who led the nfl in passing yards from 1973 to 1975

From 1973 through 1975, Ken Anderson had the most passing yards, with 8,264 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	8,264	40	620	1,034	60.0	8.0	206.6	57	33	90.4	5.5	3.2	92	702
2	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	7,705	41	641	1,050	61.0	7.3	187.9	57	32	88.9	5.4	3.0	75	657
3	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	7,646	41	567	994	57.0	7.7	186.5	51	46	79.5	5.1	4.6	124	791
4	Jim Hart J. Hart	7,141	40	560	1,053	53.2	6.8	178.5	54	37	77.1	5.1	3.5	44	345
5	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	6,762	42	512	863	59.3	7.8	161.0	56	46	83.6	6.5	5.3	71	604
6	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	6,730	36	614	1,090	56.3	6.2	186.9	45	35	75.1	4.1	3.2	84	609
7	Joe Namath J. Namath	5,868	34	416	820	50.7	7.2	172.6	40	56	62.0	4.9	6.8	56	545
8	John Hadl J. Hadl	5,855	42	468	910	51.4	6.4	139.4	36	46	63.9	4.0	5.1	67	516
9	Billy Kilmer B. Kilmer	5,728	33	437	807	54.2	7.1	173.6	47	31	80.2	5.8	3.8	51	322
10	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	5,578	33	402	820	49.0	6.8	169.0	35	46	62.1	4.3	5.6	71	613
11	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	5,455	42	385	732	52.6	7.5	129.9	38	38	72.6	5.2	5.2	72	526
12	Dan Pastorini D. Pastorini	5,106	39	457	879	52.0	5.8	130.9	29	43	60.2	3.3	4.9	77	748
13	Bob Griese B. Griese	5,083	36	386	662	58.3	7.7	141.2	47	36	83.7	7.1	5.4	54	408
14	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	4,953	42	361	717	50.3	6.9	117.9	41	39	69.2	5.7	5.4	72	552
15	Mike Phipps M. Phipps	4,852	42	427	868	49.2	5.6	115.5	22	56	47.9	2.5	6.5	105	903
16	Archie Manning A. Manning	4,754	37	433	866	50.0	5.5	128.5	23	48	52.4	2.7	5.5	103	739
17	Bert Jones B. Jones	4,632	33	389	722	53.9	6.4	140.4	30	32	69.1	4.2	4.4	88	779
18	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	4,254	31	308	626	49.2	6.8	137.2	16	36	56.0	2.6	5.8	51	425
19	Craig Morton C. Morton	4,055	42	323	634	50.9	6.4	96.5	23	30	63.6	3.6	4.7	60	428
20	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	4,023	32	321	614	52.3	6.6	125.7	35	32	70.2	5.7	5.2	65	580
21	Norm Snead N. Snead	3,803	27	336	583	57.6	6.5	140.9	21	40	60.7	3.6	6.9	32	233
22	James Harris J. Harris	3,760	32	270	494	54.7	7.6	117.5	25	21	78.5	5.1	4.3	33	281
23	Bill Munson B. Munson	3,629	26	326	588	55.4	6.2	139.6	22	17	74.4	3.7	2.9	46	331
24	Len Dawson L. Dawson	3,393	34	297	476	62.4	7.1	99.8	14	22	74.3	2.9	4.6	62	499
25	Gary Huff G. Huff	3,271	35	310	614	50.5	5.3	93.5	12	34	49.8	2.0	5.5	62	608

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