most passing yards 1973 to 1979 by a qb

Between the 1973 and 1979 seasons, Roger Staubach had the most passing yards by a quarterback, with 19,757 yards.

NAME YDS GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
19,757
100
1,483
2,598
57.1
7.6
197.6
135
93
83.7
5.2
3.6
251
1,684
2 Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
18,234
99
1,416
2,352
60.2
7.8
184.2
145
135
81.2
6.2
5.7
177
1,579
3 Jim Hart
J. Hart
17,968
97
1,398
2,651
52.7
6.8
185.2
110
108
71.1
4.1
4.1
119
915
4 Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
17,335
95
1,327
2,353
56.4
7.4
182.5
113
90
79.8
4.8
3.8
230
1,695
5 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
15,868
79
1,396
2,292
60.9
6.9
200.9
108
86
81.8
4.7
3.8
149
1,364
6 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
14,739
80
1,141
2,005
56.9
7.4
184.2
82
101
72.8
4.1
5.0
150
1,047
7 Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
14,550
95
1,069
2,113
50.6
6.9
153.2
92
94
68.9
4.4
4.4
191
1,535
8 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
14,362
88
1,041
1,960
53.1
7.3
163.2
116
105
74.3
5.9
5.4
152
1,397
9 Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
13,451
97
1,155
2,199
52.5
6.1
138.7
82
106
63.7
3.7
4.8
165
1,515
10 Bob Griese
B. Griese
13,383
88
1,052
1,786
58.9
7.5
152.1
105
88
81.5
5.9
4.9
164
1,365
11 Archie Manning
A. Manning
12,623
79
1,089
1,962
55.5
6.4
159.8
63
93
66.1
3.2
4.7
193
1,468
12 Craig Morton
C. Morton
12,277
96
957
1,809
52.9
6.8
127.9
73
85
68.3
4.0
4.7
208
1,530
13 Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
12,151
73
831
1,666
49.9
7.3
166.5
89
102
66.3
5.3
6.1
120
1,042
14 Bert Jones
B. Jones
11,435
68
890
1,592
55.9
7.2
168.2
78
56
80.3
4.9
3.5
159
1,423
15 Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
11,202
56
845
1,638
51.6
6.8
200.0
63
84
65.0
3.8
5.1
103
724
16 Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
11,075
72
902
1,637
55.1
6.8
153.8
77
79
71.8
4.7
4.8
127
1,012
17 Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
9,440
69
764
1,462
52.3
6.5
136.8
45
68
63.4
3.1
4.7
127
1,145
18 Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
8,952
63
663
1,326
50.0
6.8
142.1
58
77
62.3
4.4
5.8
129
1,113
19 Greg Landry
G. Landry
8,817
64
771
1,331
57.9
6.6
137.8
46
44
75.7
3.5
3.3
193
1,540
20 Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
8,483
56
667
1,260
52.9
6.7
151.5
71
51
76.2
5.6
4.0
92
649
21 Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
8,129
52
627
1,260
49.8
6.5
156.3
47
75
58.1
3.7
6.0
144
1,278
22 Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
8,058
70
616
1,242
49.6
6.5
115.1
53
57
65.5
4.3
4.6
139
1,052
23 Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
7,764
83
602
1,163
51.8
6.7
93.5
50
53
68.4
4.3
4.6
132
1,096
24 Joe Namath
J. Namath
7,564
49
580
1,157
50.1
6.5
154.4
47
77
56.9
4.1
6.7
79
771
25 Pat Haden
P. Haden
7,296
48
574
1,055
54.4
6.9
152.0
43
43
72.8
4.1
4.1
83
631
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
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2
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1
2
1
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40

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NFC East W L T PCT
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4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
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3
1
0
.750
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2
2
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.500
NFC West W L T PCT
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4
1
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.800
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3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
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0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

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Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
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LAC LAC
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9/6
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10/5
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10/5
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10/5
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PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM