most passing yards between 1977 to 1979

Between the 1977 and 1979 seasons, Roger Staubach had the most passing yards, with 9,396 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player between 1977 to 1979
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
9,396
45
708
1,235
57.3
7.6
208.8
70
36
88.3
5.7
2.9
98
678
2Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
9,162
46
628
1,154
54.4
7.9
199.2
71
64
77.9
6.2
5.5
71
653
3Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
8,735
45
710
1,198
59.3
7.3
194.1
62
72
74.1
5.2
6.0
87
772
4Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
8,631
42
637
1,199
53.1
7.2
205.5
51
57
70.7
4.3
4.8
78
528
5Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
8,511
46
634
1,245
50.9
6.8
185.0
42
54
66.2
3.4
4.3
108
903
6Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
8,272
46
547
1,090
50.2
7.6
179.8
60
64
69.4
5.5
5.9
80
680
7Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
7,950
35
625
1,020
61.3
7.8
227.1
52
50
82.2
5.1
4.9
60
402
8Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
7,932
41
620
1,129
54.9
7.0
193.5
58
55
73.9
5.1
4.9
88
690
9Jim Hart
J. Hart
7,881
43
620
1,210
51.2
6.5
183.3
38
58
62.4
3.1
4.8
58
438
10Archie Manning
A. Manning
7,869
42
656
1,096
59.9
7.2
187.4
40
45
76.9
3.6
4.1
90
729
11Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
7,339
46
562
1,118
50.3
6.6
159.5
52
49
68.6
4.7
4.4
122
902
12Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
6,704
41
528
981
53.8
6.8
163.5
37
43
69.7
3.8
4.4
104
758
13Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
6,550
45
531
1,011
52.5
6.5
145.6
43
53
65.2
4.3
5.2
64
533
14Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
6,487
46
504
967
52.1
6.7
141.0
40
40
70.0
4.1
4.1
106
895
15Pat Haden
P. Haden
6,400
38
514
950
54.1
6.7
168.4
35
39
70.4
3.7
4.1
70
545
16Craig Morton
C. Morton
6,357
42
481
891
54.0
7.1
151.4
41
35
75.8
4.6
3.9
109
817
17Bob Griese
B. Griese
6,203
39
504
852
59.2
7.3
159.1
47
40
80.5
5.5
4.7
80
691
18Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
5,790
36
455
885
51.4
6.5
160.8
32
51
60.2
3.6
5.8
107
931
19Richard Todd
R. Todd
5,372
32
364
706
51.6
7.6
167.9
33
49
63.4
4.7
6.9
64
547
20Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
5,222
28
484
880
55.0
5.9
186.5
25
43
61.8
2.8
4.9
34
275
21Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
5,202
25
500
830
60.2
6.3
208.1
34
46
69.0
4.1
5.5
49
486
22David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
4,974
36
397
755
52.6
6.6
138.2
21
42
59.4
2.8
5.6
77
582
23Greg Landry
G. Landry
4,743
32
453
774
58.5
6.1
148.2
22
23
73.5
2.8
3.0
97
833
24Bob Avellini
B. Avellini
4,032
34
322
608
53.0
6.6
118.6
18
37
58.4
3.0
6.1
57
466
25Joe Pisarcik
J. Pisarcik
3,979
32
289
650
44.5
6.1
124.3
18
43
46.3
2.8
6.6
77
590
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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