most total yards by a quarterback between 1980 to 1989

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Joe Montana accounted for the most yards by a quarterback, with 32,341 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing total yards by a quarterback between 1980 to 1989
NAMETOTALYDSGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
32,341
135
2,580
4,036
63.9
30,958
7.7
229.3
215
107
94.0
5.3
2.7
252
1,741
2Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
28,342
101
2,156
3,599
59.9
28,301
7.9
280.2
172
141
84.4
4.8
3.9
169
1,257
3Dan Marino
D. Marino
27,835
103
2,174
3,650
59.6
27,853
7.6
270.4
220
125
89.3
6.0
3.4
83
670
4Phil Simms
P. Simms
25,440
112
1,846
3,393
54.4
24,492
7.2
218.7
143
123
76.4
4.2
3.6
357
2,632
5Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
23,750
108
1,817
3,153
57.6
22,771
7.2
210.8
136
90
82.7
4.3
2.9
362
2,700
6John Elway
J. Elway
22,893
100
1,665
3,070
54.2
21,195
6.9
212.0
120
114
73.6
3.9
3.7
207
1,589
7Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
21,785
103
1,644
2,843
57.8
20,858
7.3
202.5
169
116
83.7
5.9
4.1
269
2,158
8Danny White
D. White
21,682
106
1,705
2,847
59.9
21,229
7.5
200.3
152
126
82.4
5.3
4.4
233
1,997
9Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
21,303
102
1,661
3,009
55.2
20,903
6.9
204.9
131
128
73.8
4.4
4.3
204
1,270
10Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
20,584
118
1,571
2,875
54.6
20,132
7.0
170.6
126
107
75.9
4.4
3.7
224
1,774
11Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
20,025
124
1,634
2,855
57.2
19,824
6.9
159.9
118
128
73.8
4.1
4.5
189
1,573
12Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
19,405
85
1,296
2,285
56.7
18,350
8.0
215.9
126
76
87.3
5.5
3.3
155
1,277
13Warren Moon
W. Moon
19,266
84
1,339
2,441
54.9
18,300
7.5
217.9
101
99
75.9
4.1
4.1
206
1,654
14Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
18,607
84
1,442
2,439
59.1
17,442
7.2
207.6
110
85
81.7
4.5
3.5
208
1,661
15Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
17,826
82
1,471
2,467
59.6
17,589
7.1
214.5
96
68
83.0
3.9
2.8
261
1,942
16Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
17,813
81
1,304
2,249
58.0
17,771
7.9
219.4
116
119
78.5
5.2
5.3
204
1,585
17Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
17,468
106
1,330
2,430
54.7
17,277
7.1
163.0
105
86
77.0
4.3
3.5
195
1,487
18Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
16,120
77
1,305
2,196
59.4
15,995
7.3
207.7
109
69
85.4
5.0
3.1
212
1,678
19Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
15,619
90
1,298
2,398
54.1
15,246
6.4
169.4
104
113
68.5
4.3
4.7
121
1,175
20Richard Todd
R. Todd
15,037
74
1,181
2,099
56.3
14,368
6.8
194.2
88
100
71.6
4.2
4.8
171
1,347
21Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
14,837
78
1,050
1,831
57.3
13,335
7.3
171.0
77
66
79.2
4.2
3.6
174
1,057
22Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
14,582
72
998
1,835
54.4
14,120
7.7
196.1
89
103
72.2
4.9
5.6
118
876
23Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
14,425
65
959
1,788
53.6
11,933
6.7
183.6
77
58
75.4
4.3
3.2
248
1,804
24Doug Williams
D. Williams
14,122
62
1,001
1,916
52.2
13,380
7.0
215.8
75
61
74.5
3.9
3.2
71
608
25Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
13,980
65
1,134
1,940
58.5
13,888
7.2
213.7
75
47
83.4
3.9
2.4
139
888
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8
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8
9
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9
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9
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12
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