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1985 NFL Passing Yards Leaders

Yards gained passing

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Dan Marino led the whole NFL in passing yards in 1985 with 4,137, 246 ahead of John Elway (3,891). It was one of 6 times Dan Marino led in passing yards.

YDSTDRTGY/ACMP%Y/GCMPATT1DTD%INTINT%SK
Dan Marino Led the whole NFL in 1985 Dan Marino MIA
4,137 Passing Yards 246 clear of John Elway
Showing Passing Yards and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team YDS G ATT TD
1 Dan Marino Dan Marino MIA 4,137 16 567 30
2 John Elway John Elway DEN 3,891 16 605 22
3 Ken O'Brien NYJ 3,888 16 488 25
4 Phil Simms NYG 3,829 16 495 22
5 Joe Montana Joe Montana SF 3,653 15 494 27
6 Dan Fouts Dan Fouts SD 3,638 14 430 27
7 Dave Krieg SEA 3,602 16 532 27
8 Tommy Kramer MIN 3,522 15 506 19
9 Ron Jaworski Ron Jaworski PHI 3,450 16 484 17
10 Boomer Esiason Boomer Esiason CIN 3,443 15 431 27
11 Neil Lomax SLC 3,214 16 471 18
12 Danny White DAL 3,157 14 450 21
13 Eric Hipple Eric Hipple DET 2,952 16 406 17
14 Warren Moon Warren Moon HOO 2,709 14 377 15
15 Dieter Brock LAN 2,658 15 365 16
16 Marc Wilson LAA 2,608 16 388 16
17 Bill Kenney KC 2,536 16 338 17
18 Steve DeBerg TB 2,488 11 370 19
19 Mike Pagel IND 2,414 16 393 14
20 Jim McMahon Jim McMahon CHI 2,392 13 313 15
21 Lynn Dickey Lynn Dickey GB 2,206 12 314 15
22 Tony Eason NE 2,156 16 299 11
23 David Archer ATL 1,992 16 312 7
24 Dave Wilson NO 1,843 10 293 11
25 Joe Theismann Joe Theismann WAS 1,774 11 301 8
26 Vince Ferragamo Vince Ferragamo BUF 1,677 10 287 5
27 Bruce Mathison BUF 1,635 10 228 4
28 Bernie Kosar CLE 1,578 12 248 8
29 Mark Herrmann SD 1,537 9 201 10
30 Jay Schroeder Jay Schroeder WAS 1,458 9 209 5
31 Mark Malone Mark Malone PIT 1,428 10 233 13
32 David Woodley PIT 1,357 9 183 6
33 Steve Grogan NE 1,311 7 156 7
34 Gary Danielson CLE 1,274 8 163 8
35 Bobby Hebert NO 1,208 6 181 5
36 Todd Blackledge KC 1,190 12 172 6
37 Gary Hogeboom DAL 978 16 126 5
38 Steve Young Steve Young TB 935 5 138 3
39 Jim Plunkett Jim Plunkett LAA 803 3 103 3
40 Jim Zorn Jim Zorn GB 794 13 123 4
41 Steve Fuller CHI 777 16 107 1
42 Steve Bartkowski Steve Bartkowski ATL 738 5 111 5
43 Scott Campbell PIT 612 16 96 4
44 Oliver Luck HOO 572 5 100 2
45 Randy Wright GB 552 5 74 2
46 Randall Cunningham Randall Cunningham PHI 548 6 81 1
47 Turk Schonert CIN 460 7 51 1
48 Wade Wilson MIN 404 4 60 3
49 Joe Ferguson DET 364 8 54 2
50 Scott Brunner Scott Brunner SLC 336 16 60 1
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