most passing yards thrown in a season before 1990

Before 1990, Dan Marino had the most passing yards in a season, with 5,084 yards in 1984.

Interpreted as:

most passing yards thrown by a player in a season before 1990

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dan Marino D. Marino	5,084	1984	MIA	16	362	564	64.2	9.0	317.8	48	17	108.9	8.5	3.0	13	120
2	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	4,802	1981	SD	16	360	609	59.1	7.9	300.1	33	17	90.6	5.4	2.8	19	134
3	Dan Marino 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
4	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	4,715	1980	SD	16	348	589	59.1	8.0	294.7	30	24	84.7	5.1	4.1	32	210
5	Neil Lomax 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
6	Lynn Dickey 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
7	Dan Marino 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
8	Bill Kenney 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
9	Don Majkowski 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
10	Jim Everett J. Everett	4,310	1989	RAM	16	304	518	58.7	8.3	269.4	29	17	90.6	5.6	3.3	29	214
11	Dan Marino D. Marino	4,137	1985	MIA	16	336	567	59.3	7.3	258.6	30	21	84.1	5.3	3.7	18	157
12	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	4,132	1980	CLE	16	337	554	60.8	7.5	258.3	30	14	91.4	5.4	2.5	23	217
13	Jay Schroeder J. Schroeder	4,109	1986	WAS	16	276	541	51.0	7.6	256.8	22	22	72.9	4.1	4.1	28	240
14	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	4,082	1979	SD	16	332	530	62.6	7.7	255.1	24	24	82.6	4.5	4.5	28	195
15	Phil Simms P. Simms	4,044	1984	NYG	16	286	533	53.7	7.6	252.8	22	18	78.1	4.1	3.4	55	434
16	Joe Namath J. Namath	4,007	1967	NYJ	14	258	491	52.5	8.2	286.2	26	28	73.8	5.3	5.7
17	Dan Marino D. Marino	3,997	1989	MIA	16	308	550	56.0	7.3	249.8	24	22	76.9	4.4	4.0	10	86
18	Danny White D. White	3,980	1983	DAL	16	334	533	62.7	7.5	248.8	29	23	85.6	5.4	4.3	37	314
19	Jim Everett J. Everett	3,964	1988	RAM	16	308	517	59.6	7.7	247.8	31	18	89.2	6.0	3.5	28	197
20	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	3,959	1986	CIN	16	273	469	58.2	8.4	247.4	24	17	87.7	5.1	3.6	26	194
21	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	3,912	1981	MIN	14	322	593	54.3	6.6	279.4	26	24	72.6	4.4	4.0	19	149
22	Joe Montana J. Montana	3,910	1983	SF	16	332	515	64.5	7.6	244.4	26	12	94.6	5.0	2.3	33	224
23	John Elway J. Elway	3,891	1985	DEN	16	327	605	54.0	6.4	243.2	22	23	70.2	3.6	3.8	38	307
24	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	3,888	1985	NYJ	16	297	488	60.9	8.0	243.0	25	8	96.2	5.1	1.6	62	399
25	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	3,876	1981	CLE	16	313	567	55.2	6.8	242.3	17	25	68.2	3.0	4.4	34	310

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