Jim Kelly

James Edward Kelly

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-3, 217lb (190cm, 98kg)

Born: February 14, 1960 in Pittsburgh, PA

College: Miami (FL) (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 103 (116th overall since 1960)

High School: East Brady (PA)

Draft: Buffalo Bills in the 1st round (14th overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2002 (Full List)

Relatives: Nephew Chad Kelly

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SUMMARY

Career

160

132

QBrec

101-59-0

Cmp%

60.1

Yds

35467

Y/A

7.4

237

Int

175

FantPt

2086.7

Passing

✨Upgraded✨

Regular Season

Playoffs

Passing Table
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV	Awards
1986	26	BUF	NFL	QB	16	16	4-12-0	285	480	59.4	3593	22	4.6	17	3.5			84	7.5	6.81	12.6	224.6	83.3	43	330	8.22	6.24	5.62	0	0	12
1987	27	BUF	NFL	QB	12	12	6-6-0	250	419	59.7	2798	19	4.5	11	2.6			47	6.7	6.40	11.2	233.2	83.8	27	239	6.05	5.74	5.48	2	2	9	PB
1988	28	BUF	NFL	QB	16	16	12-4-0	269	452	59.5	3380	15	3.3	17	3.8			66	7.5	6.45	12.6	211.3	78.2	30	229	6.22	6.54	5.57	3	5	13	PB
1989	29	BUF	NFL	QB	13	13	6-7-0	228	391	58.3	3130	25	6.4	18	4.6			78	8.0	7.21	13.7	240.8	86.2	30	216	7.13	6.92	6.19	2	2	12
1990	30	BUF	NFL	QB	14	14	12-2-0	219	346	63.3	2829	24	6.9	9	2.6			71	8.2	8.39	12.9	202.1	101.2	20	158	5.46	7.30	7.50	1	1	14	PB,AP MVP-5,AP OPoY-6
1991	31	BUF	NFL	QB	15	15	13-2-0	304	474	64.1	3844	33	7.0	17	3.6			77	8.1	7.89	12.6	256.3	97.6	31	227	6.14	7.16	6.95	3	4	17	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2,AP OPoY-2
1992	32	BUF	NFL	QB	16	16	11-5-0	269	462	58.2	3457	23	5.0	19	4.1			65	7.5	6.63	12.9	216.1	81.2	20	145	4.15	6.87	6.05	3	3	14	PB,AP-2,AP OPoY-6
1993	33	BUF	NFL	QB	16	16	12-4-0	288	470	61.3	3382	18	3.8	18	3.8			65	7.2	6.24	11.7	211.4	79.9	25	171	5.05	6.49	5.58	3	4	12
1994	34	BUF	NFL	QB	14	14	7-7-0	285	448	63.6	3114	22	4.9	17	3.8	151	49.8	83	7.0	6.23	10.9	222.4	84.6	34	244	7.05	5.95	5.28	0	1	12
1995	35	BUF	NFL	QB	15	15	10-5-0	255	458	55.7	3130	22	4.8	13	2.8	131	40.5	77	6.8	6.52	12.3	208.7	81.1	26	181	5.37	6.09	5.79	1	2	10
1996	36	BUF	NFL	QB	13	13	8-5-0	222	379	58.6	2810	14	3.7	19	5.0	123	42.5	67	7.4	5.90	12.7	216.2	73.2	37	287	8.89	6.06	4.68	3	4	7
11 Yrs					160	160	101-59-0	2874	4779	60.1	35467	237	5.0	175	3.7	405	44.4	84	7.4	6.77	12.3	221.7	84.4	323	2427	6.33	6.48	5.86	21	28	132
17 Game Avg					17	17	101-59-0	305	508	60.1	3768	25	5.0	19	3.7			84	7.4	6.77	12.3	221.7	84.4	34	258	6.33	6.48	5.86	2	3	14

Passing Table
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1988	28	BUF	NFL	QB	2	2	1-1-0	33	63	52.4	407	1	1.6	4	6.3			53	6.5	3.92	12.3	203.5	51.5	4	34	5.97	5.57	3.18	0	0
1989	29	BUF	NFL	QB	1	1	0-1-0	28	54	51.9	405	4	7.4	2	3.7			72	7.5	7.31	14.5	405.0	85.8	1	1	1.82	7.35	7.16	0	0
1990	30	BUF	NFL	QB	3	3	2-1-0	54	82	65.9	851	5	6.1	2	2.4			61	10.4	10.50	15.8	283.7	110.4	1	7	1.20	10.17	10.29	0	0
1991	31	BUF	NFL	QB	3	3	2-1-0	64	118	54.2	665	5	4.2	9	7.6			53	5.6	3.05	10.4	221.7	53.1	7	59	5.60	4.85	2.41	0	0
1992	32	BUF	NFL	QB	2	2	1-1-0	21	31	67.7	259	1	3.2	4	12.9			40	8.4	3.19	12.3	129.5	64.5	3	11	8.82	7.29	2.59	0	0
1993	33	BUF	NFL	QB	3	3	2-1-0	75	114	65.8	707	2	1.8	1	0.9			28	6.2	6.16	9.4	235.7	84.9	6	40	5.00	5.56	5.52	1	1

1995	35	BUF	NFL	QB	2	2	1-1-0	26	51	51.0	330	2	3.9	5	9.8	18	43.4	37	6.5	2.84	12.7	165.0	45.0	2	6	3.77	6.11	2.62	0	0
1996	36	BUF	NFL	QB	1	1	0-1-0	21	32	65.6	239	1	3.1	1	3.1	14	57.6	25	7.5	6.69	11.4	239.0	85.3	1	10	3.03	6.94	6.18	0	0
8 Yrs					17	17	9-8-0	322	545	59.1	3863	21	3.9	28	5.1	32	48.8	72	7.1	5.55	12.0	227.2	72.3	25	168	4.39	6.48	5.01	1	1
17 Game Avg					17	17	9-8-0	322	545	59.1	3863	21	3.9	28	5.1			72	7.1	5.55	12.0	227.2	72.3	25	168	4.39	6.48	5.01	1	1

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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+	AV	Awards
1986	26	BUF	QB	12	16	16	4-12-0	480	111	108	111	109	116	104	107	98	112	12
1987*	27	BUF	QB	12	12	12	6-6-0	419	94	97	105	106	116	104	119	108	112	9	PB
1988*	28	BUF	QB	12	16	16	12-4-0	452	110	111	105	106	114	91	102	106	104	13	PB
1989	29	BUF	QB	12	13	13	6-7-0	391	121	118	114	113	110	128	89	100	114	12
1990*	30	BUF	QB	12	14	14	12-2-0	346	126	125	132	131	126	134	114	110	135	14	AP OPoY-6, AP MVP-5, PB
1991*+	31	BUF	QB	12	15	15	13-2-0	474	125	123	125	123	126	136	100	107	129	17	AP OPoY-2, AP MVP-2, AP1, PB
1992*	32	BUF	QB	12	16	16	11-5-0	462	113	118	109	113	102	116	91	118	107	14	AP OPoY-6, AP2, PB
1993	33	BUF	QB	12	16	16	12-4-0	470	108	111	103	106	110	101	93	111	104	12
1994	34	BUF	QB	12	14	14	7-7-0	448	104	101	102	99	117	114	89	94	109	12
1995	35	BUF	QB	12	15	15	10-5-0	458	102	104	107	107	92	111	106	105	104	10
1996	36	BUF	QB	12	13	13	8-5-0	379	117	106	97	91	105	97	70	86	93	7
Career					160	160	101-59-0	4779										132

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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	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1986	26	BUF	QB	12	16	16	41	199	0			20	4.9	12.4	2.6					0								41	4.9	199	0	7
1987*	27	BUF	QB	12	12	12	29	133	0			24	4.6	11.1	2.4		1	35	35.0	0			35	0.1	2.9			30	5.6	168	0	6
1988*	28	BUF	QB	12	16	16	35	154	0			20	4.4	9.6	2.2		1	5	5.0	0			5	0.1	0.3			36	4.4	159	0	5
1989	29	BUF	QB	12	13	13	29	137	2			19	4.7	10.5	2.2					0								29	4.7	137	2	6
1990*	30	BUF	QB	12	14	14	22	63	0			15	2.9	4.5	1.6					0								22	2.9	63	0	4
1991*+	31	BUF	QB	12	15	15	20	45	1			12	2.3	3.0	1.3					0								20	2.3	45	1	6
1992*	32	BUF	QB	12	16	16	31	53	1			10	1.7	3.3	1.9					0								31	1.7	53	1	8
1993	33	BUF	QB	12	16	16	36	102	0			17	2.8	6.4	2.3	1	0	0		0			0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	36	2.8	102	0	7
1994	34	BUF	QB	12	14	14	25	77	1	5	32.0	18	3.1	5.5	1.8					0								25	3.1	77	1	11
1995	35	BUF	QB	12	15	15	17	20	0	3	17.6	17	1.2	1.3	1.1	1	0	0		0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	17	1.2	20	0	7
1996	36	BUF	QB	12	13	13	19	66	2	8	57.9	22	3.5	5.1	1.5					0								19	3.5	66	2	9
Career					160	160	304	1049	7	16	36.1	24	3.5	6.6	1.9	2	2	40	20.0	0	0	0.0	35	0.0	0.3	0%	0.0	306	3.6	1089	7	76

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing									Receiving												Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1988*	28	BUF	QB	2	2	5	28	0			10	5.6	14.0	2.5					0								5	5.6	28	0	0
1989	29	BUF	QB	1	1	1	5	0			5	5.0	5.0	1.0					0								1	5.0	5	0
1990*	30	BUF	QB	3	3	13	72	0			16	5.5	24.0	4.3					0								13	5.5	72	0	2
1991*+	31	BUF	QB	3	3	6	27	0			10	4.5	9.0	2.0		1	-8	-8.0	0			0	0.3	-2.7		-8.0	7	2.7	19	0	3
1992*	32	BUF	QB	2	2	3	4	0			4	1.3	2.0	1.5					0								3	1.3	4	0	1
1993	33	BUF	QB	3	3	9	10	0			8	1.1	3.3	3.0					0								9	1.1	10	0	1
1995	35	BUF	QB	2	2	3	-3	0	0	0.0	0	-1.0	-1.5	1.5					0								3	-1.0	-3	0	1
1996	36	BUF	QB	1	1	4	18	0	1	25.0	15	4.5	18.0	4.0					0								4	4.5	18	0	1
Career				17	17	44	161	0	1	14.3	16	3.7	9.5	2.6	1	1	-8	-8.0	0	0		0	0.1	-0.5	0%	0.0	45	3.4	153	0	9

Defense & Fumbles

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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
1986	26	BUF	QB	12	16	16			0				7	2	0	0	0.0
1987*	27	BUF	QB	12	12	12			0				6	2	0	0	0.0
1988*	28	BUF	QB	12	16	16			0				5	0	0	0	0.0
1989	29	BUF	QB	12	13	13			0				6	3	-6	0	0.0
1990*	30	BUF	QB	12	14	14			0				4	2	-8	0	0.0
1991*+	31	BUF	QB	12	15	15			0				6	2	-4	0	0.0
1992*	32	BUF	QB	12	16	16			0				8	0	-18	0	0.0
1993	33	BUF	QB	12	16	16			0			0	7	3	-17	0	0.0
1994	34	BUF	QB	12	14	14			0			0	11	2	-19	0	0.0
1995	35	BUF	QB	12	15	15			0			0	7	2	0	0	0.0
1996	36	BUF	QB	12	13	13			0			0	9	0	0	0	0.0
Career					160	160			0			0	76	18	-72	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
1988*	28	BUF	QB	2	2			0			0	0	1	0	0	0.0
1990*	30	BUF	QB	3	3			0			0	2	1	0	0	0.0
1991*+	31	BUF	QB	3	3			0			0	3	1	0	0	0.0
1992*	32	BUF	QB	2	2			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1993	33	BUF	QB	3	3			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
1995	35	BUF	QB	2	2			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1996	36	BUF	QB	1	1			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				17	17			0			0	9	4	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1989	29	BUF	QB	12	13	13	2	2		12	0.9
1991*+	31	BUF	QB	12	15	15	1	1		6	0.4
1992*	32	BUF	QB	12	16	16	1	1		6	0.4
1994	34	BUF	QB	12	14	14	1	1		6	0.4
1996	36	BUF	QB	12	13	13	2	2		12	0.9
Career					160	160	7	7	0	42	.3

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Jim Kelly?

Jim Kelly is 64 years old.

When was Jim Kelly born?

Jim Kelly was born on February 14, 1960.

Where was Jim Kelly born?

Jim Kelly was born in Pittsburgh, PA.

How tall is Jim Kelly?

Jim Kelly is 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

How much did Jim Kelly weigh when playing?

Jim Kelly weighed 217 lbs (98 kg) when playing.

Is Jim Kelly in the Hall of Fame?

Jim Kelly was elected into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 2002.

How many games did Jim Kelly play?

Jim Kelly played 160 games over his career.

How many passing yards did Jim Kelly have?

Jim Kelly had 35,467 passing yards over his career.

How many touchdowns did Jim Kelly have?

Jim Kelly had 237 touchdowns over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Jim Kelly won?

Jim Kelly has never won a Super Bowl.

When did Jim Kelly retire?

Jim Kelly last played in 1996.

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