most passing yards among active players from 1920 to 2014

Between the 1920 and 2014 seasons, Philip Rivers had the most passing yards by an active quarterback, with 36,655 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
36,655
148
3,025
4,678
64.7
7.8
247.7
252
122
95.7
5.4
2.6
286
1,726
2Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
28,578
110
2,286
3,475
65.8
8.2
259.8
226
57
106.0
6.5
1.6
260
1,603
3Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
25,531
112
2,213
3,657
60.5
7.0
228.0
148
90
84.8
4.0
2.5
241
1,709
4Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
21,714
77
1,848
3,099
59.6
7.0
282.0
131
85
83.6
4.2
2.7
161
1,096
5Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
14,758
64
1,301
2,111
61.6
7.0
230.6
99
66
85.2
4.7
3.1
120
695
6Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
9,950
48
794
1,252
63.4
7.9
207.3
72
26
98.6
5.8
2.1
119
717
7Geno Smith
G. Smith
5,571
30
466
810
57.5
6.9
185.7
25
34
71.5
3.1
4.2
71
490
8Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
3,030
14
240
407
59.0
7.4
216.4
18
19
77.5
4.4
4.7
16
129
9Teddy Bridgewater
T. Bridgewater
2,919
13
259
402
64.4
7.3
224.5
14
12
85.2
3.5
3.0
39
249
10Case Keenum
C. Keenum
2,195
10
182
330
55.2
6.7
219.5
11
8
76.8
3.3
2.4
22
216
11Josh Johnson
J. Johnson
1,042
29
96
177
54.2
5.9
35.9
5
10
57.7
2.8
5.6
17
99
12Tyrod Taylor
T. Taylor
199
14
19
35
54.3
5.7
14.2
0
2
47.2
0.0
5.7
5
33
13Jimmy Garoppolo
J. Garoppolo
182
6
19
27
70.4
6.7
30.3
1
0
101.2
3.7
0.0
5
36
14Johnny Hekker
J. Hekker
79
48
5
6
83.3
13.2
1.6
1
0
158.3
16.7
0.0
0
0
15Sam Martin
S. Martin
27
32
2
2
100.0
13.5
0.8
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
16Bryan Anger
B. Anger
19
48
1
1
100.0
19.0
0.4
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
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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