John Elway has the most passing attempts by a rookie Broncos quarterback, with 259 attempts in 1983.
| NAME | ATT | SEASON | TM | GP | CMP | PCT | YDS | AVG | YDS/G | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Elway | 259 | 1983 |  DEN | 11 | 123 | 47.5 | 1,663 | 6.4 | 151.2 | 7 | 14 | 54.9 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 28 | 218 |
| 2 |  | M. Briscoe | 224 | 1968 | DEN | 11 | 93 | 41.5 | 1,589 | 7.1 | 144.5 | 14 | 13 | 62.9 | 6.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 3 | | M. Slaughter | 223 | 1963 | DEN | 13 | 112 | 50.2 | 1,689 | 7.6 | 129.9 | 12 | 14 | 67.3 | 5.4 | 6.3 | ||
| 4 | | M. Choboian | 163 | 1966 | DEN | 14 | 82 | 50.3 | 1,110 | 6.8 | 79.3 | 4 | 12 | 49.9 | 2.5 | 7.4 | ||
| 5 |  | D. Lock | 156 | 2019 | DEN | 5 | 100 | 64.1 | 1,020 | 6.5 | 204.0 | 7 | 3 | 89.7 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 |  | B. Nix | 138 | 2024 | DEN | 4 | 83 | 60.1 | 660 | 4.8 | 165.0 | 1 | 4 | 62.5 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | | D. Breaux | 138 | 1963 | DEN | 9 | 70 | 50.7 | 935 | 6.8 | 103.9 | 7 | 6 | 71.4 | 5.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 8 |  | J. Cutler | 137 | 2006 | DEN | 5 | 81 | 59.1 | 1,001 | 7.3 | 200.2 | 9 | 5 | 88.5 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 13 | 85 |
| 9 | | T. Maddox | 121 | 1992 | DEN | 13 | 66 | 54.5 | 757 | 6.3 | 58.2 | 5 | 9 | 56.4 | 4.1 | 7.4 | 10 | 60 |
| 10 | | K. Karcher | 102 | 1987 | DEN | 3 | 56 | 54.9 | 628 | 6.2 | 209.3 | 5 | 4 | 73.5 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 5 | 45 |
| 11 |  | B. Allen | 84 | 2019 | DEN | 3 | 39 | 46.4 | 515 | 6.1 | 171.7 | 3 | 2 | 68.3 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 9 | 59 |
| 12 | | P. Lynch | 83 | 2016 | DEN | 3 | 49 | 59.0 | 497 | 6.0 | 165.7 | 2 | 1 | 79.2 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 9 | 42 |
| 13 | | T. Tebow | 82 | 2010 | DEN | 9 | 41 | 50.0 | 654 | 8.0 | 72.7 | 5 | 3 | 82.1 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 6 | 26 |
| 14 | | M. Herrmann | 60 | 1982 | DEN | 2 | 32 | 53.3 | 421 | 7.0 | 210.5 | 1 | 4 | 53.5 | 1.7 | 6.7 | 4 | 48 |
| 15 | | N. Weese | 47 | 1976 | DEN | 14 | 24 | 51.1 | 314 | 6.7 | 22.4 | 1 | 6 | 40.0 | 2.1 | 12.8 | 9 | 45 |
| 16 | | J. LeClair | 45 | 1967 | DEN | 5 | 19 | 42.2 | 275 | 6.1 | 55.0 | 1 | 1 | 60.9 | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 17 |  | B. Rypien | 40 | 2020 | DEN | 3 | 27 | 67.5 | 295 | 7.4 | 98.3 | 2 | 4 | 66.1 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | | C. Penrose | 36 | 1976 | DEN | 4 | 16 | 44.4 | 265 | 7.4 | 66.3 | 3 | 3 | 62.8 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | | S. Moore | 34 | 1992 | DEN | 3 | 17 | 50.0 | 232 | 6.8 | 77.3 | 0 | 3 | 35.4 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 6 | 50 |
| 20 | | G. Kubiak | 22 | 1983 | DEN | 4 | 12 | 54.5 | 186 | 8.5 | 46.5 | 1 | 1 | 79.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2 | 20 |
| 21 | | S. Stankavage | 18 | 1984 | DEN | 1 | 4 | 22.2 | 58 | 3.2 | 58.0 | 0 | 1 | 17.4 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 1 | 13 |
| 22 | | J. Lewis | 17 | 1996 | DEN | 2 | 9 | 52.9 | 58 | 3.4 | 29.0 | 0 | 1 | 35.9 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 1 | 7 |
| 23 | | S. Glacken | 11 | 1966 | DEN | 8 | 6 | 54.5 | 84 | 7.6 | 10.5 | 1 | 0 | 109.7 | 9.1 | 0.0 | ||
| 24 | | J. Hufnagel | 10 | 1974 | DEN | 4 | 6 | 60.0 | 70 | 7.0 | 17.5 | 0 | 1 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 1 | 7 |
| 25 | | B. Van Pelt | 8 | 2005 | DEN | 3 | 2 | 25.0 | 7 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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