nfl passing leaders from 1983 to 1989

From 1983 through 1989, Dan Marino had the most passing yards, with 27,853 yards.

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NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan 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
2Joe Montana
J. Montana
22,985
95
1,880
2,929
64.2
7.8
241.9
164
75
96.3
5.6
2.6
191
1,282
3John 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
4Phil Simms
P. Simms
20,140
89
1,481
2,675
55.4
7.5
226.3
117
95
79.4
4.4
3.6
283
2,098
5Neil 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
6Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
19,514
92
1,531
2,651
57.8
7.4
212.1
160
109
83.9
6.0
4.1
241
1,950
7Boomer 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
8Warren 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
9Ken 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
10Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
15,901
60
1,244
2,071
60.1
7.7
265.0
92
89
81.0
4.4
4.3
106
819
11Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
15,624
90
1,253
2,203
56.9
7.1
173.6
93
94
75.3
4.2
4.3
152
1,262
12Bernie 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
13Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
13,560
83
1,051
1,918
54.8
7.1
163.4
84
62
78.3
4.4
3.2
147
1,118
14Jim 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
15Danny White
D. White
12,765
65
1,066
1,773
60.1
7.2
196.4
86
76
80.5
4.9
4.3
148
1,247
16Randall 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
17Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
11,834
70
930
1,621
57.4
7.3
169.1
68
59
79.1
4.2
3.6
147
861
18Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
11,432
77
897
1,677
53.5
6.8
148.5
64
63
72.1
3.8
3.8
145
1,120
19Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
11,372
64
864
1,586
54.5
7.2
177.7
71
69
74.2
4.5
4.4
127
777
20Jim Everett
J. Everett
11,356
49
847
1,484
57.1
7.7
231.8
78
56
83.3
5.3
3.8
82
600
21Tony Eason
T. Eason
10,987
74
898
1,536
58.5
7.2
148.5
61
50
80.3
4.0
3.3
173
1,315
22Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
10,834
56
721
1,467
49.1
7.4
193.5
60
63
69.6
4.1
4.3
99
813
23Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
10,420
87
769
1,443
53.3
7.2
119.8
66
72
71.0
4.6
5.0
151
1,041
24Wade Wilson
W. Wilson
10,107
62
769
1,384
55.6
7.3
163.0
54
55
75.3
3.9
4.0
126
918
25Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
9,859
43
698
1,199
58.2
8.2
229.3
72
65
82.3
6.0
5.4
102
777

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