nfl qb total yards leaders 1982

Dan Fouts accounted for the most yards by a quarterback in 1982, with 2,891 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards.

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NFL qb passing total yards leaders 1982
NAMETOTALYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
2,891
1982
9
204
330
61.8
2,883
8.7
320.3
17
11
93.3
5.2
3.3
12
94
2Joe Montana
J. Montana
2,731
1982
9
213
346
61.6
2,613
7.6
290.3
17
11
88.0
4.9
3.2
20
166
3Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
2,580
1982
9
218
309
70.6
2,495
8.1
277.2
12
9
95.3
3.9
2.9
26
154
4Doug Williams
D. Williams
2,229
1982
9
164
307
53.4
2,071
6.7
230.1
9
11
69.6
2.9
3.6
11
128
5Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
2,183
1982
9
161
252
63.9
2,033
8.1
225.9
13
9
91.3
5.2
3.6
30
223
6Danny White
D. White
2,170
1982
9
156
247
63.2
2,079
8.4
231.0
16
12
91.1
6.5
4.9
25
264
7Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
2,114
1982
9
176
308
57.1
2,037
6.6
226.3
15
12
77.3
4.9
3.9
21
130
8Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
2,085
1982
9
167
286
58.4
2,076
7.3
230.7
12
12
77.5
4.2
4.2
31
244
9Scott Brunner
S. Brunner
2,044
1982
9
161
298
54.0
2,017
6.8
224.1
10
9
73.9
3.4
3.0
17
130
10Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
2,041
1982
9
152
261
58.2
2,035
7.8
226.1
14
15
77.0
5.4
5.7
23
211
11Richard Todd
R. Todd
1,956
1982
9
153
261
58.6
1,961
7.5
217.9
14
8
87.3
5.4
3.1
23
206
12Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
1,909
1982
9
166
262
63.4
1,905
7.3
211.7
8
11
77.9
3.1
4.2
20
177
13Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
1,809
1982
9
124
218
56.9
1,790
8.2
198.9
12
14
75.3
5.5
6.4
25
196
14Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
1,778
1982
9
127
240
52.9
1,768
7.4
196.4
17
11
81.4
7.1
4.6
18
131
15Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
1,680
1982
9
126
245
51.4
1,540
6.3
171.1
7
11
61.9
2.9
4.5
20
152
16Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
1,643
1982
9
144
264
54.5
1,597
6.0
177.4
7
16
56.3
2.7
6.1
11
105
17Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
1,612
1982
7
118
209
56.5
1,609
7.7
229.9
9
9
77.6
4.3
4.3
7
65
18Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
1,606
1982
8
120
210
57.1
1,501
7.1
187.6
9
7
79.9
4.3
3.3
27
196
19Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
1,496
1982
9
109
205
53.2
1,367
6.7
151.9
5
6
70.1
2.4
2.9
31
234
20Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
1,435
1982
8
100
197
50.8
1,343
6.8
167.9
10
14
60.1
5.1
7.1
19
145
21Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
1,432
1982
9
131
223
58.7
1,405
6.3
156.1
7
11
67.2
3.1
4.9
16
130
22Mike Pagel
M. Pagel
1,363
1982
9
111
221
50.2
1,281
5.8
142.3
5
7
62.4
2.3
3.2
16
129
23Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
1,339
1982
8
117
189
61.9
1,343
7.1
167.9
6
10
71.8
3.2
5.3
13
106
24David Woodley
D. Woodley
1,302
1982
9
98
179
54.7
1,080
6.0
120.0
5
8
63.5
2.8
4.5
10
82
25Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
1,232
1982
7
95
169
56.2
1,192
7.1
170.3
7
6
77.3
4.1
3.6
23
166
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