PASSING HISTORY

Regular Season Records

Most 400-yard Passing Games

Dan Marino, 13

Joe Montana, 7

Warren Moon, 7

Dan Fouts, 6

Sonny Jurgensen, 5

Dave Krieg, 5

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Most 4,000-yard Passing Seasons

Dan Marino, 6

Warren Moon, 4

Dan Fouts, 3

Steve Young, 2

Drew Bledsoe, 2

Brett Favre, 2

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Most Touchdown Passes, Season

Dan Marino, 1984, 48

Dan Marino, 1986, 44

Kurt Warner, 1999, 41

Brett Favre, 1996, 39

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Most Passing Yards

Dan Marino, 61,361

John Elway, 51,475

Warren Moon, 49,097

Fran Tarkenton, 47,003

Dan Fouts, 43,040

Joe Montana, 40,551

Johnny Unitas, 40,239

Dave Krieg, 38,147

Boomer Esiason, 37,920

Jim Kelly, 35,467

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Most Passes Completed

Dan Marino, 4,967

John Elway, 4,123

Warren Moon, 3,972

Fran Tarkenton, 3,686

Joe Montana, 3,409

Dan Fouts, 3,297

Dave Krieg, 3,105

Boomer Esiason, 2,969

Steve DeBerg, 2,874

Jim Kelly, 2,874

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Most Touchdown Passes

Dan Marino, 420

Fran Tarkenton, 342

John Elway, 300

Warren Moon, 290

Johnny Unitas, 290

Joe Montana, 273

Dave Krieg, 261

Sonny Jurgensen, 255

Dan Fouts, 254

Boomer Esiason, 247

Career Statistics

Super Bowl

1984: San Francisco won, 38-16

AFC Championship

1984: Pittsburgh def., 45-28

1985: New England won, 31-14

1992: Buffalo won, 29-10

Divisional

1983: Seattle won, 27-20

1984: Seattle def., 31-10

1985: Cleveland def., 24-21

1990: Buffalo won 44-34

1992: San Diego def., 31-0

1994: San Diego won, 22-21

1998: Denver won, 38-3

1999: Jacksonville won, 62-7

Wild card

1990: Kansas City def., 17-16

1994: Kansas City def., 21-17

1995: Buffalo won, 37-22

1997: New England won, 17-3

1998: Buffalo def., 24-17

1999: Seattle def., 20-17

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1983

Reg. season record: 12-4

Division finish: 1st

1984

Reg. season record: 14-2

Division finish: 1st

1985

Reg. season record: 12-4

Division finish: 1st

1986

Reg. season record: 8-8

Division finish: 3rd

1987

Reg. season record: 8-7

Division finish: 3rd

1988

Reg. season record: 6-10

Division finish: 5th

1989

Reg. season record: 8-8

Division finish: 3rd

1990

Reg. season record: 12-4

Division finish: 2nd

1991

Reg. season record: 8-8

Division finish: 3rd

1992

Reg. season record: 11-5

Division finish: 1st

1993

Reg. season record: 9-7

Division finish: 2nd

1994

Reg. season record: 10-6

Division finish: 1st

1995

Reg. season record: 9-7

Division finish: 3rd

1996

Reg. season record: 8-8

Division finish: 4th

1997

Reg. season record: 9-7

Division finish: 2nd

1998

Reg. season record: 10-6

Division finish: 2nd

1999

Reg. season record: 9-7

Division finish: 3rd

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Graph show passing yards / Marino’s passing yards

1983: 2,210

1984: 5,084

1985: 4,137

1986: 4,746

1987: 3,245

1988: 4,434

1989: 3,997

1990: 3,563

1991: 3,970

1992: 4,116

1993: 1,218

1994: 4,453

1995: 3,668

1996: 2,795

1997: 3,780

1998: 3,497

1999: 2,448

“Our relationship was up and down at times. We had some great, great days together and some fun times. And sometimes I wasn’t very happy here while he was coaching.” DAN MARINO, on former coach Jimmy Johnson

“The greatest disappointment I have as a team owner and as a longtime Dolphin fan is that you never won the Super Bowl. I wish we could have gotten that for you.” WAYNE HUIZENGA

Researched by HOUSTON MITCHELL / Los Angeles Times