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18D Tuesday, March 14, 2000 NWS MARINO: BY THE NUMBERS St'N-SENTINEL, SOUTH FLORIDA iviarmo win oreaK an ine Dassma I I. 1 1 I I. returns. Don Shula, 1990 TOUCHDOWN PASSES Marino's 420 regular-season touchdown passes to 51 receivers 1 1 1 mm mm V. Mark Clayton tops the list of Marino's receivers with 538 catches.

Staff file photo Ursula E. Scemann COMPLETIONS QQ Catches 79. 55 25 24. 4 .16 '-IS lis '10 8' "8 8 ,8 ::6 6 ,.5, -i -4 1 lit" 2 2 2 .2 2 2 2 r.i: Name Mark Clayton MarkDuper OJ.McDuffie Nat Moore Jensen Bruce Hardy Irving Fryar Keith Jackson Dan Johnson Tony Martin Ferrell Edmunds Oronde Gadsden Fred Banks Troy Drayton Mark Ingram James Pruitt Joe Rose Lamar Thomas Keith Byars Lorenzo Hampton Tony Paige k. Tony Nathan Fred Barnett Greg Baty Andre Brown Ron Davenport Stanley Pritchett Bernie Parmalee Charles.Jordan Woody Bennett Jimmy Cefalo Gary Clark Eric Green Randal Hill Terry Kirby Ed Perry Scott Schwedes Irving Spikes Toy Stradford Karim Abdul-Jabbar John Avery Brett Carolan Vince Heflin Bobby Humphrey Rob Konrad Jerris McPhail David Overstreet Brett Perriman Sammie Smith Frank Wainright Robert Wilson J.

ft In his 17 years as a Dolphin, Dan Marino has broken records and set a standard of excellence that might never be equaled. Dan Marino was throwing even when he was running. Marino fires a ball into the stands in 1994 after running for one of his nine touchdowns. exactly a record, staff ma photoRobert Mayer iiimni n. j.

I DRAFT PICK NFL RECORDS The first round of the 1983 pr.r playoffs Marino's 4,967 career regular-season completions to 80 receivers Name Catches Mark Clayton 538 MarkDuper 492 OJMcDuffie 336 Tony Nathan 222 Jim Jensen '217 Bruce Hardy 167 Troy Stradford 15? Nat Moore 153 Irving Fryar 146 Tony Paige 140 Tony Martin 136 BernieParmalee 124 Lorenzo Hampton '121 Ferrell Edmunds 112 Keith Jackson 112 Keith Byars 109 Troy Drayton 107 Fred Banks 98 Rpn Davenport .91 Terry Kirby 84 Dan Johnson 82 Lamar Thomas 78 Oronde Gadsden 76 Stanley Pritchett 72 Karim Abdul-Jabbar 69 James Pruitt 56 Mark Ingram 55 Bobby Humphrey 54 Joe Rose 52 FredBarnett 51 Cric Green 40 Ed Perry 38 Jem's McPhail 37 Charles Jordan 34 Sammie Smith 32 Gary Clark 31 MarkHiggs 31 James Saxon 31 VVoody Bennett 30 Greg Baty 28 Aaron Craver 26 Randal Hill 22 Andre Brown 19 Irving Spikes 19 Brett Perriman 18 Mike Williams 18 Jimmy Cefalo 17 Yatil Green 17 Rob Konrad 17 Scott Schwedes 1 6 Tom Brown 14 Scott Miller 13 Marc Logan 11 John Avery 10 Joe Carter 10 NateJacquet 8 Hunter Goodwin 7 JJ. Johnson 7 Brian Manning 7 Duriel Harris 6 Wnce Heflin 6 Garrett Limbrick 4 David Overstreet 4 Ronnie Williams 4 Robert Clark 3 Autry Denson 3 Robert Wilson 3 Brett Carolan 2 Cecil Collins 2 Cleveland Gary 2 Charles Henry 2 Brian Kinchen 2 Roosevelt Potts 2 Dewayne Dotson 1 Nuu Faaola 1 Dan Marino 1 kevin McKenzie 1 Ron Moore 1 Keith Sims 1 Frank Wainright 1 S0URCES: Staff, Dolphins and SuiSentindcorn Pick Team Player Pos College 1 Colts John Elway Q8 Stanford 2 Rams Eric Dickerson RB SMU 3 Seattle Curt Warner, RB Penn State 4 Denver Chris Hinton OT Northwestern 5 San Diego Billy Ray LB Arkansas 6 Chicago Jimbo Covert OT Pittsburgh 7 Kansas City Todd Blackledge QB Penn State 8 Philadelphia Michael Haddix RB Mississippi State 9 Tennessee Bruce Matthews USC 10 N.Y. Giants Terry Kinard DB Clemson 11 Green Bay Tim Lewis CB Pittsburgh 12 Buffalo Tony Hunter TE Notre Dame 13 Detroit JamesJones," FB Florida 14 Buffalo Jim Kelly QB Miami (FL) 15 New England TonyEason QB Illinois 16 Atlanta Mike Pitts DE Alabama 17, Cardinals Leonard Smith CB McNeese State 18 Chicago Willie Gault WR Tennessee 19 Minnesota Joey Browner USC 20 San Diego Gary Anderson RB Arkansas 21 Pittsburgh Gabriel Rivera DT Texas Tech 22 San Diego GillByrd CB San Jose State 23 Dallas Jim Jeffcoat DE Arizona State 24 N.Y. Jets Ken O'Brien QB California-Davis 25 Cincinnati Dave Rimington Nebraska 26 Raiders DonMosebar OT USC 27 Miami Dan Marino QB Pittsburgh 28 Washington Darrell Green Texas In 18 postseason games, here is how Marino ranks' in passing categories: Consecutive games with TD pass Dan Marino Joe Montana 0 Ken Stabler 10 Brett Favre ,10 John Elway 9 Joe Montana 8 Terry Bradshaw 8 Bernie Kosar Passing yards (games) 1 Joe Montana A 5,772 (23) John Elway 4,964 (22) Dan Marino Jim Kelly 3,863 (17) TroyAikman 3,849 (16) Terry Bradshaw 3,833 (19) Touchdown passes joe Montana Dan Marino 32 Terry Bradshaw ,30 John Elway 27 Brett Favre 25 Roger Staubach 24 Mark Duper caught 492 passes fromDarv NFL Draft TDs Stadium 1 55 Arrowhead 68 Busch 30 L.A. Coliseum 25 Metrodome 22 Shea 20 Veterans 10 3Com 6 Alltel 6 Astrodome 6 Memorial 5 Milwaukee County 5 Silverdome 5 Soldier 5 Sun Devil 4 Texas 4 Trans World 4 Georgia Dome Kingdome TDs 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 Marino's NFL records Most career pass attempts 1.

Dan Marino 8,358 2JohnElway 7,250 3. Warren Moon 6,789 Most career completions 1. Dan Marino 4,967 2. JohnElway 4,123 3. Warren Moon 3,972 Most career passing yards I.Dan Marino 61,361 2JohnElway 51,475 3.

Warren Moon 49,097 Most career touchdown passes 1. Dan Marino 420 2. Fran Tarkenton 342 3JohnElway 300 Highest passer rating, rookie 1. Dan Marino (1983) 96.0 2. Greg Cook (1 969, Cincinnati) 88.2 3.

Charlie Conerly (1 948, N.Y. Giants) 84.0 Highest completion percentage, rookie 1. Dan Marino (1983) 58.45 2. Jim McMahon (1 982, Chicago) 57.14 3. Charlie Batch (1 998, Detroit) 57.1 0 Most passing yards, season 1.

Dan Marino (1984) 5,084 2. Dan Fouts (1 981 San Diego) 4,802 3. Dan Marino (1986) 4,746 Most 400-yard passing games, career 1. Dan Marino 13 2. Joe Montana 7 2.

Warren Moon 7 Most 400-yard passing games, season 1. Dan Marino (1984) 4 2. Dan Marino (1986) 3 3. Several players 2 Most 300-yard passing games, career 1. Dan M2arino 63 2.

Dan Fouts 51 3. Warren Moon 49 Most passing seasons 1 Dan Marino -13(1 984-92, 1 994-95, 1997-98) 2. JohnElway 12 3. Warren Moon 9 3. Brett Favre 9 Consecutive seasons, 3,000 or more yards 1.

Dan Marino 9 2. John Elway 7 Most passing seasons 1. Dan Marino 6 2. Warren Moon 4 3. Dan Fouts 3 3.

Brett Favre 3 Most touchdown passes, season 1. Dan Marino (1984) -48 2. Dan Marino (1986) -44 3. Kurt Warner (1999) -41 Most games, four or more touchdown passes, career I.DanMarino 21 2. Johnny Unitas 17 3.

George Blanda 13 Consecutive games, four or more TD passes 1. DanMarino 4 2. Several others 2 Most games, four or more touchdown passes, season 1. Dan Marino (1984) 6 2. Dan Marino (1986) 5 2.

Brett Favre (1996) 5 Most seasons leading league, attempts 1 Dan Marino 5(1 984, '86, '88, '92, '97) 2. Sammy Baugh 4 2. Johnny Unitas 4 2. George Blanda 4 Most seasons leading league, completions 1 Dan Marino 6 (1 984-86, '88, '92, '97) 2. Sammy Baugh 5 3.

George Blanda 4 3. Sonny Jurgensen 4 Most seasons, 20 or more touchdown passes 1 Dan Marino 13(1 983-92, 1 994-95, '98) 2. Johnny Unitas 8 3. Five players tied at 7 Most consecutive seasons, 20 or more TD passes I.DanMarino 10 Fewest games needed to reach 1 00 touchdown passes I.DanMarino 44 Fewest games needed to reach 200 touchdown passes 1. DanMarino 89 2.

Brett Favre 107 3. Johnny Unitas 121 Fewest games needed to reach 300 touchdown passes 1. DanMarino 157 2. Fran Tarkenton 217 3. John Elway 234 Seasons with 40 or more touchdown passes 1.

Dan Marino 2 2. Kurt Warner 1 TIED Most seasons leading league, yards gained: 5 (1 984-86, '88, '92), with Sonny Jurgensen. Most consecutive seasons leading league, completions: 3 (1 984-86), with George Blanda. Most consecutive games, 400 or more yards passing: 2 (1 984), with Dan Fouts, Most consecutive seasons, 4,000 or more yards passing: 3 (1 984 -86), with Dan Fouts. Most games, 300 or more yards passing, season: 9 (1 984), with Warren Moon.

'Still active STADIUMS Marino's 420 career regular-season touchdown passes by stadium J) Stadium Pro Player Orange Bowl Giants RCA Ralph Wilson Foxboro Qualcomm Cleveland Lambeau RFK Anaheim Cinergy Mile High Superdome Houlihan's Oakland Three Rivers Staff nic photo RoMrlMaytr A4i.