Top Dan Marino Cards to Collect
As the decade flipped and the NFL entered the 1980s, no one was prepared for Dan Marino. Yes, the league saw the sea change coming: offenses became more balanced, and passers became more lethal – but Marino was head and shoulders above anyone in the league at the time and anyone who had ever come before. He was the Peyton Manning of his era. He was the Drew Brees of his era. Heck, he was the Tom Brady of his era. Before they even started playing high school ball, he was all of these players.
Simply put, Dan Marino was the most outstanding passer of his era and one of the greatest passers ever. He’s held every meaningful passing record until Manning, Brady, Brees, and Mahomes broke them, and he still holds a handful of impressive entries into the record book. His prolific passing and ability to stay on the field and play consistently great cannot be understated. The only thing missing from his resume? A Lombardi Trophy.
That doesn’t mean this quarterback icon doesn’t have some great cards to collect from his 17-season career. These are just a few that you need to collect.
Top Dan Marino Cards
1989 Topps Football Cards Record Breaker #5 Dan Marino
Player info
• First quarterback in league history to have six 4,000-yard seasons
• Holds record for Most seasons leading the league with the lowest sack percentage (10)
Set info
• 396 card set
card back
• a write-up about marino’s latest and greatest record-breaking effort, passing dan fouts’ three 4,000-yard passing seasons with four (he would do it twice more)
1985 Topps Football Cards #192 Passing Leaders Marino/Montana
Player info
• 1984 MVP and Offensive player of the year
• threw for 5,084 yds – most in league history at the time and first player to throw for over 5,000 yards
Card info
• inserts include glossy NFL stars
• wax bottom singles and panels
card back
• stats for the leading passers in the afc and the nfc
1985 Topps Football Record Breaker #4 Dan Marino
Player info
• Currently holds the record for fourth-most passing TDs in a season behind Peyton manning (49, 55) and Tom Brady (50)
• Most seasons leading the league in pass attempts (5)
Card info
• 396 card set
card back
• A look at Marino’s record-breaking 1984 season when he broke George Blanda and Y.A. Tittle’s 36 TD seasons (1961 and 1963) with 48 passing touchdowns
1994 Topps Football #160 Dan Marino
Player info
• holds the record for Lowest sack percentage in a career (3.1%)
• holds the record for Most consecutive seasons leading the league in lowest sack percentage (7)
Card info
• a whopping 660 card set, with all-pro and 1,000 / 3,000 yard club inserts
card back
• vitals and a career stat box to that point with a short blurb about his season-ending Achilles injury
1989 Topps Football #293 Dan Marino
Player info
• holds the record for the Lowest sack percentage in a season (1.0%) (1988)
• third all-time for the Most games, three or more touchdown passes, career (62). Surpassed by brett favre and peyton manning
Card info
inserts include the 1,000-yard club, wax bottom panels, and wax bottom singles
card back
• Vitals, career stats, and a short write-up about marino passing bob griese’s dolphins team record of 192 passing tds
2000 Topps Football #322 Dan Marino
Player info
• holds Monday night football records for most passing yards, most TDs thrown, most completions, and most attempts
• Second-fastest player to accrue 200 touchdown passes in the fewest games to start a career (89). Surpassed by Patrick Mahomes in 2023
Card info
• 400-card Set with 14 inserts that include hall of fame inductees, multiple Johnny Unitas reprints, and pro bowl jerseys
card back
• an awe-inspiring write-up on marino’s final season when he became the first QB to throw over 60,000 yards – which is put into perspective when, at the time, only warren moon and dan elway had surpassed 40,000
1984 Topps Football #123 Dan Marino RC
Player info
• 1983 rookie of the year
• member of 2005 NFL hall of fame
Card info
• 396 card set
• inserts include “glossy NFL stars” and super play game cards
card back
• vitals, 1983 season stats, and redundant but still impressive lifetime stats with a write-up about his rookie of the year campaign. It also includes a piece of Marino trivia about the dolphin first becoming a QB in 4th grade pee wee league football
