nfl career passing leader before 1990

Before 1990, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing yards, with 47,003 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
47,003
246
3,686
6,467
57.0
7.3
191.1
342
266
80.4
5.3
4.1
274
2,337
2Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
43,040
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
3Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
40,239
211
2,830
5,186
54.6
7.8
190.7
290
253
78.2
5.6
4.9
74
590
4Jim Hart
J. Hart
34,665
201
2,593
5,076
51.1
6.8
172.5
209
247
66.6
4.1
4.9
243
1,936
5John Hadl
J. Hadl
33,503
224
2,363
4,687
50.4
7.1
149.6
244
268
67.4
5.2
5.7
179
1,514
6Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
32,838
192
2,654
4,475
59.3
7.3
171.0
197
160
81.9
4.4
3.6
398
2,875
7Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
32,224
218
2,433
4,262
57.1
7.6
147.8
255
189
82.6
6.0
4.4
94
748
8John Brodie
J. Brodie
31,548
201
2,469
4,491
55.0
7.0
157.0
214
224
72.3
4.8
5.0
47
380
9Joe Montana
J. Montana
31,054
151
2,593
4,059
63.9
7.7
205.7
216
107
94.0
5.3
2.6
252
1,741
10Norm Snead
N. Snead
30,797
178
2,276
4,353
52.3
7.1
173.0
196
257
65.5
4.5
5.9
94
744
11Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
29,796
185
2,367
4,511
52.5
6.6
161.1
196
207
68.7
4.3
4.6
312
2,710
12Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
29,444
183
2,366
4,498
52.6
6.5
160.9
201
149
74.3
4.5
3.3
168
1,268
13Len Dawson
L. Dawson
28,711
211
2,136
3,741
57.1
7.7
136.1
239
183
82.6
6.4
4.9
167
1,423
14Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
28,339
178
2,118
3,817
55.5
7.4
159.2
212
221
73.6
5.6
5.8
15Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
28,190
188
2,187
4,117
53.1
6.8
149.9
179
164
72.8
4.3
4.0
363
2,826
16Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
27,989
168
2,025
3,901
51.9
7.2
166.6
212
210
70.9
5.4
5.4
307
2,694
17Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
27,938
184
2,270
3,793
59.8
7.4
151.8
194
222
75.3
5.1
5.9
281
2,514
18Craig Morton
C. Morton
27,908
207
2,053
3,786
54.2
7.4
134.8
183
187
73.5
4.8
4.9
373
2,800
19Dan Marino
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
20Joe Namath
J. Namath
27,663
140
1,886
3,762
50.1
7.4
197.6
173
220
65.5
4.6
5.8
109
1,052
21George Blanda
G. Blanda
26,920
340
1,911
4,007
47.7
6.7
79.2
236
277
60.6
5.9
6.9
12
94
22Bobby Layne
B. Layne
26,768
175
1,814
3,700
49.0
7.2
153.0
196
243
63.4
5.3
6.6
23Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
26,271
145
1,829
3,501
52.2
7.5
181.2
178
205
69.4
5.1
5.9
238
1,918
24Phil Simms
P. Simms
26,235
124
1,980
3,658
54.1
7.2
211.6
156
137
75.7
4.3
3.7
396
2,951
25Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
25,882
157
1,943
3,701
52.5
7.0
164.9
164
198
67.5
4.4
5.3
380
3,279
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