most career passing yards including playoffs 1920 to 2020

Between the 1920 and 2020 seasons, Tom Brady had the most passing yards in the regular-season and playoffs, with 91,653 yards.

Interpreted as:
most career passing yards by a player including playoffs 1920 to 2020
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
91,653
346
7,884
12,362
63.8
7.4
264.9
664
229
96.3
5.4
1.9
593
3,718
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
85,724
305
7,623
11,272
67.6
7.6
281.1
608
258
98.6
5.4
2.3
449
3,197
3Peyton 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
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
5Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
66,405
256
5,515
8,535
64.6
7.8
259.4
437
219
94.7
5.1
2.6
488
3,007
6Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
66,105
255
5,519
8,582
64.3
7.7
259.2
430
229
93.4
5.0
2.7
567
3,789
7Dan 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
8Eli Manning
E. Manning
59,838
248
5,137
8,519
60.3
7.0
241.3
384
253
84.3
4.5
3.0
438
3,025
9Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
58,439
215
5,104
7,794
65.5
7.5
271.8
367
165
94.8
4.7
2.1
435
2,862
10Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
56,914
218
4,766
7,332
65.0
7.8
261.1
457
102
103.6
6.2
1.4
518
3,488
11John 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
12Warren 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
13Fran 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
14Vinny 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
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
17Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
46,017
168
3,972
6,341
62.6
7.3
273.9
286
147
89.9
4.5
2.3
391
2,535
18Drew 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
19Dan 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
20Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
44,154
191
3,997
6,513
61.4
6.8
231.2
249
154
84.4
3.8
2.4
394
2,807
21Kerry 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
22Johnny 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
23Donovan 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
24Dave 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
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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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
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Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
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.353
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12
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AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
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12
5
0
.706
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8
9
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14
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AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
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11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176