most passing yards 1978 to 1983

Between the 1978 and 1983 seasons, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards, with 22,456 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player 1978 to 1983
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
22,456
82
1,683
2,779
60.6
8.1
273.9
148
111
87.3
5.3
4.0
127
870
2Brian 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
3Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
17,667
89
1,412
2,446
57.7
7.2
198.5
111
87
80.6
4.5
3.6
199
1,660
4Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
17,439
83
1,385
2,439
56.8
7.2
210.1
118
93
79.4
4.8
3.8
221
1,771
5Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
17,171
89
1,305
2,416
54.0
7.1
192.9
116
90
77.2
4.8
3.7
207
1,599
6Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
16,757
89
1,341
2,497
53.7
6.7
188.3
107
109
70.9
4.3
4.4
138
1,267
7Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
15,784
86
1,274
2,283
55.8
6.9
183.5
79
85
73.4
3.5
3.7
164
1,243
8Richard Todd
R. Todd
15,508
77
1,235
2,196
56.2
7.1
201.4
96
109
72.3
4.4
5.0
177
1,414
9Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
15,080
83
1,292
2,146
60.2
7.0
181.7
84
126
70.1
3.9
5.9
158
1,414
10Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
14,919
78
1,244
2,018
61.6
7.4
191.3
85
77
82.4
4.2
3.8
176
1,216
11Terry 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
12Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
13,785
70
913
1,732
52.7
8.0
196.9
90
97
73.2
5.2
5.6
139
1,043
13Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
13,528
61
1,172
2,087
56.2
6.5
221.8
86
88
72.1
4.1
4.2
117
780
14Archie Manning
A. Manning
13,383
72
1,097
1,852
59.2
7.2
185.9
68
83
75.1
3.7
4.5
156
1,233
15Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
13,157
59
955
1,653
57.8
8.0
223.0
81
87
77.8
4.9
5.3
157
1,235
16Danny White
D. White
12,926
89
1,012
1,680
60.2
7.7
145.2
96
76
84.5
5.7
4.5
127
1,120
17Doug Williams
D. Williams
12,648
67
895
1,890
47.4
6.7
188.8
73
73
66.2
3.9
3.9
65
583
18Joe Montana
J. Montana
11,979
72
1,045
1,645
63.5
7.3
166.4
78
44
90.0
4.7
2.7
94
683
19Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
11,039
72
984
1,747
56.3
6.3
153.3
59
84
66.6
3.4
4.8
96
787
20Jim Hart
J. Hart
10,770
63
865
1,645
52.6
6.5
171.0
57
80
64.5
3.5
4.9
113
859
21Craig Morton
C. Morton
9,966
58
776
1,340
57.9
7.4
171.8
60
57
78.5
4.5
4.3
149
1,082
22Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
8,976
56
692
1,207
57.3
7.4
160.3
66
63
77.3
5.5
5.2
64
568
23Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
8,403
49
648
1,154
56.2
7.3
171.5
57
59
74.4
4.9
5.1
125
1,052
24Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
8,364
56
658
1,174
56.0
7.1
149.4
51
51
74.9
4.3
4.3
108
872
25Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
8,065
39
625
1,115
56.1
7.2
206.8
45
42
76.7
4.0
3.8
89
653
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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