most career passing yards including playoffs 1920 to 2005

From 1920 through 2005, Dan Marino had the most passing yards in the regular season and playoffs, with 65,871 yards.

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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
2Brett Favre
B. Favre
58,517
245
5,079
8,273
61.4
7.1
238.8
430
281
85.9
5.2
3.4
435
2,875
3John 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
4Warren 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
5Fran 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
6Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
46,572
229
3,805
6,715
56.7
6.9
203.4
275
266
75.3
4.1
4.0
415
2,982
7Joe 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
8Dan 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
9Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
44,782
195
3,878
6,800
57.0
6.6
229.7
250
210
76.4
3.7
3.1
468
3,159
10Johnny 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
11Dave 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
12Jim 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
13Boomer 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
14Troy 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
15Steve 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
16Jim 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
17Peyton Manning
P. Manning
35,651
137
2,962
4,654
63.6
7.7
260.2
259
138
93.2
5.6
3.0
169
1,131
18Jim 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
19Phil 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
20Kerry Collins
K. Collins
34,912
158
2,941
5,281
55.7
6.6
221.0
185
176
73.8
3.5
3.3
305
1,987
21Steve 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
22Ken 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
23John 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
24John 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
25Randall 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

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