most passing yards in 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Joe Montana had the most passing yards, with 30,958 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player in 1980s
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
30,958
135
2,580
4,036
63.9
7.7
229.3
215
107
94.0
5.3
2.7
252
1,741
2Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
28,301
101
2,156
3,599
59.9
7.9
280.2
172
141
84.4
4.8
3.9
169
1,257
3Dan Marino
D. Marino
27,853
103
2,174
3,650
59.6
7.6
270.4
220
125
89.3
6.0
3.4
83
670
4Phil Simms
P. Simms
24,492
112
1,846
3,393
54.4
7.2
218.7
143
123
76.4
4.2
3.6
357
2,632
5Neil 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
6Danny White
D. White
21,229
106
1,705
2,847
59.9
7.5
200.3
152
126
82.4
5.3
4.4
233
1,997
7John Elway
J. Elway
21,195
100
1,665
3,070
54.2
6.9
212.0
120
114
73.6
3.9
3.7
207
1,589
8Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
20,903
102
1,661
3,009
55.2
6.9
204.9
131
128
73.8
4.4
4.3
204
1,270
9Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
20,858
103
1,644
2,843
57.8
7.3
202.5
169
116
83.7
5.9
4.1
269
2,158
10Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
20,132
118
1,571
2,875
54.6
7.0
170.6
126
107
75.9
4.4
3.7
224
1,774
11Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
19,824
124
1,634
2,855
57.2
6.9
159.9
118
128
73.8
4.1
4.5
189
1,573
12Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
18,350
85
1,296
2,285
56.7
8.0
215.9
126
76
87.3
5.5
3.3
155
1,277
13Warren Moon
W. Moon
18,300
84
1,339
2,441
54.9
7.5
217.9
101
99
75.9
4.1
4.1
206
1,654
14Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
17,771
81
1,304
2,249
58.0
7.9
219.4
116
119
78.5
5.2
5.3
204
1,585
15Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
17,589
82
1,471
2,467
59.6
7.1
214.5
96
68
83.0
3.9
2.8
261
1,942
16Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
17,442
84
1,442
2,439
59.1
7.2
207.6
110
85
81.7
4.5
3.5
208
1,661
17Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
17,277
106
1,330
2,430
54.7
7.1
163.0
105
86
77.0
4.3
3.5
195
1,487
18Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
15,995
77
1,305
2,196
59.4
7.3
207.7
109
69
85.4
5.0
3.1
212
1,678
19Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
15,246
90
1,298
2,398
54.1
6.4
169.4
104
113
68.5
4.3
4.7
121
1,175
20Richard Todd
R. Todd
14,368
74
1,181
2,099
56.3
6.8
194.2
88
100
71.6
4.2
4.8
171
1,347
21Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
14,120
72
998
1,835
54.4
7.7
196.1
89
103
72.2
4.9
5.6
118
876
22Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
13,888
65
1,134
1,940
58.5
7.2
213.7
75
47
83.4
3.9
2.4
139
888
23Doug Williams
D. Williams
13,380
62
1,001
1,916
52.2
7.0
215.8
75
61
74.5
3.9
3.2
71
608
24Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
13,335
78
1,050
1,831
57.3
7.3
171.0
77
66
79.2
4.2
3.6
174
1,057
25Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
12,901
57
1,032
1,742
59.2
7.4
226.3
81
63
82.7
4.6
3.6
130
1,014
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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