most career playoff passing yards 1920 to 1997

Between the 1920 and 1997 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 1997
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
2John Elway
J. Elway
4,273
19
310
565
54.9
7.6
224.9
24
20
78.7
4.2
3.5
35
290
3Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
3,863
17
322
545
59.1
7.1
227.2
21
28
72.3
3.9
5.1
25
168
4Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
3,833
19
261
456
57.2
8.4
201.7
30
26
83.0
6.6
5.7
24
184
5Dan Marino
D. Marino
3,741
14
308
561
54.9
6.7
267.2
29
19
78.7
5.2
3.4
17
110
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
7Brett Favre
B. Favre
3,098
13
250
414
60.4
7.5
238.3
23
10
92.0
5.6
2.4
23
143
8Warren Moon
W. Moon
2,870
10
259
403
64.3
7.1
287.0
17
14
84.9
4.2
3.5
24
178
9Steve Young
S. Young
2,855
20
251
402
62.4
7.1
142.8
16
8
88.7
4.0
2.0
23
114
10Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
2,791
20
223
410
54.4
6.8
139.6
24
19
76.0
5.9
4.6
61
390
11Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
2,641
13
203
351
57.8
7.5
203.2
19
13
84.2
5.4
3.7
28
255
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
17Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
1,924
9
146
290
50.3
6.6
213.8
7
8
68.2
2.4
2.8
24
195
18Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
1,895
12
144
282
51.1
6.7
157.9
11
9
72.3
3.9
3.2
27
217
19Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
1,803
11
149
292
51.0
6.2
163.9
11
17
58.6
3.8
5.8
20
155
20Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
1,782
10
128
211
60.7
8.4
178.2
11
7
91.4
5.2
3.3
26
193
21Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
1,776
8
126
234
53.8
7.6
222.0
8
10
72.2
3.4
4.3
7
41
22Bart Starr
B. Starr
1,753
10
130
213
61.0
8.2
175.3
15
3
104.8
7.0
1.4
23Neil 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
24Phil Simms
P. Simms
1,679
10
157
279
56.3
6.0
167.9
10
6
77.0
3.6
2.2
24
188
25Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
1,669
10
126
271
46.5
6.2
166.9
10
10
63.4
3.7
3.7
20
171

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12
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3
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Bills Bills - w
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5
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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
0
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6
11
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5
12
0
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AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
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12
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Colts Colts - e
8
9
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3
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
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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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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
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