which player has the most passing yards from 1979 to 1985

Between the 1979 and 1985 seasons, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards, with 26,835 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
26,835
94
2,030
3,335
60.9
8.0
285.5
170
128
87.3
5.1
3.8
152
1,103
2Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
20,888
102
1,588
2,929
54.2
7.1
204.8
133
108
76.8
4.5
3.7
234
1,870
3Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
20,239
100
1,675
2,834
59.1
7.1
202.4
130
98
82.0
4.6
3.5
242
1,924
4Joe Montana
J. Montana
19,262
103
1,627
2,571
63.3
7.5
187.0
133
67
92.4
5.2
2.6
151
1,067
5Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
18,678
81
1,568
2,813
55.7
6.6
230.6
114
123
71.5
4.1
4.4
179
1,169
6Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
18,558
86
1,364
2,368
57.6
7.8
215.8
121
123
78.1
5.1
5.2
219
1,705
7Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
17,846
85
1,448
2,450
59.1
7.3
210.0
124
86
83.9
5.1
3.5
240
1,880
8Danny White
D. White
17,448
101
1,385
2,329
59.5
7.5
172.8
128
103
82.7
5.5
4.4
178
1,545
9Richard Todd
R. Todd
17,028
89
1,352
2,433
55.6
7.0
191.3
104
122
70.9
4.3
5.0
196
1,569
10Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
16,976
93
1,388
2,565
54.1
6.6
182.5
105
114
69.9
4.1
4.4
148
1,416
11Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
16,431
69
1,328
2,337
56.8
7.0
238.1
105
96
76.6
4.5
4.1
140
1,224
12Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
15,511
87
1,352
2,324
58.2
6.7
178.3
89
98
73.6
3.8
4.2
133
1,082
13Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
14,977
80
1,262
2,006
62.9
7.5
187.2
87
67
86.2
4.3
3.3
172
1,186
14Phil Simms
P. Simms
14,098
69
1,067
2,024
52.7
7.0
204.3
83
81
72.0
4.1
4.0
223
1,718
15Neil 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
16Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
13,375
99
1,089
1,980
55.0
6.8
135.1
68
73
72.1
3.4
3.7
132
1,056
17Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
12,716
64
849
1,594
53.3
8.0
198.7
85
85
75.3
5.3
5.3
136
990
18Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
12,699
64
957
1,735
55.2
7.3
198.4
77
61
78.7
4.4
3.5
135
1,039
19Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
12,475
70
1,088
1,810
60.1
6.9
178.2
70
101
70.5
3.9
5.6
126
1,107
20Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
11,795
55
810
1,514
53.5
7.8
214.5
91
72
79.3
6.0
4.8
92
727
21Doug 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
22Dan 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
23Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
10,856
60
863
1,540
56.0
7.0
180.9
73
86
70.7
4.7
5.6
88
726
24Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
10,756
52
821
1,447
56.7
7.4
206.8
86
62
82.3
5.9
4.3
158
1,249
25Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
10,679
60
827
1,455
56.8
7.3
178.0
66
72
74.5
4.5
4.9
151
1,256
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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