Jim Everett vs Jim Kelly

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Jim Everett and Jim Kelly compared on their NFL careers: Jim Everett played 12 seasons, 1986 to 1997, Jim Kelly 11 seasons, 1986 to 1996. Jim Everett has 34,837 passing yards to Jim Kelly's 35,467.

Who has the better career numbers?

Jim Everett and Jim Kelly career totals
158GP160
34,837YDS35,467
203TD237
7.1AVG7.4

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Jim Everett and Jim Kelly postseason
5GP17
1,120YDS3,863
7TD21
6.4AVG7.1

Where each stands all time

Jim Everett and Jim Kelly all-time places
36th (34,837)Passing yards32nd (35,467)
40th (203)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

  • Jim Everett: 0 championships; none on file
  • 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.

Jim Everett 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.
1st19861,0188819863,5932217
2nd19872,064101319872,7981911
3rd19883,964311819883,3801517
4th19894,310291719893,1302518
5th19903,989231719902,829249
6th19913,438112019913,8443317
7th19923,323221819923,4572319
8th19931,65281219933,3821818
9th19943,855221819943,1142217
10th19953,970261419953,1302213
11th19962,797121619962,8101419
12th199745714————

What the columns mean: INT