nfl passing yards leader 1968 to 1984

Between the 1968 and 1984 seasons, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards, with 33,854 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
33,854
144
2,585
4,380
59.0
7.7
235.1
201
185
81.2
4.6
4.2
256
1,820
2Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
32,497
181
2,627
4,420
59.4
7.4
179.5
194
158
82.0
4.4
3.6
395
2,855
3Jim Hart
J. Hart
31,628
186
2,397
4,668
51.3
6.8
170.0
190
217
67.3
4.1
4.6
243
1,936
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
29,336
148
2,458
4,191
58.6
7.0
198.2
200
152
80.9
4.8
3.6
274
2,337
5Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
27,989
168
2,025
3,901
51.9
7.2
166.6
212
210
70.9
5.4
5.4
307
2,694
6Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
27,938
184
2,270
3,793
59.8
7.4
151.8
194
222
75.3
5.1
5.9
281
2,514
7Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
27,590
164
2,188
4,166
52.5
6.6
168.2
181
190
68.9
4.3
4.6
292
2,529
8Craig Morton
C. Morton
26,532
188
1,954
3,588
54.5
7.4
141.1
168
172
73.9
4.7
4.8
373
2,800
9Archie Manning
A. Manning
23,911
151
2,011
3,642
55.2
6.6
158.4
125
173
67.1
3.4
4.8
396
3,092
10Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
23,713
125
1,944
3,439
56.5
6.9
189.7
154
149
74.8
4.5
4.3
224
1,889
11Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
23,432
156
1,877
3,301
56.9
7.1
150.2
152
122
79.0
4.6
3.7
303
2,443
12Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
23,093
144
1,739
3,346
52.0
6.9
160.4
147
186
65.6
4.4
5.6
340
2,963
13Bob Griese
B. Griese
23,087
149
1,760
3,098
56.8
7.5
154.9
177
154
78.8
5.7
5.0
267
2,318
14Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
22,827
140
1,759
3,313
53.1
6.9
163.1
151
133
73.5
4.6
4.0
305
2,361
15Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
22,732
118
1,802
3,219
56.0
7.1
192.6
149
140
75.5
4.6
4.3
327
2,714
16Roger 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
17Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
21,116
140
1,575
2,811
56.0
7.5
150.8
126
162
71.0
4.5
5.8
267
2,197
18Richard Todd
R. Todd
20,419
117
1,594
2,935
54.3
7.0
174.5
121
157
67.8
4.1
5.3
263
2,117
19Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
20,270
114
1,389
2,681
51.8
7.6
177.8
139
162
68.9
5.2
6.0
200
1,605
20John Hadl
J. Hadl
20,203
140
1,490
2,939
50.7
6.9
144.3
138
166
65.1
4.7
5.6
179
1,514
21Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
20,122
126
1,593
2,990
53.3
6.7
159.7
107
133
67.9
3.6
4.4
201
1,490
22Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
18,951
123
1,618
3,032
53.4
6.3
154.1
135
97
74.1
4.5
3.2
168
1,268
23Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
18,515
140
1,556
3,055
50.9
6.1
132.3
103
161
59.1
3.4
5.3
246
2,229
24Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
18,501
121
1,448
2,703
53.6
6.8
152.9
144
126
73.6
5.3
4.7
158
1,193
25Bert Jones
B. Jones
18,190
102
1,430
2,551
56.1
7.1
178.3
124
101
78.2
4.9
4.0
232
2,020
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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