most pass yards in a season before 1984

Before 1984, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards in a season, with 4,802 yards in 1981.

Interpreted as:
most pass yards by a player in a season before 1984
NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
4,802
1981
SD SD
16
360
609
59.1
7.9
300.1
33
17
90.6
5.4
2.8
19
134
2 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
4,715
1980
SD SD
16
348
589
59.1
8.0
294.7
30
24
84.7
5.1
4.1
32
210
3 Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
4,458
1983
GB GB
16
289
484
59.7
9.2
278.6
32
29
87.3
6.6
6.0
40
307
4 Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
4,348
1983
KC KC
16
346
603
57.4
7.2
271.8
24
18
80.8
4.0
3.0
41
284
5 Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
4,132
1980
CLE CLE
16
337
554
60.8
7.5
258.3
30
14
91.4
5.4
2.5
23
217
6 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
4,082
1979
SD SD
16
332
530
62.6
7.7
255.1
24
24
82.6
4.5
4.5
28
195
7 Joe Namath
J. Namath
4,007
1967
NYJ NYJ
14
258
491
52.5
8.2
286.2
26
28
73.8
5.3
5.7
8 Danny White
D. White
3,980
1983
DAL DAL
16
334
533
62.7
7.5
248.8
29
23
85.6
5.4
4.3
37
314
9 Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
3,912
1981
MIN MIN
14
322
593
54.3
6.6
279.4
26
24
72.6
4.4
4.0
19
149
10 Joe Montana
J. Montana
3,910
1983
SF SF
16
332
515
64.5
7.6
244.4
26
12
94.6
5.0
2.3
33
224
11 Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
3,876
1981
CLE CLE
16
313
567
55.2
6.8
242.3
17
25
68.2
3.0
4.4
34
310
12 Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
3,829
1981
ATL ATL
16
297
533
55.7
7.2
239.3
30
23
79.2
5.6
4.3
37
287
13 Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
3,793
1979
CLE CLE
16
286
535
53.5
7.1
237.1
28
26
73.4
5.2
4.9
43
347
14 Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
3,754
1981
CIN CIN
16
300
479
62.6
7.8
234.6
29
10
98.4
6.1
2.1
25
140
15 Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
3,747
1967
WAS WAS
14
288
508
56.7
7.4
267.6
31
16
87.3
6.1
3.1
16 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
3,724
1979
PIT PIT
16
259
472
54.9
7.9
232.8
26
25
77.0
5.5
5.3
24
196
17 Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
3,723
1961
PHI PHI
14
235
416
56.5
8.9
265.9
32
24
88.1
7.7
5.8
18 Archie Manning
A. Manning
3,716
1980
NO NO
16
309
509
60.7
7.3
232.3
23
20
81.8
4.5
3.9
41
311
19 Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
3,714
1983
WAS WAS
16
276
459
60.1
8.1
232.1
29
11
97.0
6.3
2.4
34
242
20 Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
3,661
1979
SEA SEA
16
285
505
56.4
7.2
228.8
20
18
77.7
4.0
3.6
23
201
21 Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
3,652
1981
BUF BUF
16
252
498
50.6
7.3
228.3
24
20
74.1
4.8
4.0
15
137
22 Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
3,652
1979
SF SF
16
347
578
60.0
6.3
228.3
17
21
73.1
2.9
3.6
17
119
23 Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
3,615
1979
OAK OAK
16
304
498
61.0
7.3
225.9
26
22
82.2
5.2
4.4
34
284
24 Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
3,586
1979
DAL DAL
16
267
461
57.9
7.8
224.1
27
11
92.3
5.9
2.4
36
240
25 Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
3,582
1980
MIN MIN
15
299
522
57.3
6.9
238.8
19
23
72.2
3.6
4.4
37
214
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2
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9
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2
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.882
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6
0
.647