Before 1990, Dan Marino had the most passing yards in a combined regular-season and postseason, with 6,085 yards in 1984.
Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player in a single season including playoffs before 1990| NAME | YDS | SEASON | TM | GP | CMP | ATT | PCT | AVG | YDS/G | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | D. Marino | 6,085 | 1984 |  MIA | 19 | 433 | 680 | 63.7 | 8.9 | 320.3 | 56 | 22 | 106.4 | 8.2 | 3.2 | 17 | 149 |
| 2 |  | D. Fouts | 5,420 | 1981 |  SD | 18 | 408 | 690 | 59.1 | 7.9 | 301.1 | 37 | 20 | 89.9 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 23 | 164 |
| 3 | | D. Fouts | 5,365 | 1980 | SD | 18 | 392 | 671 | 58.4 | 8.0 | 298.1 | 34 | 27 | 84.2 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 36 | 236 |
| 4 |  | J. Everett | 5,047 | 1989 |  RAM | 19 | 363 | 631 | 57.5 | 8.0 | 265.6 | 33 | 23 | 85.6 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 34 | 254 |
| 5 | | D. Marino | 4,746 | 1986 | MIA | 16 | 378 | 623 | 60.7 | 7.6 | 296.6 | 44 | 23 | 92.5 | 7.1 | 3.7 | 17 | 119 |
| 6 | | D. Marino | 4,623 | 1985 | MIA | 18 | 381 | 660 | 57.7 | 7.0 | 256.8 | 33 | 24 | 80.9 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 19 | 171 |
| 7 | | N. Lomax | 4,614 | 1984 |  STL | 16 | 345 | 560 | 61.6 | 8.2 | 288.4 | 28 | 16 | 92.5 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 49 | 377 |
| 8 | | B. Kosar | 4,602 | 1986 |  CLE | 18 | 361 | 627 | 57.6 | 7.3 | 255.7 | 20 | 14 | 82.0 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 44 | 288 |
| 9 | | J. Schroeder | 4,578 | 1986 |  WAS | 19 | 324 | 646 | 50.2 | 7.1 | 240.9 | 25 | 24 | 70.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 34 | 301 |
| 10 |  | J. Montana | 4,503 | 1984 |  SF | 19 | 346 | 540 | 64.1 | 8.3 | 237.0 | 35 | 15 | 100.3 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 30 | 179 |
| 11 | | J. Theismann | 4,488 | 1983 | WAS | 19 | 324 | 543 | 59.7 | 8.3 | 236.2 | 32 | 14 | 95.1 | 5.9 | 2.6 | 43 | 319 |
| 12 |  | T. Bradshaw | 4,482 | 1979 |  PIT | 19 | 312 | 554 | 56.3 | 8.1 | 235.9 | 32 | 29 | 80.2 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 28 | 228 |
| 13 | | L. Dickey | 4,458 | 1983 |  GB | 16 | 289 | 484 | 59.7 | 9.2 | 278.6 | 32 | 29 | 87.3 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 40 | 307 |
| 14 | | J. Montana | 4,458 | 1983 | SF | 18 | 377 | 594 | 63.5 | 7.5 | 247.7 | 30 | 14 | 93.3 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 35 | 237 |
| 15 | | P. Simms | 4,441 | 1984 |  NYG | 18 | 333 | 608 | 54.8 | 7.3 | 246.7 | 22 | 20 | 76.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 65 | 506 |
| 16 | | D. Marino | 4,434 | 1988 | MIA | 16 | 354 | 606 | 58.4 | 7.3 | 277.1 | 28 | 23 | 80.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 6 | 31 |
| 17 | | D. Fouts | 4,415 | 1979 | SD | 17 | 357 | 577 | 61.9 | 7.7 | 259.7 | 24 | 29 | 78.4 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 30 | 211 |
| 18 | | K. Anderson | 4,407 | 1981 |  CIN | 19 | 353 | 556 | 63.5 | 7.9 | 231.9 | 34 | 12 | 99.4 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 34 | 179 |
| 19 | | B. Kenney | 4,348 | 1983 |  KC | 16 | 346 | 603 | 57.4 | 7.2 | 271.8 | 24 | 18 | 80.8 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 41 | 284 |
| 20 | | J. Montana | 4,321 | 1989 | SF | 16 | 336 | 469 | 71.6 | 9.2 | 270.1 | 37 | 8 | 119.4 | 7.9 | 1.7 | 34 | 198 |
| 21 | | D. Majkowski | 4,318 | 1989 | GB | 16 | 353 | 599 | 58.9 | 7.2 | 269.9 | 27 | 20 | 82.3 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 47 | 268 |
| 22 | | B. Sipe | 4,315 | 1980 | CLE | 17 | 350 | 594 | 58.9 | 7.3 | 253.8 | 30 | 17 | 86.4 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 25 | 231 |
| 23 | | J. Montana | 4,312 | 1981 | SF | 19 | 367 | 576 | 63.7 | 7.5 | 226.9 | 25 | 16 | 89.3 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 33 | 238 |
| 24 | | D. White | 4,310 | 1983 |  DAL | 17 | 366 | 586 | 62.5 | 7.4 | 253.5 | 31 | 26 | 83.9 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 40 | 344 |
| 25 |  | J. Elway | 4,290 | 1986 |  DEN | 19 | 337 | 611 | 55.2 | 7.0 | 225.8 | 22 | 17 | 77.7 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 38 | 282 |
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