most career passing yards by quarterback before age 41

Drew Brees has the most career passing yards by a quarterback younger than 41, with 77,416 yards.

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NAMEYDSAgeGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
77,416
40
275
6,867
10,161
67.6
7.6
281.5
547
237
98.4
5.4
2.3
407
2,902
2Peyton Manning
P. Manning
71,940
39
266
6,125
9,380
65.3
7.7
270.5
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
3Brett Favre
B. Favre
69,926
41
292
6,143
9,908
62.0
7.1
239.5
499
323
86.4
5.0
3.3
509
3,390
4Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
66,890
38
248
5,792
9,109
63.6
7.3
269.7
439
205
92.4
4.8
2.3
538
3,612
5Tom Brady
T. Brady
66,159
40
253
5,629
8,805
63.9
7.5
261.5
488
160
97.6
5.5
1.8
452
2,797
6Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
64,088
39
249
5,440
8,443
64.4
7.6
257.4
418
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
7Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
63,440
39
244
5,277
8,134
64.9
7.8
260.0
421
209
95.2
5.2
2.6
465
2,842
8Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
62,792
37
234
5,551
8,464
65.6
7.4
268.3
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
9Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
61,682
41
243
5,263
8,080
65.1
7.6
253.8
494
113
102.7
6.1
1.4
559
3,821
10Dan Marino
D. Marino
61,361
38
242
4,967
8,358
59.4
7.3
253.6
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
11Eli Manning
E. Manning
57,023
38
236
4,895
8,119
60.3
7.0
241.6
366
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
12John Elway
J. Elway
51,475
38
234
4,123
7,250
56.9
7.1
220.0
300
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
13Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
48,176
40
209
4,417
7,167
61.6
6.7
230.5
272
172
84.1
3.8
2.4
422
3,000
14Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
47,040
38
183
4,136
6,214
66.6
7.6
257.0
318
139
96.8
5.1
2.2
356
2,551
15Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
47,003
38
246
3,686
6,467
57.0
7.3
191.1
342
266
80.4
5.3
4.1
16Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
46,966
37
205
3,951
6,120
64.6
7.7
229.1
353
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
17Warren Moon
W. Moon
46,605
41
191
3,755
6,409
58.6
7.3
244.0
271
221
80.9
4.2
3.4
417
3,152
18Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
46,247
38
182
3,941
6,307
62.5
7.3
254.1
294
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
19Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
44,611
34
194
3,839
6,717
57.2
6.6
230.0
251
206
77.1
3.7
3.1
467
3,135
20Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
43,040
36
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
21Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
42,994
41
209
3,498
6,188
56.5
6.9
205.7
260
245
75.6
4.2
4.0
376
2,747
22Jared Goff
J. Goff
41,756
32
159
3,625
5,497
65.9
7.6
262.6
271
104
97.2
4.9
1.9
305
2,203
23Derek Carr
D. Carr
41,245
33
169
3,765
5,785
65.1
7.1
244.1
257
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
24Kerry Collins
K. Collins
40,922
39
198
3,487
6,261
55.7
6.5
206.7
208
196
73.8
3.3
3.1
337
2,230
25Joe Montana
J. Montana
40,551
38
192
3,409
5,391
63.2
7.5
211.2
273
139
92.3
5.1
2.6

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