most career playoff passing yards 1920 to 2001

From 1920 through 2001, Joe Montana had the most passing yards in the playoffs, with 5,772 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joe Montana J. Montana	5,772	23	460	734	62.7	7.9	251.0	45	21	95.6	6.1	2.9	46	273
2	John Elway J. Elway	4,964	22	355	651	54.5	7.6	225.6	27	21	79.7	4.1	3.2	39	318
3	Dan Marino D. Marino	4,510	18	385	687	56.0	6.6	250.6	32	24	77.1	4.7	3.5	22	141
4	Brett Favre B. Favre	3,940	16	318	522	60.9	7.5	246.3	29	19	87.7	5.6	3.6	27	176
5	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	3,863	17	322	545	59.1	7.1	227.2	21	28	72.3	3.9	5.1	25	168
6	Troy Aikman T. Aikman	3,849	16	320	502	63.7	7.7	240.6	23	17	88.3	4.6	3.4	34	218
7	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	3,833	19	261	456	57.2	8.4	201.7	30	26	83.0	6.6	5.7	24	184
8	Steve Young S. Young	3,326	22	292	471	62.0	7.1	151.2	20	13	85.8	4.2	2.8	26	128
9	Warren Moon W. Moon	2,870	10	259	403	64.3	7.1	287.0	17	14	84.9	4.2	3.5	24	178
10	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	2,791	20	223	410	54.4	6.8	139.6	24	19	76.0	5.9	4.6	61	390
11	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	2,641	13	203	351	57.8	7.5	203.2	19	13	84.2	5.4	3.7	28	255
12	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	2,426	12	192	365	52.6	6.6	202.2	12	9	74.3	3.3	2.5	28	215
13	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	2,293	10	162	272	59.6	8.4	229.3	11	12	81.9	4.0	4.4	27	212
14	Danny White D. White	2,284	18	206	360	57.2	6.3	126.9	15	16	71.6	4.2	4.4	23	202
15	Kurt Warner K. Warner	2,221	7	169	268	63.1	8.3	317.3	15	10	92.3	5.6	3.7	12	84
16	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	2,125	7	159	286	55.6	7.4	303.6	12	16	70.0	4.2	5.6	13	95
17	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	1,953	10	152	270	56.3	7.2	195.3	16	10	83.5	5.9	3.7	15	74
18	Daryle Lamonica D. Lamonica	1,928	13	117	263	44.5	7.3	148.3	19	10	77.9	7.2	3.8	6	60
19	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	1,895	12	144	282	51.1	6.7	157.9	11	9	72.3	3.9	3.2	27	217
20	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	1,803	11	149	292	51.0	6.2	163.9	11	17	58.6	3.8	5.8	20	155
21	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	1,782	10	128	211	60.7	8.4	178.2	11	7	91.4	5.2	3.3	26	193
22	Mark Rypien M. Rypien	1,776	8	126	234	53.8	7.6	222.0	8	10	72.2	3.4	4.3	7	41
23	Bart Starr B. Starr	1,753	10	130	213	61.0	8.2	175.3	15	3	104.8	7.0	1.4
24	Neil O'Donnell N. O'Donnell	1,709	8	159	274	58.0	6.2	213.6	9	8	75.2	3.3	2.9	15	94
25	Phil Simms P. Simms	1,679	10	157	279	56.3	6.0	167.9	10	6	77.0	3.6	2.2	24	188

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