fewest career passes to reach 50000 passing yds

John Elway has the fewest career pass attempts when passing for 50,000+ yards, with 7,250 attempts.

Interpreted as:
fewest career passes by a player to reach 50000 or more passing yds
NAMEATTYDSGPCMPPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John Elway
J. Elway
7,250
51,475
234
4,123
56.9
7.1
220.0
300
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
2Eli Manning
E. Manning
8,119
57,023
236
4,895
60.3
7.0
241.6
366
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
3Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
8,226
63,984
247
5,335
64.9
7.8
259.0
425
212
95.0
5.2
2.6
470
2,879
4Dan Marino
D. Marino
8,358
61,361
242
4,967
59.4
7.3
253.6
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
5Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
8,443
64,088
249
5,440
64.4
7.6
257.4
418
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
6Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
8,464
62,792
234
5,551
65.6
7.4
268.3
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
7Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
8,743
66,274
264
5,696
65.1
7.6
251.0
527
123
102.2
6.0
1.4
600
4,088
8Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
8,763
64,516
239
5,562
63.5
7.4
269.9
423
196
92.4
4.8
2.2
525
3,515
9Peyton Manning
P. Manning
9,380
71,940
266
6,125
65.3
7.7
270.5
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
10Brett Favre
B. Favre
10,169
71,838
302
6,300
62.0
7.1
237.9
508
336
86.0
5.0
3.3
525
3,487
11Drew Brees
D. Brees
10,551
80,358
287
7,142
67.7
7.6
280.0
571
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
12Tom Brady
T. Brady
12,050
89,214
335
7,753
64.3
7.4
266.3
649
212
97.2
5.4
1.8
565
3,576
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts and passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
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11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
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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
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8
9
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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

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