most passing yards 1983 to 1997

Between the 1983 and 1997 seasons, Dan Marino had the most passing yards, with 55,416 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player 1983 to 1997
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
55,416
215
4,453
7,452
59.8
7.4
257.7
385
220
87.8
5.2
3.0
238
1,686
2John Elway
J. Elway
48,669
221
3,913
6,894
56.8
7.1
220.2
278
216
79.2
4.0
3.1
498
3,650
3Warren Moon
W. Moon
47,465
195
3,827
6,528
58.6
7.3
243.4
279
224
81.2
4.3
3.4
431
3,229
4Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
37,920
187
2,969
5,205
57.0
7.3
202.8
247
184
81.1
4.7
3.5
318
2,438
5Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
36,604
197
2,980
5,098
58.5
7.2
185.8
252
192
81.5
4.9
3.8
464
3,571
6Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
35,467
160
2,874
4,779
60.1
7.4
221.7
237
175
84.4
5.0
3.7
323
2,427
7Jim Everett
J. Everett
34,837
158
2,841
4,923
57.7
7.1
220.5
203
175
78.6
4.1
3.6
257
1,885
8Joe Montana
J. Montana
32,482
136
2,696
4,261
63.3
7.6
238.8
221
107
93.4
5.2
2.5
252
1,636
9Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
29,223
142
2,300
4,177
55.1
7.0
205.8
175
183
72.8
4.2
4.4
297
2,219
10Steve Young
S. Young
28,508
151
2,300
3,548
64.8
8.0
188.8
193
91
97.0
5.4
2.6
302
1,758
11Phil Simms
P. Simms
27,367
129
2,077
3,664
56.7
7.5
212.1
160
115
81.9
4.4
3.1
364
2,565
12Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
26,016
129
2,292
3,696
62.0
7.0
201.7
129
110
82.3
3.5
3.0
218
1,469
13Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
25,094
129
2,110
3,602
58.6
7.0
194.5
128
98
80.4
3.6
2.7
353
2,654
14Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
24,450
136
1,979
3,433
57.6
7.1
179.8
143
126
78.4
4.2
3.7
219
1,823
15Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
23,378
128
1,918
3,450
55.6
6.8
182.6
156
109
78.6
4.5
3.2
429
3,193
16Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
23,301
126
1,994
3,365
59.3
6.9
184.9
124
87
81.8
3.7
2.6
273
1,660
17Brett Favre
B. Favre
22,591
97
1,971
3,205
61.5
7.0
232.9
182
95
89.3
5.7
3.0
194
1,240
18Jeff George
J. George
22,043
103
1,878
3,233
58.1
6.8
214.0
120
87
80.1
3.7
2.7
290
2,169
19Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
21,683
118
1,839
3,121
58.9
6.9
183.8
135
124
78.0
4.3
4.0
178
1,255
20Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
20,272
142
1,769
2,989
59.2
6.8
142.8
99
82
79.3
3.3
2.7
287
1,683
21Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
20,063
118
1,426
2,808
50.8
7.1
170.0
114
108
71.7
4.1
3.8
208
1,600
22Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
19,829
85
1,589
2,712
58.6
7.3
233.3
127
74
85.6
4.7
2.7
299
2,180
23Chris Miller
C. Miller
18,793
95
1,534
2,811
54.6
6.7
197.8
121
101
74.8
4.3
3.6
202
1,476
24Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
18,416
100
1,461
2,604
56.1
7.1
184.2
115
88
78.9
4.4
3.4
96
658
25Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
18,348
76
1,624
2,901
56.0
6.3
241.4
108
88
74.9
3.7
3.0
121
856
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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3
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10
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
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13
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8
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14
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11
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
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9
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.441
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12
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13
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11
6
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9
7
1
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9
8
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9
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
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.471
6
11
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.353
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14
3
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12
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