most career passing yards including playoffs 1920 to 2002

Between the 1920 and 2002 seasons, Dan Marino had the most passing yards in the regular-season and playoffs, with 65,871 yards.

Interpreted as:
most career passing yards by a player including playoffs 1920 to 2002
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
65,871
260
5,352
9,045
59.2
7.3
253.4
452
276
85.7
5.0
3.1
292
2,071
2John Elway
J. Elway
56,439
256
4,478
7,901
56.7
7.1
220.5
327
247
79.8
4.1
3.1
555
4,103
3Warren Moon
W. Moon
52,195
218
4,247
7,226
58.8
7.2
239.4
308
247
81.1
4.3
3.4
482
3,593
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
48,806
257
3,835
6,759
56.7
7.2
189.9
353
283
79.4
5.2
4.2
294
2,492
5Brett Favre
B. Favre
46,472
194
3,990
6,556
60.9
7.1
239.5
344
209
86.5
5.2
3.2
377
2,451
6Joe Montana
J. Montana
46,323
215
3,869
6,125
63.2
7.6
215.5
318
160
92.7
5.2
2.6
359
2,368
7Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
45,165
188
3,456
5,890
58.7
7.7
240.2
266
258
79.7
4.5
4.4
332
2,399
8Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
41,902
220
2,950
5,412
54.5
7.7
190.5
297
263
77.8
5.5
4.9
82
629
9Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
40,878
200
3,325
5,916
56.2
6.9
204.4
250
238
75.0
4.2
4.0
363
2,650
10Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
40,042
225
3,249
5,593
58.1
7.2
178.0
272
208
81.0
4.9
3.7
521
4,011
11Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
39,330
177
3,196
5,324
60.0
7.4
222.2
258
203
83.2
4.8
3.8
348
2,595
12Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
38,520
192
3,020
5,304
56.9
7.3
200.6
251
187
80.9
4.7
3.5
332
2,542
13Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
36,791
181
3,218
5,217
61.7
7.1
203.3
188
158
82.3
3.6
3.0
293
1,966
14Steve Young
S. Young
36,450
191
2,959
4,620
64.0
7.9
190.8
252
120
95.7
5.5
2.6
384
2,183
15Jim Everett
J. Everett
35,957
163
2,928
5,099
57.4
7.1
220.6
210
186
77.8
4.1
3.6
264
1,947
16Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
35,351
147
3,048
5,380
56.7
6.6
240.5
196
165
76.0
3.6
3.1
333
2,278
17Jim Hart
J. Hart
35,156
204
2,633
5,157
51.1
6.8
172.3
211
251
66.4
4.1
4.9
247
1,975
18Phil Simms
P. Simms
35,141
174
2,733
4,926
55.5
7.1
202.0
209
163
78.4
4.2
3.3
501
3,606
19Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
34,752
210
2,919
5,096
57.3
6.8
165.5
199
207
74.3
3.9
4.1
301
2,509
20Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
34,159
198
2,764
4,641
59.6
7.4
172.5
206
166
82.3
4.4
3.6
419
2,991
21John Hadl
J. Hadl
33,939
228
2,391
4,754
50.3
7.1
148.9
245
272
67.1
5.2
5.7
184
1,548
22John Brodie
J. Brodie
32,521
206
2,540
4,634
54.8
7.0
157.9
218
231
71.9
4.7
5.0
52
413
23Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
32,405
173
2,621
4,654
56.3
7.0
187.3
219
143
80.9
4.7
3.1
512
3,752
24Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
32,302
222
2,439
4,274
57.1
7.6
145.5
255
192
82.3
6.0
4.5
95
756
25Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
31,822
187
2,286
4,357
52.5
7.3
170.2
242
236
72.2
5.6
5.4
331
2,878
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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14
3
0
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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
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12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
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8
9
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14
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.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
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
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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