Jim Everett vs John Elway

Jim Everett John Elway

Jim Everett and John Elway compared on their NFL careers: Jim Everett played 12 seasons, 1986 to 1997, John Elway 16 seasons, 1983 to 1998. Jim Everett has 34,837 passing yards to John Elway's 51,475. John Elway won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Jim Everett and John Elway career totals

158	GP	234
34,837	YDS	51,475
203	TD	300
7.1	AVG	7.1

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Jim Everett and John Elway postseason

5	GP	22
1,120	YDS	4,964
7	TD	27
6.4	AVG	7.6

Where each stands all time

Jim Everett and John Elway all-time places

36th (34,837)	Passing yards	12th (51,475)
40th (203)	Passing touchdowns	14th (300)

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
John Elway: 2 championships; MVP, Super Bowl MVP

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 John Elway season by season

1st	1986	1,018	8	8	1983	1,663	7	14
2nd	1987	2,064	10	13	1984	2,598	18	15
3rd	1988	3,964	31	18	1985	3,891	22	23
4th	1989	4,310	29	17	1986	3,485	19	13
5th	1990	3,989	23	17	1987	3,198	19	12
6th	1991	3,438	11	20	1988	3,309	17	19
7th	1992	3,323	22	18	1989	3,051	18	18
8th	1993	1,652	8	12	1990	3,526	15	14
9th	1994	3,855	22	18	1991	3,253	13	12
10th	1995	3,970	26	14	1992	2,242	10	17
11th	1996	2,797	12	16	1993	4,030	25	10
12th	1997	457	1	4	1994	3,490	16	10
13th	—	—	—	—	1995	3,970	26	14
14th	—	—	—	—	1996	3,328	26	14
15th	—	—	—	—	1997	3,635	27	11
16th	—	—	—	—	1998	2,806	22	10

What the columns mean: INT