nfl passing leaders 1970 to 1980

Between the 1970 and 1980 seasons, Jim Hart had the most passing yards, with 25,972 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Jim Hart
J. Hart
25,972
143
1,967
3,811
51.6
6.8
181.6
153
165
68.8
4.0
4.3
204
1,618
2Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
23,863
120
2,056
3,445
59.7
6.9
198.9
156
132
79.8
4.5
3.8
238
2,048
3Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
23,257
144
1,692
3,283
51.5
7.1
161.5
171
185
68.4
5.2
5.6
272
2,408
4Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
22,280
146
1,779
2,938
60.6
7.6
152.6
163
171
78.4
5.5
5.8
216
1,955
5Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
22,279
125
1,662
2,911
57.1
7.7
178.2
152
107
83.6
5.2
3.7
301
2,048
6Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
21,808
132
1,736
3,060
56.7
7.1
165.2
131
114
77.8
4.3
3.7
295
2,183
7Archie Manning
A. Manning
20,284
121
1,714
3,096
55.4
6.6
167.6
110
143
68.1
3.6
4.6
317
2,458
8Craig Morton
C. Morton
19,773
144
1,505
2,799
53.8
7.1
137.3
122
134
70.9
4.4
4.8
286
2,141
9Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
19,454
96
1,489
2,594
57.4
7.5
202.6
112
125
75.5
4.3
4.8
182
1,257
10Bob Griese
B. Griese
18,919
127
1,453
2,491
58.3
7.6
149.0
146
122
81.5
5.9
4.9
234
2,029
11Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
17,796
130
1,492
2,898
51.5
6.1
136.9
101
147
61.1
3.5
5.1
232
2,080
12Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
17,355
111
1,320
2,552
51.7
6.8
156.4
112
112
69.9
4.4
4.4
204
1,664
13Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
15,605
104
1,155
2,329
49.6
6.7
150.0
103
134
62.1
4.4
5.8
240
2,102
14Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
15,207
88
1,239
2,191
56.5
6.9
172.8
107
93
76.7
4.9
4.2
150
1,229
15Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
14,626
85
1,006
1,972
51.0
7.4
172.1
107
124
67.4
5.4
6.3
137
1,180
16Bert Jones
B. Jones
14,569
83
1,138
2,038
55.8
7.1
175.5
101
77
79.2
5.0
3.8
193
1,685
17Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
14,548
72
1,121
2,126
52.7
6.8
202.1
80
104
66.7
3.8
4.9
147
1,065
18John Hadl
J. Hadl
14,477
112
1,124
2,175
51.7
6.7
129.3
101
123
64.8
4.6
5.7
161
1,324
19Greg Landry
G. Landry
14,467
120
1,148
2,043
56.2
7.1
120.6
91
82
76.5
4.5
4.0
275
2,138
20Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
14,038
95
1,217
2,267
53.7
6.2
147.8
92
74
72.5
4.1
3.3
154
1,156
21Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
13,909
95
1,088
2,028
53.6
6.9
146.4
109
92
74.4
5.4
4.5
136
981
22Joe Namath
J. Namath
12,176
71
860
1,719
50.0
7.1
171.5
76
116
59.9
4.4
6.7
96
935
23Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
11,673
68
884
1,723
51.3
6.8
171.7
78
91
66.2
4.5
5.3
179
1,602
24Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
11,587
86
873
1,693
51.6
6.8
134.7
80
69
72.3
4.7
4.1
166
1,265
25Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
10,726
99
864
1,617
53.4
6.6
108.3
67
69
70.3
4.1
4.3
163
1,378
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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