In an era before passing was king, Dan Marino spent his Hall of Fame career relentlessly rewriting the record books, throwing for a staggering 61,361 yards and racking up an unprecedented nine 4,000-yard seasons that cemented his legendary place in NFL history.
Key Takeaways
- Dan Marino completed 8,358 passes in 14,710 attempts over his 17-season NFL career with the Miami Dolphins.
- Dan Marino accumulated 61,361 passing yards during his entire 17-year NFL career.
- In 1983, Dan Marino completed 173 of 291 passes for 2,034 yards in his rookie season.
- Dan Marino scored 420 passing touchdowns over his NFL career.
- Dan Marino threw 252 interceptions during his 17 NFL seasons.
- In 1983, Dan Marino threw 13 touchdowns and 20 interceptions as a rookie.
- Dan Marino's career passer rating was 86.4 over 242 regular season games.
- Dan Marino completed 56.7% of his career passes in the NFL.
- In 1983, Dan Marino posted a 70.2 passer rating as rookie.
- Dan Marino played in 242 regular season games, starting 240.
- Dan Marino rushed 144 times for 302 yards and 2 touchdowns career.
- Dan Marino was sacked 286 times for a loss of 3,205 yards in his career.
- Dan Marino was named NFL MVP in 1984 season.
- Dan Marino was selected to 9 Pro Bowls (1984-1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999).
- Dan Marino earned First-Team All-Pro honors in 1984, 1985, and 1986.
Dan Marino was a prolific passer with many NFL records.
Accolades and Records
- Dan Marino was named NFL MVP in 1984 season.
- Dan Marino was selected to 9 Pro Bowls (1984-1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999).
- Dan Marino earned First-Team All-Pro honors in 1984, 1985, and 1986.
- Dan Marino was inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005 on first ballot.
- Dan Marino led NFL in passing yards 5 times: 1984 (5084), 1986, 1987, 1989, 1994.
- Dan Marino set NFL single-season passing TD record with 48 in 1984 (held until 2007).
- Dan Marino held NFL career passing yards record briefly upon retirement at #5 all-time.
- Dan Marino was 1983 NFL passing yards leader among rookies with 2034 yards.
- Dan Marino won AFC Player of the Year in 1984.
- Dan Marino was named to NFL 1980s All-Decade Team.
- Dan Marino holds Miami Dolphins all-time passing yards record with 61,361.
- Dan Marino holds Dolphins career passing TD record with 420.
- Dan Marino was College Player of Year finalist in 1982 at Pitt.
- Dan Marino finished 2nd in 1984 NFL MVP voting? No, he won it.
- Dan Marino led NFL in pass attempts 4 times during career.
- Dan Marino was selected Dolphins #13 retired in 2003.
- Dan Marino named to NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team.
- Dan Marino holds record for most 4,000-yard seasons with 9 at retirement.
- Dan Marino was AFC Offensive Player of Week multiple times, e.g., 1984 Week 4.
- Dan Marino finished 3rd in 1985 NFL MVP voting.
- Dan Marino was Second-Team All-Pro in 1988.
- Dan Marino led league in passer rating in 1984 with 108.5.
- Dan Marino holds Dolphins single-season yards record 5,084 in 1984.
- Dan Marino was 1994 Comeback Player of Year nominee.
- Dan Marino elected to College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.
Accolades and Records Interpretation
The tragic hero of Miami football was statistically so far ahead of his time that his '84 season still looks like a glitch in the matrix, and his career totals suggest he spent 17 years playing against a video game set on rookie mode.
Miscellaneous Stats
- Dan Marino played in 242 regular season games, starting 240.
- Dan Marino rushed 144 times for 302 yards and 2 touchdowns career.
- Dan Marino was sacked 286 times for a loss of 3,205 yards in his career.
- Dan Marino fumbled the ball 197 times, losing 96 during his NFL tenure.
- In 1983, Dan Marino started 11 of 16 games as rookie QB.
- Dan Marino appeared in 10 playoff games, starting all 10.
- Dan Marino had 84 games with 3 or more touchdown passes.
- In 1996 injury-shortened season, Dan Marino started 3 games with 69 completions.
- Dan Marino's longest pass career was 89 yards.
- Dan Marino contributed to 139 team wins as starting QB.
- In college, Dan Marino rushed for 264 yards on 130 carries at Pitt.
- Dan Marino had 13 game-winning drives and 24 fourth-quarter comebacks career.
- Dan Marino was sacked 25 times for 199 yards lost in 1983.
- Dan Marino fumbled 17 times in 1984 season.
- Dan Marino started all 16 games in each of his first 13 full seasons.
- Dan Marino's Dolphins teams made playoffs 10 times during his career.
- In 1982 Fiesta Bowl, Dan Marino threw for 315 yards and 2 TDs.
- Dan Marino had approximately 3.7 yards per game rushing average career.
Miscellaneous Stats Interpretation
While Dan Marino's own legs were more of a stately, immobile monument (gaining a paltry 302 yards over 17 seasons), his legendary arm was a relentless siege engine that built 139 wins, 84 three-touchdown games, and a legacy defined by his pocket-passing brilliance, despite being sacked and fumbled back to the stone age nearly 300 times.
Passing Efficiency
- Dan Marino's career passer rating was 86.4 over 242 regular season games.
- Dan Marino completed 56.7% of his career passes in the NFL.
- In 1983, Dan Marino posted a 70.2 passer rating as rookie.
- In 1984, Dan Marino achieved a 108.5 passer rating, leading the league.
- In 1985, Dan Marino had a 91.2 completion percentage efficiency rating.
- In 1986, Dan Marino's completion percentage was 65.1% with 82.8 rating.
- In 1987, Dan Marino posted 63.7% completions and 89.2 rating.
- In 1988, Dan Marino had 63.9% completion rate and 84.3 passer rating.
- In 1989, Dan Marino achieved 61.2% completions with 85.5 rating.
- In 1990, Dan Marino's stats showed 61.8% completions and 82.3 rating.
- In 1991, Dan Marino had 58.2% completion percentage and 77.2 rating.
- In 1992, Dan Marino posted 63.3% completions with an 87.6 passer rating.
- In 1993, Dan Marino achieved 60.9% completions and 84.1 rating.
- In 1994, Dan Marino had a career-high 69.7% completion percentage and 98.7 rating.
- In 1995, Dan Marino's completion percentage was 55.6% with 80.3 rating.
- In 1997, Dan Marino posted 60.6% completions and 87.8 passer rating.
- In 1998, Dan Marino had 63.8% completion rate and 88.2 rating.
- In 1999, Dan Marino achieved 55.8% completions with 80.7 rating in retirement season.
- Dan Marino's playoff passer rating was 78.6 over 10 games.
- In Super Bowl XIX, Dan Marino posted 58.0% completions with 91.5 rating.
- At Pitt 1982, Dan Marino had 69.6% completion percentage and 132.6 rating.
- Dan Marino averaged 4.17 yards per attempt career.
- Dan Marino's adjusted net yards per attempt career was 5.11.
Passing Efficiency Interpretation
Dan Marino's career, a masterclass in volume passing and raw talent, looked a lot like a brilliant, often-reckless soloist—occasionally hitting sublime notes like his '84 symphony, but whose overall score, weighed down by the jazz of a gun-slinging era and his own unwavering audacity, settled into a very good, but not otherworldly, efficiency rating.
Passing Production
- Dan Marino scored 420 passing touchdowns over his NFL career.
- Dan Marino threw 252 interceptions during his 17 NFL seasons.
- In 1983, Dan Marino threw 13 touchdowns and 20 interceptions as a rookie.
- In 1984, Dan Marino set NFL record with 48 passing touchdowns and 19 INTs.
- In 1985, Dan Marino had 33 TD passes and 24 interceptions.
- In 1986, Dan Marino threw 21 TDs and 17 INTs.
- In 1987, Dan Marino recorded 26 touchdowns and 19 interceptions.
- In 1988, Dan Marino had 26 TD passes and 18 picks.
- In 1989, Dan Marino threw 24 TDs and 17 INTs.
- In 1990, Dan Marino had 25 touchdowns and 21 interceptions.
- In 1991, Dan Marino threw 23 TDs and 17 INTs.
- In 1992, Dan Marino recorded 21 TD passes and only 11 interceptions.
- In 1993, Dan Marino had 24 touchdowns and 15 picks.
- In 1994, Dan Marino threw 30 TDs and 17 INTs.
- In 1995, Dan Marino had 21 TD passes and 15 interceptions.
- In 1997, Dan Marino threw 21 TDs and 11 INTs.
- In 1998, Dan Marino recorded 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
- In 1999, Dan Marino had 20 TD passes and 13 picks in his last year.
- In playoffs, Dan Marino threw 23 TDs and 17 INTs in 10 games.
- In Super Bowl XIX, Dan Marino threw 2 TDs and 2 INTs.
- At Pitt in 1982, Dan Marino threw 37 TD passes.
- Dan Marino's 1982 college season included 11 INTs with 37 TDs.
- Career college TDs for Dan Marino totaled 79 passing touchdowns at Pitt.
- Dan Marino threw 48 TD passes in 1984, an NFL single-season record until 2007.
- Dan Marino had a career TD percentage of 2.85% on 14,710 attempts.
Passing Production Interpretation
Dan Marino's career was a masterclass in aggressive, high-stakes quarterbacking, where his legendary arm produced a dazzling bounty of touchdowns and, with a gambler's necessary acceptance of risk, a corresponding ledger of interceptions.
Passing Volume
- Dan Marino completed 8,358 passes in 14,710 attempts over his 17-season NFL career with the Miami Dolphins.
- Dan Marino accumulated 61,361 passing yards during his entire 17-year NFL career.
- In 1983, Dan Marino completed 173 of 291 passes for 2,034 yards in his rookie season.
- In 1984, Dan Marino completed 364 of 583 passes for an NFL-record 5,084 yards.
- In 1985, Dan Marino threw for 4,362 yards on 378 completions from 602 attempts.
- In 1986, Dan Marino completed 293 of 450 passes for 3,498 yards.
- In 1987, Dan Marino had 303 completions on 476 attempts for 3,845 yards.
- In 1988, Dan Marino completed 303 passes out of 474 for 3,446 yards.
- In 1989, Dan Marino threw 284 completions from 464 attempts totaling 3,976 yards.
- In 1990, Dan Marino completed 322 of 521 passes for 4,290 yards.
- In 1991, Dan Marino had 355 completions on 610 attempts for 4,027 yards.
- In 1992, Dan Marino completed 315 of 498 passes for 4,024 yards.
- In 1993, Dan Marino threw for 4,304 yards on 334 completions from 549 attempts.
- In 1994, Dan Marino completed 392 of 562 passes for 4,588 yards.
- In 1995, Dan Marino had 257 completions out of 462 attempts for 3,191 yards.
- In 1997, Dan Marino completed 263 of 434 passes for 3,196 yards.
- In 1998, Dan Marino threw 349 completions from 547 attempts totaling 3,862 yards.
- In 1999, Dan Marino had 305 completions on 547 attempts for 3,219 yards in his final season.
- In 10 playoff games, Dan Marino completed 191 of 347 passes for 2,596 yards.
- In Super Bowl XIX, Dan Marino completed 29 of 50 passes for 318 yards.
- Dan Marino's college career at Pittsburgh included 621 completions for 7,879 yards over four seasons.
- In 1982 at Pitt, Dan Marino completed 270 of 388 passes for 2,955 yards.
- In 1981 at Pitt, Dan Marino had 174 completions out of 322 attempts for 2,313 yards.
- In 1980 at Pitt, Dan Marino completed 152 of 278 passes for 2,169 yards.
- Dan Marino attempted 14,710 passes in the regular season, ranking high all-time.
- Dan Marino had 9 seasons with over 4,000 passing yards, an NFL record at retirement.
- Dan Marino recorded 62 games with 300 or more passing yards during his career.
- In 1984 Week 9 vs Jets, Dan Marino completed 29 of 40 for 410 yards.
- Dan Marino's single-game high was 521 yards vs Washington Commanders on November 24, 1996? No, actually 521 Nov 24 1995 vs Indy.
- Dan Marino threw for 5,084 yards in 1984, leading the NFL.
Passing Volume Interpretation
He racked up NFL records like frequent flyer miles, and that absurd 5,084-yard season in 1984 was a sobering warning to the league that they were witnessing a man operating from a different, far more advanced playbook.