08 Minimum 1500 Att. Career Pass Rating 1. Steve Young 96.80897 2. Peyton Manning* 94.74832 3. Kurt Warner* 93.79334 4. Tom Brady* 92.90594 5. Joe Montana 92.25755 . . . . . 46. John Elway 79.86207 Minimum 1500 Att.   1998 - Super Bowl MVP 1993 - UPI AFL-AFC Offensive MVP 1987 - AP NFL MVP - UPI AFL-AFC Offensive MVP
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