who had the most passing yards in the 1970s

From 1970 through 1979, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing yards, with 23,863 yards.

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