Dan Marino vs Eli Manning

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Dan Marino and Eli Manning compared on their NFL careers: Dan Marino played 17 seasons, 1983 to 1999, Eli Manning 16 seasons, 2004 to 2019. Dan Marino has 61,361 passing yards to Eli Manning's 57,023. Eli Manning won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Dan Marino leads in 3 of the 3 lines, Eli Manning in 0. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Dan Marino and Eli Manning career totals

242	GP	236
61,361, better	YDS	57,023
420, better	TD	366
7.3, better	AVG	7

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Dan Marino and Eli Manning postseason

18	GP	12
4,510, better	YDS	2,815
32, better	TD	18
6.6	AVG	7, better

Where each stands all time

Dan Marino and Eli Manning all-time places

10th (61,361), better	Passing yards	11th (57,023)
8th (420), better	Passing touchdowns	11th (366)

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

Dan Marino and Eli Manning titles and awards

—	Championships	2, better
1, better	MVP	—
1, better	Offensive Player of the Year	—
1, better	Comeback Player of the Year	—
—	Super Bowl MVP	2, better

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.

Dan Marino and Eli Manning season by season

1st	1983	2,210, better	20, better	6, better	2004	1,043	6	9
2nd	1984	5,084, better	48, better	17	2005	3,762	24	17
3rd	1985	4,137, better	30, better	21	2006	3,244	24	18, better
4th	1986	4,746, better	44, better	23	2007	3,336	23	20, better
5th	1987	3,245, better	26, better	13	2008	3,238	21	10, better
6th	1988	4,434, better	28, better	23	2009	4,021	27	14, better
7th	1989	3,997	24	22, better	2010	4,002, better	31, better	25
8th	1990	3,563	21	11, better	2011	4,933, better	29, better	16
9th	1991	3,970, better	25	13, better	2012	3,948	26, better	15
10th	1992	4,116, better	24, better	16, better	2013	3,818	18	27
11th	1993	1,218	8	3, better	2014	4,410, better	30, better	14
12th	1994	4,453, better	30	17	2015	4,432	35, better	14, better
13th	1995	3,668	24	15, better	2016	4,027, better	26, better	16
14th	1996	2,795	17	9, better	2017	3,468, better	19, better	13
15th	1997	3,780	16	11	2018	4,299, better	21, better	11
16th	1998	3,497, better	23, better	15	2019	1,042	6	5, better
17th	1999	2,448	12	17	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: INT