passing yards leaders 1983 to 1987

Between the 1983 and 1987 seasons, Dan Marino had the most passing yards, with 19,422 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
19,422
71
1,512
2,494
60.6
7.8
273.5
168
80
94.1
6.7
3.2
67
553
2Joe Montana
J. Montana
16,483
68
1,371
2,146
63.9
7.7
242.4
120
57
94.9
5.6
2.7
124
861
3Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
16,434
71
1,334
2,269
58.8
7.2
231.5
107
63
85.4
4.7
2.8
253
1,865
4Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
15,901
60
1,244
2,071
60.1
7.7
265.0
92
89
81.0
4.4
4.3
106
819
5John Elway
J. Elway
14,835
70
1,168
2,158
54.1
6.9
211.9
85
77
74.1
3.9
3.6
142
1,054
6Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
14,464
68
1,111
1,924
57.7
7.5
212.7
121
81
84.9
6.3
4.2
192
1,569
7Phil Simms
P. Simms
13,720
59
990
1,791
55.3
7.7
232.5
82
70
79.0
4.6
3.9
190
1,449
8Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
13,011
67
993
1,804
55.0
7.2
194.2
84
57
80.4
4.7
3.2
134
1,011
9Danny White
D. White
12,491
62
1,037
1,731
59.9
7.2
201.5
85
73
80.9
4.9
4.2
143
1,200
10Warren Moon
W. Moon
12,342
57
899
1,683
53.4
7.3
216.5
61
77
70.2
3.6
4.6
159
1,267
11Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
11,676
53
947
1,566
60.5
7.5
220.3
69
43
86.8
4.4
2.7
174
1,284
12Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
11,253
53
815
1,442
56.5
7.8
212.3
70
51
83.1
4.9
3.5
89
744
13Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
10,924
55
852
1,602
53.2
6.8
198.6
61
58
72.4
3.8
3.6
143
1,100
14Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
10,160
65
833
1,465
56.9
6.9
156.3
66
62
75.7
4.5
4.2
108
905
15Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
9,859
43
698
1,199
58.2
8.2
229.3
72
65
82.3
6.0
5.4
102
777
16Tony Eason
T. Eason
9,722
67
791
1,352
58.5
7.2
145.1
57
42
81.9
4.2
3.1
154
1,183
17Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
9,414
73
694
1,293
53.7
7.3
129.0
63
67
71.8
4.9
5.2
141
970
18Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
9,202
46
704
1,277
55.1
7.2
200.0
59
53
76.2
4.6
4.2
104
640
19Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
8,879
43
726
1,237
58.7
7.2
206.5
61
40
83.9
4.9
3.2
119
897
20Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
8,465
40
675
1,168
57.8
7.2
211.6
47
26
84.6
4.0
2.2
80
524
21Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
8,356
49
640
1,111
57.6
7.5
170.5
52
42
81.3
4.7
3.8
106
615
22Mark Malone
M. Malone
8,029
51
645
1,286
50.2
6.2
157.4
51
63
62.7
4.0
4.9
67
550
23Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
7,694
56
635
1,136
55.9
6.8
137.4
39
48
70.7
3.4
4.2
114
832
24Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
7,445
36
517
1,017
50.8
7.3
206.8
39
37
72.6
3.8
3.6
60
503
25Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
7,197
35
542
932
58.2
7.7
205.6
43
40
80.2
4.6
4.3
95
782
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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