who had the most career passing yards before 1995

Before 1995, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing yards, with 47,003 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	47,003	246	3,686	6,467	57.0	7.3	191.1	342	266	80.4	5.3	4.1	274	2,337
2	Dan Marino D. Marino	45,173	172	3,604	6,049	59.6	7.5	262.6	328	185	88.2	5.4	3.1	178	1,270
3	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	43,040	181	3,297	5,604	58.8	7.7	237.8	254	242	80.2	4.5	4.3	319	2,304
4	Joe Montana J. Montana	40,551	192	3,409	5,391	63.2	7.5	211.2	273	139	92.3	5.1	2.6	313	2,095
5	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	40,239	211	2,830	5,186	54.6	7.8	190.7	290	253	78.2	5.6	4.9	74	590
6	Warren Moon W. Moon	37,949	156	3,003	5,147	58.3	7.4	243.3	214	185	80.3	4.2	3.6	344	2,638
7	John Elway J. Elway	37,736	174	3,030	5,384	56.3	7.0	216.9	199	177	76.8	3.7	3.3	416	3,073
8	Jim Hart J. Hart	34,665	201	2,593	5,076	51.1	6.8	172.5	209	247	66.6	4.1	4.9	243	1,936
9	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	33,872	198	2,844	4,965	57.3	6.8	171.1	193	203	74.2	3.9	4.1	290	2,409
10	John Hadl J. Hadl	33,503	224	2,363	4,687	50.4	7.1	149.6	244	268	67.4	5.2	5.7	179	1,514
11	Phil Simms P. Simms	33,462	164	2,576	4,647	55.4	7.2	204.0	199	157	78.5	4.3	3.4	477	3,418
12	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	32,838	192	2,654	4,475	59.3	7.3	171.0	197	160	81.9	4.4	3.6	398	2,875
13	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	32,224	218	2,433	4,262	57.1	7.6	147.8	255	189	82.6	6.0	4.4	94	748
14	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	32,114	171	2,562	4,390	58.4	7.3	187.8	231	166	83.0	5.3	3.8	425	3,295
15	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	31,874	158	2,440	4,291	56.9	7.4	201.7	207	153	81.6	4.8	3.6	267	2,088
16	John Brodie J. Brodie	31,548	201	2,469	4,491	55.0	7.0	157.0	214	224	72.3	4.8	5.0	47	380
17	Norm Snead N. Snead	30,797	178	2,276	4,353	52.3	7.1	173.0	196	257	65.5	4.5	5.9	94	744
18	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	29,817	186	2,369	4,519	52.4	6.6	160.3	196	209	68.4	4.3	4.6	312	2,710
19	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	29,527	132	2,397	3,942	60.8	7.5	223.7	201	143	85.8	5.1	3.6	260	1,959
20	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	29,444	183	2,366	4,498	52.6	6.5	160.9	201	149	74.3	4.5	3.3	168	1,268
21	Len Dawson L. Dawson	28,711	211	2,136	3,741	57.1	7.7	136.1	239	183	82.6	6.4	4.9	167	1,423
22	Y.A. Tittle	28,339	178	2,118	3,817	55.5	7.4	159.2	212	221	73.6	5.6	5.8
23	Ron Jaworski R. Jaworski	28,190	188	2,187	4,117	53.1	6.8	149.9	179	164	72.8	4.3	4.0	363	2,826
24	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	27,989	168	2,025	3,901	51.9	7.2	166.6	212	210	70.9	5.4	5.4	307	2,694
25	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	27,938	184	2,270	3,793	59.8	7.4	151.8	194	222	75.3	5.1	5.9	281	2,514

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Bears	1	1	0	.500
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Saints	1	1	0	.500
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Falcons	0	2	0	.000
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