nfl qb most passing yards 1980 to 1981

Between the 1980 and 1981 seasons, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards by a quarterback, with 9,517 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
9,517
32
708
1,198
59.1
7.9
297.4
63
41
87.7
5.3
3.4
51
344
2Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
8,008
32
650
1,121
58.0
7.1
250.3
47
39
79.6
4.2
3.5
57
527
3Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
7,494
29
621
1,115
55.7
6.7
258.4
45
47
72.4
4.0
4.2
56
363
4Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
7,373
32
554
996
55.6
7.4
230.4
61
39
83.4
6.1
3.9
72
611
5Doug Williams
D. Williams
6,959
32
492
992
49.6
7.0
217.5
39
30
73.1
3.9
3.0
41
329
6Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
6,624
32
507
912
55.6
7.3
207.0
50
32
82.3
5.5
3.5
48
410
7Richard Todd
R. Todd
6,560
32
543
976
55.6
6.7
205.0
42
43
72.4
4.3
4.4
72
550
8Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
6,530
32
555
950
58.4
6.9
204.1
36
36
76.3
3.8
3.8
59
541
9Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
6,457
32
503
937
53.7
6.9
201.8
44
38
74.3
4.7
4.1
28
266
10Danny White
D. White
6,385
32
483
827
58.4
7.7
199.5
50
38
83.9
6.0
4.6
60
486
11Bert Jones
B. Jones
6,228
30
492
872
56.4
7.1
207.6
44
41
76.1
5.0
4.7
65
525
12Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
6,226
29
419
794
52.8
7.8
214.7
46
36
79.2
5.8
4.5
50
400
13Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
6,134
29
512
885
57.9
6.9
211.5
30
29
76.8
3.4
3.3
68
542
14Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
6,122
29
482
832
57.9
7.4
211.1
32
40
73.8
3.8
4.8
77
612
15Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
5,532
29
466
754
61.8
7.3
190.8
35
23
86.9
4.6
3.1
49
314
16Joe Montana
J. Montana
5,360
31
487
761
64.0
7.0
172.9
34
21
88.2
4.5
2.8
41
293
17Craig Morton
C. Morton
5,345
27
408
677
60.3
7.9
198.0
33
27
84.8
4.9
4.0
80
584
18Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
5,190
29
458
742
61.7
7.0
179.0
27
46
69.0
3.6
6.2
56
518
19Archie Manning
A. Manning
5,163
28
443
741
59.8
7.0
184.4
28
31
76.1
3.8
4.2
62
475
20Jim Hart
J. Hart
4,640
25
362
666
54.4
7.0
185.6
27
34
68.6
4.1
5.1
55
411
21Vince Evans
V. Evans
4,393
29
343
714
48.0
6.2
151.5
22
36
57.0
3.1
5.0
49
378
22Phil Simms
P. Simms
4,352
23
365
718
50.8
6.1
189.2
26
28
65.5
3.6
3.9
74
534
23Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
4,334
20
292
522
55.9
8.3
216.7
25
38
68.9
4.8
7.3
36
275
24David Woodley
D. Woodley
4,320
28
367
693
53.0
6.2
154.3
26
30
66.7
3.8
4.3
41
318
25Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
4,007
22
300
513
58.5
7.8
182.1
16
16
80.8
3.1
3.1
56
422
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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