career passing yards leader 1900 to 1982

From 1900 through 1982, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing yards, with 47,003 yards.

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Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	47,003	246	3,686	6,467	57.0	7.3	191.1	342	266	80.4	5.3	4.1	274	2,337
2	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	40,239	211	2,830	5,186	54.6	7.8	190.7	290	253	78.2	5.6	4.9	74	590
3	Jim Hart J. Hart	34,047	194	2,540	4,978	51.0	6.8	175.5	205	239	66.8	4.1	4.8	230	1,837
4	John Hadl J. Hadl	33,503	224	2,363	4,687	50.4	7.1	149.6	244	268	67.4	5.2	5.7	179	1,514
5	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	32,224	218	2,433	4,262	57.1	7.6	147.8	255	189	82.6	6.0	4.4	94	748
6	John Brodie J. Brodie	31,548	201	2,469	4,491	55.0	7.0	157.0	214	224	72.3	4.8	5.0	47	380
7	Norm Snead N. Snead	30,797	178	2,276	4,353	52.3	7.1	173.0	196	257	65.5	4.5	5.9	94	744
8	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	29,444	183	2,366	4,498	52.6	6.5	160.9	201	149	74.3	4.5	3.3	168	1,268
9	Len Dawson L. Dawson	28,711	211	2,136	3,741	57.1	7.7	136.1	239	183	82.6	6.4	4.9	167	1,423
10	Y.A. Tittle	28,339	178	2,118	3,817	55.5	7.4	159.2	212	221	73.6	5.6	5.8
11	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	28,057	157	2,254	3,848	58.6	7.3	178.7	172	133	81.8	4.5	3.5	346	2,477
12	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	27,912	167	2,020	3,893	51.9	7.2	167.1	210	210	70.7	5.4	5.4	307	2,694
13	Craig Morton C. Morton	27,908	207	2,053	3,786	54.2	7.4	134.8	183	187	73.5	4.8	4.9	373	2,800
14	Joe Namath J. Namath	27,663	140	1,886	3,762	50.1	7.4	197.6	173	220	65.5	4.6	5.8	109	1,052
15	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	27,139	121	2,053	3,533	58.1	7.7	224.3	162	153	79.8	4.6	4.3	213	1,485
16	George Blanda G. Blanda	26,920	340	1,911	4,007	47.7	6.7	79.2	236	277	60.6	5.9	6.9	12	94
17	Bobby Layne B. Layne	26,768	175	1,814	3,700	49.0	7.2	153.0	196	243	63.4	5.3	6.6
18	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	25,611	167	2,061	3,412	60.4	7.5	153.4	183	199	77.3	5.4	5.8	258	2,315
19	Bob Griese B. Griese	25,092	161	1,926	3,429	56.2	7.3	155.9	192	172	77.1	5.6	5.0	267	2,318
20	Bart Starr B. Starr	24,718	196	1,808	3,149	57.4	7.8	126.1	152	138	80.5	4.8	4.4	59	533
21	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	24,410	165	1,737	3,392	51.2	7.2	147.9	170	181	69.2	5.0	5.3	118	894
22	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	23,611	140	1,553	2,895	53.6	8.2	168.7	173	178	75.1	6.0	6.1
23	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	22,700	131	1,685	2,958	57.0	7.7	173.3	153	109	83.4	5.2	3.7	313	2,154
24	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	22,681	189	1,552	3,330	46.6	6.8	120.0	178	220	59.6	5.3	6.6	0	0
25	Archie Manning A. Manning	22,611	140	1,915	3,460	55.3	6.5	161.5	121	162	67.6	3.5	4.7	367	2,856

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