passing offense leaders in the 80s

Joe Montana had 30,958 passing yards from 1980 through 1989.

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NAMEYDSOFFGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
30,958
30,600
135
2,580
4,036
63.9
7.7
229.3
215
107
94.0
5.3
2.7
252
1,741
2Dan Marino
D. Marino
27,853
27,165
103
2,174
3,650
59.6
7.6
270.4
220
125
89.3
6.0
3.4
83
670
3Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
28,301
27,085
101
2,156
3,599
59.9
7.9
280.2
172
141
84.4
4.8
3.9
169
1,257
4Phil Simms
P. Simms
24,492
22,795
112
1,846
3,393
54.4
7.2
218.7
143
123
76.4
4.2
3.6
357
2,632
5John Elway
J. Elway
21,195
21,281
100
1,665
3,070
54.2
6.9
212.0
120
114
73.6
3.9
3.7
207
1,589
6Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
22,771
21,040
108
1,817
3,153
57.6
7.2
210.8
136
90
82.7
4.3
2.9
362
2,700
7Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
20,903
20,013
102
1,661
3,009
55.2
6.9
204.9
131
128
73.8
4.4
4.3
204
1,270
8Danny White
D. White
21,229
19,667
106
1,705
2,847
59.9
7.5
200.3
152
126
82.4
5.3
4.4
233
1,997
9Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
20,858
19,616
103
1,644
2,843
57.8
7.3
202.5
169
116
83.7
5.9
4.1
269
2,158
10Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
20,132
18,810
118
1,571
2,875
54.6
7.0
170.6
126
107
75.9
4.4
3.7
224
1,774
11Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
19,824
18,452
124
1,634
2,855
57.2
6.9
159.9
118
128
73.8
4.1
4.5
189
1,573
12Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
18,350
18,128
85
1,296
2,285
56.7
8.0
215.9
126
76
87.3
5.5
3.3
155
1,277
13Warren Moon
W. Moon
18,300
17,612
84
1,339
2,441
54.9
7.5
217.9
101
99
75.9
4.1
4.1
206
1,654
14Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
17,442
16,946
84
1,442
2,439
59.1
7.2
207.6
110
85
81.7
4.5
3.5
208
1,661
15Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
17,771
16,228
81
1,304
2,249
58.0
7.9
219.4
116
119
78.5
5.2
5.3
204
1,585
16Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
17,277
15,981
106
1,330
2,430
54.7
7.1
163.0
105
86
77.0
4.3
3.5
195
1,487
17Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
17,589
15,884
82
1,471
2,467
59.6
7.1
214.5
96
68
83.0
3.9
2.8
261
1,942
18Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
15,246
14,444
90
1,298
2,398
54.1
6.4
169.4
104
113
68.5
4.3
4.7
121
1,175
19Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
15,995
14,442
77
1,305
2,196
59.4
7.3
207.7
109
69
85.4
5.0
3.1
212
1,678
20Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
13,335
13,703
78
1,050
1,831
57.3
7.3
171.0
77
66
79.2
4.2
3.6
174
1,057
21Richard Todd
R. Todd
14,368
13,689
74
1,181
2,099
56.3
6.8
194.2
88
100
71.6
4.2
4.8
171
1,347
22Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
14,120
13,687
72
998
1,835
54.4
7.7
196.1
89
103
72.2
4.9
5.6
118
876
23Doug Williams
D. Williams
13,380
13,514
62
1,001
1,916
52.2
7.0
215.8
75
61
74.5
3.9
3.2
71
608
24Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
13,888
13,098
65
1,134
1,940
58.5
7.2
213.7
75
47
83.4
3.9
2.4
139
888
25Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
12,808
12,680
73
1,084
1,690
64.1
7.6
175.5
72
59
86.8
4.3
3.5
127
866

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6
2
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7
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