most passing yards between 1970 to 2000

Between the 1970 and 2000 seasons, Dan Marino had the most passing yards, with 61,361 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player between 1970 to 2000
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
61,361
242
4,967
8,358
59.4
7.3
253.6
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
2John Elway
J. Elway
51,475
234
4,123
7,250
56.9
7.1
220.0
300
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
3Warren Moon
W. Moon
49,325
208
3,988
6,823
58.4
7.2
237.1
291
233
80.9
4.3
3.4
458
3,415
4Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
43,040
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
5Joe Montana
J. Montana
40,551
192
3,409
5,391
63.2
7.5
211.2
273
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
6Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
38,147
213
3,105
5,311
58.5
7.2
179.1
261
199
81.5
4.9
3.7
494
3,794
7Boomer 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
8Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
36,307
173
2,897
5,203
55.7
7.0
209.9
226
216
74.7
4.3
4.2
329
2,430
9Jim 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
10Jim 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
11Brett Favre
B. Favre
34,706
145
2,997
4,931
60.8
7.0
239.4
255
157
86.0
5.2
3.2
300
1,922
12Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
34,241
206
2,874
5,024
57.2
6.8
166.2
196
204
74.2
3.9
4.1
296
2,469
13Phil Simms
P. Simms
33,462
164
2,576
4,647
55.4
7.2
204.0
199
157
78.5
4.3
3.4
477
3,418
14Steve Young
S. Young
33,124
169
2,667
4,149
64.3
8.0
196.0
232
107
96.8
5.6
2.6
358
2,055
15Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
32,942
165
2,898
4,715
61.5
7.0
199.6
165
141
81.6
3.5
3.0
259
1,748
16Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
32,838
192
2,654
4,475
59.3
7.3
171.0
197
160
81.9
4.4
3.6
398
2,875
17Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
29,817
186
2,369
4,519
52.4
6.6
160.3
196
209
68.4
4.3
4.6
312
2,710
18Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
29,406
155
2,375
4,200
56.5
7.0
189.7
204
132
81.5
4.9
3.1
472
3,471
19Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
29,257
122
2,504
4,452
56.2
6.6
239.8
164
136
75.9
3.7
3.1
257
1,757
20Jim Hart
J. Hart
28,483
164
2,173
4,183
51.9
6.8
173.7
169
187
68.6
4.0
4.5
233
1,836
21Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
28,190
188
2,187
4,117
53.1
6.8
149.9
179
164
72.8
4.3
4.0
363
2,826
22Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
27,989
168
2,025
3,901
51.9
7.2
166.6
212
210
70.9
5.4
5.4
307
2,694
23Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
27,938
184
2,270
3,793
59.8
7.4
151.8
194
222
75.3
5.1
5.9
281
2,514
24Jeff George
J. George
27,434
129
2,275
3,925
58.0
7.0
212.7
154
110
80.9
3.9
2.8
352
2,653
25Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
26,886
149
1,879
3,593
52.3
7.5
180.4
182
208
69.6
5.1
5.8
247
1,986
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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11
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11
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12
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8
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8
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.471
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.471
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9
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.471
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11
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