most passing yards from 1973 to 1977

Between the 1973 and 1977 seasons, Roger Staubach had the most passing yards, with 12,981 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player from 1973 to 1977
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
12,981
69
985
1,724
57.1
7.5
188.1
83
66
81.2
4.8
3.8
183
1,225
2Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
12,776
68
965
1,695
56.9
7.5
187.9
87
58
83.8
5.1
3.4
154
1,134
3Jim Hart
J. Hart
12,629
68
964
1,796
53.7
7.0
185.7
85
70
75.6
4.7
3.9
74
566
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
12,400
63
1,051
1,720
61.1
7.2
196.8
83
54
86.0
4.8
3.1
122
1,110
5Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
11,675
67
875
1,448
60.4
8.1
174.3
103
83
85.9
7.1
5.7
106
948
6Bert Jones
B. Jones
10,422
61
820
1,458
56.2
7.1
170.9
71
52
80.1
4.9
3.6
143
1,284
7Bob Griese
B. Griese
9,432
63
728
1,241
58.7
7.6
149.7
80
61
83.6
6.4
4.9
120
977
8Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
8,888
66
793
1,507
52.6
5.9
134.7
52
71
62.4
3.5
4.7
121
1,180
9Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
8,863
59
656
1,311
50.0
6.8
150.2
57
76
62.3
4.3
5.8
127
1,104
10Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
8,842
63
656
1,325
49.5
6.7
140.3
62
64
66.6
4.7
4.8
119
905
11Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
8,167
51
644
1,214
53.0
6.7
160.1
67
48
76.2
5.5
4.0
88
627
12Craig Morton
C. Morton
7,849
68
607
1,172
51.8
6.7
115.4
46
58
65.6
3.9
4.9
142
1,051
13Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
7,723
56
575
1,120
51.3
6.9
137.9
62
60
69.7
5.5
5.4
107
979
14Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
7,658
49
585
1,094
53.5
7.0
156.3
34
57
64.5
3.1
5.2
100
722
15Joe Namath
J. Namath
7,564
49
580
1,157
50.1
6.5
154.4
47
77
56.9
4.1
6.7
79
771
16Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
7,398
50
561
1,082
51.8
6.8
148.0
39
51
66.2
3.6
4.7
104
925
17Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
7,221
53
661
1,185
55.8
6.1
136.2
47
37
74.2
4.0
3.1
97
720
18John Hadl
J. Hadl
6,565
70
539
1,047
51.5
6.3
93.8
43
57
62.1
4.1
5.4
84
665
19James Harris
J. Harris
6,460
48
470
863
54.5
7.5
134.6
38
38
75.0
4.4
4.4
59
538
20Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
6,041
41
444
881
50.4
6.9
147.3
46
59
62.2
5.2
6.7
54
517
21Archie Manning
A. Manning
6,038
47
546
1,071
51.0
5.6
128.5
31
57
55.5
2.9
5.3
139
1,027
22Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
5,455
42
385
732
52.6
7.5
129.9
38
38
72.6
5.2
5.2
72
526
23Greg Landry
G. Landry
5,433
43
453
797
56.8
6.8
126.3
30
28
75.8
3.8
3.5
130
1,009
24Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
5,003
49
450
910
49.5
5.5
102.1
25
56
49.7
2.7
6.2
109
935
25Bob Avellini
B. Avellini
4,526
36
339
690
49.1
6.6
125.7
25
44
55.9
3.6
6.4
60
569
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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