before 2017 what qb had the most passing yds through first 9 seasons

Matt Ryan had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his first 9 seasons, with 37,701 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	37,701	142	3,288	5,064	64.9	7.4	265.5	240	114	93.6	4.7	2.3	255	1,681
2	Peyton Manning P. Manning	37,586	144	3,131	4,890	64.0	7.7	261.0	275	139	94.4	5.6	2.8	170	1,108
3	Dan Marino D. Marino	35,386	135	2,798	4,730	59.2	7.5	262.1	266	149	88.2	5.6	3.2	125	942
4	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	32,639	138	2,915	4,742	61.5	6.9	236.5	182	117	84.5	3.8	2.5	290	2,076
5	Eli Manning E. Manning	31,527	137	2,612	4,457	58.6	7.1	230.1	211	144	82.7	4.7	3.2	213	1,512
6	Brett Favre B. Favre	30,894	129	2,659	4,351	61.1	7.1	239.5	235	141	87.1	5.4	3.2	267	1,686
7	Drew Brees D. Brees	30,646	122	2,697	4,164	64.8	7.4	251.2	202	110	91.9	4.9	2.6	159	1,165
8	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	30,303	109	2,634	4,285	61.5	7.1	278.0	187	108	86.8	4.4	2.5	242	1,563
9	Warren Moon W. Moon	30,200	126	2,329	4,026	57.8	7.5	239.7	175	145	81.0	4.3	3.6	281	2,185
10	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	29,844	127	2,374	3,762	63.1	7.9	235.0	191	108	92.7	5.1	2.9	344	2,272
11	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	29,657	124	2,544	4,518	56.3	6.6	239.2	166	138	75.9	3.7	3.1	262	1,778
12	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	29,527	132	2,397	3,942	60.8	7.5	223.7	201	143	85.8	5.1	3.6	260	1,959
13	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	29,465	122	2,568	4,110	62.5	7.2	241.5	189	130	86.2	4.6	3.2	203	1,434
14	John Elway J. Elway	27,974	132	2,201	4,023	54.7	7.0	211.9	148	140	74.4	3.7	3.5	295	2,205
15	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	27,891	116	2,268	3,564	63.6	7.8	240.4	189	93	94.5	5.3	2.6	220	1,387
16	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	27,749	119	2,390	3,871	61.7	7.2	233.2	183	130	85.2	4.7	3.4	256	1,627
17	Jim Everett J. Everett	27,613	123	2,193	3,817	57.5	7.2	224.5	164	141	79.0	4.3	3.7	207	1,491
18	Jake Plummer J. Plummer	27,259	127	2,309	4,033	57.3	6.8	214.6	150	148	75.1	3.7	3.7	266	1,624
19	Trent Green T. Green	26,963	112	2,143	3,527	60.8	7.6	240.7	157	101	87.5	4.5	2.9	246	1,510
20	Tom Brady T. Brady	26,446	113	2,301	3,653	63.0	7.2	234.0	197	86	92.9	5.4	2.4	203	1,278
21	Kerry Collins K. Collins	26,383	123	2,235	4,004	55.8	6.6	214.5	132	134	73.1	3.3	3.3	232	1,532
22	Troy Aikman T. Aikman	26,016	129	2,292	3,696	62.0	7.0	201.7	129	110	82.3	3.5	3.0	218	1,469
23	Tony Romo T. Romo	25,737	121	2,097	3,240	64.7	7.9	212.7	177	91	95.6	5.5	2.8	178	1,150
24	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	25,671	127	1,897	3,378	56.2	7.6	202.1	174	129	81.8	5.2	3.8	230	1,815
25	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	25,404	118	2,189	3,732	58.7	6.8	215.3	171	79	85.8	4.6	2.1	299	1,829

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