most career playoff passing yards 1920 to 1996

Between the 1920 and 1996 seasons, Joe Montana had the most passing yards in the playoffs, with 5,772 yards.

Interpreted as:
most career playoff passing yards by a player 1920 to 1996
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
5,772
23
460
734
62.7
7.9
251.0
45
21
95.6
6.1
2.9
46
273
2Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
3,863
17
322
545
59.1
7.1
227.2
21
28
72.3
3.9
5.1
25
168
3Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
3,833
19
261
456
57.2
8.4
201.7
30
26
83.0
6.6
5.7
24
184
4Dan Marino
D. Marino
3,600
13
291
518
56.2
6.9
276.9
29
17
82.8
5.6
3.3
13
89
5John Elway
J. Elway
3,547
15
254
469
54.2
7.6
236.5
21
18
77.7
4.5
3.8
29
246
6Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
3,372
14
276
415
66.5
8.1
240.9
22
13
96.0
5.3
3.1
29
183
7Warren Moon
W. Moon
2,870
10
259
403
64.3
7.1
287.0
17
14
84.9
4.2
3.5
24
178
8Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
2,791
20
223
410
54.4
6.8
139.6
24
19
76.0
5.9
4.6
61
390
9Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
2,641
13
203
351
57.8
7.5
203.2
19
13
84.2
5.4
3.7
28
255
10Brett Favre
B. Favre
2,430
10
194
317
61.2
7.7
243.0
18
7
94.7
5.7
2.2
17
120
11Steve Young
S. Young
2,381
18
207
334
62.0
7.1
132.3
15
7
89.7
4.5
2.1
18
83
12Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
2,293
10
162
272
59.6
8.4
229.3
11
12
81.9
4.0
4.4
27
212
13Danny White
D. White
2,284
18
206
360
57.2
6.3
126.9
15
16
71.6
4.2
4.4
23
202
14Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
2,125
7
159
286
55.6
7.4
303.6
12
16
70.0
4.2
5.6
13
95
15Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
1,953
10
152
270
56.3
7.2
195.3
16
10
83.5
5.9
3.7
15
74
16Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
1,928
13
117
263
44.5
7.3
148.3
19
10
77.9
7.2
3.8
6
60
17Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
1,895
12
144
282
51.1
6.7
157.9
11
9
72.3
3.9
3.2
27
217
18Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
1,803
11
149
292
51.0
6.2
163.9
11
17
58.6
3.8
5.8
20
155
19Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
1,782
10
128
211
60.7
8.4
178.2
11
7
91.4
5.2
3.3
26
193
20Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
1,776
8
126
234
53.8
7.6
222.0
8
10
72.2
3.4
4.3
7
41
21Bart Starr
B. Starr
1,753
10
130
213
61.0
8.2
175.3
15
3
104.8
7.0
1.4
22Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
1,690
7
158
273
57.9
6.2
241.4
9
8
74.9
3.3
2.9
15
94
23Phil Simms
P. Simms
1,679
10
157
279
56.3
6.0
167.9
10
6
77.0
3.6
2.2
24
188
24Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
1,669
10
126
271
46.5
6.2
166.9
10
10
63.4
3.7
3.7
20
171
25Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
1,663
9
120
226
53.1
7.4
184.8
7
10
68.9
3.1
4.4
8
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7
10
0
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
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8
9
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12
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13
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12
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8
9
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14
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14
3
0
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11
6
0
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6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
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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
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Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
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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
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3
14
0
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