NFL Career Passing Yards Leaders Through 1984

These are the NFL career record holders through the 1984 season. See current passing yards leaders or select another stat or year:

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Leaders through 1984

Leaders through 1984 Table
Rank Current Player (age) Yds Tm
114Fran Tarkenton470032TM
223Johnny Unitas402392TM
337Jim Hart346652TM
420Dan Fouts33854sdg
540John Hadl335034TM
643Y.A. Tittle330703TM
745Ken Anderson32497cin
848Sonny Jurgensen322242TM
950John Brodie31548sfo
1052Norm Snead307975TM
1158Roman Gabriel294442TM
1262Len Dawson287113TM
1367Terry Bradshaw27989pit
1468Ken Stabler279383TM
1569Craig Morton279083TM
1670Joe Namath276632TM
1755Joe Ferguson27590buf
1872George Blanda269204TM
1974Bobby Layne267684TM
2081Bob Griese25092mia
2183Bart Starr24718gnb
2284Charley Johnson244103TM
2388Archie Manning239113TM
2489Brian Sipe23713cle
2591Norm Van Brocklin236112TM
2692Otto Graham23584cle
2779Joe Theismann23432was
2876Jim Plunkett230933TM
2966Ron Jaworski228272TM
3086Steve Bartkowski22732atl
3198Roger Staubach22700dal
3299Babe Parilli226815TM
33104Sammy Baugh21886was
34109Jack Kemp212183TM
3593Lynn Dickey211162TM
36112Earl Morrall208096TM
37115Billy Kilmer204953TM
38113Richard Todd204192TM
3973Steve Grogan20270nwe
40110Jim Zorn20122sea
41119Charlie Conerly19488nyg
42123Daryle Lamonica191542TM
43124Tobin Rote188504TM
44125Billy Wade185302TM
45126Dan Pastorini185154TM
46128Bert Jones181902TM
47134Milt Plum175364TM
48139Don Meredith17199dal
49148Greg Landry160523TM
50149Frank Ryan160423TM
5182Tommy Kramer15631min
5222Joe Montana15609sfo
53155Ed Brown156003TM
54103Danny White14754dal
55166Sid Luckman14686chi
5638Steve DeBerg145933TM
57171Bill Nelsen141652TM
58175Eddie LeBaron133992TM
59177Bill Munson128965TM
60141Doug Williams12648tam
61186Tom Flores119593TM
62174Gary Danielson11885det
63187Bob Waterfield11849ram
64191Cotton Davidson117603TM
65193Mike Livingston11295kan
66199Frankie Albert10795sfo
67204Mike Phipps105062TM
68205George Ratterman104733TM
69207Tommy Thompson103852TM
70208Zeke Bratkowski103453TM
71209Frank Tripucka102824TM
7241Phil Simms10269nyg
7396Neil Lomax10192crd
74137Bill Kenney10163kan
75217Bobby Thomason94803TM
76218Lamar McHan94494TM
77192Vince Ferragamo9376ram
78221Pat Haden9296ram
79223Bob Berry91972TM
80228Jim Finks8622pit