most passing yards from 1978 to 1991

Between the 1978 and 1991 seasons, Dan Marino had the most passing yards, with 35,386 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player from 1978 to 1991
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan 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
2Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
35,382
132
2,712
4,510
60.1
7.8
268.0
220
185
84.1
4.9
4.1
219
1,582
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
6John 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
7Warren 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
8Dave 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
9Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
25,288
150
1,967
3,647
53.9
6.9
168.6
160
135
75.1
4.4
3.7
299
2,334
10Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
24,352
123
1,982
3,594
55.1
6.8
198.0
154
154
72.7
4.3
4.3
243
1,541
11Boomer 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
12Ken 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
13Joe 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
14Neil 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
15Danny White
D. White
21,711
138
1,744
2,920
59.7
7.4
157.3
153
129
81.9
5.2
4.4
238
2,053
16Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
20,989
105
1,696
2,945
57.6
7.1
199.9
136
107
80.0
4.6
3.6
290
2,313
17Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
20,975
123
1,713
3,194
53.6
6.6
170.5
134
145
69.2
4.2
4.5
193
1,805
18Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
20,845
108
1,435
2,712
52.9
7.7
193.0
136
149
72.0
5.0
5.5
193
1,469
19Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
19,937
94
1,671
2,857
58.5
7.0
212.1
103
71
81.6
3.6
2.5
217
1,340
20Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
19,574
86
1,555
2,562
60.7
7.6
227.6
138
89
88.0
5.4
3.5
181
1,399
21Brian 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
22Jim Everett
J. Everett
18,783
81
1,431
2,528
56.6
7.4
231.9
112
93
79.7
4.4
3.7
142
998
23Lynn 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
24Richard 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
25Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
17,367
100
1,446
2,348
61.6
7.4
173.7
98
91
82.0
4.2
3.9
203
1,427
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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