who passed for the most yards in the 1980s

Joe Montana had 4,036 passing attempts from 1980 through 1989.

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Data note: Passing Attempts, Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

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

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Seahawks	4	3	.571
Rams	3	4	.429
Cardinals	2	5	.286

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Sun 11/8	LV	@	SF	4:05 PM
Sun 11/15	SF	@	DAL	4:25 PM
Sun 11/22	MIN	@	SF	8:20 PM
Sun 11/29	SEA	@	SF	4:25 PM
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381.3

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146.4

141.7

141.5

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Eagles	2	4	0	.333
Cowboys	2	4	0	.333
Commanders	1	4	1	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	0	0	1.000
Bears	5	2	0	.714
Lions	4	2	0	.667
Packers	4	3	0	.571
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	3	0	.500
Falcons	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
Saints	2	5	0	.286
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	6	1	0	.857
Seahawks	4	3	0	.571
Rams	3	4	0	.429
Cardinals	2	5	0	.286

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
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Patriots	4	3	0	.571
Jets	2	5	0	.286
Dolphins	1	5	0	.167
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	5	2	0	.714
Steelers	5	2	0	.714
Bengals	4	2	0	.667
Ravens	4	3	0	.571
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	2	0	.667
Colts	2	5	0	.286
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Titans	1	6	0	.143
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	5	1	0	.833
Broncos	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	3	4	0	.429
Chargers	0	6	0	.000