most passing yards from 1978 to 1985

Between the 1978 and 1985 seasons, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards, with 29,834 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player from 1978 to 1985
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
29,834
109
2,254
3,716
60.7
8.0
273.7
194
148
86.9
5.2
4.0
174
1,233
2Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
23,375
118
1,794
3,327
53.9
7.0
198.1
149
124
75.7
4.5
3.7
275
2,158
3Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
22,832
116
1,862
3,224
57.8
7.1
196.8
143
116
79.5
4.4
3.6
284
2,315
4Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
20,335
99
1,635
2,819
58.0
7.2
205.4
134
104
80.9
4.8
3.7
279
2,229
5Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
19,337
85
1,550
2,736
56.7
7.1
227.5
126
111
77.2
4.6
4.1
169
1,453
6Joe Montana
J. Montana
19,262
103
1,627
2,571
63.3
7.5
187.0
133
67
92.4
5.2
2.6
151
1,067
7Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
19,112
109
1,563
2,895
54.0
6.6
175.3
121
129
69.9
4.2
4.5
177
1,659
8Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
18,728
85
1,573
2,829
55.6
6.6
220.3
114
124
71.2
4.0
4.4
180
1,180
9Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
18,558
86
1,364
2,368
57.6
7.8
215.8
121
123
78.1
5.1
5.2
219
1,705
10Richard Todd
R. Todd
17,877
94
1,412
2,540
55.6
7.0
190.2
110
132
70.5
4.3
5.2
211
1,691
11Danny White
D. White
17,663
117
1,405
2,363
59.5
7.5
151.0
128
104
82.5
5.4
4.4
179
1,555
12Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
17,196
92
1,435
2,325
61.7
7.4
186.9
97
89
82.3
4.2
3.8
202
1,423
13Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
17,081
99
1,489
2,626
56.7
6.5
172.5
97
120
69.7
3.7
4.6
150
1,238
14Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
16,658
115
1,337
2,423
55.2
6.9
144.9
83
93
72.1
3.4
3.8
176
1,340
15Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
15,540
80
1,030
1,956
52.7
7.9
194.3
100
108
73.1
5.1
5.5
157
1,174
16Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
15,419
86
1,325
2,216
59.8
7.0
179.3
86
131
69.2
3.9
5.9
163
1,454
17Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
14,710
71
1,017
1,882
54.0
7.8
207.2
119
92
80.4
6.3
4.9
113
949
18Phil Simms
P. Simms
14,098
69
1,067
2,024
52.7
7.0
204.3
83
81
72.0
4.1
4.0
223
1,718
19Archie Manning
A. Manning
13,928
78
1,149
1,946
59.0
7.2
178.6
70
86
74.7
3.6
4.4
174
1,386
20Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
13,406
68
1,047
1,826
57.3
7.3
197.1
79
55
82.3
4.3
3.0
216
1,654
21Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
12,714
79
1,007
1,747
57.6
7.3
160.9
76
72
77.8
4.4
4.1
166
1,335
22Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
12,699
64
957
1,735
55.2
7.3
198.4
77
61
78.7
4.4
3.5
135
1,039
23Doug Williams
D. Williams
12,648
67
895
1,890
47.4
6.7
188.8
73
73
66.2
3.9
3.9
65
583
24Dan Marino
D. Marino
11,431
43
871
1,427
61.0
8.0
265.8
98
44
96.4
6.9
3.1
41
357
25Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
10,970
69
870
1,560
55.8
7.0
159.0
73
88
70.0
4.7
5.6
90
745
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