most passing yards 1970 to 1979 playoff included

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing yards in the regular-season and playoffs, with 25,666 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player 1970 to 1979 playoff included
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
25,666
131
2,205
3,737
59.0
6.9
195.9
167
149
78.2
4.5
4.0
258
2,203
2Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
25,026
144
1,881
3,316
56.7
7.5
173.8
175
126
82.6
5.3
3.8
362
2,438
3Jim Hart
J. Hart
23,517
130
1,779
3,467
51.3
6.8
180.9
139
149
68.6
4.0
4.3
169
1,365
4Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
23,426
147
1,707
3,276
52.1
7.2
159.4
175
187
69.3
5.3
5.7
263
2,347
5Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
21,476
142
1,674
2,806
59.7
7.7
151.2
169
154
80.9
6.0
5.5
210
1,881
6Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
20,344
121
1,601
2,839
56.4
7.2
168.1
127
102
78.9
4.5
3.6
279
2,065
7Bob Griese
B. Griese
19,596
134
1,504
2,599
57.9
7.5
146.2
150
130
80.1
5.8
5.0
240
2,092
8Craig Morton
C. Morton
18,590
144
1,395
2,675
52.1
6.9
129.1
118
133
68.5
4.4
5.0
277
2,077
9Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
17,818
130
1,497
2,884
51.9
6.2
137.1
100
147
61.4
3.5
5.1
233
2,069
10Archie Manning
A. Manning
16,568
105
1,405
2,587
54.3
6.4
157.8
87
123
65.4
3.4
4.8
276
2,147
11Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
15,072
81
1,166
2,052
56.8
7.3
186.1
82
106
71.8
4.0
5.2
152
1,063
12Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
14,969
102
1,180
2,206
53.5
6.8
146.8
117
99
73.9
5.3
4.5
141
1,025
13Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
14,714
96
1,080
2,139
50.5
6.9
153.3
94
94
69.2
4.4
4.4
191
1,535
14John Hadl
J. Hadl
14,610
113
1,131
2,198
51.5
6.6
129.3
101
124
64.5
4.6
5.6
166
1,358
15Greg Landry
G. Landry
14,240
105
1,129
2,008
56.2
7.1
135.6
89
79
76.9
4.4
3.9
276
2,131
16Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
14,038
95
1,217
2,267
53.7
6.2
147.8
92
74
72.5
4.1
3.3
154
1,156
17Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
13,306
91
990
2,009
49.3
6.6
146.2
85
118
60.4
4.2
5.9
204
1,817
18Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
12,356
75
846
1,701
49.7
7.3
164.7
90
105
65.7
5.3
6.2
121
1,045
19Joe Namath
J. Namath
12,176
71
860
1,719
50.0
7.1
171.5
76
116
59.9
4.4
6.7
96
935
20Bert Jones
B. Jones
11,834
71
919
1,654
55.6
7.2
166.7
79
58
79.5
4.8
3.5
172
1,526
21Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
11,202
56
845
1,638
51.6
6.8
200.0
63
84
65.0
3.8
5.1
103
724
22Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
11,075
72
902
1,637
55.1
6.8
153.8
77
79
71.8
4.7
4.8
127
1,012
23Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
10,172
81
828
1,590
52.1
6.4
125.6
52
77
62.9
3.3
4.8
141
1,268
24Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
10,005
112
839
1,719
48.8
5.8
89.3
52
106
51.4
3.0
6.2
164
1,418
25Len Dawson
L. Dawson
9,854
77
798
1,370
58.2
7.2
128.0
56
63
75.1
4.1
4.6
154
1,334
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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