nfl passing yards leaders 1979 to 1980

Between the 1979 and 1980 seasons, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards, with 8,797 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
8,797
32
680
1,119
60.8
7.9
274.9
54
48
83.7
4.8
4.3
60
405
2Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
7,925
32
623
1,089
57.2
7.3
247.7
58
40
82.5
5.3
3.7
66
564
3Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
7,063
31
477
896
53.2
7.9
227.8
50
47
76.0
5.6
5.2
57
441
4Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
7,007
32
561
993
56.5
7.1
219.0
37
38
75.0
3.7
3.8
67
542
5Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
6,979
31
614
1,088
56.4
6.4
225.1
42
47
70.7
3.9
4.3
73
463
6Archie Manning
A. Manning
6,885
32
561
929
60.4
7.4
215.2
38
40
79.0
4.1
4.3
58
451
7Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
6,817
32
597
955
62.5
7.1
213.0
39
50
75.7
4.1
5.2
61
548
8Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
6,377
32
489
897
54.5
7.1
199.3
34
33
74.4
3.8
3.7
56
516
9Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
6,198
32
447
825
54.2
7.5
193.7
45
24
84.6
5.5
2.9
61
485
10Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
6,049
30
461
843
54.7
7.2
201.6
48
36
78.7
5.7
4.3
74
610
11Richard Todd
R. Todd
5,989
31
435
813
53.5
7.4
193.2
33
52
64.2
4.1
6.4
67
548
12Doug Williams
D. Williams
5,844
32
420
918
45.8
6.4
182.6
38
40
62.4
4.1
4.4
30
251
13Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
5,761
28
381
729
52.3
7.9
205.8
46
42
75.6
6.3
5.8
62
479
14Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
5,759
32
495
849
58.3
6.8
180.0
37
29
79.2
4.4
3.4
65
545
15Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
5,650
27
533
899
59.3
6.3
209.3
29
38
70.8
3.2
4.2
31
233
16Jim Hart
J. Hart
5,164
29
422
803
52.6
6.4
178.1
25
40
62.3
3.1
5.0
64
475
17Craig Morton
C. Morton
4,776
26
387
671
57.7
7.1
183.7
28
32
73.8
4.2
4.8
56
431
18Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
4,316
21
338
597
56.6
7.2
205.5
20
29
70.3
3.4
4.9
52
434
19Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
4,118
28
355
614
57.8
6.7
147.1
22
23
74.5
3.6
3.7
70
498
20Phil Simms
P. Simms
4,064
25
327
667
49.0
6.1
162.6
28
33
61.7
4.2
4.9
75
552
21Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
3,977
24
293
514
57.0
7.7
165.7
35
29
81.0
6.8
5.6
34
306
22Bert Jones
B. Jones
3,777
19
291
538
54.1
7.0
198.8
26
24
73.9
4.8
4.5
44
339
23Steve Fuller
S. Fuller
3,734
30
339
590
57.5
6.3
124.5
16
26
67.0
2.7
4.4
86
592
24Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
3,586
16
267
461
57.9
7.8
224.1
27
11
92.3
5.9
2.4
36
240
25Danny White
D. White
3,554
32
279
475
58.7
7.5
111.1
29
27
78.9
6.1
5.7
34
298
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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