john elway passing yards by season

John Elway had 1,663 passing yards in his rookie season in 1983.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John Elway
J. Elway
1,663
1983
11
123
259
47.5
6.4
151.2
7
14
54.9
2.7
5.4
28
218
2John Elway
J. Elway
2,598
1984
15
214
380
56.3
6.8
173.2
18
15
76.8
4.7
3.9
24
158
3John Elway
J. Elway
3,891
1985
16
327
605
54.0
6.4
243.2
22
23
70.2
3.6
3.8
38
307
4John Elway
J. Elway
3,485
1986
16
280
504
55.6
6.9
217.8
19
13
79.0
3.8
2.6
32
233
5John Elway
J. Elway
3,198
1987
12
224
410
54.6
7.8
266.5
19
12
83.4
4.6
2.9
20
138
6John Elway
J. Elway
3,309
1988
15
274
496
55.2
6.7
220.6
17
19
71.4
3.4
3.8
30
237
7John Elway
J. Elway
3,051
1989
15
223
416
53.6
7.3
203.4
18
18
73.7
4.3
4.3
35
298
8John Elway
J. Elway
3,526
1990
16
294
502
58.6
7.0
220.4
15
14
78.5
3.0
2.8
43
311
9John Elway
J. Elway
3,253
1991
16
242
451
53.7
7.2
203.3
13
12
75.4
2.9
2.7
45
305
10John Elway
J. Elway
2,242
1992
12
174
316
55.1
7.1
186.8
10
17
65.7
3.2
5.4
36
272
11John Elway
J. Elway
4,030
1993
16
348
551
63.2
7.3
251.9
25
10
92.8
4.5
1.8
39
293
12John Elway
J. Elway
3,490
1994
14
307
494
62.1
7.1
249.3
16
10
85.7
3.2
2.0
46
303
13John Elway
J. Elway
3,970
1995
16
316
542
58.3
7.3
248.1
26
14
86.4
4.8
2.6
22
180
14John Elway
J. Elway
3,328
1996
15
287
466
61.6
7.1
221.9
26
14
89.2
5.6
3.0
26
194
15John Elway
J. Elway
3,635
1997
16
280
502
55.8
7.2
227.2
27
11
87.5
5.4
2.2
34
203
16John Elway
J. Elway
2,806
1998
13
210
356
59.0
7.9
215.8
22
10
93.0
6.2
2.8
18
135
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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11
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12
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13
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5
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.688
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8
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8
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8
8
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7
9
0
.438
6
9
0
.400
6
10
0
.375
NFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
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4
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13
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