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1980 NFL Passing Yards Leaders

Yards gained passing

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Dan Fouts led the whole NFL in passing yards in 1980 with 4,715, 583 ahead of Brian Sipe (4,132). It stands 45th among all single seasons in NFL history. It was one of 4 times Dan Fouts led in passing yards.

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Dan Fouts Led the whole NFL in 1980 Dan Fouts SD
4,715 Passing Yards 583 clear of Brian Sipe
Showing Passing Yards and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team YDS G ATT TD
1 Dan Fouts Dan Fouts SD 4,715 16 589 30
2 Brian Sipe Brian Sipe CLE 4,132 16 554 30
3 Archie Manning Archie Manning NO 3,716 16 509 23
4 Tommy Kramer Tommy Kramer MIN 3,582 15 522 19
5 Steve Bartkowski Steve Bartkowski ATL 3,544 16 463 31
6 Lynn Dickey Lynn Dickey GB 3,529 16 478 15
7 Ron Jaworski Ron Jaworski PHI 3,529 16 451 27
8 Doug Williams Doug Williams TB 3,396 16 521 20
9 Jim Zorn Jim Zorn SEA 3,346 16 488 17
10 Terry Bradshaw Terry Bradshaw PIT 3,339 15 424 24
11 Richard Todd Richard Todd NYJ 3,329 16 479 17
12 Danny White Danny White DAL 3,287 16 436 28
13 Gary Danielson Gary Danielson DET 3,223 16 417 13
14 Ken Stabler Ken Stabler HOO 3,202 16 457 13
15 Vince Ferragamo Vince Ferragamo LAN 3,199 16 404 30
16 Bert Jones Bert Jones BAC 3,134 15 446 23
17 Joe Theismann Joe Theismann WAS 2,962 16 454 17
18 Jim Hart Jim Hart SLC 2,946 15 425 16
19 Joe Ferguson Joe Ferguson BUF 2,805 16 439 20
20 Steve Grogan Steve Grogan NE 2,475 12 306 18
21 Phil Simms Phil Simms NYG 2,321 13 402 15
22 Jim Plunkett Jim Plunkett OAK 2,299 13 320 18
23 Steve Fuller KC 2,250 14 320 10
24 Craig Morton Craig Morton DEN 2,150 12 301 12
25 Vince Evans Vince Evans CHI 2,039 13 278 11
26 Steve DeBerg Steve DeBerg SF 1,998 11 321 12
27 David Woodley David Woodley MIA 1,850 13 327 14
28 Joe Montana Joe Montana SF 1,795 15 273 15
29 Ken Anderson Ken Anderson CIN 1,778 13 275 6
30 Jack Thompson Jack Thompson CIN 1,324 14 234 11
31 Matt Robinson DEN 942 14 162 2
32 Dan Pastorini Dan Pastorini OAK 932 5 130 5
33 Matt Cavanaugh NE 885 16 105 9
34 Bob Griese Bob Griese MIA 790 5 100 6
35 Mike Phipps Mike Phipps CHI 630 7 122 2
36 Scott Brunner Scott Brunner NYG 610 16 112 4
37 Bill Kenney Bill Kenney KC 542 3 69 5
38 Cliff Stoudt PIT 493 6 60 2
39 Steve Dils MIN 352 16 51 3
40 Don Strock MIA 313 16 62 1
41 Greg Landry Greg Landry BAC 275 16 47 2
42 Mike Kruczek WAS 209 7 31 0
43 Bobby Scott NO 200 5 33 2
44 Joe Pisarcik PHI 187 9 22 0
45 Pat Haden Pat Haden LAN 185 4 41 0
46 Sam Adkins Sam Adkins SEA 136 4 23 1
47 Tom Clements KC 77 1 12 0
48 Glenn Carano DAL 69 3 12 2
49 Rusty Lisch SLC 68 2 17 0
50 Dan Manucci BUF 64 2 6 0
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