most career passing yards by quarterback before age 44

Drew Brees has the most career passing yards by a quarterback younger than 44, with 80,358 yards.

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NAMEYDSAgeGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
80,358
41
287
7,142
10,551
67.7
7.6
280.0
571
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
2Tom Brady
T. Brady
79,204
43
301
6,778
10,598
64.0
7.5
263.1
581
191
97.3
5.5
1.8
521
3,272
3Peyton 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
4Brett Favre
B. Favre
71,838
41
302
6,300
10,169
62.0
7.1
237.9
508
336
86.0
5.0
3.3
525
3,487
5Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
68,145
43
272
5,871
9,031
65.0
7.5
250.5
540
129
101.7
6.0
1.4
623
4,275
6Matthew 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
7Ben 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
8Philip 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
9Matt 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
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
13Warren Moon
W. Moon
49,195
44
207
3,976
6,792
58.5
7.2
237.7
291
232
81.1
4.3
3.4
453
3,369
14Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
48,176
41
211
4,417
7,167
61.6
6.7
228.3
272
172
84.1
3.8
2.4
422
3,000
15Kirk 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
16Fran 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
17Russell 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
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
19Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
45,722
44
229
3,738
6,610
56.6
6.9
199.7
271
262
75.2
4.1
4.0
412
2,967
20Drew 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
21Dan 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
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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