most career passing yards including playoffs 1920 to 2015

From 1920 through 2015, Peyton Manning had the most passing yards in the regular season and playoffs, with 79,279 yards.

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NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
79,279
293
6,774
10,407
65.1
7.6
270.6
579
276
95.6
5.6
2.7
343
2,251
2Brett 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
3Tom Brady
T. Brady
65,985
256
5,691
8,975
63.4
7.4
257.8
484
178
95.3
5.4
2.0
454
2,850
4Dan 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
5Drew Brees
D. Brees
64,442
228
5,671
8,549
66.3
7.5
282.6
452
211
96.1
5.3
2.5
350
2,490
6John 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
7Warren 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
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
10Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
47,047
188
3,797
5,945
63.9
7.9
250.3
294
166
93.1
4.9
2.8
486
3,196
11Eli Manning
E. Manning
46,703
196
3,914
6,583
59.5
7.1
238.3
311
207
83.8
4.7
3.1
332
2,288
12Joe 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
13Drew 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
14Dan 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
15Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
43,612
173
3,626
5,611
64.6
7.8
252.1
292
144
95.0
5.2
2.6
346
2,134
16Kerry 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
17Johnny 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
18Donovan 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
19Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
40,832
164
3,480
5,561
62.6
7.3
249.0
264
173
87.7
4.7
3.1
287
1,998
20Dave 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
21Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
39,379
220
3,459
5,736
60.3
6.9
179.0
230
162
82.5
4.0
2.8
379
2,375
22Jim 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
23Boomer 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
24Troy 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
25Steve 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

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