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Rk Year Age Tm Pos G GS 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%
1 John Elway 1985 25 DEN QB 16 16 327 605 54.0 3891 22 3.6 23 3.8 65 6.4 5.1 11.9 243.2 70.2 38 307 5.6 4.3 5.9
2 John Elway 1993* 33 DEN QB 16 16 348 551 63.2 4030 25 4.5 10 1.8 63 7.3 7.0 11.6 251.9 92.8 39 293 6.3 6.0 6.6
3 John Elway 1995 35 DEN QB 16 16 316 542 58.3 3970 26 4.8 14 2.6 62 7.3 6.6 12.6 248.1 86.4 22 180 6.7 6.1 3.9
4 Jake Plummer 2004 30 DEN QB 16 16 303 521 58.2 4089 27 5.2 20 3.8 85 7.8 6.6 13.5 255.6 84.5 15 90 7.5 6.3 2.8
5 John Elway 1986* 26 DEN QB 16 16 280 504 55.6 3485 19 3.8 13 2.6 53 6.9 6.1 12.4 217.8 79.0 32 233 6.1 5.3 6.0
6 John Elway 1997* 37 DEN QB 16 16 280 502 55.8 3635 27 5.4 11 2.2 78 7.2 6.8 13.0 227.2 87.5 34 203 6.4 6.0 6.3
7 John Elway 1990 30 DEN QB 16 16 294 502 58.6 3526 15 3.0 14 2.8 66 7.0 6.1 12.0 220.4 78.5 43 311 5.9 5.0 7.9
8 John Elway 1988 28 DEN QB 15 15 274 496 55.2 3309 17 3.4 19 3.8 86 6.7 5.3 12.1 220.6 71.4 30 237 5.8 4.5 5.7
9 John Elway 1994* 34 DEN QB 14 14 307 494 62.1 3490 16 3.2 10 2.0 63 7.1 6.5 11.4 249.3 85.7 46 303 5.9 5.4 8.5
10 Frank Tripucka 1960 33 DEN QB 14 14 248 478 51.9 3038 24 5.0 34 7.1 80 6.4 3.7 12.3 217.0 58.9
11 Jay Cutler 2007 24 DEN QB 16 16 297 467 63.6 3497 20 4.3 14 3.0 68 7.5 6.6 11.8 218.6 88.1 27 153 6.8 5.9 5.5
12 John Elway 1996* 36 DEN QB 15 15 287 466 61.6 3328 26 5.6 14 3.0 51 7.1 6.3 11.6 221.9 89.2 26 194 6.4 5.6 5.3
13 Jake Plummer 2005* 31 DEN QB 16 16 277 456 60.7 3366 18 3.9 7 1.5 72 7.4 7.1 12.2 210.4 90.2 22 135 6.8 6.5 4.6
14 Brian Griese 1999 24 DEN QB 14 13 261 452 57.7 3032 14 3.1 14 3.1 88 6.7 5.6 11.6 216.6 75.6 27 176 6.0 4.9 5.6
15 John Elway 1991* 31 DEN QB 16 16 242 451 53.7 3253 13 2.9 12 2.7 71 7.2 6.3 13.4 203.3 75.4 45 305 5.9 5.1 9.1
16 Brian Griese 2001 26 DEN QB 15 15 275 451 61.0 2827 23 5.1 19 4.2 65 6.3 4.9 10.3 188.5 78.5 38 241 5.3 4.0 7.8
17 Frank Tripucka 1962* 35 DEN QB 14 13 240 440 54.5 2917 17 3.9 25 5.7 96 6.6 4.5 12.2 208.4 64.4
18 Brian Griese 2002 27 DEN QB 13 13 291 436 66.7 3214 15 3.4 15 3.4 82 7.4 6.2 11.0 247.2 85.6 34 237 6.3 5.2 7.2
19 John Elway 1989* 29 DEN QB 15 15 223 416 53.6 3051 18 4.3 18 4.3 69 7.3 5.8 13.7 203.4 73.7 35 298 6.1 4.7 7.8
20 John Elway 1987* 27 DEN QB 12 12 224 410 54.6 3198 19 4.6 12 2.9 72 7.8 6.9 14.3 266.5 83.4 20 138 7.1 6.3 4.7
21 John Elway 1984 24 DEN QB 15 14 214 380 56.3 2598 18 4.7 15 3.9 73 6.8 5.5 12.1 173.2 76.8 24 158 6.0 4.8 5.9
22 Craig Morton 1981 38 DEN QB 15 15 225 376 59.8 3195 21 5.6 14 3.7 95 8.5 7.4 14.2 213.0 90.5 54 394 6.5 5.5 12.6
23 Craig Morton 1979 36 DEN QB 14 10 204 370 55.1 2626 16 4.3 19 5.1 64 7.1 5.2 12.9 187.6 70.6 30 241 6.0 4.2 7.5
24 John Elway 1998* 38 DEN QB 13 12 210 356 59.0 2806 22 6.2 10 2.8 58 7.9 7.2 13.4 215.8 93.0 18 135 7.1 6.5 4.8
25 Charley Johnson 1973 35 DEN QB 14 14 184 346 53.2 2465 20 5.8 17 4.9 62 7.1 5.5 13.4 176.1 74.9 26 177 6.2 4.6 7.0
26 Frank Tripucka 1961 34 DEN QB 14 10 167 344 48.5 1690 10 2.9 21 6.1 87 4.9 2.5 10.1 120.7 47.3
27 Brian Griese 2000* 25 DEN QB 10 10 216 336 64.3 2688 19 5.7 4 1.2 61 8.0 8.0 12.4 268.8 102.9 17 139 7.2 7.2 4.8
28 Steve Tensi 1967 25 DEN QB 14 12 131 325 40.3 1915 16 4.9 17 5.2 76 5.9 4.0 14.6 136.8 54.8
29 Jake Plummer 2006 32 DEN QB 16 11 175 317 55.2 1994 11 3.5 13 4.1 83 6.3 4.8 11.4 124.6 68.8 18 111 5.6 4.2 5.4
Rk Year Age Tm Pos G GS 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%
30 John Elway 1992 32 DEN QB 12 12 174 316 55.1 2242 10 3.2 17 5.4 80 7.1 5.0 12.9 186.8 65.7 36 272 5.6 3.7 10.2
31 Jake Plummer 2003 29 DEN QB 11 11 189 302 62.6 2182 15 5.0 7 2.3 60 7.2 6.7 11.5 198.4 91.2 14 73 6.7 6.2 4.4
32 Craig Morton 1980 37 DEN QB 12 9 183 301 60.8 2150 12 4.0 13 4.3 41 7.1 5.6 11.7 179.2 77.8 26 190 6.0 4.6 8.0
33 Steve Tensi 1969 27 DEN QB 13 12 131 286 45.8 1990 14 4.9 12 4.2 79 7.0 5.6 15.2 153.1 68.1 29 208 5.7 4.4 9.2
34 Steve Ramsey 1976 28 DEN QB 12 12 128 270 47.4 1931 11 4.1 13 4.8 71 7.2 5.4 15.1 160.9 64.9 39 261 5.4 3.9 12.6
35 Craig Morton 1978 35 DEN QB 14 13 146 267 54.7 1802 11 4.1 8 3.0 42 6.7 5.8 12.3 128.7 77.0 36 238 5.2 4.3 11.9
36 Jacky Lee 1964 25 DEN QB 14 10 133 265 50.2 1611 11 4.2 20 7.5 82 6.1 3.1 12.1 115.1 51.6
37 John Elway 1983 23 DEN QB 11 10 123 259 47.5 1663 7 2.7 14 5.4 49 6.4 4.3 13.5 151.2 54.9 28 218 5.0 3.1 9.8
38 Craig Morton 1977 34 DEN QB 14 14 131 254 51.6 1929 14 5.5 8 3.1 81 7.6 6.7 14.7 137.8 82.0 43 338 5.4 4.6 14.5
39 John McCormick 1965 28 DEN qb 14 6 103 253 40.7 1292 7 2.8 14 5.5 90 5.1 2.9 12.5 92.3 43.5
40 Charley Johnson 1974 36 DEN QB 14 12 136 244 55.7 1969 13 5.3 9 3.7 73 8.1 6.9 14.5 140.6 84.5 36 270 6.1 5.1 12.9
41 Charley Johnson 1972 34 DEN QB 12 9 132 238 55.5 1783 14 5.9 14 5.9 60 7.5 5.4 13.5 148.6 74.6 12 82 6.8 4.8 4.8
42 Pete Liske 1970 28 DEN QB 11 9 112 238 47.1 1340 7 2.9 11 4.6 74 5.6 3.8 12.0 121.8 55.3 28 228 4.2 2.6 10.5
43 Steve Ramsey 1975 27 DEN QB 11 7 128 233 54.9 1562 9 3.9 14 6.0 66 6.7 4.4 12.2 142.0 63.6 23 187 5.4 3.3 9.0
44 Gus Frerotte 2000 29 DEN qb 10 6 138 232 59.5 1776 9 3.9 8 3.4 44 7.7 6.5 12.9 177.6 82.1 12 77 7.0 5.9 4.9
45 Marlin Briscoe 1968 23 DEN QB 11 5 93 224 41.5 1589 14 6.3 13 5.8 66 7.1 5.1 17.1 144.5 62.9
46 Steve DeBerg 1982 28 DEN QB 9 5 131 223 58.7 1405 7 3.1 11 4.9 51 6.3 4.4 10.7 156.1 67.2 16 130 5.3 3.6 6.7
47 Mickey Slaughter 1963 22 DEN QB 13 7 112 223 50.2 1689 12 5.4 15 6.7 74 7.6 5.1 15.1 129.9 65.4
48 Steve DeBerg 1983 29 DEN qb 10 5 119 215 55.3 1617 9 4.2 7 3.3 54 7.5 6.5 13.6 161.7 79.9 25 201 5.9 5.0 10.4
49 George Herring 1961 27 DEN qb 14 4 93 211 44.1 1160 5 2.4 22 10.4 54 5.5 1.0 12.5 82.9 30.0
50 John McCormick 1966 29 DEN QB 14 5 68 193 35.2 993 6 3.1 15 7.8 64 5.1 2.0 14.6 70.9 30.9
51 Mickey Slaughter 1964 23 DEN qb 14 4 97 189 51.3 930 3 1.6 11 5.8 39 4.9 2.5 9.6 66.4 46.4
52 Steve Ramsey 1971 23 DEN qb 9 5 84 178 47.2 1120 5 2.8 13 7.3 47 6.3 3.3 13.3 124.4 46.6 13 105 5.3 2.5 6.8
53 Don Horn 1971 26 DEN QB 9 9 89 173 51.4 1056 3 1.7 14 8.1 74 6.1 2.6 11.9 117.3 42.4 8 67 5.5 2.1 4.4
54 Max Choboian 1966 24 DEN qb 14 7 82 163 50.3 1110 4 2.5 12 7.4 79 6.8 3.7 13.5 79.3 49.9
55 Matt Robinson 1980 25 DEN qb 14 7 78 162 48.1 942 2 1.2 12 7.4 52 5.8 2.6 12.1 67.3 39.7 17 136 4.5 1.6 9.5
56 Mickey Slaughter 1965 24 DEN QB 10 7 75 147 51.0 864 6 4.1 12 8.2 51 5.9 2.6 11.5 86.4 48.7
57 Charley Johnson 1975 37 DEN qb 14 6 65 142 45.8 1021 5 3.5 12 8.5 90 7.2 3.7 15.7 72.9 46.7 10 79 6.2 3.0 6.6
58 Don Breaux 1963 23 DEN qb 9 2 70 138 50.7 935 7 5.1 6 4.3 71 6.8 5.3 13.4 103.9 71.4
59 Jay Cutler 2006 23 DEN qb 5 5 81 137 59.1 1001 9 6.6 5 3.6 71 7.3 6.3 12.4 200.2 88.5 13 85 6.1 5.2 8.7
Rk Year Age Tm Pos G GS 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%
60 Steve Ramsey 1972 24 DEN qb 9 5 65 137 47.4 1050 3 2.2 9 6.6 55 7.7 4.9 16.2 116.7 53.5 26 184 5.3 3.0 16.0
61 Bubby Brister 1998 36 DEN 7 4 78 131 59.5 986 10 7.6 3 2.3 48 7.5 7.3 12.6 140.9 99.0 7 49 6.8 6.5 5.1
62 Hugh Millen 1994 31 DEN 5 2 81 131 61.8 893 2 1.5 3 2.3 76 6.8 5.9 11.0 178.6 77.6 9 63 5.9 5.1 6.4
63 Tommy Maddox 1992 21 DEN 13 4 66 121 54.5 757 5 4.1 9 7.4 38 6.3 3.3 11.5 58.2 56.4 10 60 5.3 2.6 7.6
64 Steve Tensi 1968 26 DEN qb 7 6 48 119 40.3 709 5 4.2 8 6.7 72 6.0 3.4 14.8 101.3 46.5
65 Steve Beuerlein 2002 37 DEN 8 3 68 117 58.1 925 6 5.1 5 4.3 52 7.9 6.5 13.6 115.6 82.7 12 78 6.6 5.3 9.3
66 Pete Liske 1969 27 DEN 7 2 61 115 53.0 845 9 7.8 11 9.6 71 7.3 3.8 13.9 120.7 63.4 15 103 5.7 2.6 11.5
67 George Shaw 1962 29 DEN 13 1 49 110 44.5 783 4 3.6 14 12.7 97 7.1 1.8 16.0 60.2 41.4
68 Steve DeBerg 1981 27 DEN 14 1 64 108 59.3 797 6 5.6 6 5.6 44 7.4 5.4 12.5 56.9 77.6 7 67 6.3 4.5 6.1
69 Danny Kanell 2003 30 DEN 5 2 53 103 51.5 442 2 1.9 5 4.9 26 4.3 2.3 8.3 88.4 49.1 2 24 4.0 2.0 1.9
70 Ken Karcher 1987 24 DEN 3 3 56 102 54.9 628 5 4.9 4 3.9 49 6.2 4.9 11.2 209.3 73.5 5 45 5.4 4.2 4.7
71 Norris Weese 1979 28 DEN qb 16 6 53 97 54.6 731 1 1.0 3 3.1 50 7.5 6.2 13.8 45.7 69.6 13 86 5.9 4.7 11.8
72 Norris Weese 1978 27 DEN 13 1 55 87 63.2 723 4 4.6 5 5.7 31 8.3 6.2 13.1 55.6 80.8 12 94 6.4 4.5 12.1
73 Chris Miller 1999 34 DEN 3 3 46 81 56.8 527 2 2.5 1 1.2 42 6.5 6.2 11.5 175.7 79.6 7 51 5.4 5.1 8.0
74 Jacky Lee 1965 26 DEN 4 1 44 80 55.0 692 5 6.3 3 3.8 66 8.7 7.6 15.7 173.0 89.2
75 Steve Tensi 1970 28 DEN 7 2 38 80 47.5 539 3 3.8 8 10.0 42 6.7 2.6 14.2 77.0 42.7 6 35 5.9 2.0 7.0
76 Gary Kubiak 1984 23 DEN 7 2 44 75 58.7 440 4 5.3 1 1.3 41 5.9 5.8 10.0 62.9 87.6 10 86 4.2 4.1 11.8
77 Chuck Pastrana 1970 26 DEN 5 3 29 75 38.7 420 1 1.3 9 12.0 58 5.6 0.3 14.5 84.0 22.5 8 60 4.3 -0.4 9.6
78 Steve Ramsey 1974 26 DEN 7 2 41 74 55.4 580 5 6.8 7 9.5 43 7.8 4.3 14.1 82.9 64.0 9 55 6.3 3.1 10.8
79 John McCormick 1963 26 DEN 9 3 28 72 38.9 417 4 5.6 3 4.2 72 5.8 4.5 14.9 46.3 59.8
80 Gary Kubiak 1988 27 DEN 16 1 43 69 62.3 497 5 7.2 3 4.3 68 7.2 6.0 11.6 31.1 90.1 2 13 6.8 5.6 2.8
81 Steve Beuerlein 2003 38 DEN 4 2 33 63 52.4 389 2 3.2 5 7.9 38 6.2 2.9 11.8 97.3 49.0 9 60 4.6 1.7 12.5
82 Mark Herrmann 1982 23 DEN 2 1 32 60 53.3 421 1 1.7 4 6.7 39 7.0 4.2 13.2 210.5 53.5 4 48 5.8 3.2 6.3
83 Gary Kubiak 1989 28 DEN 16 1 32 55 58.2 284 2 3.6 2 3.6 22 5.2 3.9 8.9 17.8 69.1 8 53 3.7 2.6 12.7
84 Jim M. LeClair 1968 24 DEN 3 2 27 54 50.0 401 1 1.9 5 9.3 50 7.4 3.4 14.9 133.7 42.3
85 Bill Musgrave 1996 29 DEN 6 1 31 52 59.6 276 0 0.0 2 3.8 46 5.3 3.6 8.9 46.0 57.9 4 32 4.4 2.8 7.1
86 John Hufnagel 1975 24 DEN 5 1 16 51 31.4 287 1 2.0 8 15.7 80 5.6 -1.2 17.9 57.4 18.6 13 84 3.2 -2.3 20.3
87 Gus Frerotte 2001 30 DEN 4 1 30 48 62.5 308 3 6.3 0 0.0 26 6.4 7.0 10.3 77.0 101.7 3 21 5.6 6.2 5.9
88 Patrick Ramsey 2007 28 DEN 2 0 29 48 60.4 262 1 2.1 1 2.1 21 5.5 4.7 9.0 131.0 73.4 3 13 4.9 4.2 5.9
89 Norris Weese 1976 25 DEN P 14 0 24 47 51.1 314 1 2.1 6 12.8 43 6.7 1.1 13.1 22.4 40.0 9 45 4.8 0.2 16.1
Rk Year Age Tm Pos G GS 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%
90 Jim M. LeClair 1967 23 DEN 5 2 19 45 42.2 275 1 2.2 1 2.2 48 6.1 5.3 14.5 55.0 60.9
91 Hugh Millen 1995 32 DEN 3 0 26 40 65.0 197 1 2.5 0 0.0 18 4.9 5.2 7.6 65.7 85.1 4 35 3.7 3.9 9.1
92 Craig Penrose 1977 24 DEN 8 0 21 39 53.8 217 0 0.0 4 10.3 35 5.6 0.9 10.3 27.1 30.6 5 49 3.8 -0.3 11.4
93 Gary Kubiak 1986 25 DEN 16 0 23 38 60.5 249 1 2.6 3 7.9 26 6.6 3.3 10.8 15.6 55.7 3 23 5.5 2.5 7.3
94 Craig Penrose 1978 25 DEN 4 2 16 37 43.2 185 2 5.4 4 10.8 29 5.0 0.7 11.6 46.3 37.4 0 0 5.0 0.7 0.0
95 Craig Penrose 1976 23 DEN 4 2 16 36 44.4 265 3 8.3 3 8.3 41 7.4 4.4 16.6 66.3 62.8 0 0 7.4 4.4 0.0
96 Shawn Moore 1992 24 DEN 3 0 17 34 50.0 232 0 0.0 3 8.8 40 6.8 2.9 13.6 77.3 35.4 6 50 4.6 1.2 15.0
97 Steve Ramsey 1973 25 DEN 5 0 10 27 37.0 194 2 7.4 2 7.4 76 7.2 4.6 19.4 38.8 56.7 0 0 7.2 4.6 0.0
98 Craig Morton 1982 39 DEN 3 3 18 26 69.2 193 0 0.0 3 11.5 20 7.4 2.2 10.7 64.3 51.1 3 19 6.0 1.3 10.3
99 Mickey Slaughter 1966 25 DEN 3 1 7 25 28.0 124 1 4.0 0 0.0 67 5.0 5.4 17.7 41.3 61.1
100 George Herring 1960 26 DEN P 14 0 9 22 40.9 137 0 0.0 1 4.5 21 6.2 4.2 15.2 9.8 43.2
101 Gary Kubiak 1983 22 DEN 4 1 12 22 54.5 186 1 4.5 1 4.5 78 8.5 6.9 15.5 46.5 79.0 2 20 6.9 5.5 8.3
102 Gary Kubiak 1990 29 DEN 16 0 11 22 50.0 145 0 0.0 4 18.2 36 6.6 -1.6 13.2 9.1 31.6 3 19 5.0 -2.2 12.0
103 Bubby Brister 1999 37 DEN 2 0 12 20 60.0 87 0 0.0 3 15.0 11 4.4 -2.4 7.3 43.5 30.6 0 0 4.4 -2.4 0.0
104 Norris Weese 1977 26 DEN 14 0 11 20 55.0 119 1 5.0