nfl passing yards leaders playoffs 1970-1989

From 1970 through 1989, Joe Montana had the most passing yards in the playoffs, with 4,294 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joe Montana J. Montana	4,294	17	335	536	62.5	8.0	252.6	36	16	97.5	6.7	3.0	33	193
2	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	3,833	19	261	456	57.2	8.4	201.7	30	26	83.0	6.6	5.7	24	184
3	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	2,747	19	219	405	54.1	6.8	144.6	23	19	74.8	5.7	4.7	61	390
4	John Elway J. Elway	2,641	11	170	330	51.5	8.0	240.1	15	15	74.6	4.5	4.5	24	216
5	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	2,641	13	203	351	57.8	7.5	203.2	19	13	84.2	5.4	3.7	28	255
6	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	2,293	10	162	272	59.6	8.4	229.3	11	12	81.9	4.0	4.4	27	212
7	Danny White D. White	2,284	18	206	360	57.2	6.3	126.9	15	16	71.6	4.2	4.4	23	202
8	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	2,125	7	159	286	55.6	7.4	303.6	12	16	70.0	4.2	5.6	13	95
9	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	1,860	7	146	260	56.2	7.2	265.7	15	10	81.9	5.8	3.8	14	74
10	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	1,803	11	149	292	51.0	6.2	163.9	11	17	58.6	3.8	5.8	20	155
11	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	1,782	10	128	211	60.7	8.4	178.2	11	7	91.4	5.2	3.3	26	193
12	Dan Marino D. Marino	1,680	6	131	234	56.0	7.2	280.0	13	10	79.4	5.6	4.3	5	43
13	Ron Jaworski R. Jaworski	1,669	10	126	271	46.5	6.2	166.9	10	10	63.4	3.7	3.7	20	171
14	Bob Griese B. Griese	1,467	12	112	208	53.8	7.1	122.3	10	12	68.3	4.8	5.8	15	152
15	Phil Simms P. Simms	1,461	8	128	228	56.1	6.4	182.6	10	4	82.9	4.4	1.8	20	161
16	Wade Wilson W. Wilson	1,322	6	99	185	53.5	7.1	220.3	7	6	75.6	3.8	3.2	27	219
17	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	1,321	6	110	166	66.3	8.0	220.2	9	6	93.5	5.4	3.6	21	116
18	Warren Moon W. Moon	1,305	5	107	182	58.8	7.2	261.0	5	7	74.1	2.7	3.8	5	36
19	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	1,242	7	94	183	51.4	6.8	177.4	9	6	75.9	4.9	3.3	14	130
20	Vince Ferragamo V. Ferragamo	1,227	7	92	188	48.9	6.5	175.3	8	11	59.9	4.3	5.9	13	112
21	Jim Everett J. Everett	1,120	5	87	176	49.4	6.4	224.0	7	11	57.0	4.0	6.3	7	62
22	Doug Williams D. Williams	1,110	7	68	169	40.2	6.6	158.6	9	11	53.6	5.3	6.5	6	56
23	Billy Kilmer B. Kilmer	1,060	7	92	178	51.7	6.0	151.4	8	7	68.6	4.5	3.9	5	44
24	Richard Todd R. Todd	1,026	4	78	140	55.7	7.3	256.5	4	12	52.9	2.9	8.6	13	80
25	John Brodie J. Brodie	973	5	71	143	49.7	6.8	194.6	4	7	60.7	2.8	4.9	5	33

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