most passing yards in a season by fran tarkenton

Fran Tarkenton had his most passing yards in a season in 1978, with 3,468 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	3,468	1978	MIN	16	345	572	60.3	6.1	216.8	25	32	68.9	4.4	5.6	27	254
2	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	3,088	1967	NYG	14	204	377	54.1	8.2	220.6	29	19	85.9	7.7	5.0
3	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	2,994	1975	MIN	14	273	425	64.2	7.0	213.9	25	13	91.8	5.9	3.1	27	245
4	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	2,961	1976	MIN	13	255	412	61.9	7.2	227.8	17	8	89.3	4.1	1.9	25	221
5	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	2,918	1969	NYG	14	220	409	53.8	7.1	208.4	23	8	87.2	5.6	2.0	36	289
6	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	2,777	1970	NYG	14	219	389	56.3	7.1	198.4	19	12	82.2	4.9	3.1	36	249
7	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	2,651	1972	MIN	14	215	378	56.9	7.0	189.4	18	13	80.2	4.8	3.4	26	203
8	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	2,609	1965	MIN	14	171	329	52.0	7.9	186.4	19	11	83.8	5.8	3.3
9	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	2,598	1974	MIN	13	199	351	56.7	7.4	199.8	17	12	82.1	4.8	3.4	17	142
10	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	2,595	1962	MIN	14	163	329	49.5	7.9	185.4	22	25	66.9	6.7	7.6
11	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	2,567	1971	NYG	13	226	386	58.5	6.7	197.5	11	21	65.4	2.8	5.4	27	232
12	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	2,561	1966	MIN	14	192	358	53.6	7.2	182.9	17	16	73.8	4.7	4.5
13	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	2,555	1968	NYG	14	182	337	54.0	7.6	182.5	21	12	84.6	6.2	3.6
14	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	2,506	1964	MIN	14	171	306	55.9	8.2	179.0	22	11	91.8	7.2	3.6
15	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	2,311	1963	MIN	14	170	297	57.2	7.8	165.1	15	15	78.0	5.1	5.1
16	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	2,113	1973	MIN	14	169	274	61.7	7.7	150.9	15	7	93.2	5.5	2.6	31	270
17	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	1,997	1961	MIN	14	157	280	56.1	7.1	142.6	18	17	74.7	6.4	6.1
18	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	1,734	1977	MIN	9	155	258	60.1	6.7	192.7	9	14	69.2	3.5	5.4	22	232

StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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