Dan Marino is a Hall of Fame quarterback whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 92 in the Knox value model. Marino's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.
Career Value · VORP
562 career value over replacement — #6 all-time of 4,695. 33.1/season above a replacement-level QB.
Pick #27 (Rd 1) · MIA · 1983 · +37.2 vs expected KV-H
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | |||||
| 1983 | 21–22 | MIA | 11 | — | 173 | 296 | 58.4% | 2,210 | 20 | 6 | 6.8 | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 3.3 | 96.0 | — | 28 | 45 | 2 | 1.6 | 7.1 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | 22–23 | MIA | 16 | — | 362 | 564 | 64.2% | 5,084 | 48 | 17 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 2.8 | 108.9 | — | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1985 | 23–24 | MIA | 16 | — | 336 | 567 | 59.3% | 4,137 | 30 | 21 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 1.4 | 84.1 | — | 26 | 24 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 24–25 | MIA | 16 | — | 378 | 623 | 60.7% | 4,746 | 44 | 23 | 7.1 | 3.7 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 1.9 | 92.5 | — | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 25–26 | MIA | 12 | — | 263 | 444 | 59.2% | 3,245 | 26 | 13 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 2.0 | 89.2 | — | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0.4 | 8.3 | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 26–27 | MIA | 16 | — | 354 | 606 | 58.4% | 4,434 | 28 | 23 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 80.8 | — | 20 | 17 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 27–28 | MIA | 16 | — | 308 | 550 | 56.0% | 3,997 | 24 | 22 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 76.9 | — | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 14.3 | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 28–29 | MIA | 16 | — | 306 | 531 | 57.6% | 3,563 | 21 | 11 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 82.6 | — | 16 | 29 | 0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 29–30 | MIA | 16 | — | 318 | 549 | 57.9% | 3,970 | 25 | 13 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 1.9 | 85.8 | — | 27 | 32 | 1 | 1.2 | 3.7 | — | — | — |
| 1992 | 30–31 | MIA | 16 | — | 330 | 554 | 59.6% | 4,116 | 24 | 16 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 85.1 | — | 20 | 66 | 0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1993 | 31–32 | MIA | 5 | — | 91 | 150 | 60.7% | 1,218 | 8 | 3 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 2.7 | 95.9 | — | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0.4 | 11.1 | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 32–33 | MIA | 16 | — | 385 | 615 | 62.6% | 4,453 | 30 | 17 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 1.8 | 89.2 | — | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0.3 | 4.5 | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 33–34 | MIA | 14 | — | 309 | 482 | 64.1% | 3,668 | 24 | 15 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 1.6 | 90.8 | — | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 34–35 | MIA | 13 | — | 221 | 373 | 59.2% | 2,795 | 17 | 9 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 1.9 | 87.8 | — | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 35–36 | MIA | 16 | — | 319 | 548 | 58.2% | 3,780 | 16 | 11 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 1.5 | 80.7 | — | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 36–37 | MIA | 16 | — | 310 | 537 | 57.7% | 3,497 | 23 | 15 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 80.0 | — | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0.1 | 4.8 | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 37–38 | MIA | 11 | — | 199 | 361 | 55.1% | 2,378 | 12 | 17 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 0.7 | 66.9 | 9 | 6 | -6 | 0 | -1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 242 | — | 4,962 | 8,350 | 59.4% | 61,291 | 420 | 252 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 1.7 | 86.4 | 9 | 301 | 273 | 9 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
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An all-time caliber quarterback (top 1% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.
Worth 562 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 1% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 16 of 17 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +35.1 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
16 seasons × ~35.1 surplus ≈
Mark Rypien
QB
83% match
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10 shared seasons · combined KV-H 1442