most passing yards among active players from 1920 to 2015

Between the 1920 and 2015 seasons, Philip Rivers had the most passing yards by an active quarterback, with 41,447 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
41,447
164
3,462
5,339
64.8
7.8
252.7
281
135
95.5
5.3
2.5
326
1,990
2Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
32,399
126
2,633
4,047
65.1
8.0
257.1
257
65
104.1
6.4
1.6
306
1,917
3Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
28,322
122
2,479
4,070
60.9
7.0
232.1
162
102
84.7
4.0
2.5
257
1,833
4Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
25,976
93
2,246
3,691
60.9
7.0
279.3
163
98
85.8
4.4
2.7
205
1,347
5Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
18,008
77
1,556
2,497
62.3
7.2
233.9
124
73
88.4
5.0
2.9
140
813
6Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
13,974
64
1,123
1,735
64.7
8.1
218.3
106
34
101.8
6.1
2.0
164
982
7Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
7,196
30
619
950
65.2
7.6
239.9
47
30
91.3
4.9
3.2
42
315
8Teddy Bridgewater
T. Bridgewater
6,150
29
551
849
64.9
7.2
212.1
28
21
87.0
3.3
2.5
83
556
9Geno Smith
G. Smith
5,836
31
493
852
57.9
6.8
188.3
27
35
72.3
3.2
4.1
74
509
10Jameis Winston
J. Winston
4,042
16
312
535
58.3
7.6
252.6
22
15
84.2
4.1
2.8
27
190
11Tyrod Taylor
T. Taylor
3,234
28
261
415
62.9
7.8
115.5
20
8
95.0
4.8
1.9
41
245
12Case Keenum
C. Keenum
3,023
16
258
455
56.7
6.6
188.9
15
9
79.8
3.3
2.0
26
244
13Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
2,818
12
230
370
62.2
7.6
234.8
19
10
91.5
5.1
2.7
38
258
14Josh Johnson
J. Johnson
1,042
29
96
177
54.2
5.9
35.9
5
10
57.7
2.8
5.6
17
99
15Jimmy Garoppolo
J. Garoppolo
188
11
20
31
64.5
6.1
17.1
1
0
91.9
3.2
0.0
5
36
16Johnny Hekker
J. Hekker
99
64
6
10
60.0
9.9
1.5
1
0
126.7
10.0
0.0
0
0
17Sam Martin
S. Martin
27
48
2
2
100.0
13.5
0.6
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
18Bryan Anger
B. Anger
19
64
1
1
100.0
19.0
0.3
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
19Cairo Santos
C. Santos
3
32
1
1
100.0
3.0
0.1
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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12
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.469
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12
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11
4
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.733
9
5
1
.633
8
8
0
.500
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8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
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.800
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11
4
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.733
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11
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.733
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