career passing yards leader 1922 to 1981

Between the 1922 and 1981 seasons, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing yards, with 47,003 yards.

	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	33,848	190	2,521	4,945	51.0	6.8	178.1	204	239	66.7	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	Craig Morton C. Morton	27,715	204	2,035	3,760	54.1	7.4	135.9	183	184	73.7	4.9	4.9	370	2,781
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	26,144	158	1,893	3,653	51.8	7.2	165.5	193	199	70.0	5.3	5.4	289	2,563
16	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	25,562	148	2,036	3,539	57.5	7.2	172.7	160	124	80.6	4.5	3.5	320	2,323
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	24,268	159	1,944	3,223	60.3	7.5	152.6	177	189	77.6	5.5	5.9	245	2,209
21	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	24,256	112	1,849	3,203	57.7	7.6	216.6	145	142	78.4	4.5	4.4	201	1,391
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	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	21,886	165	1,693	2,995	56.5	7.3	132.6	187	203	72.2	6.2	6.8

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