most passing yards by a qb 1981 to 1990

Between the 1981 and 1990 seasons, Joe Montana had the most passing yards by a quarterback, with 33,107 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
33,107
135
2,725
4,283
63.6
7.7
245.2
226
114
93.8
5.3
2.7
266
1,794
2Dan Marino
D. Marino
31,416
119
2,480
4,181
59.3
7.5
264.0
241
136
88.5
5.8
3.3
98
760
3John Elway
J. Elway
24,721
116
1,959
3,572
54.8
6.9
213.1
135
128
74.3
3.8
3.6
250
1,900
4Phil Simms
P. Simms
24,455
113
1,837
3,302
55.6
7.4
216.4
143
108
80.1
4.3
3.3
341
2,503
5Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
24,052
118
1,909
3,289
58.0
7.3
203.8
184
136
82.3
5.6
4.1
308
2,512
6Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
23,586
85
1,808
3,010
60.1
7.8
277.5
142
117
84.3
4.7
3.9
137
1,047
7Warren Moon
W. Moon
22,989
99
1,701
3,025
56.2
7.6
232.2
134
112
79.9
4.4
3.7
242
1,906
8Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
22,771
108
1,817
3,153
57.6
7.2
210.8
136
90
82.7
4.3
2.9
362
2,700
9Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
21,381
101
1,520
2,687
56.6
8.0
211.7
150
98
85.8
5.6
3.6
186
1,475
10Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
21,270
129
1,706
2,978
57.3
7.1
164.9
129
115
77.9
4.3
3.9
197
1,650
11Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
20,444
98
1,697
2,878
59.0
7.1
208.6
109
78
82.2
3.8
2.7
295
2,204
12Danny White
D. White
17,942
90
1,445
2,411
59.9
7.4
199.4
124
101
82.7
5.1
4.2
203
1,745
13Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
17,323
88
1,363
2,490
54.7
7.0
196.9
112
106
73.9
4.5
4.3
169
1,067
14Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
16,735
103
1,293
2,361
54.8
7.1
162.5
100
84
76.5
4.2
3.6
190
1,444
15Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
16,603
102
1,314
2,424
54.2
6.8
162.8
99
95
73.1
4.1
3.9
197
1,561
16Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
16,450
78
1,364
2,363
57.7
7.0
210.9
85
62
80.3
3.6
2.6
176
1,108
17Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
15,730
71
1,251
2,088
59.9
7.5
221.5
105
72
85.8
5.0
3.4
150
1,172
18Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
15,399
81
1,230
2,253
54.6
6.8
190.1
107
71
78.8
4.7
3.2
297
2,235
19Jim Everett
J. Everett
15,345
65
1,154
2,038
56.6
7.5
236.1
101
73
82.2
5.0
3.6
112
798
20Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
14,480
68
1,180
1,985
59.4
7.3
212.9
93
69
83.1
4.7
3.5
177
1,379
21Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
14,360
124
1,082
2,076
52.1
6.9
115.8
86
102
67.7
4.1
4.9
210
1,510
22Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
14,242
65
1,026
1,771
57.9
8.0
219.1
101
94
80.8
5.7
5.3
167
1,271
23Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
13,683
72
903
1,801
50.1
7.6
190.0
79
72
73.5
4.4
4.0
128
1,010
24Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
13,398
83
1,056
1,840
57.4
7.3
161.4
77
66
79.3
4.2
3.6
175
1,064
25Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
12,462
75
1,049
1,967
53.3
6.3
166.2
84
97
66.6
4.3
4.9
108
1,046
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers
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14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
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14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
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.471
6
11
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.353
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12
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.294
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13
4
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.765
12
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.706
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8
9
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14
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.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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1/10
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1/11
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1/11
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4:30 PM
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1/11
@
8:00 PM