nfl passing leaders 1977 to 1988

Between the 1977 and 1988 seasons, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards, with 36,251 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
36,251
136
2,781
4,619
60.2
7.8
266.6
224
191
83.9
4.8
4.1
229
1,659
2Joe Montana
J. Montana
27,533
138
2,322
3,673
63.2
7.5
199.5
190
99
92.0
5.2
2.7
219
1,543
3Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
27,086
158
2,097
3,932
53.3
6.9
171.4
176
151
74.1
4.5
3.8
345
2,666
4Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
23,929
130
1,946
3,406
57.1
7.0
184.1
150
125
78.4
4.4
3.7
314
2,556
5Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
23,869
120
1,934
3,512
55.1
6.8
198.9
152
150
72.9
4.3
4.3
235
1,500
6Dan Marino
D. Marino
23,856
87
1,866
3,100
60.2
7.7
274.2
196
103
91.5
6.3
3.3
73
584
7Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
23,224
131
1,888
3,553
53.1
6.5
177.3
143
161
68.1
4.0
4.5
224
2,041
8Phil Simms
P. Simms
23,174
109
1,752
3,253
53.9
7.1
212.6
142
123
75.4
4.4
3.8
356
2,707
9Neil Lomax
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
10Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
22,517
140
1,922
3,411
56.3
6.6
160.8
132
155
70.5
3.9
4.5
209
1,737
11Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
21,785
113
1,760
3,081
57.1
7.1
192.8
141
120
78.2
4.6
3.9
319
2,609
12Danny White
D. White
21,746
152
1,748
2,930
59.7
7.4
143.1
153
130
81.6
5.2
4.4
240
2,068
13Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
20,695
111
1,412
2,664
53.0
7.8
186.4
140
153
72.2
5.3
5.7
190
1,492
14Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
20,570
94
1,662
2,931
56.7
7.0
218.8
135
125
76.2
4.6
4.3
185
1,567
15Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
19,904
95
1,477
2,588
57.1
7.7
209.5
126
137
75.9
4.9
5.3
240
1,892
16Richard Todd
R. Todd
19,740
106
1,545
2,805
55.1
7.0
186.2
121
149
69.6
4.3
5.3
235
1,894
17Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
19,512
114
1,612
2,671
60.4
7.3
171.2
109
102
80.5
4.1
3.8
231
1,624
18Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
18,544
126
1,461
2,710
53.9
6.8
147.2
99
114
70.2
3.7
4.2
188
1,389
19John Elway
J. Elway
18,144
85
1,442
2,654
54.3
6.8
213.5
102
96
73.6
3.8
3.6
172
1,291
20Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
17,595
99
1,494
2,510
59.5
7.0
177.7
106
151
69.9
4.2
6.0
179
1,595
21Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
17,549
88
1,358
2,344
57.9
7.5
199.4
148
96
85.5
6.3
4.1
232
1,869
22Bill Kenney
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
23Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
17,233
85
1,179
2,196
53.7
7.8
202.7
136
111
79.1
6.2
5.1
139
1,184
24Doug Williams
D. Williams
16,413
84
1,189
2,414
49.3
6.8
195.4
99
90
69.6
4.1
3.7
82
724
25Archie Manning
A. Manning
15,212
88
1,262
2,151
58.7
7.1
172.9
78
95
74.1
3.6
4.4
210
1,674
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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