who had the most passing completions throughout the 1970s

From 1970 through 1979, Fran Tarkenton made the most completions, with 2,056 completions.

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	NAME	CMP	GP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	2,056	120	3,445	59.7	23,863	6.9	198.9	156	132	79.8	4.5	3.8	238	2,048
2	Jim Hart J. Hart	1,739	128	3,386	51.4	23,026	6.8	179.9	137	145	68.9	4.0	4.3	165	1,326
3	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	1,662	125	2,911	57.1	22,279	7.7	178.2	152	107	83.6	5.2	3.7	301	2,048
4	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	1,570	119	2,785	56.4	20,030	7.2	168.3	125	101	78.9	4.5	3.6	271	2,009
5	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	1,486	130	2,481	59.9	19,078	7.7	146.8	150	143	80.2	6.0	5.8	189	1,691
6	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	1,474	129	2,859	51.6	19,918	7.0	154.4	147	163	67.5	5.1	5.7	239	2,163
7	Dan Pastorini D. Pastorini	1,426	125	2,768	51.5	16,864	6.1	134.9	96	139	61.0	3.5	5.0	222	1,977
8	Archie Manning A. Manning	1,405	105	2,587	54.3	16,568	6.4	157.8	87	123	65.4	3.4	4.8	276	2,147
9	Bob Griese B. Griese	1,392	122	2,391	58.2	18,129	7.6	148.6	140	118	81.1	5.9	4.9	225	1,940
10	Craig Morton C. Morton	1,322	132	2,498	52.9	17,623	7.1	133.5	110	121	70.1	4.4	4.8	260	1,951
11	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	1,217	95	2,267	53.7	14,038	6.2	147.8	92	74	72.5	4.1	3.3	154	1,156
12	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	1,141	80	2,005	56.9	14,739	7.4	184.2	82	101	72.8	4.1	5.0	150	1,047
13	John Hadl J. Hadl	1,124	112	2,175	51.7	14,477	6.7	129.3	101	123	64.8	4.6	5.7	161	1,324
14	Greg Landry G. Landry	1,124	104	1,996	56.3	14,192	7.1	136.5	89	79	77.0	4.5	4.0	273	2,119
15	Billy Kilmer B. Kilmer	1,088	95	2,028	53.6	13,909	6.9	146.4	109	92	74.4	5.4	4.5	136	981
16	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	1,069	95	2,113	50.6	14,550	6.9	153.2	92	94	68.9	4.4	4.4	191	1,535
17	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	990	91	2,009	49.3	13,306	6.6	146.2	85	118	60.4	4.2	5.9	204	1,817
18	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	902	72	1,637	55.1	11,075	6.8	153.8	77	79	71.8	4.7	4.8	127	1,012
19	Bert Jones B. Jones	890	68	1,592	55.9	11,435	7.2	168.2	78	56	80.3	4.9	3.5	159	1,423
20	Joe Namath J. Namath	860	71	1,719	50.0	12,176	7.1	171.5	76	116	59.9	4.4	6.7	96	935
21	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	845	56	1,638	51.6	11,202	6.8	200.0	63	84	65.0	3.8	5.1	103	724
22	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	831	73	1,666	49.9	12,151	7.3	166.5	89	102	66.3	5.3	6.1	120	1,042
23	Mike Livingston M. Livingston	828	81	1,590	52.1	10,172	6.4	125.6	52	77	62.9	3.3	4.8	141	1,268
24	Mike Phipps M. Phipps	814	109	1,660	49.0	9,705	5.8	89.0	51	99	52.7	3.1	6.0	160	1,404
25	Len Dawson L. Dawson	780	76	1,344	58.0	9,608	7.1	126.4	55	61	75.0	4.1	4.5	154	1,334

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