before 2023 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	Derek Carr D. Carr	35,222	142	3,201	4,958	64.6	7.1	248.0	217	99	91.8	4.4	2.0	264	1,624
5	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	34,749	125	3,005	4,850	62.0	7.2	278.0	216	118	88.3	4.5	2.4	289	1,850
6	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	33,946	144	2,820	4,335	65.1	7.8	235.7	267	81	101.7	6.2	1.9	394	2,572
7	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
8	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	31,594	133	2,757	4,449	62.0	7.1	237.5	204	118	87.5	4.6	2.7	278	1,738
9	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
10	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
11	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	30,729	133	2,702	4,209	64.2	7.3	231.0	199	102	91.7	4.7	2.4	350	2,597
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	Cam Newton C. Newton	29,041	125	2,371	3,980	59.6	7.3	232.3	182	108	86.1	4.6	2.7	291	2,199
19	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	28,372	109	2,453	3,662	67.0	7.7	260.3	190	84	97.9	5.2	2.3	213	1,571
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
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Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
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Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
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