most passing yards 1980 to 1989 by a afc qb

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards by an AFC quarterback, with 28,301 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
28,301
101
2,156
3,599
59.9
7.9
280.2
172
141
84.4
4.8
3.9
169
1,257
2Dan Marino
D. Marino
27,853
103
2,174
3,650
59.6
7.6
270.4
220
125
89.3
6.0
3.4
83
670
3John Elway
J. Elway
21,195
100
1,665
3,070
54.2
6.9
212.0
120
114
73.6
3.9
3.7
207
1,589
4Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
20,858
103
1,644
2,843
57.8
7.3
202.5
169
116
83.7
5.9
4.1
269
2,158
5Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
18,350
85
1,296
2,285
56.7
8.0
215.9
126
76
87.3
5.5
3.3
155
1,277
6Warren Moon
W. Moon
18,300
84
1,339
2,441
54.9
7.5
217.9
101
99
75.9
4.1
4.1
206
1,654
7Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
17,589
82
1,471
2,467
59.6
7.1
214.5
96
68
83.0
3.9
2.8
261
1,942
8Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
17,277
106
1,330
2,430
54.7
7.1
163.0
105
86
77.0
4.3
3.5
195
1,487
9Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
14,120
72
998
1,835
54.4
7.7
196.1
89
103
72.2
4.9
5.6
118
876
10Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
13,888
65
1,134
1,940
58.5
7.2
213.7
75
47
83.4
3.9
2.4
139
888
11Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
13,040
69
1,119
2,053
54.5
6.4
189.0
89
96
68.9
4.3
4.7
101
994
12Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
12,901
57
1,032
1,742
59.2
7.4
226.3
81
63
82.7
4.6
3.6
130
1,014
13Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
12,808
73
1,084
1,690
64.1
7.6
175.5
72
59
86.8
4.3
3.5
127
866
14Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
12,766
110
946
1,816
52.1
7.0
116.1
80
91
68.6
4.4
5.0
181
1,282
15Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
12,638
53
1,042
1,802
57.8
7.0
238.5
77
70
77.6
4.3
3.9
97
877
16Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
12,576
66
953
1,692
56.3
7.4
190.5
79
80
75.9
4.7
4.7
176
1,462
17Richard Todd
R. Todd
11,999
57
1,004
1,755
57.2
6.8
210.5
74
77
74.0
4.2
4.4
137
1,070
18Tony Eason
T. Eason
10,987
74
898
1,536
58.5
7.2
148.5
61
50
80.3
4.0
3.3
173
1,315
19Mark Malone
M. Malone
10,175
73
839
1,648
50.9
6.2
139.4
60
81
61.9
3.6
4.9
86
671
20Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
9,283
58
734
1,284
57.2
7.2
160.1
49
56
74.4
3.8
4.4
92
755
21Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
8,920
70
748
1,352
55.3
6.6
127.4
44
49
71.4
3.3
3.6
98
766
22David Woodley
D. Woodley
8,558
58
687
1,300
52.8
6.6
147.6
48
63
65.7
3.7
4.8
84
631
23Mike Pagel
M. Pagel
8,323
77
665
1,305
51.0
6.4
108.1
43
52
65.5
3.3
4.0
110
797
24Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
8,071
39
551
1,042
52.9
7.7
206.9
65
47
80.4
6.2
4.5
68
531
25Jack Trudeau
J. Trudeau
6,287
37
536
1,042
51.4
6.0
169.9
29
40
63.4
2.8
3.8
64
451
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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