which player has the most passing yards from 1979 to 1982

Between the 1979 and 1982 seasons, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards, with 16,482 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
16,482
57
1,244
2,058
60.4
8.0
289.2
104
76
87.3
5.1
3.7
91
633
2Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
12,928
54
1,112
1,989
55.9
6.5
239.4
83
83
72.3
4.2
4.2
113
742
3Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
12,865
54
1,037
1,841
56.3
7.0
238.2
79
73
75.9
4.3
4.0
113
991
4Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
11,783
55
924
1,638
56.4
7.2
214.2
86
70
78.8
5.3
4.3
131
1,074
5Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
11,718
54
805
1,506
53.5
7.8
217.0
89
72
78.8
5.9
4.8
92
727
6Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
11,626
57
885
1,659
53.3
7.0
204.0
65
69
71.5
3.9
4.2
82
758
7Doug Williams
D. Williams
11,478
57
822
1,696
48.5
6.8
201.4
66
65
67.7
3.9
3.8
59
514
8Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
11,369
57
864
1,572
55.0
7.2
199.5
80
56
80.1
5.1
3.6
113
926
9Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
11,360
57
949
1,597
59.4
7.1
199.3
69
58
80.5
4.3
3.6
123
1,027
10Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
11,335
54
923
1,635
56.5
6.9
209.9
57
58
74.9
3.5
3.5
111
895
11Richard Todd
R. Todd
11,181
56
867
1,571
55.2
7.1
199.7
72
73
73.6
4.6
4.6
120
978
12Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
10,367
53
873
1,402
62.3
7.4
195.6
63
42
87.3
4.5
3.0
121
792
13Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
10,148
53
879
1,429
61.5
7.1
191.5
59
78
74.0
4.1
5.5
103
908
14Archie Manning
A. Manning
9,212
51
762
1,293
58.9
7.1
180.6
49
59
74.5
3.8
4.6
108
849
15Danny White
D. White
8,731
57
658
1,113
59.1
7.8
153.2
67
52
84.6
6.0
4.7
89
796
16Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
8,699
43
666
1,169
57.0
7.4
202.3
49
58
73.9
4.2
5.0
117
928
17Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
8,550
42
564
1,067
52.9
8.0
203.6
60
62
74.1
5.6
5.8
89
664
18Craig Morton
C. Morton
8,164
44
630
1,073
58.7
7.6
185.5
49
49
78.9
4.6
4.6
113
844
19Joe Montana
J. Montana
8,069
56
713
1,130
63.1
7.1
144.1
52
32
88.0
4.6
2.8
61
459
20Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
7,852
50
728
1,230
59.2
6.4
157.0
42
55
70.8
3.4
4.5
54
430
21Bert Jones
B. Jones
7,398
38
583
1,051
55.5
7.0
194.7
49
48
74.1
4.7
4.6
83
674
22Jim Hart
J. Hart
7,057
43
575
1,077
53.4
6.6
164.1
37
54
64.4
3.4
5.0
80
594
23Phil Simms
P. Simms
6,095
35
499
983
50.8
6.2
174.1
39
42
65.6
4.0
4.3
113
853
24Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
5,586
31
411
723
56.8
7.7
180.2
44
38
80.0
6.1
5.3
41
371
25Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
5,468
35
418
775
53.9
7.1
156.2
37
41
70.3
4.8
5.3
83
689
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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