qb passing leaders 1981 to 1985

Between the 1981 and 1985 seasons, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards by a quarterback, with 18,038 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
18,038
62
1,350
2,216
60.9
8.1
290.9
116
80
89.2
5.2
3.6
92
698
2Joe Montana
J. Montana
17,371
72
1,438
2,275
63.2
7.6
241.3
117
58
93.1
5.1
2.5
136
967
3Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
14,690
70
1,141
2,104
54.2
7.0
209.9
88
84
73.7
4.2
4.0
173
1,385
4Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
14,480
68
1,180
1,985
59.4
7.3
212.9
93
69
83.1
4.7
3.5
177
1,379
5Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
14,242
65
1,026
1,771
57.9
8.0
219.1
101
94
80.8
5.7
5.3
167
1,271
6Danny White
D. White
13,894
69
1,106
1,854
59.7
7.5
201.4
99
76
83.7
5.3
4.1
144
1,247
7Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
13,406
68
1,047
1,826
57.3
7.3
197.1
79
55
82.3
4.3
3.0
216
1,654
8Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
12,157
61
920
1,666
55.2
7.3
199.3
72
59
78.2
4.3
3.5
130
996
9Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
11,797
55
987
1,607
61.4
7.3
214.5
76
50
86.7
4.7
3.1
166
1,270
10Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
11,699
50
954
1,725
55.3
6.8
234.0
72
76
72.0
4.2
4.4
106
706
11Dan Marino
D. Marino
11,431
43
871
1,427
61.0
8.0
265.8
98
44
96.4
6.9
3.1
41
357
12Richard Todd
R. Todd
11,039
58
917
1,620
56.6
6.8
190.3
71
70
74.3
4.4
4.3
129
1,021
13Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
10,859
52
907
1,392
65.2
7.8
208.8
65
44
91.3
4.7
3.2
102
688
14Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
10,756
51
821
1,445
56.8
7.4
210.9
86
62
82.4
6.0
4.3
157
1,243
15Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
10,599
61
899
1,668
53.9
6.4
173.8
71
81
67.4
4.3
4.9
92
900
16Phil Simms
P. Simms
10,034
44
740
1,357
54.5
7.4
228.0
55
48
77.1
4.1
3.5
148
1,166
17Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
9,861
60
819
1,425
57.5
6.9
164.4
60
60
75.3
4.2
4.2
102
849
18Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
8,544
65
619
1,196
51.8
7.1
131.4
46
56
68.3
3.8
4.7
131
984
19Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
8,506
37
705
1,248
56.5
6.8
229.9
47
56
71.4
3.8
4.5
74
660
20Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
8,291
43
655
1,120
58.5
7.4
192.8
47
55
75.2
4.2
4.9
113
962
21John Elway
J. Elway
8,152
42
664
1,244
53.4
6.6
194.1
47
52
69.0
3.8
4.2
90
683
22Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
7,938
63
587
1,155
50.8
6.9
126.0
53
63
65.6
4.6
5.5
104
746
23Mike Pagel
M. Pagel
7,474
51
587
1,154
50.9
6.5
146.5
39
47
65.8
3.4
4.1
109
788
24Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
7,223
44
558
961
58.1
7.5
164.2
44
33
82.7
4.6
3.4
105
635
25Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
7,197
47
564
979
57.6
7.4
153.1
45
44
77.3
4.6
4.5
97
760
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