most passing yards between 1970 to 1975

Between the 1970 and 1975 seasons, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing yards, with 15,700 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player between 1970 to 1975
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
15,700
82
1,301
2,203
59.1
7.1
191.5
105
78
82.1
4.8
3.5
164
1,341
2John Hadl
J. Hadl
13,767
84
1,053
2,038
51.7
6.8
163.9
94
112
65.8
4.6
5.5
144
1,175
3Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
13,547
78
1,170
2,172
53.9
6.2
173.7
90
72
73.0
4.1
3.3
141
1,045
4Jim Hart
J. Hart
12,199
71
901
1,788
50.4
6.8
171.8
81
74
70.4
4.5
4.1
90
756
5Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
11,154
72
858
1,575
54.5
7.1
154.9
85
72
75.9
5.4
4.6
95
654
6Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
10,959
64
863
1,466
58.9
7.5
171.2
69
44
85.5
4.7
3.0
133
1,016
7Joe Namath
J. Namath
10,480
56
696
1,382
50.4
7.6
187.1
69
95
63.6
5.0
6.9
73
709
8Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
10,168
66
746
1,307
57.1
7.8
154.1
68
60
80.3
5.2
4.6
174
1,155
9Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
9,932
61
729
1,503
48.5
6.6
162.8
62
87
59.7
4.1
5.8
146
1,317
10Bob Griese
B. Griese
9,829
70
726
1,267
57.3
7.8
140.4
82
66
82.0
6.5
5.2
115
983
11Len Dawson
L. Dawson
9,608
76
780
1,344
58.0
7.1
126.4
55
61
75.0
4.1
4.5
154
1,334
12Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
9,579
73
754
1,513
49.8
6.3
131.2
66
90
59.7
4.4
5.9
152
1,346
13Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
9,482
78
707
1,345
52.6
7.0
121.6
62
71
68.6
4.6
5.3
107
793
14Craig Morton
C. Morton
9,401
78
688
1,323
52.0
7.1
120.5
60
66
69.4
4.5
5.0
112
849
15Norm Snead
N. Snead
8,903
62
750
1,318
56.9
6.8
143.6
54
78
66.6
4.1
5.9
68
547
16Archie Manning
A. Manning
8,699
63
749
1,491
50.2
5.8
138.1
47
78
57.0
3.2
5.2
186
1,418
17Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
8,519
67
728
1,448
50.3
5.9
127.1
43
76
56.5
3.0
5.2
134
1,210
18John Brodie
J. Brodie
7,614
48
599
1,069
56.0
7.1
158.6
54
54
74.2
5.1
5.1
31
246
19Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
7,606
73
582
992
58.7
7.7
104.2
61
54
80.7
6.1
5.4
83
716
20Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
7,554
84
613
1,280
47.9
5.9
89.9
37
81
49.9
2.9
6.3
135
1,172
21Greg Landry
G. Landry
7,258
58
503
931
54.0
7.8
125.1
50
48
76.0
5.4
5.2
121
889
22Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
6,880
54
491
981
50.1
7.0
127.4
59
55
69.7
6.0
5.6
61
536
23Bob Berry
B. Berry
6,419
54
493
850
58.0
7.6
118.9
46
44
78.4
5.4
5.2
100
708
24Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
6,347
50
489
924
52.9
6.9
126.9
35
68
56.8
3.8
7.4
124
1,072
25Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
5,246
54
451
736
61.3
7.1
97.1
42
26
87.1
5.7
3.5
54
426
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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