Boomer Esiason vs John Elway

Boomer Esiason John Elway

Boomer Esiason and John Elway compared on their NFL careers: Boomer Esiason played 14 seasons, 1984 to 1997, John Elway 16 seasons, 1983 to 1998. Boomer Esiason has 37,920 passing yards to John Elway's 51,475. John Elway won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Boomer Esiason and John Elway career totals

187	GP	234
37,920	YDS	51,475
247	TD	300
7.3	AVG	7.1

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Boomer Esiason and John Elway postseason

5	GP	22
600	YDS	4,964
4	TD	27
6.1	AVG	7.6

Where each stands all time

Boomer Esiason and John Elway all-time places

26th (37,920)	Passing yards	12th (51,475)
28th (247)	Passing touchdowns	14th (300)

Among the NFL players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Boomer Esiason: 0 championships; MVP
John Elway: 2 championships; MVP, Super Bowl MVP

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Boomer Esiason and John Elway season by season

1st	1984	530	3	3	1983	1,663	7	14
2nd	1985	3,443	27	12	1984	2,598	18	15
3rd	1986	3,959	24	17	1985	3,891	22	23
4th	1987	3,321	16	19	1986	3,485	19	13
5th	1988	3,572	28	14	1987	3,198	19	12
6th	1989	3,525	28	11	1988	3,309	17	19
7th	1990	3,031	24	22	1989	3,051	18	18
8th	1991	2,883	13	16	1990	3,526	15	14
9th	1992	1,407	11	15	1991	3,253	13	12
10th	1993	3,421	16	11	1992	2,242	10	17
11th	1994	2,782	17	13	1993	4,030	25	10
12th	1995	2,275	16	15	1994	3,490	16	10
13th	1996	2,293	11	14	1995	3,970	26	14
14th	1997	1,478	13	2	1996	3,328	26	14
15th	—	—	—	—	1997	3,635	27	11
16th	—	—	—	—	1998	2,806	22	10

What the columns mean: INT