all-time passing leader in nfl from october 1 1920 to december 26 1994

Between October 1, 1920 and December 26, 1994, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing yards, with 47,003 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
47,003
246
3,686
6,467
57.0
7.3
191.1
342
266
80.4
5.3
4.1
2Dan Marino
D. Marino
45,173
172
3,604
6,049
59.6
7.5
262.6
328
185
88.2
5.4
3.1
178
1,270
3Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
43,040
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
4Joe Montana
J. Montana
40,551
192
3,409
5,391
63.2
7.5
211.2
273
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
5Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
40,239
210
2,830
5,186
54.6
7.8
191.6
290
253
78.2
5.6
4.9
6Warren Moon
W. Moon
37,949
156
3,003
5,147
58.3
7.4
243.3
214
185
80.3
4.2
3.6
344
2,638
7John Elway
J. Elway
37,736
174
3,030
5,384
56.3
7.0
216.9
199
177
76.8
3.7
3.3
416
3,073
8Jim Hart
J. Hart
34,665
201
2,593
5,076
51.1
6.8
172.5
209
247
66.6
4.1
4.9
9Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
33,872
198
2,844
4,965
57.3
6.8
171.1
193
203
74.2
3.9
4.1
10John Hadl
J. Hadl
33,505
224
2,362
4,687
50.4
7.1
149.6
244
268
67.4
5.2
5.7
11Phil Simms
P. Simms
33,462
164
2,576
4,647
55.4
7.2
204.0
199
157
78.5
4.3
3.4
12Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
32,838
192
2,654
4,475
59.3
7.3
171.0
197
160
81.9
4.4
3.6
13Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
32,224
218
2,433
4,262
57.1
7.6
147.8
255
189
82.6
6.0
4.4
14Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
32,114
171
2,562
4,390
58.4
7.3
187.8
231
166
83.0
5.3
3.8
15Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
31,874
158
2,440
4,291
56.9
7.4
201.7
207
153
81.6
4.8
3.6
267
2,088
16John Brodie
J. Brodie
31,548
199
2,469
4,491
55.0
7.0
158.5
214
224
72.3
4.8
5.0
17Norm Snead
N. Snead
30,797
178
2,276
4,353
52.3
7.1
173.0
196
257
65.5
4.5
5.9
18Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
29,817
186
2,369
4,519
52.4
6.6
160.3
196
209
68.4
4.3
4.6
19Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
29,527
132
2,397
3,942
60.8
7.5
223.7
201
143
85.8
5.1
3.6
260
1,959
20Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
29,444
183
2,366
4,498
52.6
6.5
160.9
201
149
74.3
4.5
3.3
21Len Dawson
L. Dawson
28,711
203
2,136
3,741
57.1
7.7
141.4
239
183
82.6
6.4
4.9
22Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
28,339
178
2,118
3,817
55.5
7.4
159.2
212
221
73.6
5.6
5.8
23Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
28,190
188
2,187
4,117
53.1
6.8
149.9
179
164
72.8
4.3
4.0
24Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
27,989
168
2,025
3,901
51.9
7.2
166.6
212
210
70.9
5.4
5.4
25Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
27,938
184
2,270
3,793
59.8
7.4
151.8
194
222
75.3
5.1
5.9
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