most passing yards among active players from 1920 to 2017

Between the 1920 and 2017 seasons, Philip Rivers had the most passing yards by an active quarterback, with 50,348 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
50,348
196
4,171
6,492
64.2
7.8
256.9
342
166
94.8
5.3
2.6
380
2,298
2Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
38,502
149
3,188
4,895
65.1
7.9
258.4
313
78
103.8
6.4
1.6
363
2,331
3Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
35,780
154
3,267
5,291
61.7
6.8
232.3
200
130
84.1
3.8
2.5
317
2,281
4Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
34,749
125
3,005
4,850
62.0
7.2
278.0
216
118
88.3
4.5
2.4
289
1,850
5Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
25,534
109
2,217
3,556
62.3
7.2
234.3
167
93
88.7
4.7
2.6
220
1,332
6Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
22,176
96
1,815
2,834
64.0
7.8
231.0
161
56
98.8
5.7
2.0
248
1,597
7Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
16,206
62
1,372
2,096
65.5
7.7
261.4
99
55
93.7
4.7
2.6
106
847
8Jameis Winston
J. Winston
11,636
45
939
1,544
60.8
7.5
258.6
69
44
87.2
4.5
2.8
95
636
9Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
9,476
42
787
1,274
61.8
7.4
225.6
58
34
88.6
4.6
2.7
88
587
10Tyrod Taylor
T. Taylor
9,056
58
793
1,271
62.4
7.1
156.1
51
18
91.2
4.0
1.4
129
693
11Case Keenum
C. Keenum
8,771
41
779
1,258
61.9
7.0
213.9
46
27
86.0
3.7
2.1
71
520
12Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
7,078
29
644
1,047
61.5
6.8
244.1
49
21
88.8
4.7
2.0
61
375
13Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
6,991
32
619
949
65.2
7.4
218.5
45
17
95.5
4.7
1.8
57
328
14Geno Smith
G. Smith
6,174
35
522
902
57.9
6.8
176.4
29
36
72.9
3.2
4.0
80
540
15Teddy Bridgewater
T. Bridgewater
6,150
30
551
851
64.7
7.2
205.0
28
22
86.3
3.3
2.6
83
556
16Trevor Siemian
T. Siemian
5,686
26
495
835
59.3
6.8
218.7
30
24
79.9
3.6
2.9
64
407
17Jared Goff
J. Goff
4,893
22
408
682
59.8
7.2
222.4
33
14
89.4
4.8
2.1
51
394
18Jacoby Brissett
J. Brissett
3,498
19
310
524
59.2
6.7
184.1
13
7
81.9
2.5
1.3
58
351
19Jimmy Garoppolo
J. Garoppolo
2,250
23
183
272
67.3
8.3
97.8
12
5
99.7
4.4
1.8
16
108
20Mitchell Trubisky
M. Trubisky
2,193
12
196
330
59.4
6.6
182.8
7
7
77.5
2.1
2.1
31
196
21Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
1,699
7
126
204
61.8
8.3
242.7
19
8
103.0
9.3
3.9
19
116
22C.J. Beathard
C.J. Beathard
1,430
7
123
224
54.9
6.4
204.3
4
6
69.2
1.8
2.7
19
141
23Josh Johnson
J. Johnson
1,042
29
96
177
54.2
5.9
35.9
5
10
57.7
2.8
5.6
17
99
24Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
284
1
22
35
62.9
8.1
284.0
0
1
76.4
0.0
2.9
2
15
25Johnny Hekker
J. Hekker
137
96
9
15
60.0
9.1
1.4
1
0
112.4
6.7
0.0
0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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8
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6
9
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10
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3
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