John Elway

John Albert Elway

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Born: June 28, 1960 in Port Angeles, WA

College: Stanford (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 140 (18th overall since 1960)

High School: Granada Hills Charter (CA)

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

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2004 (Full List)

As Exec: 10 Yrs (Full Record)

Twitter: @johnelway · Instagram: johnelway

SUMMARY

Career

234

206

QBrec

148-82-1

Cmp%

56.9

Yds

51475

Y/A

7.1

300

Int

226

FantPt

3220.6

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV	Awards
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	9.8	5.03	3.33	1	1	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	5.9	6.04	5.26	2	2	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	5.9	5.57	4.65	6	6	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	6.0	6.07	5.68	1	1	14	AP MVP-5, AP OPoY-5, PB
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	4.7	7.12	6.74	3	2	14	AP MVP-1, AP OPoY-3, AP2, PB
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	5.7	5.84	4.86	1	1	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	7.8	6.10	5.11	2	2	12	PB
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	7.9	5.90	5.29	1	3	14
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	9.1	5.94	5.38	1	4	14	PB
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	10.2	5.60	3.99	3	3	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	6.6	6.33	6.42	1	1	17	AP MVP-4, AP OPoY-4, AP2, PB
1994*	34	DEN	QB	7	14	14	7-7-0	307	494	62.1	3490	16	3.2	10	2.0	163	63	7.1	6.8	11.4	249.3	85.7	46	303	8.5	5.90	5.66	2	3	13	PB
1995	35	DEN	QB	7	16	16	8-8-0	316	542	58.3	3970	26	4.8	14	2.6	189	62	7.3	7.1	12.6	248.1	86.4	22	180	3.9	6.72	6.52	1	3	15
1996*	36	DEN	QB	7	15	15	13-2-0	287	466	61.6	3328	26	5.6	14	3.0	164	51	7.1	6.9	11.6	221.9	89.2	26	194	5.3	6.37	6.15	4	4	15	AP MVP-2, AP OPoY-3, AP2, PB
1997*	37	DEN	QB	7	16	16	12-4-0	280	502	55.8	3635	27	5.4	11	2.2	166	78	7.2	7.3	13.0	227.2	87.5	34	203	6.3	6.40	6.49	0	2	18	PB
1998*	38	DEN	QB	7	13	12	10-2-0	210	356	59.0	2806	22	6.2	10	2.8	141	58	7.9	7.9	13.4	215.8	93.0	18	135	4.8	7.14	7.11	2	2	14	PB
Career					234	231	148-82-1	4123	7250	56.9	51475	300	4.1	226	3.1	823	86	7.1	6.5	12.5	220.0	79.9	516	3785	6.6	6.14	5.60	31	40	206

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1983	23	DEN		1	0	0-0	10	15	66.7	123	0	0.0	1	6.7	0	31	8.2	5.2	12.3	123.0	64.0	0	0	0.0	8.20	5.20
1984	24	DEN	QB	1	1	0-1	19	37	51.4	184	2	5.4	2	5.4	0	21	5.0	3.6	9.7	184.0	61.1	4	37	9.8	3.59	2.37
1986*	26	DEN	QB	3	3	2-1	57	107	53.3	805	3	2.8	4	3.7	0	54	7.5	6.4	14.1	268.3	71.6	6	49	5.3	6.69	5.63	1	1
1987*	27	DEN	QB	3	3	2-1	42	89	47.2	797	6	6.7	5	5.6	0	80	9.0	7.8	19.0	265.7	77.8	8	79	8.2	7.40	6.32	0	1
1989*	29	DEN	QB	3	3	2-1	42	82	51.2	732	4	4.9	3	3.7	0	70	8.9	8.3	17.4	244.0	83.0	6	51	6.8	7.74	7.11	1	1
1991*	31	DEN	QB	2	2	1-1	30	54	55.6	378	1	1.9	2	3.7	0	44	7.0	5.7	12.6	189.0	68.3	3	24	5.3	6.21	4.98	1	1
1993*	33	DEN	QB	1	1	0-1	29	47	61.7	302	3	6.4	1	2.1	0	25	6.4	6.7	10.4	302.0	92.7	1	5	2.1	6.19	6.50
1996*	36	DEN	QB	1	1	0-1	25	38	65.8	226	2	5.3	0	0.0	11	18	5.9	7.0	9.0	226.0	99.2	1	1	2.6	5.77	6.79
1997*	37	DEN	QB	4	4	4-0	56	96	58.3	726	3	3.1	2	2.1	33	43	7.6	7.3	13.0	181.5	83.9	6	44	5.9	6.69	6.39	1	2
1998*	38	DEN	QB	3	3	3-0	45	86	52.3	691	3	3.5	1	1.2	30	80	8.0	8.2	15.4	230.3	85.9	4	28	4.4	7.37	7.53
Career				22	21	14-7	355	651	54.5	4964	27	4.1	21	3.2	74	80	7.6	7.0	14.0	225.6	79.7	39	318	5.7	6.73	6.15	4	6

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Adjusted Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
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	114	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	114	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

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1983	23	DEN	QB	7	11	10	28	146	1		23	5.2	13.3	2.5					0							28	5.2	146	1	6
1984	24	DEN	QB	7	15	14	56	237	1		21	4.2	15.8	3.7					0							56	4.2	237	1	14
1985	25	DEN	QB	7	16	16	51	253	0		22	5.0	15.8	3.2					0							51	5.0	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			53	5.3	280	2	8
1987*	27	DEN	QB	7	12	12	66	304	4		29	4.6	25.3	5.5					0							66	4.6	304	4	2
1988	28	DEN	QB	7	15	15	54	234	1		26	4.3	15.6	3.6					0							54	4.3	234	1	7
1989*	29	DEN	QB	7	15	15	48	244	3		31	5.1	16.3	3.2					0							48	5.1	244	3	9
1990	30	DEN	QB	7	16	16	50	258	3		21	5.2	16.1	3.1					0							50	5.2	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			56	5.0	279	6	12
1992	32	DEN	QB	7	12	12	34	94	2		9	2.8	7.8	2.8					0							34	2.8	94	2	12
1993*	33	DEN	QB	7	16	16	44	153	0		18	3.5	9.6	2.8					0							44	3.5	153	0	8
1994*	34	DEN	QB	7	14	14	58	235	4	17	22	4.1	16.8	4.1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	58	4.1	235	4	11
1995	35	DEN	QB	7	16	16	41	176	1	16	25	4.3	11.0	2.6					0							41	4.3	176	1	9
1996*	36	DEN	QB	7	15	15	50	249	4	20	22	5.0	16.6	3.3					0							50	5.0	249	4	6
1997*	37	DEN	QB	7	16	16	50	218	1	15	23	4.4	13.6	3.1					0							50	4.4	218	1	11
1998*	38	DEN	QB	7	13	12	37	94	1	11	16	2.5	7.2	2.8	1	1	14	14.0	0	1	14	0.1	1.1	100.0%	14.0	38	2.8	108	1	7
Career					234	231	774	3407	33	79	31	4.4	14.6	3.3	2	3	61	20.3	1	1	24	0.0	0.3	50%	7.0	777	4.5	3468	34	137

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1983	23	DEN		1	0	3	16	0	0	6	5.3	16.0	3.0					0							3	5.3	16	0	0
1984	24	DEN	QB	1	1	4	16	0	0	13	4.0	16.0	4.0					0							4	4.0	16	0	1
1986*	26	DEN	QB	3	3	15	101	2	0	34	6.7	33.7	5.0					0							15	6.7	101	2	1
1987*	27	DEN	QB	3	3	18	76	1	0	21	4.2	25.3	6.0		1	23	23.0	0	0	23	0.3	7.7		23.0	19	5.2	99	1	1
1989*	29	DEN	QB	3	3	16	91	1	0	32	5.7	30.3	5.3					0							16	5.7	91	1	3
1991*	31	DEN	QB	2	2	10	49	0	0	15	4.9	24.5	5.0					0							10	4.9	49	0	2
1993*	33	DEN	QB	1	1	5	23	0	0	6	4.6	23.0	5.0					0							5	4.6	23	0	1
1996*	36	DEN	QB	1	1	5	30	0	1	19	6.0	30.0	5.0					0							5	6.0	30	0	0
1997*	37	DEN	QB	4	4	9	25	1	4	10	2.8	6.3	2.3					0							9	2.8	25	1	4
1998*	38	DEN	QB	3	3	9	34	1	4	11	3.8	11.3	3.0					0							9	3.8	34	1	1
Career				22	21	94	461	6	9	34	4.9	21.0	4.3	1	1	23	23.0	0	0	23	0.0	1.0	50%	7.0	95	5.1	484	6	14

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty
1983	23	DEN	QB	7	11	10			0				6	3	0	0	0.0
1984	24	DEN	QB	7	15	14			0				14	5	-10	0	0.0
1985	25	DEN	QB	7	16	16			0				7	2	-35	0	0.0
1986*	26	DEN	QB	7	16	16			0				8	1	-13	0	0.0
1987*	27	DEN	QB	7	12	12			0				2	0	-1	0	0.0
1988	28	DEN	QB	7	15	15			0				7	5	-9	0	0.0
1989*	29	DEN	QB	7	15	15			0				9	2	-4	0	0.0
1990	30	DEN	QB	7	16	16			0				8	1	-3	0	0.0
1991*	31	DEN	QB	7	16	16			0				12	2	0	0	0.0
1992	32	DEN	QB	7	12	12			0				12	1	0	0	0.0
1993*	33	DEN	QB	7	16	16			0			0	8	5	-5	0	0.0
1994*	34	DEN	QB	7	14	14			0			0	11	2	-5	0	0.0
1995	35	DEN	QB	7	16	16			0			0	9	1	-7	0	0.0
1996*	36	DEN	QB	7	15	15			0			0	6	2	-4	0	0.0
1997*	37	DEN	QB	7	16	16			0			0	11	1	-21	0	0.0
1998*	38	DEN	QB	7	13	12			0			0	7	2	-18	0	0.0
Career					234	231			0			0	137	35	-135	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty
1984	24	DEN	QB	1	1			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
1986*	26	DEN	QB	3	3			0			0	1	1	-11	0	0.0
1987*	27	DEN	QB	3	3			0			0	1	1	-2	0	0.0
1989*	29	DEN	QB	3	3			0			0	3	1	-7	0	0.0
1991*	31	DEN	QB	2	2			0			0	2	2	-5	0	0.0
1993*	33	DEN	QB	1	1			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1997*	37	DEN	QB	4	4			0			0	4	1	-10	0	0.0
1998*	38	DEN	QB	3	3			0			0	1	0	-6	0	0.0
Career				22	21			0			0	14	7	-41	0	0.0

Punting

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
1987*	27	DEN	QB	7	12	12	1	31	31.0	0	31	31.0	31	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0
1988	28	DEN	QB	7	15	15	3	117	39.0	0	117	39.0	40	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	0
1989*	29	DEN	QB	7	15	15	1	34	34.0	0	14	14.0	34	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0
1990	30	DEN	QB	7	16	16	1	37	37.0	0	17	17.0	37	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0
1991*	31	DEN	QB	7	16	16	1	34	34.0	0	14	14.0	34	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0
Career					234	231	7	253	36.1	0	193	27.6	40	3	42.9%	3	42.9%	0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	2PM	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1983	23	DEN	QB	7	11	10	1		1			6	0.5
1984	24	DEN	QB	7	15	14	1		1			6	0.4
1986*	26	DEN	QB	7	16	16	1	1	2			12	0.8
1987*	27	DEN	QB	7	12	12	4		4			24	2.0
1988	28	DEN	QB	7	15	15	1		1			6	0.4
1989*	29	DEN	QB	7	15	15	3		3			18	1.2
1990	30	DEN	QB	7	16	16	3		3			18	1.1
1991*	31	DEN	QB	7	16	16	6		6			36	2.3
1992	32	DEN	QB	7	12	12	2		2			12	1.0
1994*	34	DEN	QB	7	14	14	4		4			24	1.7
1995	35	DEN	QB	7	16	16	1		1	1		8	0.5
1996*	36	DEN	QB	7	15	15	4		4			24	1.6
1997*	37	DEN	QB	7	16	16	1		1			6	0.4
1998*	38	DEN	QB	7	13	12	1		1			6	0.5
Career					234	231	33	1	34	1	0	206	.9

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1986*	26	DEN	QB	3	3	2	2	12	4.0
1987*	27	DEN	QB	3	3	1	1	6	2.0
1989*	29	DEN	QB	3	3	1	1	6	2.0
1997*	37	DEN	QB	4	4	1	1	6	1.5
1998*	38	DEN	QB	3	3	1	1	6	2.0
Career				22	21	6	6	36	1.6

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