most career passing yards including playoffs 1920 to 2016

Between the 1920 and 2016 seasons, Peyton Manning had the most passing yards in the regular-season and playoffs, with 79,279 yards.

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most career passing yards by a player including playoffs 1920 to 2016

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Peyton 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
2	Brett 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
3	Tom Brady T. Brady	70,676	271	6,075	9,549	63.6	7.4	260.8	519	183	96.1	5.4	1.9	478	2,979
4	Drew Brees D. Brees	69,650	244	6,142	9,222	66.6	7.6	285.5	489	226	96.5	5.3	2.5	377	2,674
5	Dan 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
6	John 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
7	Warren 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
8	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	51,601	205	4,189	6,550	64.0	7.9	251.7	326	183	93.2	5.0	2.8	505	3,352
9	Eli Manning E. Manning	51,029	213	4,314	7,225	59.7	7.1	239.6	338	224	83.9	4.7	3.1	355	2,434
10	Fran 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
11	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	47,998	189	3,975	6,189	64.2	7.8	254.0	325	165	94.3	5.3	2.7	382	2,322
12	Vinny 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
13	Joe 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
14	Drew 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
15	Dan 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
16	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	45,065	179	3,844	6,158	62.4	7.3	251.8	290	187	87.6	4.7	3.0	327	2,279
17	Kerry 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
18	Johnny 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
19	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	41,285	159	3,412	5,252	65.0	7.9	259.7	333	82	103.6	6.3	1.6	381	2,431
20	Donovan 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
21	Dave 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
22	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	39,945	150	3,482	5,349	65.1	7.5	266.3	258	121	94.1	4.8	2.3	274	1,802
23	Matt 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
24	Jim 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
25	Boomer 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

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