most passing yards by a player through 1989

Before 1990, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing yards, with 47,003 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	47,003	246	3,686	6,467	57.0	7.3	191.1	342	266	80.4	5.3	4.1	274	2,337
2	Dan 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
3	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	40,239	211	2,830	5,186	54.6	7.8	190.7	290	253	78.2	5.6	4.9	74	590
4	Jim Hart J. Hart	34,665	201	2,593	5,076	51.1	6.8	172.5	209	247	66.6	4.1	4.9	243	1,936
5	John Hadl J. Hadl	33,503	224	2,363	4,687	50.4	7.1	149.6	244	268	67.4	5.2	5.7	179	1,514
6	Ken 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
7	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	32,224	218	2,433	4,262	57.1	7.6	147.8	255	189	82.6	6.0	4.4	94	748
8	John Brodie J. Brodie	31,548	201	2,469	4,491	55.0	7.0	157.0	214	224	72.3	4.8	5.0	47	380
9	Joe Montana J. Montana	31,054	151	2,593	4,059	63.9	7.7	205.7	216	107	94.0	5.3	2.6	252	1,741
10	Norm Snead N. Snead	30,797	178	2,276	4,353	52.3	7.1	173.0	196	257	65.5	4.5	5.9	94	744
11	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	29,796	185	2,367	4,511	52.5	6.6	161.1	196	207	68.7	4.3	4.6	312	2,710
12	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	29,444	183	2,366	4,498	52.6	6.5	160.9	201	149	74.3	4.5	3.3	168	1,268
13	Len Dawson L. Dawson	28,711	211	2,136	3,741	57.1	7.7	136.1	239	183	82.6	6.4	4.9	167	1,423
14	Y.A. Tittle	28,339	178	2,118	3,817	55.5	7.4	159.2	212	221	73.6	5.6	5.8
15	Ron 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
16	Terry 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
17	Ken 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
18	Craig Morton C. Morton	27,908	207	2,053	3,786	54.2	7.4	134.8	183	187	73.5	4.8	4.9	373	2,800
19	Dan Marino D. Marino	27,853	103	2,174	3,650	59.6	7.6	270.4	220	125	89.3	6.0	3.4	83	670
20	Joe Namath J. Namath	27,663	140	1,886	3,762	50.1	7.4	197.6	173	220	65.5	4.6	5.8	109	1,052
21	George Blanda G. Blanda	26,920	340	1,911	4,007	47.7	6.7	79.2	236	277	60.6	5.9	6.9	12	94
22	Bobby Layne B. Layne	26,768	175	1,814	3,700	49.0	7.2	153.0	196	243	63.4	5.3	6.6
23	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	26,271	145	1,829	3,501	52.2	7.5	181.2	178	205	69.4	5.1	5.9	238	1,918
24	Phil Simms P. Simms	26,235	124	1,980	3,658	54.1	7.2	211.6	156	137	75.7	4.3	3.7	396	2,951
25	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	25,882	157	1,943	3,701	52.5	7.0	164.9	164	198	67.5	4.4	5.3	380	3,279

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