most career passing yards by an active 1st overall pick

Matthew Stafford has the most career passing yards by an active #1 overall pick, with 64,516 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
64,516
239
5,562
8,763
63.5
7.4
269.9
423
196
92.4
4.8
2.2
525
3,515
2Jared Goff
J. Goff
39,622
151
3,440
5,224
65.8
7.6
262.4
256
102
96.8
4.9
2.0
286
2,074
3Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
28,525
123
2,500
3,938
63.5
7.2
231.9
197
101
91.2
5.0
2.6
286
1,820
4Jameis Winston
J. Winston
24,792
108
1,981
3,243
61.1
7.6
229.6
156
113
86.4
4.8
3.5
222
1,383
5Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
20,810
77
1,921
2,806
68.5
7.4
270.3
157
51
101.1
5.6
1.8
213
1,431
6Kyler Murray
K. Murray
20,460
87
1,974
2,941
67.1
7.0
235.2
121
60
92.2
4.1
2.0
195
1,413
7Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
17,822
77
1,629
2,594
62.8
6.9
231.5
98
58
86.3
3.8
2.2
153
1,033
8Bryce Young
B. Young
8,291
46
853
1,389
61.4
6.0
180.2
49
30
80.9
3.5
2.2
118
865
9Caleb Williams
C. Williams
7,483
34
681
1,130
60.3
6.6
220.1
47
13
89.0
4.2
1.2
92
631
10Cam Ward
C. Ward
3,169
17
323
540
59.8
5.9
186.4
15
7
80.2
2.8
1.3
55
410
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

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
Lions Lions
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
Last Game
DET Lions

9 - 8

19

Final

16

CHI Bears

11 - 6

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NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

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