career passing yards leader 1900 to 1983

Between the 1900 and 1983 seasons, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing yards, with 47,003 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Fran 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
2Johnny 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
3Jim Hart
J. Hart
34,639
199
2,590
5,069
51.1
6.8
174.1
209
247
66.6
4.1
4.9
243
1,936
4John 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
5Sonny 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
6John 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
7Norm 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
8Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
30,390
170
2,452
4,145
59.2
7.3
178.8
184
146
82.0
4.4
3.5
371
2,664
9Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
30,114
131
2,268
3,873
58.6
7.8
229.9
182
168
80.9
4.7
4.3
227
1,592
10Roman 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
11Len 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
12Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
28,339
178
2,118
3,817
55.5
7.4
159.2
212
221
73.6
5.6
5.8
13Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
27,989
168
2,025
3,901
51.9
7.2
166.6
212
210
70.9
5.4
5.4
307
2,694
14Craig 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
15Joe 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
16Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
27,599
181
2,237
3,723
60.1
7.4
152.5
192
217
75.9
5.2
5.8
276
2,474
17George 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
18Bobby Layne
B. Layne
26,768
175
1,814
3,700
49.0
7.2
153.0
196
243
63.4
5.3
6.6
19Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
25,599
152
1,997
3,822
52.3
6.7
168.4
169
173
69.4
4.4
4.5
257
2,172
20Bob 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
21Bart 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
22Charley 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
23Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
23,713
125
1,944
3,439
56.5
6.9
189.7
154
149
74.8
4.5
4.3
224
1,889
24Norm 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
25Archie Manning
A. Manning
23,366
145
1,959
3,548
55.2
6.6
161.1
123
170
67.1
3.5
4.8
378
2,939
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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