who led the nfl in passing in 1979

Dan Fouts had the most passing yards in 1979, with 4,082 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
4,082
1979
16
332
530
62.6
7.7
255.1
24
24
82.6
4.5
4.5
28
195
2Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
3,793
1979
16
286
535
53.5
7.1
237.1
28
26
73.4
5.2
4.9
43
347
3Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
3,724
1979
16
259
472
54.9
7.9
232.8
26
25
77.0
5.5
5.3
24
196
4Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
3,661
1979
16
285
505
56.4
7.2
228.8
20
18
77.7
4.0
3.6
23
201
5Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
3,652
1979
16
347
578
60.0
6.3
228.3
17
21
73.1
2.9
3.6
17
119
6Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
3,615
1979
16
304
498
61.0
7.3
225.9
26
22
82.2
5.2
4.4
34
284
7Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
3,586
1979
16
267
461
57.9
7.8
224.1
27
11
92.3
5.9
2.4
36
240
8Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
3,572
1979
16
238
458
52.0
7.8
223.3
14
15
74.4
3.1
3.3
43
387
9Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
3,397
1979
16
315
566
55.7
6.0
212.3
23
24
69.3
4.1
4.2
36
249
10Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
3,286
1979
16
206
423
48.7
7.8
205.4
28
20
77.4
6.6
4.7
45
341
11Archie Manning
A. Manning
3,169
1979
16
252
420
60.0
7.5
198.1
15
20
75.6
3.6
4.8
17
140
12Greg Landry
G. Landry
2,932
1979
16
270
457
59.1
6.4
183.3
15
15
75.3
3.3
3.3
42
326
13Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
2,797
1979
16
233
395
59.0
7.1
174.8
20
13
83.9
5.1
3.3
34
263
14Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
2,669
1979
16
190
374
50.8
7.1
166.8
18
12
76.8
4.8
3.2
34
272
15Richard Todd
R. Todd
2,660
1979
15
171
334
51.2
8.0
177.3
16
22
66.5
4.8
6.6
25
222
16Craig Morton
C. Morton
2,626
1979
14
204
370
55.1
7.1
187.6
16
19
70.6
4.3
5.1
30
241
17Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
2,505
1979
14
204
380
53.7
6.6
178.9
17
20
67.3
4.5
5.3
39
286
18Doug Williams
D. Williams
2,448
1979
16
166
397
41.8
6.2
153.0
18
24
52.5
4.5
6.0
7
57
19Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
2,340
1979
15
189
339
55.8
6.9
156.0
16
10
80.7
4.7
2.9
46
324
20David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
2,247
1979
13
179
322
55.6
7.0
172.8
10
18
64.5
3.1
5.6
32
256
21Jeff Komlo
J. Komlo
2,238
1979
16
183
368
49.7
6.1
139.9
11
23
52.8
3.0
6.3
40
361
22Jim Hart
J. Hart
2,218
1979
14
194
378
51.3
5.9
158.4
9
20
55.2
2.4
5.3
25
183
23Bob Griese
B. Griese
2,160
1979
14
176
310
56.8
7.0
154.3
14
16
72.0
4.5
5.2
26
223
24Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
2,090
1979
15
163
324
50.3
6.5
139.3
14
18
62.1
4.3
5.6
29
212
25Pat Haden
P. Haden
1,854
1979
10
163
290
56.2
6.4
185.4
11
14
68.1
3.8
4.8
21
178
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