nfl passing leaders 1981 to 1989

Between the 1981 and 1989 seasons, Joe Montana had the most passing yards, with 29,163 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
29,163
120
2,404
3,763
63.9
7.7
243.0
200
98
94.5
5.3
2.6
237
1,641
2Dan 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
3Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
23,586
85
1,808
3,010
60.1
7.8
277.5
142
117
84.3
4.7
3.9
137
1,047
4Neil 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
5Phil Simms
P. Simms
22,171
99
1,653
2,991
55.3
7.4
223.9
128
104
78.8
4.3
3.5
321
2,399
6John Elway
J. Elway
21,195
100
1,665
3,070
54.2
6.9
212.0
120
114
73.6
3.9
3.7
207
1,589
7Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
20,858
102
1,644
2,841
57.9
7.3
204.5
169
116
83.7
5.9
4.1
268
2,152
8Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
18,350
85
1,296
2,285
56.7
8.0
215.9
126
76
87.3
5.5
3.3
155
1,277
9Warren Moon
W. Moon
18,300
84
1,339
2,441
54.9
7.5
217.9
101
99
75.9
4.1
4.1
206
1,654
10Danny White
D. White
17,942
90
1,445
2,411
59.9
7.4
199.4
124
101
82.7
5.1
4.2
203
1,745
11Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
17,826
113
1,448
2,534
57.1
7.0
157.8
106
111
74.7
4.2
4.4
175
1,459
12Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
17,589
82
1,471
2,467
59.6
7.1
214.5
96
68
83.0
3.9
2.8
261
1,942
13Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
17,321
87
1,362
2,487
54.8
7.0
199.1
112
105
74.2
4.5
4.2
167
1,056
14Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
16,735
103
1,293
2,361
54.8
7.1
162.5
100
84
76.5
4.2
3.6
190
1,444
15Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
16,603
102
1,314
2,424
54.2
6.8
162.8
99
95
73.1
4.1
3.9
197
1,561
16Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
14,480
68
1,180
1,985
59.4
7.3
212.9
93
69
83.1
4.7
3.5
177
1,379
17Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
14,242
65
1,026
1,771
57.9
8.0
219.1
101
94
80.8
5.7
5.3
167
1,271
18Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
13,888
65
1,134
1,940
58.5
7.2
213.7
75
47
83.4
3.9
2.4
139
888
19Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
13,335
78
1,050
1,831
57.3
7.3
171.0
77
66
79.2
4.2
3.6
174
1,057
20Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
12,901
57
1,032
1,742
59.2
7.4
226.3
81
63
82.7
4.6
3.6
130
1,014
21Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
12,735
108
943
1,811
52.1
7.0
117.9
80
91
68.6
4.4
5.0
181
1,282
22Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
12,451
61
1,048
1,733
60.5
7.2
204.1
78
53
84.7
4.5
3.1
177
1,354
23Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
12,441
74
1,047
1,959
53.4
6.4
168.1
84
95
67.2
4.3
4.8
108
1,046
24Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
11,933
65
959
1,788
53.6
6.7
183.6
77
58
75.4
4.3
3.2
248
1,804
25Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
11,645
60
823
1,529
53.8
7.6
194.1
71
81
72.1
4.6
5.3
101
738
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

More NFL News

More 49ers Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,167

Purdy

Brock Purdy

RUSH

1,202

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey

REC

924

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey
Team Rankings

PPG

25.7

10th

OPP PPG

21.8

13th

RUSH YDS/G

106.9

24th

PASS YDS/G

254.0

6th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
9/10
@
8:35 PM
Sun
9/20
@
4:25 PM
Sun
9/27
@
4:05 PM
Sun
10/4
@
4:25 PM
Sun
10/11
@
4:25 PM
Last Game
SF 49ers

1 - 1

6

Final

41

SEA Seahawks

1 - 0

Sat 17 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
10/12
@
29-27
Sun
10/12
@
27-30
Sun
10/12
@
25-19
Sun
10/12
@
10-20
Sun
10/12
@
18-27

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
9/9
@
8:20 PM
Thu
9/10
@
8:35 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM