Dan Marino vs Patrick Mahomes

Dan Marino

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Patrick Mahomes

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Dan Marino and Patrick Mahomes compared on their NFL careers: Dan Marino played 17 seasons, 1983 to 1999, Patrick Mahomes 10 seasons, 2017 to 2026. Dan Marino has 61,361 passing yards to Patrick Mahomes's 36,505. Patrick Mahomes won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Dan Marino leads in 2 of the 3 lines, Patrick Mahomes in 1. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Dan Marino and Patrick Mahomes career totals
242GP128
61,361, betterYDS36,505
420, betterTD272
7.3AVG7.7, better

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Dan Marino and Patrick Mahomes postseason
18GP21
4,510YDS5,814, better
32TD46, better
6.6AVG7.7, better

Where each stands all time

Dan Marino and Patrick Mahomes all-time places
10th (61,361), betterPassing yards32nd (36,505)
8th (420), betterPassing touchdowns21st (272)

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 Patrick Mahomes titles and awards
—Championships3, better
1MVP2, better
1Offensive Player of the Year1
1, betterComeback Player of the Year—
—Super Bowl MVP3, 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 Patrick Mahomes season by season
YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.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, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
1st19832,210, better20, better6201728401, better
2nd19845,084481720185,097, better50, better12, better
3rd19854,137, better30, better2120194,031265, better
4th19864,746, better44, better2320204,740386, better
5th19873,245261320214,839, better37, better13
6th19884,434282320225,250, better41, better12, better
7th19893,997242220234,183, better27, better14, better
8th19903,563211120243,928, better26, better11
9th19913,970, better25, better1320253,5872211, better
10th19924,116, better24, better16202656651, better
11th19931,21883————
12th19944,4533017————
13th19953,6682415————
14th19962,795179————
15th19973,7801611————
16th19983,4972315————
17th19992,4481217————

What the columns mean: INT