who led the league in passing yards from 1974 to 1982

From 1974 through 1982, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards, with 26,013 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	26,013	111	1,966	3,339	58.9	7.8	234.4	156	140	81.7	4.7	4.2	199	1,356
2	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	22,934	119	1,832	3,087	59.3	7.4	192.7	142	110	83.0	4.6	3.6	281	2,000
3	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	22,770	122	1,828	3,023	60.5	7.5	186.6	164	181	77.0	5.4	6.0	212	1,942
4	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	21,665	122	1,643	3,150	52.2	6.9	177.6	139	138	70.7	4.4	4.4	210	1,742
5	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	21,173	116	1,498	2,814	53.2	7.5	182.5	169	137	77.5	6.0	4.9	196	1,742
6	Jim Hart J. Hart	20,584	114	1,601	3,030	52.8	6.8	180.6	123	132	69.8	4.1	4.4	152	1,158
7	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	20,147	110	1,653	2,943	56.2	6.8	183.2	128	126	74.1	4.3	4.3	197	1,656
8	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	18,876	94	1,483	2,768	53.6	6.8	200.8	100	124	68.5	3.6	4.5	191	1,418
9	Bert Jones B. Jones	17,651	94	1,387	2,443	56.8	7.2	187.8	120	89	80.7	4.9	3.6	218	1,894
10	Craig Morton C. Morton	17,641	112	1,370	2,480	55.2	7.1	157.5	103	114	72.4	4.2	4.6	291	2,133
11	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	17,415	99	1,189	2,310	51.5	7.5	175.9	121	144	67.9	5.2	6.2	164	1,365
12	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	17,407	93	1,347	2,518	53.5	6.9	187.2	116	125	70.1	4.6	5.0	236	2,066
13	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	17,329	86	1,304	2,312	56.4	7.5	201.5	112	78	82.4	4.8	3.4	208	1,415
14	Archie Manning A. Manning	17,024	101	1,459	2,568	56.8	6.6	168.6	87	120	68.9	3.4	4.7	256	2,000
15	Ron Jaworski R. Jaworski	16,758	111	1,290	2,440	52.9	6.9	151.0	115	101	73.2	4.7	4.1	218	1,706
16	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	16,327	124	1,318	2,365	55.7	6.9	131.7	99	98	74.0	4.2	4.1	221	1,860
17	Richard Todd R. Todd	14,763	86	1,125	2,105	53.4	7.0	171.7	92	112	68.2	4.4	5.3	188	1,536
18	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	13,755	65	1,227	2,018	60.8	6.8	211.6	93	79	80.2	4.6	3.9	118	1,094
19	Dan Pastorini D. Pastorini	13,620	95	1,131	2,191	51.6	6.2	143.4	84	111	62.7	3.8	5.1	159	1,454
20	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	13,403	64	1,147	2,062	55.6	6.5	209.4	88	88	72.0	4.3	4.3	120	798
21	Bob Griese B. Griese	12,751	80	997	1,668	59.8	7.6	159.4	94	84	81.5	5.6	5.0	162	1,379
22	Doug Williams D. Williams	12,648	67	895	1,890	47.4	6.7	188.8	73	73	66.2	3.9	3.9	65	583
23	Lynn Dickey L. Dickey	12,260	90	959	1,749	54.8	7.0	136.2	63	95	66.4	3.6	5.4	179	1,487
24	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	11,781	80	881	1,710	51.5	6.9	147.3	81	100	65.1	4.7	5.8	173	1,443
25	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	9,422	62	865	1,532	56.5	6.2	152.0	50	77	64.7	3.3	5.0	71	586

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