most passing yards per game by a qb 1975 to 1982

Between the 1975 and 1982 seasons, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards per game by a quarterback, with 242.8 per game.

NAMEYDS/GGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
242.8
100
1,851
3,102
59.7
24,281
7.8
148
127
83.3
4.8
4.1
187
1,257
2Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
214.6
52
1,028
1,667
61.7
11,157
6.7
76
67
79.8
4.6
4.0
101
952
3Mark Herrmann
M. Herrmann
210.5
2
32
60
53.3
421
7.0
1
4
53.5
1.7
6.7
4
48
4Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
209.4
64
1,147
2,062
55.6
13,403
6.5
88
88
72.0
4.3
4.3
120
798
5Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
205.2
72
1,114
1,952
57.1
14,777
7.6
101
63
85.0
5.2
3.2
163
1,106
6Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
200.8
94
1,483
2,768
53.6
18,876
6.8
100
124
68.5
3.6
4.5
191
1,418
7Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
195.4
100
1,594
2,835
56.2
19,544
6.9
127
119
75.1
4.5
4.2
182
1,534
8Bert Jones
B. Jones
193.3
83
1,244
2,173
57.2
16,041
7.4
112
77
83.0
5.2
3.5
182
1,566
9Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
191.2
106
1,619
2,759
58.7
20,267
7.3
124
100
81.5
4.5
3.6
245
1,708
10Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
188.8
108
1,431
2,666
53.7
20,388
7.6
162
129
78.8
6.1
4.8
186
1,638
11Doug Williams
D. Williams
188.8
67
895
1,890
47.4
12,648
6.7
73
73
66.2
3.9
3.9
65
583
12Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
188.0
108
1,650
2,713
60.8
20,301
7.5
138
169
74.9
5.1
6.2
194
1,801
13Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
187.6
8
120
210
57.1
1,501
7.1
9
7
79.9
4.3
3.3
27
196
14Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
187.2
93
1,347
2,518
53.5
17,407
6.9
116
125
70.1
4.6
5.0
236
2,066
15Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
185.9
108
1,524
2,918
52.2
20,077
6.9
127
126
70.8
4.4
4.3
178
1,507
16Jim Hart
J. Hart
181.7
100
1,401
2,642
53.0
18,173
6.9
103
124
68.4
3.9
4.7
136
1,024
17Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
175.9
99
1,189
2,310
51.5
17,415
7.5
121
144
67.9
5.2
6.2
164
1,365
18Phil Simms
P. Simms
174.1
35
499
983
50.8
6,095
6.2
39
42
65.6
4.0
4.3
113
853
19Archie Manning
A. Manning
173.3
90
1,325
2,307
57.4
15,595
6.8
81
104
71.0
3.5
4.5
230
1,828
20Richard Todd
R. Todd
171.7
86
1,125
2,105
53.4
14,763
7.0
92
112
68.2
4.4
5.3
188
1,536
21Craig Morton
C. Morton
164.5
98
1,246
2,241
55.6
16,119
7.2
94
101
73.6
4.2
4.5
278
2,036
22Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
161.6
23
279
512
54.5
3,717
7.3
21
24
71.9
4.1
4.7
48
369
23Bob Griese
B. Griese
160.9
67
845
1,415
59.7
10,783
7.6
78
69
81.7
5.5
4.9
135
1,177
24Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
156.7
106
1,280
2,416
53.0
16,614
6.9
115
100
73.5
4.8
4.1
215
1,682
25Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
152.1
76
896
1,636
54.8
11,556
7.1
61
87
67.4
3.7
5.3
169
1,414
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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10
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