nfl passing leaders 1981 to 1995

Between the 1981 and 1995 seasons, Dan Marino had the most passing yards, with 48,841 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
48,841
186
3,913
6,531
59.9
7.5
262.6
352
200
88.4
5.4
3.1
200
1,423
2Warren Moon
W. Moon
42,177
172
3,380
5,753
58.8
7.3
245.2
247
199
81.5
4.3
3.5
382
2,915
3John Elway
J. Elway
41,706
190
3,346
5,926
56.5
7.0
219.5
225
191
77.7
3.8
3.2
438
3,253
4Joe Montana
J. Montana
38,660
161
3,220
5,095
63.2
7.6
240.1
257
130
92.5
5.0
2.6
298
1,995
5Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
35,668
186
2,866
4,909
58.4
7.3
191.8
247
187
81.9
5.0
3.8
477
3,669
6Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
34,149
170
2,661
4,680
56.9
7.3
200.9
223
168
80.8
4.8
3.6
294
2,286
7Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
32,657
147
2,652
4,400
60.3
7.4
222.2
223
156
85.4
5.1
3.5
286
2,140
8Jim Everett
J. Everett
31,583
139
2,538
4,384
57.9
7.2
227.2
190
155
80.1
4.3
3.5
234
1,701
9Phil Simms
P. Simms
29,398
139
2,249
3,980
56.5
7.4
211.5
171
124
81.3
4.3
3.1
402
2,866
10Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
26,652
159
2,174
3,764
57.8
7.1
167.6
156
143
77.7
4.1
3.8
242
2,020
11Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
25,094
129
2,110
3,602
58.6
7.0
194.5
128
98
80.4
3.6
2.7
353
2,654
12Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
23,586
85
1,808
3,010
60.1
7.8
277.5
142
117
84.3
4.7
3.9
137
1,047
13Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
23,093
123
1,970
3,333
59.1
6.9
187.7
123
87
81.6
3.7
2.6
267
1,626
14Steve Young
S. Young
23,069
124
1,845
2,876
64.2
8.0
186.0
160
79
96.1
5.6
2.7
233
1,378
15Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
22,877
122
1,874
3,362
55.7
6.8
187.5
150
105
78.7
4.5
3.1
422
3,133
16Neil 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
17Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
22,075
113
1,704
3,158
54.0
7.0
195.4
124
149
69.6
3.9
4.7
243
1,820
18Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
20,063
118
1,426
2,808
50.8
7.1
170.0
114
108
71.7
4.1
3.8
208
1,600
19Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
19,607
98
1,704
2,713
62.8
7.2
200.1
98
85
83.5
3.6
3.1
167
1,080
20Chris Miller
C. Miller
18,793
95
1,534
2,811
54.6
6.7
197.8
121
101
74.8
4.3
3.6
202
1,476
21Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
18,531
104
1,545
2,633
58.7
7.0
178.2
113
99
78.9
4.3
3.8
151
1,105
22Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
18,109
114
1,489
2,569
58.0
7.0
158.9
100
90
78.1
3.9
3.5
226
1,344
23Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
18,070
94
1,432
2,552
56.1
7.1
192.2
114
86
79.2
4.5
3.4
95
649
24Danny White
D. White
17,942
90
1,445
2,411
59.9
7.4
199.4
124
101
82.7
5.1
4.2
203
1,745
25Jeff George
J. George
17,428
84
1,532
2,613
58.6
6.7
207.5
88
75
78.0
3.4
2.9
221
1,655
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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.353
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.471
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