most pass yards since 1987

Since 1987, Tom Brady has the most passing yards, with 89,214 yards.

Interpreted as:
most pass yards by a player since 1987
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
89,214
335
7,753
12,050
64.3
7.4
266.3
649
212
97.2
5.4
1.8
565
3,576
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
80,358
287
7,142
10,551
67.7
7.6
280.0
571
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
3Peyton Manning
P. Manning
71,940
266
6,125
9,380
65.3
7.7
270.5
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
4Brett Favre
B. Favre
71,838
302
6,300
10,169
62.0
7.1
237.9
508
336
86.0
5.0
3.3
525
3,487
5Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
66,274
264
5,696
8,743
65.1
7.6
251.0
527
123
102.2
6.0
1.4
600
4,088
6Matthew 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
7Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
64,088
249
5,440
8,443
64.4
7.6
257.4
418
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
8Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
63,984
247
5,335
8,226
64.9
7.8
259.0
425
212
95.0
5.2
2.6
470
2,879
9Matt 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
10Eli Manning
E. Manning
57,023
236
4,895
8,119
60.3
7.0
241.6
366
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
11Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
48,176
209
4,417
7,167
61.6
6.7
230.5
272
172
84.1
3.8
2.4
422
3,000
12Russell 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
13Carson 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
14Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
46,233
233
3,787
6,701
56.5
6.9
198.4
275
267
75.0
4.1
4.0
417
2,992
15Dan Marino
D. Marino
45,184
183
3,718
6,308
58.9
7.2
246.9
278
185
83.5
4.4
2.9
212
1,454
16Kirk 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
17Drew 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
18Derek 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
19Kerry Collins
K. Collins
40,922
198
3,487
6,261
55.7
6.5
206.7
208
196
73.8
3.3
3.1
337
2,230
20John Elway
J. Elway
39,838
176
3,179
5,502
57.8
7.2
226.4
234
161
82.4
4.3
2.9
394
2,869
21Andy 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
22Warren Moon
W. Moon
39,789
163
3,273
5,508
59.4
7.2
244.1
251
174
83.7
4.6
3.2
324
2,346
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
24Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
37,276
167
3,170
5,374
59.0
6.9
223.2
234
117
85.6
4.4
2.2
410
2,626
25Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
36,638
209
3,222
5,330
60.5
6.9
175.3
212
153
82.4
4.0
2.9
360
2,260
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14
3
0
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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
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.353
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12
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AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
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.765
12
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0
.706
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8
9
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14
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.176
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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