most passing yards between 1976 to 1981

Between the 1976 and 1981 seasons, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards, with 20,002 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player between 1976 to 1981
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
20,002
81
1,541
2,577
59.8
7.8
246.9
129
106
83.8
5.0
4.1
150
966
2Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
18,053
87
1,448
2,562
56.5
7.0
207.5
122
108
76.9
4.8
4.2
161
1,359
3Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
17,336
85
1,357
2,523
53.8
6.9
204.0
93
113
69.2
3.7
4.5
171
1,266
4Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
16,662
86
1,362
2,231
61.0
7.5
193.7
116
135
76.2
5.2
6.1
162
1,493
5Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
16,565
85
1,139
2,140
53.2
7.7
194.9
127
109
77.2
5.9
5.1
137
1,217
6Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
16,054
85
1,211
2,333
51.9
6.9
188.9
95
93
71.0
4.1
4.0
147
1,249
7Jim Hart
J. Hart
15,467
82
1,200
2,264
53.0
6.8
188.6
83
105
67.6
3.7
4.6
130
981
8Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
14,603
84
1,173
2,073
56.6
7.0
173.8
91
80
77.1
4.4
3.9
187
1,307
9Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
14,509
80
984
1,914
51.4
7.6
181.4
103
122
67.9
5.4
6.4
134
1,110
10Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
14,236
83
1,089
2,082
52.3
6.8
171.5
103
86
73.4
4.9
4.1
175
1,363
11Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
14,053
92
1,138
2,080
54.7
6.8
152.8
84
86
72.1
4.0
4.1
187
1,608
12Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
13,840
73
1,066
2,001
53.3
6.9
189.6
95
99
70.5
4.7
4.9
197
1,692
13Craig Morton
C. Morton
13,567
81
1,042
1,852
56.3
7.3
167.5
83
82
76.0
4.5
4.4
228
1,686
14Archie Manning
A. Manning
13,032
70
1,099
1,837
59.8
7.1
186.2
68
76
76.6
3.7
4.1
152
1,204
15Bert Jones
B. Jones
13,031
65
993
1,742
57.0
7.5
200.5
92
65
82.8
5.3
3.7
136
1,169
16Richard Todd
R. Todd
12,802
77
972
1,844
52.7
6.9
166.3
78
104
65.5
4.2
5.6
165
1,330
17Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
12,111
59
916
1,604
57.1
7.6
205.3
84
47
86.4
5.2
2.9
127
893
18Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
11,366
55
971
1,754
55.4
6.5
206.7
73
76
71.0
4.2
4.3
99
668
19Doug Williams
D. Williams
10,577
58
731
1,583
46.2
6.7
182.4
64
62
65.6
4.0
3.9
54
455
20Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
9,996
70
828
1,602
51.7
6.2
142.8
60
85
61.5
3.7
5.3
112
1,019
21Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
9,720
53
770
1,414
54.5
6.9
183.4
49
72
66.4
3.5
5.1
141
1,198
22Pat Haden
P. Haden
9,296
65
731
1,363
53.6
6.8
143.0
52
60
69.6
3.8
4.4
115
888
23Bob Griese
B. Griese
9,090
57
727
1,224
59.4
7.4
159.5
64
56
80.9
5.2
4.6
119
1,046
24Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
8,163
38
755
1,242
60.8
6.6
214.8
51
54
75.7
4.1
4.3
74
707
25Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
8,017
53
734
1,309
56.1
6.1
151.3
43
66
64.3
3.3
5.0
55
456
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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