passing yards leaders 1980 to 1990

Between the 1980 and 1990 seasons, Joe Montana had the most passing yards, with 34,902 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
34,902
150
2,901
4,556
63.7
7.7
232.7
241
123
93.4
5.3
2.7
281
1,894
2Dan 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
3Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
28,301
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
26,776
126
2,030
3,704
54.8
7.2
212.5
158
127
77.8
4.3
3.4
377
2,736
5John 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
6Dave 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
7Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
23,268
140
1,892
3,299
57.4
7.1
166.2
141
132
76.8
4.3
4.0
211
1,764
8Warren Moon
W. Moon
22,989
99
1,701
3,025
56.2
7.6
232.2
134
112
79.9
4.4
3.7
242
1,906
9Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
22,771
108
1,817
3,153
57.6
7.2
210.8
136
90
82.7
4.3
2.9
362
2,700
10Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
21,381
101
1,520
2,687
56.6
8.0
211.7
150
98
85.8
5.6
3.6
186
1,475
11Danny White
D. White
21,229
106
1,705
2,847
59.9
7.5
200.3
152
126
82.4
5.3
4.4
233
1,997
12Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
20,905
103
1,662
3,012
55.2
6.9
203.0
131
129
73.6
4.3
4.3
206
1,281
13Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
20,444
98
1,697
2,878
59.0
7.1
208.6
109
78
82.2
3.8
2.7
295
2,204
14Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
20,132
118
1,571
2,875
54.6
7.0
170.6
126
107
75.9
4.4
3.7
224
1,774
15Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
17,771
81
1,304
2,249
58.0
7.9
219.4
116
119
78.5
5.2
5.3
204
1,585
16Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
17,442
84
1,442
2,439
59.1
7.2
207.6
110
85
81.7
4.5
3.5
208
1,661
17Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
17,277
106
1,330
2,430
54.7
7.1
163.0
105
86
77.0
4.3
3.5
195
1,487
18Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
16,450
78
1,364
2,363
57.7
7.0
210.9
85
62
80.3
3.6
2.6
176
1,108
19Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
15,995
77
1,305
2,196
59.4
7.3
207.7
109
69
85.4
5.0
3.1
212
1,678
20Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
15,730
71
1,251
2,088
59.9
7.5
221.5
105
72
85.8
5.0
3.4
150
1,172
21Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
15,399
81
1,230
2,253
54.6
6.8
190.1
107
71
78.8
4.7
3.2
297
2,235
22Jim Everett
J. Everett
15,345
65
1,154
2,038
56.6
7.5
236.1
101
73
82.2
5.0
3.6
112
798
23Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
15,267
91
1,300
2,406
54.0
6.3
167.8
104
115
68.0
4.3
4.8
121
1,175
24Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
14,735
76
1,048
1,927
54.4
7.6
193.9
93
106
72.4
4.8
5.5
127
944
25Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
14,391
126
1,085
2,081
52.1
6.9
114.2
86
102
67.7
4.1
4.9
210
1,510
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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10
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
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8
9
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11
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12
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9
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14
3
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11
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6
11
0
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3
14
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11
6
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
6
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9
7
1
.559
9
8
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8
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8
9
0
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8
9
0
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8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
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14
3
0
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Rams Rams - w
12
5
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49ers 49ers - w
12
5
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14
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