nfl passing leader 1980's

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Joe Montana had the most passing yards, with 30,958 yards.

NAME YDS GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Joe Montana
J. Montana
30,958
135
2,580
4,036
63.9
7.7
229.3
215
107
94.0
5.3
2.7
252
1,741
2 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
28,301
101
2,156
3,599
59.9
7.9
280.2
172
141
84.4
4.8
3.9
169
1,257
3 Dan Marino
D. Marino
27,853
103
2,174
3,650
59.6
7.6
270.4
220
125
89.3
6.0
3.4
83
670
4 Phil Simms
P. Simms
24,492
112
1,846
3,393
54.4
7.2
218.7
143
123
76.4
4.2
3.6
357
2,632
5 Neil 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
6 Danny White
D. White
21,229
106
1,705
2,847
59.9
7.5
200.3
152
126
82.4
5.3
4.4
233
1,997
7 John Elway
J. Elway
21,195
100
1,665
3,070
54.2
6.9
212.0
120
114
73.6
3.9
3.7
207
1,589
8 Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
20,903
102
1,661
3,009
55.2
6.9
204.9
131
128
73.8
4.4
4.3
204
1,270
9 Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
20,858
103
1,644
2,843
57.8
7.3
202.5
169
116
83.7
5.9
4.1
269
2,158
10 Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
20,132
118
1,571
2,875
54.6
7.0
170.6
126
107
75.9
4.4
3.7
224
1,774
11 Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
19,824
124
1,634
2,855
57.2
6.9
159.9
118
128
73.8
4.1
4.5
189
1,573
12 Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
18,350
85
1,296
2,285
56.7
8.0
215.9
126
76
87.3
5.5
3.3
155
1,277
13 Warren Moon
W. Moon
18,300
84
1,339
2,441
54.9
7.5
217.9
101
99
75.9
4.1
4.1
206
1,654
14 Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
17,771
81
1,304
2,249
58.0
7.9
219.4
116
119
78.5
5.2
5.3
204
1,585
15 Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
17,589
82
1,471
2,467
59.6
7.1
214.5
96
68
83.0
3.9
2.8
261
1,942
16 Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
17,442
84
1,442
2,439
59.1
7.2
207.6
110
85
81.7
4.5
3.5
208
1,661
17 Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
17,277
106
1,330
2,430
54.7
7.1
163.0
105
86
77.0
4.3
3.5
195
1,487
18 Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
15,995
77
1,305
2,196
59.4
7.3
207.7
109
69
85.4
5.0
3.1
212
1,678
19 Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
15,246
90
1,298
2,398
54.1
6.4
169.4
104
113
68.5
4.3
4.7
121
1,175
20 Richard Todd
R. Todd
14,368
74
1,181
2,099
56.3
6.8
194.2
88
100
71.6
4.2
4.8
171
1,347
21 Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
14,120
72
998
1,835
54.4
7.7
196.1
89
103
72.2
4.9
5.6
118
876
22 Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
13,888
65
1,134
1,940
58.5
7.2
213.7
75
47
83.4
3.9
2.4
139
888
23 Doug Williams
D. Williams
13,380
62
1,001
1,916
52.2
7.0
215.8
75
61
74.5
3.9
3.2
71
608
24 Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
13,335
78
1,050
1,831
57.3
7.3
171.0
77
66
79.2
4.2
3.6
174
1,057
25 Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
12,901
57
1,032
1,742
59.2
7.4
226.3
81
63
82.7
4.6
3.6
130
1,014
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1
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Falcons Falcons
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2
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NFC West W L T PCT
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2
0
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