all-time passing leader in nfl from october 1 1920 to october 23 1995

Between October 1, 1920 and October 23, 1995, 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
46,443
177
3,702
6,200
59.7
7.5
262.4
336
189
88.4
5.4
3.0
182
1,299
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
6John Elway
J. Elway
39,752
182
3,196
5,687
56.2
7.0
218.4
209
182
77.0
3.7
3.2
428
3,166
7Warren Moon
W. Moon
39,567
163
3,164
5,407
58.5
7.3
242.7
224
194
80.2
4.1
3.6
357
2,744
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
10Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
33,562
178
2,687
4,590
58.5
7.3
188.6
238
177
82.5
5.2
3.9
11John Hadl
J. Hadl
33,505
224
2,362
4,687
50.4
7.1
149.6
244
268
67.4
5.2
5.7
12Phil Simms
P. Simms
33,462
164
2,576
4,647
55.4
7.2
204.0
199
157
78.5
4.3
3.4
13Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
32,948
164
2,544
4,475
56.8
7.4
200.9
214
161
81.1
4.8
3.6
275
2,140
14Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
32,838
192
2,654
4,475
59.3
7.3
171.0
197
160
81.9
4.4
3.6
15Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
32,224
218
2,433
4,262
57.1
7.6
147.8
255
189
82.6
6.0
4.4
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
17Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
30,901
139
2,509
4,149
60.5
7.4
222.3
210
148
85.5
5.1
3.6
271
2,029
18Norm Snead
N. Snead
30,797
178
2,276
4,353
52.3
7.1
173.0
196
257
65.5
4.5
5.9
19Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
29,817
186
2,369
4,519
52.4
6.6
160.3
196
209
68.4
4.3
4.6
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
21Jim Everett
J. Everett
29,337
130
2,345
4,074
57.6
7.2
225.7
177
150
79.2
4.3
3.7
223
1,615
22Len Dawson
L. Dawson
28,711
203
2,136
3,741
57.1
7.7
141.4
239
183
82.6
6.4
4.9
23Y.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
24Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
28,190
188
2,187
4,117
53.1
6.8
149.9
179
164
72.8
4.3
4.0
25Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
27,989
168
2,025
3,901
51.9
7.2
166.6
212
210
70.9
5.4
5.4
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