nfl passing yards leader 1967 to 1980

Between the 1967 and 1980 seasons, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing yards, with 32,424 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
32,424
162
2,662
4,568
58.3
7.1
200.1
229
171
81.3
5.0
3.7
274
2,337
2Jim Hart
J. Hart
32,125
179
2,383
4,693
50.8
6.8
179.5
193
225
66.7
4.1
4.8
214
1,718
3Bob Griese
B. Griese
25,092
161
1,926
3,429
56.2
7.3
155.9
192
172
77.1
5.6
5.0
267
2,318
4Craig Morton
C. Morton
24,122
179
1,780
3,323
53.6
7.3
134.8
157
165
72.0
4.7
5.0
316
2,387
5John Hadl
J. Hadl
23,568
154
1,707
3,366
50.7
7.0
153.0
162
188
66.3
4.8
5.6
179
1,514
6Terry 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
7Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
22,700
131
1,685
2,958
57.0
7.7
173.3
153
109
83.4
5.2
3.7
313
2,154
8Ken 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
9Joe Namath
J. Namath
22,064
113
1,490
2,951
50.5
7.5
195.3
136
178
65.5
4.6
6.0
109
1,052
10Ken 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
11Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
21,730
137
1,814
3,403
53.3
6.4
158.6
160
110
75.3
4.7
3.2
168
1,268
12Archie 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
13Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
19,842
131
1,545
2,907
53.1
6.8
151.5
150
137
72.4
5.2
4.7
158
1,193
14Dan 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
15Dan 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
16Joe 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
17Norm Snead
N. Snead
16,964
103
1,354
2,464
55.0
6.9
164.7
113
150
66.5
4.6
6.1
94
744
18Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
16,655
95
1,138
2,248
50.6
7.4
175.3
148
115
75.8
6.6
5.1
72
636
19Len Dawson
L. Dawson
15,691
113
1,215
2,091
58.1
7.5
138.9
105
100
78.6
5.0
4.8
167
1,423
20Greg Landry
G. Landry
15,658
134
1,251
2,251
55.6
7.0
116.9
97
99
73.4
4.3
4.4
305
2,403
21Jim 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
22Brian 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
23John Brodie
J. Brodie
15,052
89
1,195
2,169
55.1
6.9
169.1
103
106
72.4
4.7
4.9
47
380
24Steve 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
25Bert 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
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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