most passing yards 2000 to 2016

Between the 2000 and 2016 seasons, Drew Brees had the most passing yards, with 66,111 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player 2000 to 2016
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
64,066
234
5,468
8,272
66.1
7.7
273.8
487
208
98.6
5.9
2.5
267
1,728
3Tom Brady
T. Brady
61,582
237
5,244
8,224
63.8
7.5
259.8
456
152
97.2
5.5
1.8
417
2,596
4Eli Manning
E. Manning
48,214
201
4,072
6,825
59.7
7.1
239.9
320
215
83.7
4.7
3.2
328
2,279
5Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
46,814
185
3,804
5,932
64.1
7.9
253.0
301
160
94.1
5.1
2.7
456
3,008
6Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
45,833
180
3,811
5,917
64.4
7.7
254.6
314
156
94.7
5.3
2.6
362
2,178
7Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
44,269
175
3,777
6,040
62.5
7.3
253.0
285
180
88.0
4.7
3.0
318
2,214
8Brett Favre
B. Favre
40,944
173
3,641
5,818
62.6
7.0
236.7
273
195
85.2
4.7
3.4
258
1,801
9Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
37,701
142
3,288
5,064
64.9
7.4
265.5
240
114
93.6
4.7
2.3
255
1,681
10Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
36,827
142
3,034
4,657
65.1
7.9
259.3
297
72
104.1
6.4
1.5
341
2,163
11Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
36,597
193
3,219
5,320
60.5
6.9
189.6
211
153
82.4
4.0
2.9
359
2,251
12Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
36,328
155
3,064
5,158
59.4
7.0
234.4
226
110
86.7
4.4
2.1
382
2,422
13Tony Romo
T. Romo
34,183
156
2,829
4,335
65.3
7.9
219.1
248
117
97.1
5.7
2.7
248
1,672
14Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
32,639
138
2,915
4,742
61.5
6.9
236.5
182
117
84.5
3.8
2.5
290
2,076
15Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
32,467
139
2,782
4,491
61.9
7.2
233.6
208
146
85.7
4.6
3.3
302
1,881
16Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
30,303
109
2,634
4,285
61.5
7.1
278.0
187
108
86.8
4.4
2.5
242
1,563
17Kerry Collins
K. Collins
29,096
136
2,509
4,399
57.0
6.6
213.9
149
121
77.0
3.4
2.8
221
1,463
18Kurt Warner
K. Warner
27,952
107
2,337
3,560
65.6
7.9
261.2
167
115
91.7
4.7
3.2
231
1,468
19Alex Smith
A. Smith
27,846
141
2,536
4,108
61.7
6.8
197.5
157
91
85.3
3.8
2.2
353
1,996
20Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
25,888
127
2,315
3,876
59.7
6.7
203.8
166
133
79.7
4.3
3.4
224
1,190
21Trent Green
T. Green
25,034
104
1,988
3,230
61.5
7.8
240.7
139
103
86.7
4.3
3.2
210
1,283
22Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
24,867
145
2,093
3,274
63.9
7.6
171.5
133
90
89.1
4.1
2.7
178
1,226
23Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
24,851
117
2,278
3,730
61.1
6.7
212.4
138
139
77.5
3.7
3.7
277
1,707
24Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
24,153
104
2,016
3,199
63.0
7.6
232.2
149
106
87.8
4.7
3.3
298
1,696
25Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
22,993
112
2,039
3,301
61.8
7.0
205.3
150
72
88.6
4.5
2.2
166
843
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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9
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.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
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Saints Saints
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