nfl most passing yards in 1985 for a player

Dan Marino had the most passing yards in 1985, with 4,137 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
4,137
1985
MIA MIA
16
336
567
59.3
7.3
258.6
30
21
84.1
5.3
3.7
18
157
2John Elway
J. Elway
3,891
1985
DEN DEN
16
327
605
54.0
6.4
243.2
22
23
70.2
3.6
3.8
38
307
3Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
3,888
1985
NYJ NYJ
16
297
488
60.9
8.0
243.0
25
8
96.2
5.1
1.6
62
399
4Phil Simms
P. Simms
3,829
1985
NYG NYG
16
275
495
55.6
7.7
239.3
22
20
78.6
4.4
4.0
52
396
5Joe Montana
J. Montana
3,653
1985
SF SF
15
303
494
61.3
7.4
243.5
27
13
91.3
5.5
2.6
35
246
6Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
3,638
1985
SD SD
14
254
430
59.1
8.5
259.9
27
20
88.1
6.3
4.7
18
135
7Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
3,602
1985
SEA SEA
16
285
532
53.6
6.8
225.1
27
20
76.2
5.1
3.8
52
448
8Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
3,522
1985
MIN MIN
15
277
506
54.7
7.0
234.8
19
26
67.8
3.8
5.1
39
255
9Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
3,450
1985
PHI PHI
16
255
484
52.7
7.1
215.6
17
20
70.2
3.5
4.1
34
289
10Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
3,443
1985
CIN CIN
15
251
431
58.2
8.0
229.5
27
12
93.2
6.3
2.8
32
289
11Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
3,214
1985
STL STL
16
265
471
56.3
6.8
200.9
18
12
79.5
3.8
2.5
61
442
12Danny White
D. White
3,157
1985
DAL DAL
14
267
450
59.3
7.0
225.5
21
17
80.6
4.7
3.8
30
257
13Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
2,952
1985
DET DET
16
223
406
54.9
7.3
184.5
17
18
73.6
4.2
4.4
49
343
14Warren Moon
W. Moon
2,709
1985
HOU HOU
14
200
377
53.1
7.2
193.5
15
19
68.5
4.0
5.0
46
366
15Dieter Brock
D. Brock
2,658
1985
RAM RAM
15
218
365
59.7
7.3
177.2
16
13
82.0
4.4
3.6
51
351
16Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
2,608
1985
RAI RAI
16
193
388
49.7
6.7
163.0
16
21
62.7
4.1
5.4
27
202
17Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
2,536
1985
KC KC
16
181
338
53.6
7.5
158.5
17
9
83.6
5.0
2.7
28
223
18Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
2,488
1985
TB TB
11
197
370
53.2
6.7
226.2
19
18
71.3
5.1
4.9
19
143
19Mike Pagel
M. Pagel
2,414
1985
IND IND
16
199
393
50.6
6.1
150.9
14
15
65.8
3.6
3.8
25
180
20Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
2,392
1985
CHI CHI
13
178
313
56.9
7.6
184.0
15
11
82.6
4.8
3.5
26
125
21Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
2,206
1985
GB GB
12
172
314
54.8
7.0
183.8
15
17
70.4
4.8
5.4
30
226
22Tony Eason
T. Eason
2,156
1985
NE NE
16
168
299
56.2
7.2
134.8
11
17
67.5
3.7
5.7
28
229
23David Archer
D. Archer
1,992
1985
ATL ATL
16
161
312
51.6
6.4
124.5
7
17
56.5
2.2
5.4
43
312
24Dave Wilson
D. Wilson
1,843
1985
NO NO
10
145
293
49.5
6.3
184.3
11
15
60.7
3.8
5.1
39
291
25Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
1,774
1985
WAS WAS
11
167
301
55.5
5.9
161.3
8
16
59.6
2.7
5.3
37
314
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