most passing yards per game by a qb 1981 to 1990

Between the 1981 and 1990 seasons, Dan Fouts gained the most passing yards per game by a quarterback, with 277.5 per game.

	NAME	YDS/G	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	277.5	85	1,808	3,010	60.1	23,586	7.8	142	117	84.3	4.7	3.9	137	1,047
2	Dan Marino D. Marino	264.0	119	2,480	4,181	59.3	31,416	7.5	241	136	88.5	5.8	3.3	98	760
3	Joe Montana J. Montana	245.2	135	2,725	4,283	63.6	33,107	7.7	226	114	93.8	5.3	2.7	266	1,794
4	Jim Everett J. Everett	236.1	65	1,154	2,038	56.6	15,345	7.5	101	73	82.2	5.0	3.6	112	798
5	Warren Moon W. Moon	232.2	99	1,701	3,025	56.2	22,989	7.6	134	112	79.9	4.4	3.7	242	1,906
6	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	229.9	37	705	1,248	56.5	8,506	6.8	47	56	71.4	3.8	4.5	74	660
7	Mark Rypien M. Rypien	229.3	33	560	988	56.7	7,568	7.7	56	37	84.5	5.7	3.7	36	256
8	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	221.5	71	1,251	2,088	59.9	15,730	7.5	105	72	85.8	5.0	3.4	150	1,172
9	Lynn Dickey L. Dickey	219.1	65	1,026	1,771	57.9	14,242	8.0	101	94	80.8	5.7	5.3	167	1,271
10	Doug Williams D. Williams	217.0	46	747	1,395	53.5	9,984	7.2	55	45	76.2	3.9	3.2	48	414
11	Phil Simms P. Simms	216.4	113	1,837	3,302	55.6	24,455	7.4	143	108	80.1	4.3	3.3	341	2,503
12	John Elway J. Elway	213.1	116	1,959	3,572	54.8	24,721	6.9	135	128	74.3	3.8	3.6	250	1,900
13	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	212.9	68	1,180	1,985	59.4	14,480	7.3	93	69	83.1	4.7	3.5	177	1,379
14	Scott Tinsley S. Tinsley	212.3	3	48	86	55.8	637	7.4	3	4	71.7	3.5	4.7	6	55
15	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	211.7	101	1,520	2,687	56.6	21,381	8.0	150	98	85.8	5.6	3.6	186	1,475
16	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	210.9	78	1,364	2,363	57.7	16,450	7.0	85	62	80.3	3.6	2.6	176	1,108
17	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	210.8	108	1,817	3,153	57.6	22,771	7.2	136	90	82.7	4.3	2.9	362	2,700
18	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	209.6	49	754	1,476	51.1	10,272	7.0	55	81	63.2	3.7	5.5	127	1,056
19	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	208.6	98	1,697	2,878	59.0	20,444	7.1	109	78	82.2	3.8	2.7	295	2,204
20	Chris Miller C. Miller	206.5	43	725	1,357	53.4	8,879	6.5	45	45	71.1	3.3	3.3	96	729
21	Don Majkowski D. Majkowski	205.3	45	736	1,326	55.5	9,237	7.0	51	46	75.7	3.8	3.5	120	699
22	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	204.1	61	1,048	1,733	60.5	12,451	7.2	78	53	84.7	4.5	3.1	177	1,354
23	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	203.8	118	1,909	3,289	58.0	24,052	7.3	184	136	82.3	5.6	4.1	308	2,512
24	Tony Adams T. Adams	202.3	3	49	89	55.1	607	6.8	3	5	64.2	3.4	5.6	18	120
25	Danny White D. White	199.4	90	1,445	2,411	59.9	17,942	7.4	124	101	82.7	5.1	4.2	203	1,745

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