JE

QB · #7

John Elway

Position: Quarterback
Height / Weight: 6' 3", 215 lbs
Born: 28/6/1960 in Port Angeles, WA
Age: 66
College: Stanford
Draft: Undrafted
Experience: 16th Season
Status: Inactive

Play style & archetype

Based on 2026 play-by-play data.

Archetype

Limited sample

16 NFL seasons and 51,475 career passing yards. Best year: 4,030 in 1993.

Career statistics

Regular season, by year and team. Career bests are highlighted.

Passing

Season	Team	GP	CMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG
1983	DEN	11	123	259	47.5	1,663	6.4	7	14	49	28	54.9
1984	DEN	15	214	380	56.3	2,598	6.8	18	15	73	24	76.8
1985	DEN	16	327	605	54.0	3,891	6.4	22	23	65	38	70.2
1986	DEN	16	280	504	55.6	3,485	6.9	19	13	53	32	79.0
1987	DEN	12	224	410	54.6	3,198	7.8	19	12	72	20	83.4
1988	DEN	15	274	496	55.2	3,309	6.7	17	19	86	30	71.4
1989	DEN	15	223	416	53.6	3,051	7.3	18	18	69	35	73.7
1990	DEN	16	294	502	58.6	3,526	7.0	15	14	66	43	78.5
1991	DEN	16	242	451	53.7	3,253	7.2	13	12	71	45	75.4
1992	DEN	12	174	316	55.1	2,242	7.1	10	17	80	36	65.7
1993	DEN	16	348	551	63.2	4,030	7.3	25	10	63	39	92.8
1994	DEN	14	307	494	62.1	3,490	7.1	16	10	63	46	85.7
1995	DEN	16	316	542	58.3	3,970	7.3	26	14	62	22	86.4
1996	DEN	15	287	466	61.6	3,328	7.1	26	14	51	26	89.2
1997	DEN	16	280	502	55.8	3,635	7.2	27	11	78	34	87.5
1998	DEN	13	210	356	59.0	2,806	7.9	22	10	58	18	93.0
Career		234	4123	7250	56.9	51,475	7.1	300	226	86	516	79.9

Rushing

Season	Team	GP	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	FUM	LST
1983	DEN	11	28	146	5.2	1	23	0	0	0
1984	DEN	15	56	237	4.2	1	21	0	0	0
1985	DEN	16	51	253	5.0	0	22	0	0	0
1986	DEN	16	52	257	4.9	1	24	0	0	0
1987	DEN	12	66	304	4.6	4	29	0	0	0
1988	DEN	15	54	234	4.3	1	26	0	0	0
1989	DEN	15	48	244	5.1	3	31	0	0	0
1990	DEN	16	50	258	5.2	3	21	0	0	0
1991	DEN	16	55	255	4.6	6	17	24	0	0
1992	DEN	12	34	94	2.8	2	9	13	3	1
1993	DEN	16	44	153	3.5	0	18	11	4	2
1994	DEN	14	58	235	4.1	4	22	17	3	1
1995	DEN	16	41	176	4.3	1	25	17	6	3
1996	DEN	15	50	249	5.0	4	22	19	2	0
1997	DEN	16	50	218	4.4	1	23	13	7	4
1998	DEN	13	37	94	2.5	1	16	10	2	0
Career		234	774	3,407	4.4	33	31	124	27	11

Receiving

Season	Team	GP	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	FUM	LST
1986	DEN	16	1	0	23	23.0	1	23	0	0	0
1991	DEN	16	1	0	24	24.0	0	24	1	0	0
1998	DEN	13	1	0	14	14.0	0	14	1	0	0
Career		234	3	0	61	20.3	1	24	2	0	0

Scoring

Season	Team	GP	PASS	RUSH	REC	RET	TD	2PT	PAT	FG	PTS
1983	DEN	11	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
1984	DEN	15	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
1985	DEN	16	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	DEN	16	19	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	12
1987	DEN	12	19	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	24
1988	DEN	15	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
1989	DEN	15	18	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	18
1990	DEN	16	15	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	18
1991	DEN	16	13	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	36
1992	DEN	12	10	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	12
1993	DEN	16	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	DEN	14	16	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	24
1995	DEN	16	26	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	8
1996	DEN	15	26	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	24
1997	DEN	16	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
1998	DEN	13	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
Career		234	300	33	1	0	34	1	0	0	206

Punting

Season	Team	GP	PUNTS	AVG	LNG	YDS	TB	TB%	IN20	IN20%	ATT	YDS	AVG	NET
1987	DEN	12	1	31.0	31	31	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	31.0
1988	DEN	15	3	39.0	40	117	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	39.0
1989	DEN	15	1	34.0	34	34	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	34.0
1990	DEN	16	1	37.0	37	37	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	37.0
1991	DEN	16	1	34.0	34	34	1	100.00	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	34.0
Career		234	7	36.1	40	253	1	14.29	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	36.0