most pass yards 1978 to 1987

Between the 1978 and 1987 seasons, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards, with 35,382 yards.

Interpreted as:
most pass yards by a player 1978 to 1987
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
35,382
132
2,712
4,510
60.1
7.8
268.0
220
185
84.1
4.9
4.1
219
1,582
2Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
24,780
128
1,922
3,572
53.8
6.9
193.6
157
130
75.3
4.4
3.6
297
2,314
3Joe Montana
J. Montana
24,552
124
2,084
3,276
63.6
7.5
198.0
172
89
92.5
5.3
2.7
185
1,320
4Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
22,832
116
1,862
3,224
57.8
7.1
196.8
143
116
79.5
4.4
3.6
284
2,315
5Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
22,180
104
1,821
3,282
55.5
6.8
213.3
142
137
73.5
4.3
4.2
218
1,393
6Danny White
D. White
21,437
135
1,715
2,878
59.6
7.4
158.8
152
126
82.1
5.3
4.4
233
2,006
7Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
20,989
105
1,696
2,945
57.6
7.1
199.9
136
107
80.0
4.6
3.6
290
2,313
8Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
20,053
115
1,636
3,050
53.6
6.6
174.4
128
136
69.6
4.2
4.5
187
1,760
9Phil Simms
P. Simms
19,815
94
1,489
2,774
53.7
7.1
210.8
121
112
74.3
4.4
4.0
303
2,302
10Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
19,582
127
1,698
2,997
56.7
6.5
154.2
116
139
70.1
3.9
4.6
179
1,491
11Dan Marino
D. Marino
19,422
71
1,512
2,494
60.6
7.8
273.5
168
80
94.1
6.7
3.2
67
553
12Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
19,376
94
1,562
2,710
57.6
7.1
206.1
116
79
82.0
4.3
2.9
316
2,385
13Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
19,337
85
1,550
2,736
56.7
7.1
227.5
126
111
77.2
4.6
4.1
169
1,453
14Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
18,558
86
1,364
2,368
57.6
7.8
215.8
121
123
78.1
5.1
5.2
219
1,705
15Richard Todd
R. Todd
17,877
94
1,412
2,540
55.6
7.0
190.2
110
132
70.5
4.3
5.2
211
1,691
16Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
17,699
91
1,185
2,219
53.4
8.0
194.5
119
119
75.4
5.4
5.4
168
1,260
17Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
17,367
100
1,446
2,348
61.6
7.4
173.7
98
91
82.0
4.2
3.9
203
1,427
18Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
16,857
116
1,357
2,459
55.2
6.9
145.3
83
95
71.8
3.4
3.9
177
1,346
19Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
16,728
90
1,272
2,316
54.9
7.2
185.9
105
81
78.5
4.5
3.5
182
1,380
20Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
15,808
79
1,224
2,116
57.8
7.5
200.1
130
88
84.6
6.1
4.2
220
1,777
21Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
15,419
86
1,325
2,216
59.8
7.0
179.3
86
131
69.2
3.9
5.9
163
1,454
22John Elway
J. Elway
14,835
70
1,168
2,158
54.1
6.9
211.9
85
77
74.1
3.9
3.6
142
1,054
23Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
14,710
71
1,017
1,882
54.0
7.8
207.2
119
92
80.4
6.3
4.9
113
949
24Archie Manning
A. Manning
13,928
78
1,149
1,946
59.0
7.2
178.6
70
86
74.7
3.6
4.4
174
1,386
25Doug Williams
D. Williams
13,804
73
976
2,034
48.0
6.8
189.1
84
78
68.1
4.1
3.8
72
636
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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