nfl passing yards leader 1970 to 1983

Between the 1970 and 1983 seasons, Ken Anderson had the most passing yards, with 30,390 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
30,390
170
2,452
4,145
59.2
7.3
178.8
184
146
82.0
4.4
3.5
371
2,664
2Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
30,114
131
2,268
3,873
58.6
7.8
229.9
182
168
80.9
4.7
4.3
227
1,592
3Jim Hart
J. Hart
28,457
162
2,170
4,176
52.0
6.8
175.7
169
187
68.6
4.0
4.5
233
1,836
4Terry 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
5Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
27,599
181
2,237
3,723
60.1
7.4
152.5
192
217
75.9
5.2
5.8
276
2,474
6Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
25,599
152
1,997
3,822
52.3
6.7
168.4
169
173
69.4
4.4
4.5
257
2,172
7Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
23,863
120
2,056
3,445
59.7
6.9
198.9
156
132
79.8
4.5
3.8
238
2,048
8Brian 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
9Archie Manning
A. Manning
23,366
145
1,959
3,548
55.2
6.6
161.1
123
170
67.1
3.5
4.8
378
2,939
10Craig Morton
C. Morton
23,161
162
1,748
3,201
54.6
7.2
143.0
143
151
73.0
4.5
4.7
343
2,554
11Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
22,279
125
1,662
2,911
57.1
7.7
178.2
152
107
83.6
5.2
3.7
301
2,048
12Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
21,620
136
1,631
3,148
51.8
6.9
159.0
141
176
65.5
4.5
5.6
327
2,860
13Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
20,574
107
1,621
2,950
54.9
7.0
192.3
138
130
74.2
4.7
4.4
287
2,414
14Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
20,073
127
1,525
2,886
52.8
7.0
158.1
135
119
73.5
4.7
4.1
271
2,091
15Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
20,042
110
1,586
2,973
53.3
6.7
182.2
107
131
68.3
3.6
4.4
200
1,482
16Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
20,041
140
1,594
2,824
56.4
7.1
143.2
128
109
77.7
4.5
3.9
255
2,102
17Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
19,826
111
1,357
2,613
51.9
7.6
178.6
136
156
69.4
5.2
6.0
193
1,560
18Bob Griese
B. Griese
18,919
127
1,453
2,491
58.3
7.6
149.0
146
122
81.5
5.9
4.9
234
2,029
19Dan 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
20Richard Todd
R. Todd
18,241
102
1,433
2,623
54.6
7.0
178.8
110
138
68.6
4.2
5.3
230
1,850
21Bert 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
22Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
17,921
125
1,338
2,410
55.5
7.4
143.4
101
143
68.6
4.2
5.9
235
1,953
23Greg Landry
G. Landry
14,662
131
1,162
2,072
56.1
7.1
111.9
91
83
76.3
4.4
4.0
280
2,188
24John Hadl
J. Hadl
14,477
112
1,124
2,175
51.7
6.7
129.3
101
123
64.8
4.6
5.7
161
1,324
25Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
14,038
95
1,217
2,267
53.7
6.2
147.8
92
74
72.5
4.1
3.3
154
1,156
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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