most playoff passing yards 1980 to 1989

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Joe Montana had the most passing yards in the playoffs, with 4,294 yards.

Interpreted as:
most playoff passing yards by a player 1980 to 1989
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
4,294
17
335
536
62.5
8.0
252.6
36
16
97.5
6.7
3.0
33
193
2John Elway
J. Elway
2,641
11
170
330
51.5
8.0
240.1
15
15
74.6
4.5
4.5
24
216
3Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
2,293
10
162
272
59.6
8.4
229.3
11
12
81.9
4.0
4.4
27
212
4Danny White
D. White
2,152
10
195
337
57.9
6.4
215.2
14
15
72.2
4.2
4.5
22
191
5Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
1,860
7
146
260
56.2
7.2
265.7
15
10
81.9
5.8
3.8
14
74
6Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
1,792
6
134
239
56.1
7.5
298.7
12
11
77.6
5.0
4.6
11
79
7Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
1,782
8
128
211
60.7
8.4
222.8
11
7
91.4
5.2
3.3
26
193
8Dan Marino
D. Marino
1,680
6
131
234
56.0
7.2
280.0
13
10
79.4
5.6
4.3
5
43
9Phil Simms
P. Simms
1,461
8
128
228
56.1
6.4
182.6
10
4
82.9
4.4
1.8
20
161
10Wade Wilson
W. Wilson
1,322
6
99
185
53.5
7.1
220.3
7
6
75.6
3.8
3.2
27
219
11Warren Moon
W. Moon
1,305
5
107
182
58.8
7.2
261.0
5
7
74.1
2.7
3.8
5
36
12Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
1,242
7
94
183
51.4
6.8
177.4
9
6
75.9
4.9
3.3
14
130
13Jim Everett
J. Everett
1,120
5
87
176
49.4
6.4
224.0
7
11
57.0
4.0
6.3
7
62
14Richard Todd
R. Todd
1,026
4
78
140
55.7
7.3
256.5
4
12
52.9
2.9
8.6
13
80
15Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
1,007
4
79
112
70.5
9.0
251.8
7
5
100.6
6.3
4.5
13
60
16Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
967
6
70
127
55.1
7.6
161.2
4
4
77.1
3.1
3.1
10
61
17Doug Williams
D. Williams
966
5
59
141
41.8
6.9
193.2
8
9
57.8
5.7
6.4
6
56
18Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
874
5
71
140
50.7
6.2
174.8
3
7
56.7
2.1
5.0
7
57
19Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
812
3
61
117
52.1
6.9
270.7
5
6
67.3
4.3
5.1
5
35
20Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
726
4
57
129
44.2
5.6
181.5
3
7
47.5
2.3
5.4
7
46
21Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
650
3
47
94
50.0
6.9
216.7
4
9
47.2
4.3
9.6
5
71
22Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
645
2
51
94
54.3
6.9
322.5
0
4
58.2
0.0
4.3
6
56
23David Woodley
D. Woodley
645
5
48
81
59.3
8.0
129.0
5
6
74.4
6.2
7.4
11
101
24Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
592
2
36
59
61.0
10.0
296.0
5
3
101.8
8.5
5.1
2
15
25Tony Eason
T. Eason
561
5
42
72
58.3
7.8
112.2
7
0
115.6
9.7
0.0
15
119

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12
5
0
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
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Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
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7
10
0
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
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AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
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12
5
0
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Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
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3
14
0
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AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
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11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176