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:
Leaders through 1984
Rank | Current | Player (age) | Yds | Tm |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 14 | Fran Tarkenton | 47003 | 2TM |
2 | 23 | Johnny Unitas | 40239 | 2TM |
3 | 37 | Jim Hart | 34665 | 2TM |
4 | 20 | Dan Fouts | 33854 | sdg |
5 | 40 | John Hadl | 33503 | 4TM |
6 | 43 | Y.A. Tittle | 33070 | 3TM |
7 | 45 | Ken Anderson | 32497 | cin |
8 | 48 | Sonny Jurgensen | 32224 | 2TM |
9 | 50 | John Brodie | 31548 | sfo |
10 | 52 | Norm Snead | 30797 | 5TM |
11 | 58 | Roman Gabriel | 29444 | 2TM |
12 | 62 | Len Dawson | 28711 | 3TM |
13 | 67 | Terry Bradshaw | 27989 | pit |
14 | 68 | Ken Stabler | 27938 | 3TM |
15 | 69 | Craig Morton | 27908 | 3TM |
16 | 70 | Joe Namath | 27663 | 2TM |
17 | 55 | Joe Ferguson | 27590 | buf |
18 | 72 | George Blanda | 26920 | 4TM |
19 | 74 | Bobby Layne | 26768 | 4TM |
20 | 81 | Bob Griese | 25092 | mia |
21 | 83 | Bart Starr | 24718 | gnb |
22 | 84 | Charley Johnson | 24410 | 3TM |
23 | 88 | Archie Manning | 23911 | 3TM |
24 | 89 | Brian Sipe | 23713 | cle |
25 | 91 | Norm Van Brocklin | 23611 | 2TM |
26 | 92 | Otto Graham | 23584 | cle |
27 | 79 | Joe Theismann | 23432 | was |
28 | 76 | Jim Plunkett | 23093 | 3TM |
29 | 66 | Ron Jaworski | 22827 | 2TM |
30 | 86 | Steve Bartkowski | 22732 | atl |
31 | 98 | Roger Staubach | 22700 | dal |
32 | 99 | Babe Parilli | 22681 | 5TM |
33 | 104 | Sammy Baugh | 21886 | was |
34 | 109 | Jack Kemp | 21218 | 3TM |
35 | 93 | Lynn Dickey | 21116 | 2TM |
36 | 112 | Earl Morrall | 20809 | 6TM |
37 | 115 | Billy Kilmer | 20495 | 3TM |
38 | 113 | Richard Todd | 20419 | 2TM |
39 | 73 | Steve Grogan | 20270 | nwe |
40 | 110 | Jim Zorn | 20122 | sea |
41 | 119 | Charlie Conerly | 19488 | nyg |
42 | 123 | Daryle Lamonica | 19154 | 2TM |
43 | 124 | Tobin Rote | 18850 | 4TM |
44 | 125 | Billy Wade | 18530 | 2TM |
45 | 126 | Dan Pastorini | 18515 | 4TM |
46 | 128 | Bert Jones | 18190 | 2TM |
47 | 134 | Milt Plum | 17536 | 4TM |
48 | 139 | Don Meredith | 17199 | dal |
49 | 148 | Greg Landry | 16052 | 3TM |
50 | 149 | Frank Ryan | 16042 | 3TM |
51 | 82 | Tommy Kramer | 15631 | min |
52 | 22 | Joe Montana | 15609 | sfo |
53 | 155 | Ed Brown | 15600 | 3TM |
54 | 103 | Danny White | 14754 | dal |
55 | 166 | Sid Luckman | 14686 | chi |
56 | 38 | Steve DeBerg | 14593 | 3TM |
57 | 171 | Bill Nelsen | 14165 | 2TM |
58 | 175 | Eddie LeBaron | 13399 | 2TM |
59 | 177 | Bill Munson | 12896 | 5TM |
60 | 141 | Doug Williams | 12648 | tam |
61 | 186 | Tom Flores | 11959 | 3TM |
62 | 174 | Gary Danielson | 11885 | det |
63 | 187 | Bob Waterfield | 11849 | ram |
64 | 191 | Cotton Davidson | 11760 | 3TM |
65 | 193 | Mike Livingston | 11295 | kan |
66 | 199 | Frankie Albert | 10795 | sfo |
67 | 204 | Mike Phipps | 10506 | 2TM |
68 | 205 | George Ratterman | 10473 | 3TM |
69 | 207 | Tommy Thompson | 10385 | 2TM |
70 | 208 | Zeke Bratkowski | 10345 | 3TM |
71 | 209 | Frank Tripucka | 10282 | 4TM |
72 | 41 | Phil Simms | 10269 | nyg |
73 | 96 | Neil Lomax | 10192 | crd |
74 | 137 | Bill Kenney | 10163 | kan |
75 | 217 | Bobby Thomason | 9480 | 3TM |
76 | 218 | Lamar McHan | 9449 | 4TM |
77 | 192 | Vince Ferragamo | 9376 | ram |
78 | 221 | Pat Haden | 9296 | ram |
79 | 223 | Bob Berry | 9197 | 2TM |
80 | 228 | Jim Finks | 8622 | pit |
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