most career passing yards before 1994

Before 1994, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing yards, with 47,003 yards.

Interpreted as:
most career passing yards by a player before 1994
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
2Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
43,040
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
3Dan Marino
D. Marino
40,720
156
3,219
5,434
59.2
7.5
261.0
298
168
88.1
5.5
3.1
160
1,157
4Johnny 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
5Joe Montana
J. Montana
37,268
178
3,110
4,898
63.5
7.6
209.4
257
130
93.1
5.2
2.7
294
1,963
6Jim Hart
J. Hart
34,665
201
2,593
5,076
51.1
6.8
172.5
209
247
66.6
4.1
4.9
243
1,936
7John Elway
J. Elway
34,246
160
2,723
4,890
55.7
7.0
214.0
183
167
75.9
3.7
3.4
370
2,770
8Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
33,872
198
2,844
4,965
57.3
6.8
171.1
193
203
74.2
3.9
4.1
290
2,409
9Warren Moon
W. Moon
33,685
141
2,632
4,546
57.9
7.4
238.9
196
166
80.4
4.3
3.7
315
2,403
10John 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
11Phil Simms
P. Simms
33,462
164
2,576
4,647
55.4
7.2
204.0
199
157
78.5
4.3
3.4
477
3,418
12Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
32,838
192
2,654
4,475
59.3
7.3
171.0
197
160
81.9
4.4
3.6
398
2,875
13Sonny 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
14John 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
15Norm 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
16Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
30,485
157
2,431
4,178
58.2
7.3
194.2
217
163
82.0
5.2
3.9
411
3,195
17Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
29,817
186
2,369
4,519
52.4
6.6
160.3
196
209
68.4
4.3
4.6
312
2,710
18Roman 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
19Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
29,092
143
2,185
3,851
56.7
7.6
203.4
190
140
82.1
4.9
3.6
248
1,954
20Len 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
21Y.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
22Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
28,190
188
2,187
4,117
53.1
6.8
149.9
179
164
72.8
4.3
4.0
363
2,826
23Terry 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
24Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
27,938
184
2,270
3,793
59.8
7.4
151.8
194
222
75.3
5.1
5.9
281
2,514
25Craig 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
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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