Who has the most career passing yards?

Drew Brees passes Brett Favre with a 1-yard TD pass to Josh Hill, then breaks Peyton Manning’s NFL record for career passing yards with a 62-yard TD to Tre-Quan Smith, finishing the game with 72,103 career yards.

NAME GP YDS CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD TD% INT INT% SCK SCKY RATE
1 Drew Brees
Drew Brees
264
74,437
6,586
9,783
67.3
7.6
282.0
520
5.3
233
2.4
395
2,813
97.7
2 Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning
266
71,940
6,125
9,380
65.3
7.7
270.5
539
5.7
251
2.7
303
1,953
96.5
3 Brett Favre
Brett Favre
302
71,838
6,300
10,169
62.0
7.1
237.9
508
5.0
336
3.3
525
3,487
86.0
4 Tom Brady
Tom Brady
269
70,514
6,004
9,375
64.0
7.5
262.1
517
5.5
171
1.8
473
2,944
97.6
5 Dan Marino
Dan Marino
242
61,361
4,967
8,358
59.4
7.3
253.6
420
5.0
252
3.0
270
1,930
86.4
6 Ben Roethlisberger
Ben Roethlisberger
216
56,194
4,616
7,168
64.4
7.8
260.2
363
5.1
190
2.7
501
3,313
94.2
7 Eli Manning
Eli Manning
232
55,981
4,804
7,972
60.3
7.0
241.3
360
4.5
239
3.0
406
2,826
84.1
8 Philip Rivers
Philip Rivers
212
54,656
4,518
7,000
64.5
7.8
257.8
374
5.3
178
2.5
412
2,502
95.6
9 John Elway
John Elway
234
51,475
4,123
7,250
56.9
7.1
220.0
300
4.1
226
3.1
516
3,785
79.9
10 Warren Moon
Warren Moon
208
49,325
3,988
6,823
58.4
7.2
237.1
291
4.3
233
3.4
458
3,415
80.9
11 Fran Tarkenton
Fran Tarkenton
246
47,003
3,686
6,467
57.0
7.3
191.1
342
5.3
266
4.1
274
2,337
80.4
12 Matt Ryan
Matt Ryan
174
46,720
4,052
6,201
65.3
7.5
268.5
295
4.8
133
2.1
321
2,133
94.9
13 Carson Palmer
Carson Palmer
182
46,247
3,941
6,307
62.5
7.3
254.1
294
4.7
187
3.0
340
2,364
87.9
14 Vinny Testaverde
Vinny Testaverde
233
46,233
3,787
6,701
56.5
6.9
198.4
275
4.1
267
4.0
417
2,992
75.0
15 Drew Bledsoe
Drew Bledsoe
194
44,611
3,839
6,717
57.2
6.6
230.0
251
3.7
206
3.1
467
3,135
77.1
16 Dan Fouts
Dan Fouts
181
43,040
3,297
5,604
58.8
7.7
237.8
254
4.5
242
4.3
319
2,304
80.2
17 Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers
165
42,944
3,560
5,492
64.8
7.8
260.3
338
6.2
80
1.5
412
2,684
103.1
18 Kerry Collins
Kerry Collins
198
40,922
3,487
6,261
55.7
6.5
206.7
208
3.3
196
3.1
337
2,230
73.8
19 Joe Montana
Joe Montana
192
40,551
3,409
5,391
63.2
7.5
211.2
273
5.1
139
2.6
313
2,095
92.3
20 Johnny Unitas
Johnny Unitas
211
40,239
2,830
5,186
54.6
7.8
190.7
290
5.6
253
4.9
74
590
78.2
21 Matthew Stafford
Matthew Stafford
141
38,526
3,372
5,405
62.4
7.1
273.2
237
4.4
129
2.4
329
2,105
88.4
22 Joe Flacco
Joe Flacco
163
38,248
3,499
5,670
61.7
6.7
234.7
212
3.7
136
2.4
333
2,360
84.1
23 Dave Krieg
Dave Krieg
213
38,147
3,105
5,311
58.5
7.2
179.1
261
4.9
199
3.7
494
3,794
81.5
24 Boomer Esiason
Boomer Esiason
187
37,920
2,969
5,205
57.0
7.3
202.8
247
4.7
184
3.5
318
2,438
81.1
25 Donovan McNabb
Donovan McNabb
167
37,276
3,170
5,374
59.0
6.9
223.2
234
4.4
117
2.2
410
2,626
85.6
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
2
0
0
1.000
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1
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0
0
1.000
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1
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0
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1
1
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0
0
1.000
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2
0
0
1.000
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2
0
0
1.000
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1
1
0
.500
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2
0
0
1.000
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1
1
0
.500
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2
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
1
1
0
.500
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2
0
0
1.000
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1
1
0
.500

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