most passing yards from 1972 to 1976

Between the 1972 and 1976 seasons, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing yards, with 13,317 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player from 1972 to 1976
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
13,317
68
1,111
1,840
60.4
7.2
195.8
92
53
87.2
5.0
2.9
126
1,081
2Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
12,549
67
970
1,673
58.0
7.5
187.3
83
54
84.7
5.0
3.2
144
1,092
3Jim Hart
J. Hart
10,944
60
838
1,560
53.7
7.0
182.4
77
55
77.8
4.9
3.5
68
533
4Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
10,459
59
784
1,383
56.7
7.6
177.3
65
59
78.7
4.7
4.3
161
1,065
5Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
10,023
68
750
1,228
61.1
8.2
147.4
87
66
88.2
7.1
5.4
98
882
6Joe Namath
J. Namath
9,774
58
692
1,374
50.4
7.1
168.5
63
93
60.8
4.6
6.8
83
796
7Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
9,366
59
697
1,418
49.2
6.6
158.7
56
87
58.2
3.9
6.1
136
1,247
8Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
9,233
54
825
1,505
54.8
6.1
171.0
59
52
72.0
3.9
3.5
109
822
9John Hadl
J. Hadl
8,938
70
718
1,393
51.5
6.4
127.7
58
80
61.7
4.2
5.7
101
826
10Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
8,628
55
665
1,238
53.7
7.0
156.9
78
52
79.4
6.3
4.2
75
514
11Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
8,612
66
768
1,487
51.6
5.8
130.5
46
65
61.4
3.1
4.4
138
1,292
12Craig Morton
C. Morton
8,316
68
661
1,257
52.6
6.6
122.3
47
71
62.4
3.7
5.6
122
892
13Bob Griese
B. Griese
7,818
55
601
1,031
58.3
7.6
142.1
62
52
81.3
6.0
5.0
91
719
14Bert Jones
B. Jones
7,736
47
596
1,065
56.0
7.3
164.6
54
41
79.8
5.1
3.8
117
1,063
15Archie Manning
A. Manning
7,535
51
663
1,314
50.5
5.7
147.7
41
69
56.5
3.1
5.3
146
1,086
16Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
7,238
54
517
970
53.3
7.5
134.0
52
52
73.1
5.4
5.4
84
608
17Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
7,087
56
560
1,114
50.3
6.4
126.6
57
53
67.7
5.1
4.8
110
981
18Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
6,992
60
591
1,210
48.8
5.8
116.5
38
72
52.5
3.1
6.0
129
1,092
19Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
6,789
45
516
985
52.4
6.9
150.9
30
51
63.0
3.0
5.2
90
645
20Norm Snead
N. Snead
6,349
44
554
950
58.3
6.7
144.3
38
56
67.3
4.0
5.9
45
326
21Greg Landry
G. Landry
6,140
46
452
825
54.8
7.4
133.5
42
38
76.5
5.1
4.6
121
856
22Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
6,055
42
459
878
52.3
6.9
144.2
37
44
67.5
4.2
5.0
80
682
23Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
6,039
49
435
868
50.1
7.0
123.2
50
40
72.8
5.8
4.6
83
632
24Steve Spurrier
S. Spurrier
5,646
52
489
947
51.6
6.0
108.6
34
42
63.4
3.6
4.4
71
547
25Steve Ramsey
S. Ramsey
5,317
44
372
741
50.2
7.2
120.8
30
45
62.0
4.0
6.1
97
687
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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