most pass yards before the age of 38

Drew Brees has the most career passing yards by a quarterback younger than 38, with 66,111 yards.

Interpreted as:
most pass yards by a player before the age of 38
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
66,111
233
5,836
8,758
66.6
7.5
283.7
465
220
96.3
5.3
2.5
358
2,547
2Peyton Manning
P. Manning
64,964
240
5,532
8,452
65.5
7.7
270.7
491
219
97.2
5.8
2.6
270
1,740
3Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
64,516
239
5,562
8,763
63.5
7.4
269.9
423
196
92.4
4.8
2.2
525
3,515
4Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
62,792
234
5,551
8,464
65.6
7.4
268.3
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
5Dan Marino
D. Marino
59,128
232
4,778
8,012
59.6
7.4
254.9
410
235
87.4
5.1
2.9
261
1,864
6Brett Favre
B. Favre
59,027
246
5,162
8,433
61.2
7.0
239.9
423
277
85.3
5.0
3.3
433
2,849
7Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
58,090
224
4,806
7,445
64.6
7.8
259.3
391
193
95.1
5.3
2.6
438
2,653
8Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
56,545
218
4,651
7,230
64.3
7.8
259.4
363
191
94.0
5.0
2.6
503
3,320
9Eli Manning
E. Manning
55,981
232
4,804
7,972
60.3
7.0
241.3
360
239
84.1
4.5
3.0
406
2,826
10Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
54,123
208
4,532
6,960
65.1
7.8
260.2
435
93
104.0
6.3
1.3
489
3,291
11Tom Brady
T. Brady
53,258
209
4,551
7,168
63.5
7.4
254.8
392
143
95.9
5.5
2.0
364
2,284
12John Elway
J. Elway
48,669
221
3,913
6,894
56.8
7.1
220.2
278
216
79.2
4.0
3.1
498
3,650
13Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
46,966
205
3,951
6,120
64.6
7.7
229.1
353
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
14Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
46,247
182
3,941
6,307
62.5
7.3
254.1
294
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
15Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
44,700
174
3,934
5,899
66.7
7.6
256.9
298
131
96.8
5.1
2.2
345
2,487
16Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
44,611
194
3,839
6,717
57.2
6.6
230.0
251
206
77.1
3.7
3.1
467
3,135
17Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
43,535
230
3,341
5,895
56.7
7.4
189.3
317
234
81.5
5.4
4.0
18Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
43,040
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
19Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
42,320
183
3,881
6,299
61.6
6.7
231.3
232
147
84.0
3.7
2.3
378
2,702
20Derek Carr
D. Carr
41,245
169
3,765
5,785
65.1
7.1
244.1
257
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
21Kerry Collins
K. Collins
40,141
194
3,411
6,124
55.7
6.6
206.9
204
195
73.6
3.3
3.2
331
2,180
22Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
39,793
179
3,539
5,651
62.6
7.0
222.3
254
151
87.5
4.5
2.7
363
2,372
23Jared Goff
J. Goff
39,622
151
3,440
5,224
65.8
7.6
262.4
256
102
96.8
4.9
2.0
286
2,074
24Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
37,920
187
2,969
5,205
57.0
7.3
202.8
247
184
81.1
4.7
3.5
318
2,438
25Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
37,732
182
3,032
5,424
55.9
7.0
207.3
234
222
75.0
4.3
4.1
341
2,515
StatMuse has game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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9
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
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6
11
0
.353
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
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
.529
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