most career passing yards including playoffs 1920 to 2012

From 1920 through 2012, Brett Favre had the most passing yards in the regular season and playoffs, with 77,693 yards.

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NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Brett Favre
B. Favre
77,693
326
6,781
10,960
61.9
7.1
238.3
552
366
86.1
5.0
3.3
561
3,721
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
3Peyton Manning
P. Manning
65,166
244
5,563
8,554
65.0
7.6
267.1
468
230
95.1
5.5
2.7
280
1,831
4John 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
5Warren 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
6Tom Brady
T. Brady
50,755
201
4,351
6,845
63.6
7.4
252.5
376
145
95.4
5.5
2.1
343
2,159
7Drew Brees
D. Brees
48,899
179
4,297
6,540
65.7
7.5
273.2
346
169
94.9
5.3
2.6
250
1,816
8Fran 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
9Vinny 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
10Joe 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
11Drew 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
12Dan 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
13Kerry Collins
K. Collins
42,478
205
3,628
6,502
55.8
6.5
207.2
220
207
73.8
3.4
3.2
347
2,286
14Johnny 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
15Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
41,028
183
3,511
5,951
59.0
6.9
224.2
258
134
85.0
4.3
2.3
458
2,934
16Dave 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
17Jim 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
18Boomer 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
19Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
37,258
205
3,266
5,424
60.2
6.9
181.7
219
156
82.4
4.0
2.9
361
2,267
20Troy 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
21Steve 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
22Kurt Warner
K. Warner
36,296
137
2,973
4,532
65.6
8.0
264.9
239
142
94.6
5.3
3.1
279
1,785
23Jim 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
24Jim 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
25Phil 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

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