most passing yards from 1975 to 1991

From 1975 through 1991, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards, with 40,182 yards.

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NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
40,182
160
3,095
5,173
59.8
7.8
251.1
240
216
82.4
4.6
4.2
293
2,076
2Dan Marino
D. Marino
35,386
135
2,798
4,730
59.2
7.5
262.1
266
149
88.2
5.6
3.2
125
942
3Joe Montana
J. Montana
34,998
166
2,914
4,579
63.6
7.6
210.8
242
123
93.4
5.3
2.7
281
1,894
4Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
31,455
184
2,632
4,613
57.1
6.8
171.0
183
189
74.2
4.0
4.1
264
2,200
5Phil Simms
P. Simms
29,512
144
2,246
4,110
54.6
7.2
204.9
179
145
77.4
4.4
3.5
430
3,134
6Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
28,046
183
2,177
4,093
53.2
6.9
153.3
179
163
72.9
4.4
4.0
360
2,802
7John Elway
J. Elway
27,974
132
2,201
4,023
54.7
7.0
211.9
148
140
74.4
3.7
3.5
295
2,205
8Warren Moon
W. Moon
27,679
115
2,105
3,680
57.2
7.5
240.7
157
133
80.3
4.3
3.6
265
2,080
9Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
27,290
158
2,177
4,123
52.8
6.6
172.7
180
187
69.3
4.4
4.5
260
2,311
10Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
26,886
149
1,879
3,593
52.3
7.5
180.4
182
208
69.6
5.1
5.8
247
1,986
11Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
26,132
129
2,096
3,576
58.6
7.3
202.6
195
148
82.3
5.5
4.1
341
2,734
12Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
25,061
158
2,035
3,591
56.7
7.0
158.6
159
138
77.1
4.4
3.8
338
2,746
13Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
25,048
141
2,019
3,386
59.6
7.4
177.6
149
127
81.6
4.4
3.8
297
2,106
14Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
24,777
129
2,012
3,651
55.1
6.8
192.1
159
158
72.8
4.4
4.3
249
1,586
15Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
24,264
115
1,753
3,100
56.5
7.8
211.0
163
114
84.0
5.3
3.7
211
1,665
16Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
24,124
129
1,932
3,456
55.9
7.0
187.0
156
144
75.4
4.5
4.2
356
2,956
17Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
23,744
114
1,984
3,367
58.9
7.1
208.3
119
89
81.3
3.5
2.6
328
2,477
18Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
23,110
115
1,885
3,331
56.6
6.9
201.0
153
142
75.7
4.6
4.3
209
1,767
19Neil 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
20Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
22,628
125
1,859
3,094
60.1
7.3
181.0
149
192
72.8
4.8
6.2
217
2,000
21Danny White
D. White
21,959
166
1,761
2,950
59.7
7.4
132.3
155
132
81.7
5.3
4.5
241
2,083
22Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
21,415
119
1,594
2,835
56.2
7.6
180.0
133
152
73.7
4.7
5.4
271
2,191
23Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
21,115
140
1,669
3,149
53.0
6.7
150.8
111
141
67.3
3.5
4.5
213
1,585
24Richard Todd
R. Todd
20,610
119
1,610
2,967
54.3
6.9
173.2
124
161
67.6
4.2
5.4
264
2,127
25Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
20,465
109
1,436
2,674
53.7
7.7
187.8
164
129
79.1
6.1
4.8
186
1,638

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