most passing yards 1979 to 1983

Between the 1979 and 1983 seasons, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards, with 19,457 yards.

Interpreted as:
Most passing yards by a player 1979 to 1983
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
19,457
67
1,459
2,398
60.8
8.1
290.4
124
91
88.0
5.2
3.8
105
740
2Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
16,431
69
1,328
2,337
56.8
7.0
238.1
105
96
76.6
4.5
4.1
140
1,224
3Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
15,074
73
1,225
2,056
59.6
7.3
206.5
98
69
84.2
4.8
3.4
157
1,269
4Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
14,950
69
1,198
2,070
57.9
7.2
216.7
108
75
82.7
5.2
3.6
182
1,422
5Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
14,684
73
1,099
2,018
54.5
7.3
201.2
100
74
79.0
5.0
3.7
166
1,311
6Richard Todd
R. Todd
14,659
72
1,175
2,089
56.2
7.0
203.6
90
99
72.8
4.3
4.7
162
1,292
7Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
14,621
73
1,166
2,167
53.8
6.7
200.3
91
94
71.0
4.2
4.3
109
1,024
8Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
13,478
57
1,167
2,071
56.3
6.5
236.5
86
87
72.5
4.2
4.2
116
769
9Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
13,157
59
955
1,653
57.8
8.0
223.0
81
87
77.8
4.9
5.3
157
1,235
10Danny White
D. White
12,711
73
992
1,646
60.3
7.7
174.1
96
75
84.9
5.8
4.6
126
1,110
11Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
12,700
66
1,071
1,699
63.0
7.5
192.4
75
55
87.0
4.4
3.2
146
979
12Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
12,501
70
1,026
1,840
55.8
6.8
178.6
64
65
73.7
3.5
3.5
120
959
13Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
12,136
67
1,055
1,740
60.6
7.0
181.1
68
96
71.7
3.9
5.5
121
1,067
14Joe Montana
J. Montana
11,979
72
1,045
1,645
63.5
7.3
166.4
78
44
90.0
4.7
2.7
94
683
15Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
11,795
55
810
1,514
53.5
7.8
214.5
91
72
79.3
6.0
4.8
92
727
16Doug Williams
D. Williams
11,478
57
822
1,696
48.5
6.8
201.4
66
65
67.7
3.9
3.8
59
514
17Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
10,961
54
732
1,370
53.4
8.0
203.0
75
74
75.7
5.5
5.4
118
859
18Archie Manning
A. Manning
9,967
56
806
1,381
58.4
7.2
178.0
51
67
72.9
3.7
4.9
119
932
19Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
9,469
60
847
1,445
58.6
6.6
157.8
51
62
72.1
3.5
4.3
79
631
20Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
8,862
47
685
1,187
57.7
7.5
188.6
66
61
78.4
5.6
5.1
62
549
21Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
8,403
49
648
1,154
56.2
7.3
171.5
57
59
74.4
4.9
5.1
125
1,052
22Craig Morton
C. Morton
8,164
44
630
1,073
58.7
7.6
185.5
49
49
78.9
4.6
4.6
113
844
23Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
8,065
39
625
1,115
56.1
7.2
206.8
45
42
76.7
4.0
3.8
89
653
24Jim Hart
J. Hart
7,649
48
625
1,168
53.5
6.5
159.4
41
62
63.5
3.5
5.3
93
693
25Bert Jones
B. Jones
7,398
38
583
1,051
55.5
7.0
194.7
49
48
74.1
4.7
4.6
83
674
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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