lions qb most passing yards in a season 1980 to 2000

Between the 1980 and 2000 seasons, Scott Mitchell had the most passing yards by a Lions quarterback in a season, with 4,338 yards in 1995.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Scott Mitchell S. Mitchell	4,338	1995	DET	16	346	583	59.3	7.4	271.1	32	12	92.3	5.5	2.1	31	145
2	Scott Mitchell S. Mitchell	3,484	1997	DET	16	293	509	57.6	6.8	217.8	19	14	79.6	3.7	2.8	41	271
3	Gary Danielson G. Danielson	3,223	1980	DET	16	244	417	58.5	7.7	201.4	13	11	82.4	3.1	2.6	44	338
4	Gary Danielson G. Danielson	3,076	1984	DET	15	252	410	61.5	7.5	205.1	17	15	83.1	4.1	3.7	41	335
5	Eric Hipple E. Hipple	2,952	1985	DET	16	223	406	54.9	7.3	184.5	17	18	73.6	4.2	4.4	49	343
6	Scott Mitchell S. Mitchell	2,917	1996	DET	14	253	437	57.9	6.7	208.4	17	17	74.9	3.9	3.9	36	199
7	Chuck Long C. Long	2,598	1987	DET	12	232	416	55.8	6.2	216.5	11	20	63.4	2.6	4.8	17	127
8	Eric Hipple E. Hipple	2,577	1983	DET	16	204	387	52.7	6.7	161.1	12	18	64.7	3.1	4.7	37	274
9	Charlie Batch C. Batch	2,489	2000	DET	15	221	412	53.6	6.0	165.9	13	15	67.3	3.2	3.6	41	242
10	Eric Hipple E. Hipple	2,358	1981	DET	16	140	279	50.2	8.5	147.4	14	15	73.4	5.0	5.4	27	208
11	Charlie Batch C. Batch	2,178	1998	DET	12	173	303	57.1	7.2	181.5	11	6	83.5	3.6	2.0	37	222
12	Gus Frerotte G. Frerotte	2,117	1999	DET	9	175	288	60.8	7.4	235.2	9	7	83.6	3.1	2.4	28	202
13	Rodney Peete R. Peete	1,974	1990	DET	11	142	271	52.4	7.3	179.5	13	8	79.8	4.8	3.0	27	173
14	Charlie Batch C. Batch	1,957	1999	DET	11	151	270	55.9	7.2	177.9	13	7	84.1	4.8	2.6	36	186
15	Eric Hipple E. Hipple	1,919	1986	DET	16	192	305	63.0	6.3	119.9	9	11	75.6	3.0	3.6	21	153
16	Rodney Peete R. Peete	1,702	1992	DET	10	123	213	57.7	8.0	170.2	9	9	80.0	4.2	4.2	28	170
17	Bob Gagliano B. Gagliano	1,671	1989	DET	11	117	232	50.4	7.2	151.9	6	12	61.2	2.6	5.2	25	153
18	Rodney Peete R. Peete	1,670	1993	DET	10	157	252	62.3	6.6	167.0	6	14	66.4	2.4	5.6	34	174
19	Erik Kramer E. Kramer	1,635	1991	DET	13	136	265	51.3	6.2	125.8	11	8	71.8	4.2	3.0	14	74
20	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	1,629	1994	DET	14	131	212	61.8	7.7	116.4	14	3	101.7	6.6	1.4	14	100
21	Rusty Hilger R. Hilger	1,558	1988	DET	11	126	306	41.2	5.1	141.6	7	12	48.9	2.3	3.9	31	251
22	Rodney Peete R. Peete	1,479	1989	DET	8	103	195	52.8	7.6	184.9	5	9	67.0	2.6	4.6	27	164
23	Scott Mitchell S. Mitchell	1,456	1994	DET	9	119	246	48.4	5.9	161.8	10	11	62.0	4.1	4.5	12	63
24	Gary Danielson G. Danielson	1,343	1982	DET	8	100	197	50.8	6.8	167.9	10	14	60.1	5.1	7.1	19	145
25	Rodney Peete R. Peete	1,339	1991	DET	8	116	194	59.8	6.9	167.4	5	9	69.9	2.6	4.6	11	42

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