who has the most passing yards in a decade 80s

From 1980 through 1989, Joe Montana had the most passing yards, with 30,958 yards in the 1980s.

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	NAME	YDS	DECADE	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joe Montana J. Montana	30,958	1980s	135	2,580	4,036	63.9	7.7	229.3	215	107	94.0	5.3	2.7	252	1,741
2	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	28,301	1980s	101	2,156	3,599	59.9	7.9	280.2	172	141	84.4	4.8	3.9	169	1,257
3	Dan Marino D. Marino	27,853	1980s	103	2,174	3,650	59.6	7.6	270.4	220	125	89.3	6.0	3.4	83	670
4	Phil Simms P. Simms	24,492	1980s	112	1,846	3,393	54.4	7.2	218.7	143	123	76.4	4.2	3.6	357	2,632
5	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	22,771	1980s	108	1,817	3,153	57.6	7.2	210.8	136	90	82.7	4.3	2.9	362	2,700
6	Danny White D. White	21,229	1980s	106	1,705	2,847	59.9	7.5	200.3	152	126	82.4	5.3	4.4	233	1,997
7	John Elway J. Elway	21,195	1980s	100	1,665	3,070	54.2	6.9	212.0	120	114	73.6	3.9	3.7	207	1,589
8	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	20,903	1980s	102	1,661	3,009	55.2	6.9	204.9	131	128	73.8	4.4	4.3	204	1,270
9	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	20,858	1980s	103	1,644	2,843	57.8	7.3	202.5	169	116	83.7	5.9	4.1	269	2,158
10	Ron Jaworski R. Jaworski	20,132	1980s	118	1,571	2,875	54.6	7.0	170.6	126	107	75.9	4.4	3.7	224	1,774
11	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	19,824	1980s	124	1,634	2,855	57.2	6.9	159.9	118	128	73.8	4.1	4.5	189	1,573
12	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	18,350	1980s	85	1,296	2,285	56.7	8.0	215.9	126	76	87.3	5.5	3.3	155	1,277
13	Warren Moon W. Moon	18,300	1980s	84	1,339	2,441	54.9	7.5	217.9	101	99	75.9	4.1	4.1	206	1,654
14	Lynn Dickey L. Dickey	17,771	1980s	81	1,304	2,249	58.0	7.9	219.4	116	119	78.5	5.2	5.3	204	1,585
15	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	17,589	1980s	82	1,471	2,467	59.6	7.1	214.5	96	68	83.0	3.9	2.8	261	1,942
16	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	17,442	1980s	84	1,442	2,439	59.1	7.2	207.6	110	85	81.7	4.5	3.5	208	1,661
17	Bill Kenney B. Kenney	17,277	1980s	106	1,330	2,430	54.7	7.1	163.0	105	86	77.0	4.3	3.5	195	1,487
18	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	15,995	1980s	77	1,305	2,196	59.4	7.3	207.7	109	69	85.4	5.0	3.1	212	1,678
19	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	15,246	1980s	90	1,298	2,398	54.1	6.4	169.4	104	113	68.5	4.3	4.7	121	1,175
20	Richard Todd R. Todd	14,368	1980s	74	1,181	2,099	56.3	6.8	194.2	88	100	71.6	4.2	4.8	171	1,347
21	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	14,120	1980s	72	998	1,835	54.4	7.7	196.1	89	103	72.2	4.9	5.6	118	876
22	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	13,888	1980s	65	1,134	1,940	58.5	7.2	213.7	75	47	83.4	3.9	2.4	139	888
23	Doug Williams D. Williams	13,380	1980s	62	1,001	1,916	52.2	7.0	215.8	75	61	74.5	3.9	3.2	71	608
24	Jim McMahon J. McMahon	13,335	1980s	78	1,050	1,831	57.3	7.3	171.0	77	66	79.2	4.2	3.6	174	1,057
25	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	12,901	1980s	57	1,032	1,742	59.2	7.4	226.3	81	63	82.7	4.6	3.6	130	1,014

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