who has the most passing yards in a decade 70s

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

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	NAME	YDS	DECADE	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	23,863	1970s	120	2,056	3,445	59.7	6.9	198.9	156	132	79.8	4.5	3.8	238	2,048
2	Jim Hart J. Hart	23,026	1970s	128	1,739	3,386	51.4	6.8	179.9	137	145	68.9	4.0	4.3	165	1,326
3	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	22,279	1970s	125	1,662	2,911	57.1	7.7	178.2	152	107	83.6	5.2	3.7	301	2,048
4	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	20,030	1970s	119	1,570	2,785	56.4	7.2	168.3	125	101	78.9	4.5	3.6	271	2,009
5	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	19,918	1970s	129	1,474	2,859	51.6	7.0	154.4	147	163	67.5	5.1	5.7	239	2,163
6	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	19,078	1970s	130	1,486	2,481	59.9	7.7	146.8	150	143	80.2	6.0	5.8	189	1,691
7	Bob Griese B. Griese	18,129	1970s	122	1,392	2,391	58.2	7.6	148.6	140	118	81.1	5.9	4.9	225	1,940
8	Craig Morton C. Morton	17,623	1970s	132	1,322	2,498	52.9	7.1	133.5	110	121	70.1	4.4	4.8	260	1,951
9	Dan Pastorini D. Pastorini	16,864	1970s	125	1,426	2,768	51.5	6.1	134.9	96	139	61.0	3.5	5.0	222	1,977
10	Archie Manning A. Manning	16,568	1970s	105	1,405	2,587	54.3	6.4	157.8	87	123	65.4	3.4	4.8	276	2,147
11	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	14,739	1970s	80	1,141	2,005	56.9	7.4	184.2	82	101	72.8	4.1	5.0	150	1,047
12	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	14,550	1970s	95	1,069	2,113	50.6	6.9	153.2	92	94	68.9	4.4	4.4	191	1,535
13	John Hadl J. Hadl	14,477	1970s	112	1,124	2,175	51.7	6.7	129.3	101	123	64.8	4.6	5.7	161	1,324
14	Greg Landry G. Landry	14,192	1970s	104	1,124	1,996	56.3	7.1	136.5	89	79	77.0	4.5	4.0	273	2,119
15	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	14,038	1970s	95	1,217	2,267	53.7	6.2	147.8	92	74	72.5	4.1	3.3	154	1,156
16	Billy Kilmer B. Kilmer	13,909	1970s	95	1,088	2,028	53.6	6.9	146.4	109	92	74.4	5.4	4.5	136	981
17	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	13,306	1970s	91	990	2,009	49.3	6.6	146.2	85	118	60.4	4.2	5.9	204	1,817
18	Joe Namath J. Namath	12,176	1970s	71	860	1,719	50.0	7.1	171.5	76	116	59.9	4.4	6.7	96	935
19	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	12,151	1970s	73	831	1,666	49.9	7.3	166.5	89	102	66.3	5.3	6.1	120	1,042
20	Bert Jones B. Jones	11,435	1970s	68	890	1,592	55.9	7.2	168.2	78	56	80.3	4.9	3.5	159	1,423
21	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	11,202	1970s	56	845	1,638	51.6	6.8	200.0	63	84	65.0	3.8	5.1	103	724
22	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	11,075	1970s	72	902	1,637	55.1	6.8	153.8	77	79	71.8	4.7	4.8	127	1,012
23	Mike Livingston M. Livingston	10,172	1970s	81	828	1,590	52.1	6.4	125.6	52	77	62.9	3.3	4.8	141	1,268
24	Mike Phipps M. Phipps	9,705	1970s	109	814	1,660	49.0	5.8	89.0	51	99	52.7	3.1	6.0	160	1,404
25	Len Dawson L. Dawson	9,608	1970s	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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