most passing yards 1976 to 1990

Between the 1976 and 1990 seasons, Dan Fouts had the most passing yards, with 38,786 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player 1976 to 1990
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
38,786
150
2,989
4,978
60.0
7.8
258.6
238
206
83.3
4.8
4.1
268
1,879
2Joe Montana
J. Montana
34,998
166
2,914
4,579
63.6
7.6
210.8
242
123
93.4
5.3
2.7
281
1,894
3Dan Marino
D. Marino
31,416
119
2,480
4,181
59.3
7.5
264.0
241
136
88.5
5.8
3.3
98
760
4Phil Simms
P. Simms
28,519
138
2,164
3,969
54.5
7.2
206.7
171
141
77.0
4.3
3.6
416
3,055
5Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
28,490
168
2,376
4,179
56.9
6.8
169.6
166
175
73.7
4.0
4.2
245
2,039
6Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
27,744
169
2,153
4,045
53.2
6.9
164.2
179
161
73.2
4.4
4.0
351
2,727
7Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
24,965
144
2,025
3,569
56.7
7.0
173.4
158
135
77.5
4.4
3.8
336
2,728
8Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
24,910
136
1,740
3,319
52.4
7.5
183.2
171
190
70.4
5.2
5.7
225
1,779
9Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
24,864
144
2,008
3,802
52.8
6.5
172.7
155
170
68.3
4.1
4.5
240
2,158
10Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
24,777
129
2,012
3,651
55.1
6.8
192.1
159
158
72.8
4.4
4.3
249
1,586
11John Elway
J. Elway
24,721
116
1,959
3,572
54.8
6.9
213.1
135
128
74.3
3.8
3.6
250
1,900
12Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
24,052
119
1,909
3,291
58.0
7.3
202.1
184
136
82.3
5.6
4.1
309
2,518
13Warren Moon
W. Moon
22,989
99
1,701
3,025
56.2
7.6
232.2
134
112
79.9
4.4
3.7
242
1,906
14Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
22,771
108
1,817
3,153
57.6
7.2
210.8
136
90
82.7
4.3
2.9
362
2,700
15Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
22,683
108
1,840
3,243
56.7
7.0
210.0
152
139
76.3
4.7
4.3
201
1,709
16Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
22,462
118
1,817
3,201
56.8
7.0
190.4
143
129
76.7
4.5
4.0
337
2,759
17Danny White
D. White
21,959
166
1,761
2,950
59.7
7.4
132.3
155
132
81.7
5.3
4.5
241
2,083
18Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
21,879
128
1,791
3,009
59.5
7.3
170.9
128
116
80.1
4.3
3.9
265
1,859
19Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
21,381
101
1,520
2,687
56.6
8.0
211.7
150
98
85.8
5.6
3.6
186
1,475
20Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
21,369
105
1,592
2,831
56.2
7.5
203.5
133
151
73.8
4.7
5.3
268
2,171
21Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
21,115
140
1,669
3,149
53.0
6.7
150.8
111
141
67.3
3.5
4.5
213
1,585
22Richard Todd
R. Todd
20,610
119
1,610
2,967
54.3
6.9
173.2
124
161
67.6
4.2
5.4
264
2,127
23Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
20,444
98
1,697
2,878
59.0
7.1
208.6
109
78
82.2
3.8
2.7
295
2,204
24Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
20,332
111
1,688
2,801
60.3
7.3
183.2
133
168
73.4
4.7
6.0
198
1,798
25Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
18,410
95
1,271
2,388
53.2
7.7
193.8
146
120
78.0
6.1
5.0
155
1,348
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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