john elway total pass attempts first 11 years

John Elway attempted 4,890 passes in his first 11 seasons.

NAMEATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John Elway
J. Elway
259
1983
11
123
47.5
1,663
6.4
151.2
7
14
54.9
2.7
5.4
28
218
2John Elway
J. Elway
380
1984
15
214
56.3
2,598
6.8
173.2
18
15
76.8
4.7
3.9
24
158
3John Elway
J. Elway
605
1985
16
327
54.0
3,891
6.4
243.2
22
23
70.2
3.6
3.8
38
307
4John Elway
J. Elway
504
1986
16
280
55.6
3,485
6.9
217.8
19
13
79.0
3.8
2.6
32
233
5John Elway
J. Elway
410
1987
12
224
54.6
3,198
7.8
266.5
19
12
83.4
4.6
2.9
20
138
6John Elway
J. Elway
496
1988
15
274
55.2
3,309
6.7
220.6
17
19
71.4
3.4
3.8
30
237
7John Elway
J. Elway
416
1989
15
223
53.6
3,051
7.3
203.4
18
18
73.7
4.3
4.3
35
298
8John Elway
J. Elway
502
1990
16
294
58.6
3,526
7.0
220.4
15
14
78.5
3.0
2.8
43
311
9John Elway
J. Elway
451
1991
16
242
53.7
3,253
7.2
203.3
13
12
75.4
2.9
2.7
45
305
10John Elway
J. Elway
316
1992
12
174
55.1
2,242
7.1
186.8
10
17
65.7
3.2
5.4
36
272
11John Elway
J. Elway
551
1993
16
348
63.2
4,030
7.3
251.9
25
10
92.8
4.5
1.8
39
293
Average444.514.5247.555.73113.37.0214.016.615.275.93.73.433.6251.8
Total4,8901602,72355.734,2467.0214.018316775.93.73.43702,770
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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