fewest games to reach 40000 passing yard all-time

Jared Goff has the fewest games when passing for 40,000+ yards in his career, with 155 games.

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NAMEGPYDSCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Jared Goff
J. Goff
155
40,836
3,549
5,385
65.9
7.6
263.5
265
102
97.1
4.9
1.9
294
2,139
2Derek Carr
D. Carr
169
41,245
3,765
5,785
65.1
7.1
244.1
257
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
3Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
178
45,726
4,027
6,043
66.6
7.6
256.9
309
135
96.9
5.1
2.2
350
2,513
4Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
181
43,040
3,297
5,604
58.8
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
5Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
182
46,247
3,941
6,307
62.5
7.3
254.1
294
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
6Joe Montana
J. Montana
192
40,551
3,409
5,391
63.2
7.5
211.2
273
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
7Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
194
44,611
3,839
6,717
57.2
6.6
230.0
251
206
77.1
3.7
3.1
467
3,135
8Kerry Collins
K. Collins
198
40,922
3,487
6,261
55.7
6.5
206.7
208
196
73.8
3.3
3.1
337
2,230
9Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
205
46,966
3,951
6,120
64.6
7.7
229.1
353
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
10Warren Moon
W. Moon
208
49,325
3,988
6,823
58.4
7.2
237.1
291
233
80.9
4.3
3.4
458
3,415
11Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
210
48,176
4,417
7,167
61.6
6.7
229.4
272
172
84.1
3.8
2.4
422
3,000
12Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
210
40,239
2,830
5,186
54.6
7.8
191.6
290
253
78.2
5.6
4.9
13Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
233
46,233
3,787
6,701
56.5
6.9
198.4
275
267
75.0
4.1
4.0
417
2,992
14Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
234
62,792
5,551
8,464
65.6
7.4
268.3
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
15John Elway
J. Elway
234
51,475
4,123
7,250
56.9
7.1
220.0
300
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
16Eli Manning
E. Manning
236
57,023
4,895
8,119
60.3
7.0
241.6
366
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
17Dan Marino
D. Marino
242
61,361
4,967
8,358
59.4
7.3
253.6
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
18Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
243
65,705
5,661
8,925
63.4
7.4
270.4
429
202
92.2
4.8
2.3
531
3,556
19Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
246
47,003
3,686
6,467
57.0
7.3
191.1
342
266
80.4
5.3
4.1
20Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
247
63,984
5,335
8,226
64.9
7.8
259.0
425
212
95.0
5.2
2.6
470
2,879
21Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
249
64,088
5,440
8,443
64.4
7.6
257.4
418
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
22Peyton Manning
P. Manning
266
71,940
6,125
9,380
65.3
7.7
270.5
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
23Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
268
67,273
5,784
8,896
65.0
7.6
251.0
534
127
101.8
6.0
1.4
613
4,195
24Drew Brees
D. Brees
287
80,358
7,142
10,551
67.7
7.6
280.0
571
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
25Brett Favre
B. Favre
302
71,838
6,300
10,169
62.0
7.1
237.9
508
336
86.0
5.0
3.3
525
3,487
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31.8

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102.0

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303.5

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0
0
1.000
3
1
0
.750
2
2
0
.500
Lions Lions
2
2
0
.500
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10/11
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10/25
@
4:25 PM
Sun
11/1
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1:00 PM
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11/8
@
1:00 PM
Sun
11/15
@
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NFC EastWLTPCT
3
1
0
.750
2
2
0
.500
2
2
0
.500
1
3
0
.250
NFC NorthWLTPCT
4
0
0
1.000
3
1
0
.750
2
2
0
.500
2
2
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
2
2
0
.500
2
2
0
.500
1
3
0
.250
0
4
0
.000
NFC WestWLTPCT
4
0
0
1.000
3
1
0
.750
2
2
0
.500
1
3
0
.250
AFC EastWLTPCT
3
1
0
.750
2
2
0
.500
1
3
0
.250
0
4
0
.000
AFC NorthWLTPCT
3
1
0
.750
3
1
0
.750
2
2
0
.500
2
2
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
3
1
0
.750
2
2
0
.500
0
4
0
.000
0
4
0
.000
AFC WestWLTPCT
4
0
0
1.000
3
1
0
.750
2
2
0
.500
0
4
0
.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/9
@
10-13
Thu
9/10
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27-7
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9/13
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59-37
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9/13
@
41-23
Sun
9/13
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13-20

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10/8
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10/11
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9:30 AM
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10/11
@
1:00 PM
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10/11
@
1:00 PM
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10/11
@
1:00 PM