lions passing yards leaders all time

Matthew Stafford has the most career passing yards for the Lions, with 45,109 yards.

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  • Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
45,109
165
3,898
6,224
62.6
7.2
273.4
282
144
89.9
4.5
2.3
385
2,496
2Jared Goff
J. Goff
23,415
89
2,072
3,051
67.9
7.7
263.1
164
48
102.0
5.4
1.6
173
1,242
3Bobby Layne
B. Layne
15,710
97
1,074
2,193
49.0
7.2
162.0
118
142
63.7
5.4
6.5
4Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
12,647
57
1,049
1,850
56.7
6.8
221.9
79
57
79.2
4.3
3.1
124
706
5Greg Landry
G. Landry
12,451
102
957
1,747
54.8
7.1
122.1
80
81
73.4
4.6
4.6
261
2,058
6Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
11,885
85
952
1,684
56.5
7.1
139.8
69
71
74.7
4.1
4.2
158
1,271
7Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
10,711
102
830
1,546
53.7
6.9
105.0
55
70
68.7
3.6
4.5
160
1,188
8Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
10,242
58
986
1,802
54.7
5.7
176.6
60
62
68.1
3.3
3.4
77
462
9Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
9,034
36
795
1,277
62.3
7.1
250.9
44
47
79.6
3.4
3.7
129
797
10Charlie Batch
C. Batch
9,016
48
743
1,326
56.0
6.8
187.8
49
40
76.9
3.7
3.0
147
826
11Milt Plum
M. Plum
8,536
65
671
1,315
51.0
6.5
131.3
55
87
58.0
4.2
6.6
12Bill Munson
B. Munson
8,461
60
716
1,314
54.5
6.4
141.0
56
42
75.2
4.3
3.2
70
495
13Rodney Peete
R. Peete
8,164
47
641
1,125
57.0
7.3
173.7
38
49
72.9
3.4
4.4
127
723
14Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
6,280
80
431
839
51.4
7.5
78.5
52
41
76.4
6.2
4.9
15Chuck Long
C. Long
3,743
23
330
602
54.8
6.2
162.7
19
28
64.8
3.2
4.7
43
330
16Tobin Rote
T. Rote
3,609
34
256
596
43.0
6.1
106.1
30
39
52.6
5.0
6.5
17Jim Ninowski
J. Ninowski
3,520
24
251
530
47.4
6.6
146.7
9
36
46.6
1.7
6.8
18Erik Kramer
E. Kramer
3,408
25
281
509
55.2
6.7
136.3
23
19
75.5
4.5
3.7
34
189
19Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
2,961
32
197
388
50.8
7.6
92.5
25
37
58.1
6.4
9.5
20Shaun Hill
S. Hill
2,891
15
269
432
62.3
6.7
192.7
18
12
84.2
4.2
2.8
17
113
21Bob Gagliano
B. Gagliano
2,861
20
204
391
52.2
7.3
143.1
16
22
66.2
4.1
5.6
38
236
22Karl Sweetan
K. Sweetan
2,710
20
231
486
47.5
5.6
135.5
14
25
53.1
2.9
5.1
23Fred Enke
F. Enke
2,567
48
187
425
44.0
6.0
53.5
22
30
51.8
5.2
7.1
24Jeff Komlo
J. Komlo
2,554
23
214
429
49.9
6.0
111.0
12
27
51.6
2.8
6.3
45
406
25Gus Frerotte
G. Frerotte
2,117
9
175
288
60.8
7.4
235.2
9
7
83.6
3.1
2.4
28
202

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5
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.286
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