Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Joe Montana had the most passing yards by a quarterback, with 30,958 yards.
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most passing yards by a qb in the 80s| NAME | YDS | GP | CMP | ATT | PCT | AVG | YDS/G | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Montana | 30,958 | 135 | 2,580 | 4,036 | 63.9 | 7.7 | 229.3 | 215 | 107 | 94.0 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 252 | 1,741 |
| 2 |  | D. Fouts | 28,301 | 101 | 2,156 | 3,599 | 59.9 | 7.9 | 280.2 | 172 | 141 | 84.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 169 | 1,257 |
| 3 |  | D. Marino | 27,853 | 103 | 2,174 | 3,650 | 59.6 | 7.6 | 270.4 | 220 | 125 | 89.3 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 83 | 670 |
| 4 |  | P. Simms | 24,492 | 112 | 1,846 | 3,393 | 54.4 | 7.2 | 218.7 | 143 | 123 | 76.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 357 | 2,632 |
| 5 | | N. Lomax | 22,771 | 108 | 1,817 | 3,153 | 57.6 | 7.2 | 210.8 | 136 | 90 | 82.7 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 362 | 2,700 |
| 6 | | D. White | 21,229 | 106 | 1,705 | 2,847 | 59.9 | 7.5 | 200.3 | 152 | 126 | 82.4 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 233 | 1,997 |
| 7 |  | J. Elway | 21,195 | 100 | 1,665 | 3,070 | 54.2 | 6.9 | 212.0 | 120 | 114 | 73.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 207 | 1,589 |
| 8 | | T. Kramer | 20,903 | 102 | 1,661 | 3,009 | 55.2 | 6.9 | 204.9 | 131 | 128 | 73.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 204 | 1,270 |
| 9 | | D. Krieg | 20,858 | 103 | 1,644 | 2,843 | 57.8 | 7.3 | 202.5 | 169 | 116 | 83.7 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 269 | 2,158 |
| 10 | | R. Jaworski | 20,132 | 118 | 1,571 | 2,875 | 54.6 | 7.0 | 170.6 | 126 | 107 | 75.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 224 | 1,774 |
| 11 | | S. DeBerg | 19,824 | 124 | 1,634 | 2,855 | 57.2 | 6.9 | 159.9 | 118 | 128 | 73.8 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 189 | 1,573 |
| 12 | | B. Esiason | 18,350 | 85 | 1,296 | 2,285 | 56.7 | 8.0 | 215.9 | 126 | 76 | 87.3 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 155 | 1,277 |
| 13 |  | W. Moon | 18,300 | 84 | 1,339 | 2,441 | 54.9 | 7.5 | 217.9 | 101 | 99 | 75.9 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 206 | 1,654 |
| 14 | | L. Dickey | 17,771 | 81 | 1,304 | 2,249 | 58.0 | 7.9 | 219.4 | 116 | 119 | 78.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 204 | 1,585 |
| 15 | | K. O'Brien | 17,589 | 82 | 1,471 | 2,467 | 59.6 | 7.1 | 214.5 | 96 | 68 | 83.0 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 261 | 1,942 |
| 16 | | J. Theismann | 17,442 | 84 | 1,442 | 2,439 | 59.1 | 7.2 | 207.6 | 110 | 85 | 81.7 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 208 | 1,661 |
| 17 | | B. Kenney | 17,277 | 106 | 1,330 | 2,430 | 54.7 | 7.1 | 163.0 | 105 | 86 | 77.0 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 195 | 1,487 |
| 18 | | S. Bartkowski | 15,995 | 77 | 1,305 | 2,196 | 59.4 | 7.3 | 207.7 | 109 | 69 | 85.4 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 212 | 1,678 |
| 19 | | J. Ferguson | 15,246 | 90 | 1,298 | 2,398 | 54.1 | 6.4 | 169.4 | 104 | 113 | 68.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 121 | 1,175 |
| 20 | | R. Todd | 14,368 | 74 | 1,181 | 2,099 | 56.3 | 6.8 | 194.2 | 88 | 100 | 71.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 171 | 1,347 |
| 21 | | S. Grogan | 14,120 | 72 | 998 | 1,835 | 54.4 | 7.7 | 196.1 | 89 | 103 | 72.2 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 118 | 876 |
| 22 | | B. Kosar | 13,888 | 65 | 1,134 | 1,940 | 58.5 | 7.2 | 213.7 | 75 | 47 | 83.4 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 139 | 888 |
| 23 | | D. Williams | 13,380 | 62 | 1,001 | 1,916 | 52.2 | 7.0 | 215.8 | 75 | 61 | 74.5 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 71 | 608 |
| 24 | | J. McMahon | 13,335 | 78 | 1,050 | 1,831 | 57.3 | 7.3 | 171.0 | 77 | 66 | 79.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 174 | 1,057 |
| 25 |  | J. Kelly | 12,901 | 57 | 1,032 | 1,742 | 59.2 | 7.4 | 226.3 | 81 | 63 | 82.7 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 130 | 1,014 |
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