Dan Marino vs Jim Kelly

Dan MarinoJim Kelly

Dan Marino and Jim Kelly compared on their NFL careers: Dan Marino played 17 seasons, 1983 to 1999, Jim Kelly 11 seasons, 1986 to 1996. Dan Marino has 61,361 passing yards to Jim Kelly's 35,467.

Who has the better career numbers?

Dan Marino and Jim Kelly career totals
242GP160
61,361YDS35,467
420TD237
7.3AVG7.4

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Dan Marino and Jim Kelly postseason
18GP17
4,510YDS3,863
32TD21
6.6AVG7.1

Where each stands all time

Dan Marino and Jim Kelly all-time places
10th (61,361)Passing yards32nd (35,467)
8th (420)Passing touchdowns29th (237)

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: 0 championships; MVP, Offensive Player of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year
  • Jim Kelly: 0 championships; none on file

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 Jim Kelly season by season
YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
1st19832,21020619863,5932217
2nd19845,084481719872,7981911
3rd19854,137302119883,3801517
4th19864,746442319893,1302518
5th19873,245261319902,829249
6th19884,434282319913,8443317
7th19893,997242219923,4572319
8th19903,563211119933,3821818
9th19913,970251319943,1142217
10th19924,116241619953,1302213
11th19931,2188319962,8101419
12th19944,4533017————
13th19953,6682415————
14th19962,795179————
15th19973,7801611————
16th19983,4972315————
17th19992,4481217————

What the columns mean: INT