most career passing yards including playoffs 1920 to 2018

From 1920 through 2018, Tom Brady had the most passing yards in the regular season and playoffs, with 81,693 yards.

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  • Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
81,693
309
7,009
10,964
63.9
7.5
264.4
590
205
96.5
5.4
1.9
539
3,353
2Peyton 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
3Drew Brees
D. Brees
79,196
279
6,994
10,398
67.3
7.6
283.9
553
244
97.8
5.3
2.3
421
2,988
4Brett 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
5Dan 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
6Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
61,450
237
5,038
7,844
64.2
7.8
259.3
393
214
93.6
5.0
2.7
552
3,664
7Eli Manning
E. Manning
58,796
244
5,046
8,372
60.3
7.0
241.0
378
248
84.3
4.5
3.0
433
2,981
8Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
57,312
223
4,729
7,355
64.3
7.8
257.0
388
188
95.1
5.3
2.6
435
2,667
9John 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
10Warren 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
11Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
49,392
184
4,289
6,552
65.5
7.5
268.4
315
140
95.2
4.8
2.1
346
2,289
12Fran 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
13Vinny 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
14Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
47,402
182
3,938
6,087
64.7
7.8
260.5
374
90
102.8
6.1
1.5
452
2,952
15Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
47,043
186
4,008
6,425
62.4
7.3
252.9
299
194
87.5
4.7
3.0
349
2,429
16Joe 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
17Drew 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
18Dan 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
19Kerry 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
20Johnny 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
21Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
41,468
178
3,752
6,117
61.3
6.8
233.0
237
146
84.4
3.9
2.4
361
2,544
22Donovan 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
23Dave 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
24Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
39,434
144
3,446
5,522
62.4
7.1
273.8
241
132
88.4
4.4
2.4
335
2,144
25Matt 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

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