Denver Broncos

How the Broncos play under each referee

Every Broncos game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Broncos are 77-92 (45.6%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Updated Aug 22, 2026, 7:26 p.m.·2016-2026 (2016-09-02 – 2026-01-25)

Broncos record: 77-92 (45.6%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (532) exceed 169 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Keith Washington
+36.2 pts vs team-0.9
Alan Eck
+34.4 pts vs team-0.8
Jabir Walker
+34.4 pts vs team-0.4
Derick Bowers
+21.1 pts vs team+0.7
Land Clark
+18.0 pts vs team+0.6
Terrence Miles
+16.9 pts vs team-1.5
Anthony Flemming
+16.9 pts vs team-1.2
Ryan Dickson
+15.9 pts vs team-1.0
Mark Pellis
+14.4 pts vs team+0.8
Greg Meyer
+14.4 pts vs team+0.7
Bill Vinovich
+14.4 pts vs team-0.3
Carl Cheffers
+12.7 pts vs team+0.8
Tim Podraza
+10.0 pts vs team+1.4
Jim Quirk
+10.0 pts vs team+2.3
Alex Kemp
+10.0 pts vs team-1.3
Tony Josselyn
+10.0 pts vs team-0.4
Brad Freeman
+8.9 pts vs team+1.2
Patrick Turner
+8.9 pts vs team-0.5
Barry Anderson
+4.4 pts vs team+0.5
Tripp Sutter
+4.4 pts vs team-0.1
Rich Martinez
+4.4 pts vs team-0.5
Steven Woods
+4.4 pts vs team+0.2
Shawn Hochuli
+4.4 pts vs team+0.4
Jeff Seeman
+4.4 pts vs team+1.3
Carl Johnson
+4.4 pts vs team-0.7
Mearl Robinson
+4.4 pts vs team+1.0
Scott Helverson
+4.4 pts vs team-2.6
Michael Banks
+4.4 pts vs team+1.0
Mark Perlman
+4.4 pts vs team-0.4
Ronald Torbert
+4.4 pts vs team-0.4
Sarah Thomas
+4.4 pts vs team-0.7
Patrick Holt
+4.4 pts vs team-0.4
Greg Steed
-0.1 pts vs team+0.3
Todd Prukop
-1.2 pts vs team-0.2
Roy Ellison
-3.9 pts vs team+2.6
Julian Mapp
-5.6 pts vs team+1.3
Adrian Hill
-6.7 pts vs team-0.7
Fred Bryan
-8.1 pts vs team-0.4
David Oliver
-9.2 pts vs team+1.6
Scott Novak
-12.3 pts vs team+0.4
Craig Wrolstad
-14.8 pts vs team-0.5
Kent Payne
-14.8 pts vs team-0.1
Aaron Santi
-15.6 pts vs team-1.3
James Coleman
-20.6 pts vs team+0.8
Greg Bradley
-20.6 pts vs team+0.1
Thomas Eaton
-20.6 pts vs team-0.5
Clete Blakeman
-23.4 pts vs team+0.6
Jeff Lamberth
-23.4 pts vs team+0.0
Shawn Smith
-23.4 pts vs team-0.9
Brad Rogers
-23.4 pts vs team-0.9
Carl Paganelli
-33.1 pts vs team-1.2
Greg Wilson
-33.1 pts vs team+1.6
Clay Martin
-33.1 pts vs team+1.9

Close-game proxy

How Denver Broncos compares in close-margin games vs the full sample. Based on official box scores.

Close games (≤7 pt margin)

85 of 169 games match this window

Avg combined points
Close-game avg
40
Season avg
41.7
Pressure impact
-1.7
Avg flags
Close-game avg
13.1
Season avg
12.9
Pressure impact
+0.2
Over rate
Close-game avg
40.0%
Season avg
45.6%
Pressure impact
-5.6 pp

Over benchmark: 41.7 combined points · Seasons: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 169 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Broncos games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Broncos went 77-92 (45.6%) across this sample. Ref win rates show how they compare to that team average.
Whistle differential: flag differential. A positive number means opponents are flagged more often than the Broncos.

Ref×team W-L rebuilt from 2761 ESPN game logs (2016-2026). 4604/5940 ref×team pairs meet the 3+ game matrix gate. Ties are excluded from straight-up W-L. Ref game counts rebuilt from DISTINCT game_id in game logs.