most passing yards among active players from 1920 to 2018

Between the 1920 and 2018 seasons, Philip Rivers had the most passing yards by an active quarterback, with 54,656 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	54,656	212	4,518	7,000	64.5	7.8	257.8	374	178	95.6	5.3	2.5	412	2,502
2	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	42,944	165	3,560	5,492	64.8	7.8	260.3	338	80	103.1	6.2	1.5	412	2,684
3	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	38,526	141	3,372	5,405	62.4	7.1	273.2	237	129	88.4	4.4	2.4	329	2,105
4	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	38,245	163	3,499	5,670	61.7	6.7	234.6	212	136	84.1	3.7	2.4	333	2,360
5	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	28,100	120	2,443	3,921	62.3	7.2	234.2	188	104	88.8	4.8	2.7	241	1,489
6	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	25,624	112	2,095	3,261	64.2	7.9	228.8	196	63	100.3	6.0	1.9	299	1,952
7	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	20,504	78	1,797	2,702	66.5	7.6	262.9	129	65	95.0	4.8	2.4	146	1,109
8	Jameis Winston J. Winston	14,628	56	1,183	1,922	61.6	7.6	261.2	88	58	87.8	4.6	3.0	122	793
9	Case Keenum C. Keenum	12,661	57	1,144	1,844	62.0	6.9	222.1	64	42	84.5	3.5	2.3	105	755
10	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	12,004	56	1,015	1,605	63.2	7.5	214.4	69	42	89.4	4.3	2.6	130	830
11	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	10,876	48	975	1,475	66.1	7.4	226.6	67	25	96.0	4.5	1.7	113	675
12	Carson Wentz C. Wentz	10,152	40	923	1,448	63.7	7.0	253.8	70	28	92.5	4.8	1.9	92	577
13	Jared Goff J. Goff	9,581	38	772	1,243	62.1	7.7	252.1	65	26	94.7	5.2	2.1	84	617
14	Tyrod Taylor T. Taylor	9,529	62	835	1,356	61.6	7.0	153.7	53	20	89.6	3.9	1.5	142	774
15	Teddy Bridgewater T. Bridgewater	6,268	35	565	874	64.6	7.2	179.1	29	23	85.9	3.3	2.6	85	564
16	Geno Smith G. Smith	6,182	40	523	906	57.7	6.8	154.6	29	36	72.7	3.2	4.0	81	556
17	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	5,864	23	471	709	66.4	8.3	255.0	45	17	103.1	6.3	2.4	81	500
18	Mitchell Trubisky M. Trubisky	5,416	26	485	764	63.5	7.1	208.3	31	19	87.7	4.1	2.5	55	339
19	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	5,381	17	405	615	65.9	8.7	316.5	50	13	111.7	8.1	2.1	28	186
20	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	3,725	14	310	486	63.8	7.7	266.1	27	14	93.7	5.6	2.9	25	173
21	Jacoby Brissett J. Brissett	3,500	23	312	528	59.1	6.6	152.2	13	7	81.6	2.5	1.3	58	351
22	Jimmy Garoppolo J. Garoppolo	2,968	26	236	361	65.4	8.2	114.2	17	8	97.3	4.7	2.2	29	205
23	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	2,865	13	239	414	57.7	6.9	220.4	17	15	77.6	4.1	3.6	30	204
24	Nick Mullens N. Mullens	2,277	8	176	274	64.2	8.3	284.6	13	10	90.8	4.7	3.6	17	127
25	Josh Allen J. Allen	2,074	12	169	320	52.8	6.5	172.8	10	12	67.9	3.1	3.8	28	213

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