most career passing yards by a player for the 49ers before 1990

Before 1990, John Brodie had the most passing yards for the 49ers, with 31,548 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John 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
2Joe Montana
J. Montana
31,054
151
2,593
4,059
63.9
7.7
205.7
216
107
94.0
5.3
2.6
252
1,741
3Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
16,016
112
1,226
2,194
55.9
7.3
143.0
108
134
70.0
4.9
6.1
4Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
7,220
39
670
1,201
55.8
6.0
185.1
37
60
63.1
3.1
5.0
48
389
5Steve Spurrier
S. Spurrier
5,250
92
441
840
52.5
6.3
57.1
33
48
61.2
3.9
5.7
50
367
6Frankie Albert
F. Albert
3,847
36
316
601
52.6
6.4
106.9
27
43
57.7
4.5
7.2
7Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
3,285
26
254
491
51.7
6.7
126.3
22
30
62.5
4.5
6.1
56
491
8Steve Young
S. Young
2,251
29
155
262
59.2
8.6
77.6
21
6
104.4
8.0
2.3
28
184
9George Mira
G. Mira
1,711
47
112
240
46.7
7.1
36.4
17
14
70.0
7.1
5.8
10Norm Snead
N. Snead
1,705
12
138
237
58.2
7.2
142.1
11
11
76.7
4.6
4.6
18
124
11Tom Owen
T. Owen
1,645
14
112
235
47.7
7.0
117.5
11
17
56.4
4.7
7.2
31
259
12Jeff Kemp
J. Kemp
1,554
10
119
200
59.5
7.8
155.4
11
8
85.7
5.5
4.0
8
56
13Lamar McHan
L. McHan
1,243
11
83
195
42.6
6.4
113.0
8
11
54.3
4.1
5.6
14Scott Bull
S. Bull
992
36
76
193
39.4
5.1
27.6
3
17
24.8
1.6
8.8
33
251
15Joe Reed
J. Reed
905
21
80
188
42.6
4.8
43.1
4
13
35.9
2.1
6.9
17
106
16Matt Cavanaugh
M. Cavanaugh
783
29
61
115
53.0
6.8
27.0
5
1
85.5
4.3
0.9
12
93
17Bob Waters
B. Waters
707
30
59
124
47.6
5.7
23.6
3
8
46.7
2.4
6.5
18Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
653
39
40
77
51.9
8.5
16.7
2
9
49.8
2.6
11.7
19Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
621
12
38
78
48.7
8.0
51.8
1
6
48.1
1.3
7.7
20Mike Moroski
M. Moroski
493
15
42
73
57.5
6.8
32.9
2
3
70.2
2.7
4.1
6
52
21Jim Powers
J. Powers
367
46
31
70
44.3
5.2
8.0
1
4
41.8
1.4
5.7
22Guy Benjamin
G. Benjamin
292
10
23
39
59.0
7.5
29.2
2
1
88.8
5.1
2.6
3
30
23Bob Gagliano
B. Gagliano
229
3
16
29
55.2
7.9
76.3
1
1
78.1
3.4
3.4
4
22
24Dennis Morrison
D. Morrison
227
3
21
51
41.2
4.5
75.7
1
5
21.9
2.0
9.8
0
0
25John David Crow
J. David Crow
168
56
6
13
46.2
12.9
3.0
1
2
78.7
7.7
15.4
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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14
3
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.824
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers
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14
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14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
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8
9
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14
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AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
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11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176