Dan Marino vs John Elway
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Dan Marino and John Elway compared on their NFL careers: Dan Marino played 17 seasons, 1983 to 1999, John Elway 16 seasons, 1983 to 1998. Dan Marino has 61,361 passing yards to John Elway's 51,475. They have faced each other 2 times: Dan Marino's team won 1, John Elway's 1. In the playoffs John Elway leads 1-0. John Elway won 2 titles.
Who has the better career numbers?
Dan Marino leads in 3 of the 3 lines, John Elway in 0. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.
Dan Marino vs John Elway head to head
They have faced each other 2 times: Dan Marino's team won 1, John Elway's 1. In the playoffs John Elway leads 1-0.
Every game against each other
| Jan 9, 1999 |  MIA at DEN (playoffs) | L 38-3 | 26 CMP, 37 ATT, 243 YDS, 0 TD, 2 INT | 14 CMP, 23 ATT, 182 YDS, 1 TD, 0 INT |
| Dec 21, 1998 |  DEN at MIA | W 31-21 | 23 CMP, 38 ATT, 355 YDS, 4 TD, 1 INT | 13 CMP, 36 ATT, 151 YDS, 0 TD, 2 INT |
Games both played on opposite sides, from the game logs on file; the record is their teams’.
How do they compare in the playoffs?
Where each stands all time
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
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.