nfl passing yards leaders 1966 to 1990

Between the 1966 and 1990 seasons, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards, with 43,040 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
43,040
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
2Joe Montana
J. Montana
34,998
166
2,914
4,579
63.6
7.6
210.8
242
123
93.4
5.3
2.7
281
1,894
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
34,985
176
2,854
4,926
57.9
7.1
198.8
246
187
80.8
5.0
3.8
274
2,337
4Jim Hart
J. Hart
34,665
201
2,593
5,076
51.1
6.8
172.5
209
247
66.6
4.1
4.9
243
1,936
5Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
32,838
192
2,654
4,475
59.3
7.3
171.0
197
160
81.9
4.4
3.6
398
2,875
6Dan Marino
D. Marino
31,416
119
2,480
4,181
59.3
7.5
264.0
241
136
88.5
5.8
3.3
98
760
7Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
29,817
186
2,369
4,519
52.4
6.6
160.3
196
209
68.4
4.3
4.6
312
2,710
8Phil Simms
P. Simms
28,519
138
2,164
3,969
54.5
7.2
206.7
171
141
77.0
4.3
3.6
416
3,055
9Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
28,490
168
2,376
4,179
56.9
6.8
169.6
166
175
73.7
4.0
4.2
245
2,039
10Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
28,190
188
2,187
4,117
53.1
6.8
149.9
179
164
72.8
4.3
4.0
363
2,826
11Terry 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
12Ken 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
13Craig Morton
C. Morton
27,735
203
2,036
3,752
54.3
7.4
136.6
181
183
73.9
4.8
4.9
373
2,800
14Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
26,886
149
1,879
3,593
52.3
7.5
180.4
182
208
69.6
5.1
5.8
247
1,986
15John Hadl
J. Hadl
26,414
168
1,907
3,741
51.0
7.1
157.2
185
202
68.0
4.9
5.4
179
1,514
16Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
25,882
157
1,943
3,701
52.5
7.0
164.9
164
198
67.5
4.4
5.3
380
3,279
17Joe Namath
J. Namath
25,443
127
1,722
3,422
50.3
7.4
200.3
155
205
65.1
4.5
6.0
109
1,052
18Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
25,206
167
2,044
3,602
56.7
7.0
150.9
160
138
77.4
4.4
3.8
340
2,757
19Bob 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
20Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
24,777
129
2,012
3,651
55.1
6.8
192.1
159
158
72.8
4.4
4.3
249
1,586
21John Elway
J. Elway
24,721
116
1,959
3,572
54.8
6.9
213.1
135
128
74.3
3.8
3.6
250
1,900
22Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
24,270
151
2,031
3,800
53.4
6.4
160.7
170
126
74.3
4.5
3.3
168
1,268
23Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
24,124
129
1,932
3,456
55.9
7.0
187.0
156
144
75.4
4.5
4.2
356
2,956
24Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
24,052
119
1,909
3,291
58.0
7.3
202.1
184
136
82.3
5.6
4.1
309
2,518
25Archie 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
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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