nfl most individual passing yards 1983 to 1999

Between the 1983 and 1999 seasons, Dan Marino had the most passing yards, with 61,361 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
61,361
242
4,967
8,358
59.4
7.3
253.6
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
2John Elway
J. Elway
51,475
234
4,123
7,250
56.9
7.1
220.0
300
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
3Warren Moon
W. Moon
49,117
206
3,973
6,789
58.5
7.2
238.4
290
232
81.0
4.3
3.4
453
3,369
4Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
37,920
187
2,969
5,205
57.0
7.3
202.8
247
184
81.1
4.7
3.5
318
2,438
5Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
36,803
202
2,992
5,119
58.4
7.2
182.2
252
192
81.5
4.9
3.8
466
3,586
6Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
35,467
160
2,874
4,779
60.1
7.4
221.7
237
175
84.4
5.0
3.7
323
2,427
7Jim Everett
J. Everett
34,837
158
2,841
4,923
57.7
7.1
220.5
203
175
78.6
4.1
3.6
257
1,885
8Steve Young
S. Young
33,124
169
2,667
4,149
64.3
8.0
196.0
232
107
96.8
5.6
2.6
358
2,055
9Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
32,575
157
2,569
4,613
55.7
7.1
207.5
205
191
75.5
4.4
4.1
316
2,359
10Joe Montana
J. Montana
32,482
136
2,696
4,261
63.3
7.6
238.8
221
107
93.4
5.2
2.5
252
1,636
11Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
31,310
154
2,742
4,453
61.6
7.0
203.3
158
127
82.6
3.5
2.9
246
1,657
12Brett Favre
B. Favre
30,894
129
2,659
4,351
61.1
7.1
239.5
235
141
87.1
5.4
3.2
267
1,686
13Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
28,557
149
2,301
4,075
56.5
7.0
191.7
198
128
81.4
4.9
3.1
464
3,426
14Phil Simms
P. Simms
27,367
129
2,077
3,664
56.7
7.5
212.1
160
115
81.9
4.4
3.1
364
2,565
15Jeff George
J. George
26,045
123
2,162
3,731
57.9
7.0
211.7
147
104
81.0
3.9
2.8
340
2,559
16Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
25,966
106
2,192
3,921
55.9
6.6
245.0
147
123
75.7
3.7
3.1
212
1,493
17Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
25,094
129
2,110
3,602
58.6
7.0
194.5
128
98
80.4
3.6
2.7
353
2,654
18Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
24,872
170
2,182
3,716
58.7
6.7
146.3
121
107
77.8
3.3
2.9
347
2,036
19Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
24,819
144
2,009
3,492
57.5
7.1
172.4
146
127
78.4
4.2
3.6
225
1,883
20Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
23,301
126
1,994
3,365
59.3
6.9
184.9
124
87
81.8
3.7
2.6
273
1,660
21Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
21,683
118
1,839
3,121
58.9
6.9
183.8
135
124
78.0
4.3
4.0
178
1,255
22Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
20,865
130
1,668
2,894
57.6
7.2
160.5
135
101
81.2
4.7
3.5
255
1,779
23Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
20,408
108
1,766
3,057
57.8
6.7
189.0
114
62
82.0
3.7
2.0
250
1,825
24Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
20,063
118
1,426
2,808
50.8
7.1
170.0
114
108
71.7
4.1
3.8
208
1,600
25Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
19,829
85
1,589
2,712
58.6
7.3
233.3
127
74
85.6
4.7
2.7
299
2,180
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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8
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.471
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.471
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.353
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