1. John Elway
Career stats with Broncos: 16 seasons; 51,475 passing yards; 56.9% completion; 300 passing touchdowns
Best statistical year: 1993; 4,030 passing yards; 63.2% completion; 25 touchdowns
Honors with Broncos: Nine-time Pro-Bowler; NFL MVP; Super Bowl MVP; 1990s All-Decade Team; Hall of Famer
Super Bowls with Broncos: XXXII & XXXIII
If there was any doubt about this, which there shouldn’t be, it may be best to look at the Denver Broncos themselves in deciding this. After John Elway retired in 1999, the Broncos only waited one half of football to induct him into the Ring of Fame, even though every other player has had to wait five years after retiring to be considered for the Ring of Fame. Elway was this special.
Elway was also the first Bronco to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and was responsible for five of the Broncos eight Super Bowl appearances (and an additional one as the general manager).
At the most important position in football, Elway’s name is always in the conversation for the greatest quarterback of all-time.
The fourth player on this list to be a part of both Super Bowl winning teams, it is no surprise that the Broncos won two Super Bowls, however, Elway was the best with no ifs ands or buts about it.
There isn’t much else to say about Elway, other than he is the greatest Bronco to ever play.
