nfl passing leaders from 1985 to 1999

Between the 1985 and 1999 seasons, Dan Marino had the most passing yards, with 54,067 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
54,067
215
4,432
7,498
59.1
7.2
251.5
352
229
84.3
4.7
3.1
247
1,730
2John Elway
J. Elway
47,214
208
3,786
6,611
57.3
7.1
227.0
275
197
81.0
4.2
3.0
464
3,409
3Warren Moon
W. Moon
45,779
190
3,714
6,339
58.6
7.2
240.9
278
218
81.3
4.4
3.4
406
2,998
4Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
37,390
177
2,918
5,103
57.2
7.3
211.2
244
181
81.4
4.8
3.5
313
2,386
5Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
35,467
160
2,874
4,779
60.1
7.4
221.7
237
175
84.4
5.0
3.7
323
2,427
6Jim Everett
J. Everett
34,837
158
2,841
4,923
57.7
7.1
220.5
203
175
78.6
4.1
3.6
257
1,885
7Steve Young
S. Young
33,124
169
2,667
4,149
64.3
8.0
196.0
232
107
96.8
5.6
2.6
358
2,055
8Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
32,575
157
2,569
4,613
55.7
7.1
207.5
205
191
75.5
4.4
4.1
316
2,359
9Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
31,310
154
2,742
4,453
61.6
7.0
203.3
158
127
82.6
3.5
2.9
246
1,657
10Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
30,993
177
2,569
4,396
58.4
7.1
175.1
202
157
80.6
4.6
3.6
388
2,993
11Brett Favre
B. Favre
30,894
129
2,659
4,351
61.1
7.1
239.5
235
141
87.1
5.4
3.2
267
1,686
12Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
28,557
149
2,301
4,075
56.5
7.0
191.7
198
128
81.4
4.9
3.1
464
3,426
13Jeff George
J. George
26,045
123
2,162
3,731
57.9
7.0
211.7
147
104
81.0
3.9
2.8
340
2,559
14Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
25,966
106
2,192
3,921
55.9
6.6
245.0
147
123
75.7
3.7
3.1
212
1,493
15Joe Montana
J. Montana
24,942
104
2,085
3,314
62.9
7.5
239.8
167
85
92.0
5.0
2.6
197
1,274
16Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
24,872
170
2,182
3,716
58.7
6.7
146.3
121
107
77.8
3.3
2.9
347
2,036
17Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
23,692
119
1,994
3,399
58.7
7.0
199.1
122
91
80.8
3.6
2.7
331
2,486
18Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
23,301
126
1,994
3,365
59.3
6.9
184.9
124
87
81.8
3.7
2.6
273
1,660
19Phil Simms
P. Simms
23,193
111
1,784
3,118
57.2
7.4
208.9
138
96
82.7
4.4
3.1
306
2,096
20Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
21,683
118
1,839
3,121
58.9
6.9
183.8
135
124
78.0
4.3
4.0
178
1,255
21Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
20,865
130
1,668
2,894
57.6
7.2
160.5
135
101
81.2
4.7
3.5
255
1,779
22Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
20,408
108
1,766
3,057
57.8
6.7
189.0
114
62
82.0
3.7
2.0
250
1,825
23Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
20,063
118
1,426
2,808
50.8
7.1
170.0
114
108
71.7
4.1
3.8
208
1,600
24Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
19,648
118
1,582
2,768
57.2
7.1
166.5
118
102
78.1
4.3
3.7
165
1,374
25Chris Miller
C. Miller
19,320
98
1,580
2,892
54.6
6.7
197.1
123
102
74.9
4.3
3.5
209
1,527
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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3
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12
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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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
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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
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Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
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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