current player the most passing yards in nfl history including playoffs

Matthew Stafford has the most career passing yards by an active quarterback in the regular-season and playoffs, with 68,448 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
68,448
252
5,870
9,246
63.5
7.4
271.6
448
203
92.8
4.8
2.2
553
3,693
2Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
51,706
225
4,704
7,660
61.4
6.8
229.8
298
184
84.3
3.9
2.4
454
3,223
3Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
45,747
179
4,037
6,054
66.7
7.6
255.6
303
132
96.7
5.0
2.2
359
2,602
4Jared Goff
J. Goff
42,072
161
3,653
5,572
65.6
7.6
261.3
265
107
96.0
4.8
1.9
309
2,228
5Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
41,753
147
3,604
5,428
66.4
7.7
284.0
313
95
101.4
5.8
1.8
264
1,699
6Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
40,666
184
3,627
5,809
62.4
7.0
221.0
255
157
86.7
4.4
2.7
375
2,433
7Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
37,951
146
3,362
5,035
66.8
7.5
259.9
257
99
98.0
5.1
2.0
302
1,830
8Josh Allen
J. Allen
34,017
143
2,970
4,622
64.3
7.4
237.9
249
100
95.2
5.4
2.2
261
1,689
9Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
29,863
128
2,607
4,104
63.5
7.3
233.3
209
104
91.8
5.1
2.5
296
1,890
10Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
25,494
98
2,343
3,544
66.1
7.2
260.1
165
62
95.4
4.7
1.7
238
1,506
11Jameis Winston
J. Winston
24,848
109
1,982
3,244
61.1
7.7
228.0
157
113
86.5
4.8
3.5
222
1,383
12Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
24,361
124
2,016
3,129
64.4
7.8
196.5
197
63
100.8
6.3
2.0
257
1,430
13Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
23,629
106
2,196
3,500
62.7
6.8
222.9
159
72
89.1
4.5
2.1
263
1,681
14Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
22,636
84
2,090
3,057
68.4
7.4
269.5
166
55
100.5
5.4
1.8
242
1,628
15Geno Smith
G. Smith
22,421
110
2,048
3,138
65.3
7.1
203.8
126
90
87.7
4.0
2.9
280
2,023
16Sam Darnold
S. Darnold
21,348
105
1,847
2,964
62.3
7.2
203.3
129
83
86.9
4.4
2.8
239
1,626
17Kyler Murray
K. Murray
20,597
88
1,993
2,975
67.0
6.9
234.1
121
62
91.6
4.1
2.1
197
1,428
18Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
19,872
103
1,733
2,684
64.6
7.4
192.9
121
48
94.3
4.5
1.8
206
1,253
19Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
18,774
76
1,607
2,431
66.1
7.7
247.0
127
49
98.4
5.2
2.0
258
1,504
20Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
18,534
80
1,699
2,710
62.7
6.8
231.7
106
65
85.9
3.9
2.4
158
1,062
21Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
18,365
79
1,667
2,460
67.8
7.5
232.5
121
60
95.9
4.9
2.4
143
982
22Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
18,342
114
1,542
2,458
62.7
7.5
160.9
111
63
89.8
4.5
2.6
215
1,396
23Daniel Jones
D. Jones
18,119
85
1,737
2,687
64.6
6.7
213.2
91
56
86.7
3.4
2.1
238
1,519
24Case Keenum
C. Keenum
15,764
83
1,445
2,321
62.3
6.8
189.9
81
54
84.2
3.5
2.3
134
1,007
25Teddy Bridgewater
T. Bridgewater
15,331
86
1,398
2,107
66.4
7.3
178.3
75
47
90.3
3.6
2.2
171
1,156
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

4,564

Goff

Jared Goff

RUSH

1,223

Gibbs

Jahmyr Gibbs

REC

1,401

St. Brown

Amon-Ra St. Brown
Team Rankings

PPG

28.3

4th

OPP PPG

24.3

22nd

RUSH YDS/G

120.1

14th

PASS YDS/G

268.6

3rd

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TEAMWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
Lions Lions
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176