leading passers in afc from 2001 to 2019

Between the 2001 and 2019 seasons, Tom Brady had the most passing yards in the AFC, with 74,565 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
74,565
284
6,376
9,985
63.9
7.5
262.6
541
179
97.0
5.4
1.8
500
3,129
2Peyton Manning
P. Manning
59,653
218
5,111
7,701
66.4
7.7
273.6
454
193
98.9
5.9
2.5
247
1,597
3Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
59,271
228
4,908
7,591
64.7
7.8
260.0
397
198
95.1
5.2
2.6
446
2,724
4Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
56,545
218
4,651
7,230
64.3
7.8
259.4
363
191
94.0
5.0
2.6
503
3,320
5Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
40,067
171
3,670
5,932
61.9
6.8
234.3
218
141
84.1
3.7
2.4
359
2,554
6Andy 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
7Carson 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
8Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
28,640
137
2,550
4,243
60.1
6.7
209.1
182
138
81.0
4.3
3.3
255
1,350
9Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
23,818
103
2,008
3,110
64.6
7.7
231.2
127
84
90.2
4.1
2.7
166
1,177
10Andrew Luck
A. Luck
23,671
86
2,000
3,290
60.8
7.2
275.2
171
83
89.5
5.2
2.5
174
1,124
11Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
23,176
100
2,030
3,197
63.5
7.2
231.8
145
81
89.8
4.5
2.5
279
2,097
12Derek Carr
D. Carr
22,793
94
2,120
3,313
64.0
6.9
242.5
143
62
90.7
4.3
1.9
171
1,042
13Trent Green
T. Green
22,446
93
1,805
2,918
61.9
7.7
241.4
123
92
86.6
4.2
3.2
180
1,080
14Steve McNair
S. McNair
18,619
89
1,664
2,687
61.9
6.9
209.2
109
70
85.2
4.1
2.6
135
878
15Chad Pennington
C. Pennington
17,756
88
1,630
2,466
66.1
7.2
201.8
101
64
90.0
4.1
2.6
161
961
16Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
17,646
75
1,561
2,632
59.3
6.7
235.3
103
75
80.6
3.9
2.8
195
1,158
17Alex Smith
A. Smith
17,608
76
1,587
2,436
65.1
7.2
231.7
102
33
94.8
4.2
1.4
192
1,021
18David Garrard
D. Garrard
16,003
86
1,406
2,281
61.6
7.0
186.1
89
54
85.8
3.9
2.4
179
1,115
19Kerry Collins
K. Collins
14,539
75
1,252
2,257
55.5
6.4
193.9
76
62
74.9
3.4
2.7
105
698
20Matt Cassel
M. Cassel
13,941
85
1,258
2,137
58.9
6.5
164.0
85
61
79.7
4.0
2.9
173
934
21David Carr
D. Carr
13,391
76
1,243
2,070
60.0
6.5
176.2
59
65
75.5
2.9
3.1
249
1,466
22Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
13,207
63
1,110
1,765
62.9
7.5
209.6
76
44
89.6
4.3
2.5
155
992
23Chad Henne
C. Henne
12,960
68
1,161
1,959
59.3
6.6
190.6
58
63
75.5
3.0
3.2
149
938
24Drew Brees
D. Brees
12,348
59
1,125
1,809
62.2
6.8
209.3
80
53
84.9
4.4
2.9
92
724
25Kyle Orton
K. Orton
12,231
50
1,066
1,738
61.3
7.0
244.6
68
40
86.0
3.9
2.3
106
654
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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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
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.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
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12
5
0
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Colts Colts - e
8
9
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14
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.176
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14
3
0
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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
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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