most career passing yards including playoffs 1920 to 2008

From 1920 through 2008, Brett Favre had the most passing yards in the regular season and playoffs, with 70,438 yards.

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NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Brett Favre
B. Favre
70,438
295
6,158
10,001
61.6
7.0
238.8
503
338
85.4
5.0
3.4
502
3,315
2Dan 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
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
5Peyton Manning
P. Manning
49,836
191
4,187
6,524
64.2
7.6
260.9
355
182
93.9
5.4
2.8
225
1,476
6Fran 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
7Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
47,553
240
3,901
6,890
56.6
6.9
198.1
281
272
75.2
4.1
3.9
424
3,028
8Joe 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
9Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
45,946
201
3,968
6,969
56.9
6.6
228.6
257
218
76.3
3.7
3.1
484
3,266
10Dan 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
11Johnny 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
12Dave 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
13Jim 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
14Kerry Collins
K. Collins
38,949
185
3,301
5,910
55.9
6.6
210.5
198
190
73.9
3.4
3.2
323
2,118
15Boomer 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
16Troy 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
17Steve 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
18Jim 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
19Jim 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
20Phil 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
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
24Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
33,659
170
2,894
4,901
59.0
6.9
198.0
193
117
83.1
3.9
2.4
408
2,490
25Steve McNair
S. McNair
33,068
171
2,917
4,855
60.1
6.8
193.4
180
130
81.7
3.7
2.7
268
1,647

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