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John Elway

John Albert Elway

Position: QB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: June 28, 1960 in Port Angeles, WA
College: Stanford

Career AV: 138 (14th overall since 1950)

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2004

9-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft.

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Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% AV
1983 23 DEN QB 7 11 10 4-6-0 123 259 47.5 1663 7 2.7 14 5.4 49 6.4 4.5 13.5 151.2 54.9 28 218 5.0 3.3 9.8 4
1984 24 DEN QB 7 15 14 12-2-0 214 380 56.3 2598 18 4.7 15 3.9 73 6.8 6.0 12.1 173.2 76.8 24 158 6.0 5.3 5.9 10
1985 25 DEN QB 7 16 16 11-5-0 327 605 54.0 3891 22 3.6 23 3.8 65 6.4 5.4 11.9 243.2 70.2 38 307 5.6 4.6 5.9 13
1986* 26 DEN QB 7 16 16 11-5-0 280 504 55.6 3485 19 3.8 13 2.6 53 6.9 6.5 12.4 217.8 79.0 32 233 6.1 5.7 6.0 14
1987* 27 DEN QB 7 12 12 8-3-1 224 410 54.6 3198 19 4.6 12 2.9 72 7.8 7.4 14.3 266.5 83.4 20 138 7.1 6.7 4.7 14
1988 28 DEN QB 7 15 15 8-7-0 274 496 55.2 3309 17 3.4 19 3.8 86 6.7 5.6 12.1 220.6 71.4 30 237 5.8 4.9 5.7 12
1989* 29 DEN QB 7 15 15 10-5-0 223 416 53.6 3051 18 4.3 18 4.3 69 7.3 6.3 13.7 203.4 73.7 35 298 6.1 5.1 7.8 12
1990 30 DEN QB 7 16 16 5-11-0 294 502 58.6 3526 15 3.0 14 2.8 66 7.0 6.4 12.0 220.4 78.5 43 311 5.9 5.3 7.9 13
1991* 31 DEN QB 7 16 16 12-4-0 242 451 53.7 3253 13 2.9 12 2.7 71 7.2 6.6 13.4 203.3 75.4 45 305 5.9 5.4 9.1 13
1992 32 DEN QB 7 12 12 8-4-0 174 316 55.1 2242 10 3.2 17 5.4 80 7.1 5.3 12.9 186.8 65.7 36 272 5.6 4.0 10.2 7
1993* 33 DEN QB 7 16 16 9-7-0 348 551 63.2 4030 25 4.5 10 1.8 63 7.3 7.4 11.6 251.9 92.8 39 293 6.3 6.4 6.6 17
1994* 34 DEN QB 7 14 14 7-7-0 307 494 62.1 3490 16 3.2 10 2.0 63 7.1 6.8 11.4 249.3 85.7 46 303 5.9 5.7 8.5 12
1995 35 DEN QB 7 16 16 8-8-0 316 542 58.3 3970 26 4.8 14 2.6 62 7.3 7.1 12.6 248.1 86.4 22 180 6.7 6.5 3.9 15
1996* 36 DEN QB 7 15 15 13-2-0 287 466 61.6 3328 26 5.6 14 3.0 51 7.1 6.9 11.6 221.9 89.2 26 194 6.4 6.1 5.3 15
1997* 37 DEN QB 7 16 16 12-4-0 280 502 55.8 3635 27 5.4 11 2.2 78 7.2 7.3 13.0 227.2 87.5 34 203 6.4 6.5 6.3 18
1998* 38 DEN QB 7 13 12 10-2-0 210 356 59.0 2806 22 6.2 10 2.8 58 7.9 7.9 13.4 215.8 93.0 18 135 7.1 7.1 4.8 14
Career 234 231 148-82-1 4123 7250 56.9 51475 300 4.1 226 3.1 86 7.1 6.5 12.5 220.0 79.9 516 3785 6.1 5.6 6.6 203

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1984 (0-1), 1986 (2-1), 1987 (2-1), 1989 (2-1), 1991 (1-1), 1993 (0-1), 1996 (0-1), 1997 (4-0), 1998 (3-0)

Advanced Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+
1983 23 DEN QB 7 11 10 4-6-0 259 86 83 81 79 71 84 85 90 75
1984 24 DEN QB 7 15 14 12-2-0 380 94 103 99 104 101 106 103 113 102
1985 25 DEN QB 7 16 16 11-5-0 605 87 94 92 96 94 95 104 113 94
1986* 26 DEN QB 7 16 16 11-5-0 504 98 104 107 110 102 95 120 111 106
1987* 27 DEN QB 7 12 12 8-3-1 410 118 124 119 124 99 105 114 116 112
1988 28 DEN QB 7 15 15 8-7-0 496 93 97 94 96 101 92 101 109 96
1989* 29 DEN QB 7 15 15 10-5-0 416 107 102 101 99 94 103 92 95 98
1990 30 DEN QB 7 16 16 5-11-0 502 100 97 103 101 108 89 112 94 103
1991* 31 DEN QB 7 16 16 12-4-0 451 106 101 107 103 88 88 114 89 99
1992 32 DEN QB 7 12 12 8-4-0 316 105 96 91 86 92 94 72 80 86
1993* 33 DEN QB 7 16 16 9-7-0 551 111 109 119 117 116 110 124 101 121
1994* 34 DEN QB 7 14 14 7-7-0 494 107 100 110 105 113 93 117 85 110
1995 35 DEN QB 7 16 16 8-8-0 542 114 118 116 118 101 111 110 115 112
1996* 36 DEN QB 7 15 15 13-2-0 466 111 113 113 114 116 121 102 109 117
1997* 37 DEN QB 7 16 16 12-4-0 502 110 112 115 116 96 115 115 104 113
1998* 38 DEN QB 7 13 12 10-2-0 356 120 124 120 123 109 122 106 114 119
Career 234 231 148-82-1 7250 104 105 106 106 101 102 107 103 105

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1983 23 DEN QB 7 11 10 28 146 1 23 5.2 13.3 2.5 146 1 6
1984 24 DEN QB 7 15 14 56 237 1 21 4.2 15.8 3.7 237 1 14
1985 25 DEN QB 7 16 16 51 253 0 22 5.0 15.8 3.2 253 0 7
1986* 26 DEN QB 7 16 16 52 257 1 24 4.9 16.1 3.3 1 23 23.0 1 23 0.1 1.4 280 2 8
1987* 27 DEN QB 7 12 12 66 304 4 29 4.6 25.3 5.5 304 4 2
1988 28 DEN QB 7 15 15 54 234 1 26 4.3 15.6 3.6 234 1 7
1989* 29 DEN QB 7 15 15 48 244 3 31 5.1 16.3 3.2 244 3 9
1990 30 DEN QB 7 16 16 50 258 3 21 5.2 16.1 3.1 258 3 8
1991* 31 DEN QB 7 16 16 55 255 6 17 4.6 15.9 3.4 1 24 24.0 0 24 0.1 1.5 279 6 12
1992 32 DEN QB 7 12 12 34 94 2 9 2.8 7.8 2.8 94 2 12
1993* 33 DEN QB 7 16 16 44 153 0 18 3.5 9.6 2.8 153 0 8
1994* 34 DEN QB 7 14 14 58 235 4 22 4.1 16.8 4.1 235 4 11
1995 35 DEN QB 7 16 16 41 176 1 25 4.3 11.0 2.6 176 1 9
1996* 36 DEN QB 7 15 15 50 249 4 22 5.0 16.6 3.3 249 4 6
1997* 37 DEN QB 7 16 16 50 218 1 23 4.4 13.6 3.1 218 1 11
1998* 38 DEN QB 7 13 12 37 94 1 16 2.5 7.2 2.8 1 14 14.0 0 14 0.1 1.1 108 1 7
Career 234 231 774 3407 33 31 4.4 14.6 3.3 3 61 20.3 1 24 0.0 0.3 3468 34 137

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1983 23 DEN QB 7 11 10 6 3 0 0
1984 24 DEN QB 7 15 14 14 5 -10 0
1985 25 DEN QB 7 16 16 7 2 -35 0
1986* 26 DEN QB 7 16 16 8 1 -13 0
1987* 27 DEN QB 7 12 12 2 0 -1 0
1988 28 DEN QB 7 15 15 7 5 -9 0
1989* 29 DEN QB 7 15 15 9 2 -4 0
1990 30 DEN QB 7 16 16 8 1 -3 0
1991* 31 DEN QB 7 16 16 12 2 0 0
1992 32 DEN QB 7 12 12 12 1 0 0
1993* 33 DEN QB 7 16 16 8 5 -5 0
1994* 34 DEN QB 7 14 14 11 2 -5 0
1995 35 DEN QB 7 16 16 9 1 -7 0
1996* 36 DEN QB 7 15 15 6 2 -4 0
1997* 37 DEN QB 7 16 16 11 1 -21 0
1998* 38 DEN QB 7 13 12 7 2 -18 0
Career 234 231 137 35 -135 0

Kicking & Punting

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0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1987* 27 DEN QB 7 12 12 1 31 31 0 31.0
1988 28 DEN QB 7 15 15 3 117 40 0 39.0
1989* 29 DEN QB 7 15 15 1 34 34 0 34.0
1990 30 DEN QB 7 16 16 1 37 37 0 37.0
1991* 31 DEN QB 7 16 16 1 34 34 0 34.0
Career 234 231 7 253 40 0 36.1

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1983 23 DEN QB 7 11 10 1 1 6
1984 24 DEN QB 7 15 14 1 1 6
1986* 26 DEN QB 7 16 16 1 1 2 12
1987* 27 DEN QB 7 12 12 4 4 24
1988 28 DEN QB 7 15 15 1 1 6
1989* 29 DEN QB 7 15 15 3 3 18
1990 30 DEN QB 7 16 16 3 3 18
1991* 31 DEN QB 7 16 16 6 6 36
1992 32 DEN QB 7 12 12 2 2 12
1994* 34 DEN QB 7 14 14 4 4 24
1995 35 DEN QB 7 16 16 1 1 1 8
1996* 36 DEN QB 7 15 15 4 4 24
1997* 37 DEN QB 7 16 16 1 1 6
1998* 38 DEN QB 7 13 12 1 1 6
Career 234 231 33 1 34 1 206

Similar Players

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Terry Bradshaw*, Joe Ferguson, Ken Anderson, Norm Snead, Bob Griese*, Jim Plunkett, David Carr, Marc Bulger, Joe Kapp, Jim Everett
4 Ken O'Brien, Jim Plunkett, Jim Everett, Ken Anderson, Boomer Esiason, Bob Griese*, Eli Manning, Bernie Kosar, Tom Brady, Marc Bulger
5 Jim Everett, Ken O'Brien, Bob Griese*, Ken Anderson, Drew Bledsoe, Joe Namath*, Eli Manning, Marc Bulger, Doug Williams, Donovan McNabb
6 Jim Everett, Drew Bledsoe, Ken Anderson, Tom Brady, Mark Brunell, Aaron Brooks, Jim Kelly*, Ken O'Brien, Steve Grogan, Joe Namath*
7 Jim Everett, Drew Bledsoe, Ken Anderson, Mark Brunell, Tom Brady, Ken O'Brien, Steve McNair, Jim Kelly*, Steve Grogan, Bernie Kosar
8 Mark Brunell, Drew Bledsoe, Jim Kelly*, Ken O'Brien, Bob Griese*, Ken Anderson, Steve McNair, Jim Everett, Donovan McNabb, Steve Grogan
9 Jim Kelly*, Mark Brunell, Jim Everett, Steve McNair, Bob Griese*, Ken Anderson, Donovan McNabb, Fran Tarkenton*, Drew Bledsoe, Ken O'Brien
10 Jim Everett, Bob Griese*, Drew Bledsoe, Jim Kelly*, Donovan McNabb, Mark Brunell, Ken Anderson, Fran Tarkenton*, Terry Bradshaw*, Steve McNair
11 Jim Kelly*, Bob Griese*, Drew Bledsoe, Terry Bradshaw*, Fran Tarkenton*, Troy Aikman*, Warren Moon*, Joe Montana*, Ken Anderson, Steve McNair
12 Jim Kelly*, Bob Griese*, Fran Tarkenton*, Terry Bradshaw*, Warren Moon*, Drew Bledsoe, Joe Montana*, Steve McNair, Mark Brunell, Troy Aikman*
13 Fran Tarkenton*, Terry Bradshaw*, Warren Moon*, Bob Griese*, Jim Kelly*, Drew Bledsoe, Dan Marino*, Joe Montana*, Johnny Unitas*, Steve McNair
14 Fran Tarkenton*, Warren Moon*, Dan Marino*, Johnny Unitas*, Brett Favre, Terry Bradshaw*, Bob Griese*, Ken Anderson, Drew Bledsoe, Joe Montana*
15 Fran Tarkenton*, Dan Marino*, Brett Favre, Johnny Unitas*, Warren Moon*, Joe Montana*, Ken Anderson, Dan Fouts*, Terry Bradshaw*, Bob Griese*
16 Fran Tarkenton*, Brett Favre, Dan Marino*, Johnny Unitas*, Joe Montana*, Warren Moon*, Ken Anderson, Dan Fouts*, Terry Bradshaw*, Bob Griese*
Career Fran Tarkenton*, Dan Marino*, Brett Favre, Johnny Unitas*, Joe Montana*, Warren Moon*, Ken Anderson, Dan Fouts*, Terry Bradshaw*, Bob Griese*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1987 NFL AP MVP
1992 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year
1998 NFL Super Bowl MVP

Pro Bowls

1986
1987
1989
1991
1993
1994
1996
1997
1998

Passes Completed

1985 NFL 327 (2/85)
1986 NFL 280 (5)
1987 NFL 224 (9)
1988 NFL 274 (5)
1990 NFL 294 (5)
1993 NFL 348 (1/43)
1994 NFL 307 (8)
1995 NFL 316 (8)
1996 NFL 287 (8)
1997 NFL 280 (8)
Career 4123 (3)

Pass Attempts

1985 NFL 605 (1/17)
1986 NFL 504 (4)
1987 NFL 410 (6)
1988 NFL 496 (4)
1990 NFL 502 (5)
1991 NFL 451 (10)
1993 NFL 551 (1/73)
1994 NFL 494 (7)
1995 NFL 542 (8/90)
1996 NFL 466 (9)
1997 NFL 502 (8)
Career 7250 (3)

Passing Yds

1985 NFL 3891 (2/95)
1986 NFL 3485 (9)
1987 NFL 3198 (4)
1988 NFL 3309 (8)
1990 NFL 3526 (5)
1991 NFL 3253 (8)
1993 NFL 4030 (1/68)
1994 NFL 3490 (8)
1995 NFL 3970 (5/79)
1996 NFL 3328 (7)
1997 NFL 3635 (6)
Career 51475 (3)

Passing TD

1985 NFL 22 (7)
1986 NFL 19 (9)
1987 NFL 19 (8)
1993 NFL 25 (2)
1995 NFL 26 (6)
1996 NFL 26 (4)
1997 NFL 27 (4)
1998 NFL 22 (9)
Career 300 (5)

Passer Rating

1993 NFL 92.8 (3)
1994 NFL 85.7 (4)
1996 NFL 89.2 (4)
1997 NFL 87.5 (7)
1998 NFL 93.0 (5)
Career 79.9 (54)

Long Pass

1987 NFL 72 (10)
1988 NFL 86 (4)
1992 NFL 80 (8)
1997 NFL 78 (5)

Passes Intercepted

1985 NFL 23 (2/84)
1988 NFL 19 (3)
1989 NFL 18 (6)
1992 NFL 17 (4)
1995 NFL 14 (10)
Career 226 (14)

Sacked

1990 NFL 43 (2)
1991 NFL 45 (3/81)
1992 NFL 36 (3)
1993 NFL 39 (5)
1994 NFL 46 (1/72)
Career 516 (1)

Sacked Yds Lost

1985 NFL 307 (10)
1988 NFL 237 (10)
1989 NFL 298 (5)
1990 NFL 311 (5)
1991 NFL 305 (3)
1992 NFL 272 (3)
1993 NFL 293 (2)
1994 NFL 303 (2)
1996 NFL 194 (10)
Career 3785 (2)

Passing Yds/Game

1985 NFL 243.2 (4)
1987 NFL 266.5 (4/62)
1988 NFL 220.6 (9)
1990 NFL 220.4 (6)
1993 NFL 251.9 (1)
1994 NFL 249.3 (4)
1995 NFL 248.1 (7)
1996 NFL 221.9 (9)
1997 NFL 227.2 (9)
Career 220.0 (17)

Yds/Pass Att

1987 NFL 7.8 (3)
1989 NFL 7.3 (10)
1991 NFL 7.2 (8)
1993 NFL 7.3 (8)
1994 NFL 7.1 (7)
1995 NFL 7.3 (9)
1996 NFL 7.1 (10)
1997 NFL 7.2 (7)
1998 NFL 7.9 (4)
Career 7.1 (62)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1983 NFL 13.5 (7)
1987 NFL 14.3 (4)
1989 NFL 13.7 (3)
1991 NFL 13.4 (5)
1992 NFL 12.9 (3)
1995 NFL 12.6 (4)
1997 NFL 13.0 (5)
1998 NFL 13.4 (4)
Career 12.5 (97)

Pass Attempts/Game

1985 NFL 37.8 (1/27)
1986 NFL 31.5 (9)
1987 NFL 34.2 (6)
1988 NFL 33.1 (4)
1990 NFL 31.4 (7)
1993 NFL 34.4 (2)
1994 NFL 35.3 (5/77)
Career 31.0 (22)

Rushing TD

Career 33 (149)

Yds/Rushing Att

Career 4.4 (91)

2-pt. Conv. Made

Career 1 (139)

Games

Career 234 (61)

Games Started

Career 231 (15)

Playoff Games

Career 22 (14)

Playoff Games Started

Career 21 (8)

Fumbles

1984 NFL 14 (4/41)
1991 NFL 12 (1)
1992 NFL 12 (2)
1994 NFL 11 (2)
1997 NFL 11 (4)
Career 137 (4)

Fumbles Recovered

1984 NFL 5 (3)
1988 NFL 5 (7)
1993 NFL 5 (2)
Career 35 (15)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1987 NFL 7.41 (4)
1991 NFL 6.59 (10)
1993 NFL 7.40 (3)
1994 NFL 6.80 (5)
1995 NFL 7.12 (9)
1996 NFL 6.91 (5)
1997 NFL 7.33 (6)
1998 NFL 7.85 (5/78)
Career 6.52 (41)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1987 NFL 7.12 (1/85)
1995 NFL 6.72 (8)
1996 NFL 6.37 (9)
1997 NFL 6.40 (5)
1998 NFL 7.14 (4/83)
Career 6.14 (44)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1986 NFL 5.68 (10)
1987 NFL 6.74 (4)
1993 NFL 6.42 (5)
1995 NFL 6.52 (9)
1996 NFL 6.15 (7)
1997 NFL 6.49 (5)
1998 NFL 7.11 (5/72)
Career 5.60 (37)

Passes Completed/Game

1985 NFL 20.4 (2)
1986 NFL 17.5 (8)
1987 NFL 18.7 (10)
1988 NFL 18.3 (5)
1990 NFL 18.4 (6)
1993 NFL 21.8 (1/62)
1994 NFL 21.9 (5/60)
1996 NFL 19.1 (8)
Career 17.6 (26)

Pass Completion %

1990 NFL 58.6% (6)
1993 NFL 63.2% (3)
1994 NFL 62.1% (7)
1996 NFL 61.6% (5)
Career 56.9% (76)

Pass Intercept. %

1986 NFL 2.6% (4)
1987 NFL 2.9% (7)
1990 NFL 2.8% (9)
1993 NFL 1.8% (6/56)
1994 NFL 2.0% (3/81)
1997 NFL 2.2% (10)
Career 3.1% (37)

Passing TD %

1989 NFL 4.3% (10)
1993 NFL 4.5% (5)
1995 NFL 4.8% (8)
1996 NFL 5.6% (4)
1997 NFL 5.4% (4)
1998 NFL 6.2% (5)
Career 4.1% (114)

Sack %

1984 NFL 5.94% (7)
1985 NFL 5.91% (5)
1986 NFL 5.97% (7)
1987 NFL 4.65% (3)
1988 NFL 5.70% (9)
1995 NFL 3.90% (6)
1998 NFL 4.81% (9)
Career 6.64% (75)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1986UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1987Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1993Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
1996Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
1997Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1983 23 11 QB 101 27
1984 24 15 QB 212 12 76
1985 25 16 QB 267 53 7 26
1986 26 16 QB 267 71 3 16
1987 27 12 QB 272 126 3 5
1988 28 15 QB 226 18 9 53
1989 29 15 QB 236 3 10 70
1990 30 16 QB 247 34 8 33
1991 31 16 QB 248 69 7 17
1992 32 12 QB 137 19
1993 33 16 QB 307 103 2 5
1994 34 14 QB 263 52 5 27
1995 35 16 QB 310 76 6 22
1996 36 15 QB 310 118 3 7
1997 37 16 QB 313 84 4 9
1998 38 13 QB 241 12 75
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