most passing yards among active players from 1920 to 2019

Between the 1920 and 2019 seasons, Philip Rivers had the most passing yards by an active quarterback, with 59,271 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
59,271
228
4,908
7,591
64.7
7.8
260.0
397
198
95.1
5.2
2.6
446
2,724
2Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
41,025
149
3,559
5,696
62.5
7.2
275.3
256
134
89.3
4.5
2.4
347
2,242
3Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
31,594
133
2,757
4,449
62.0
7.1
237.5
204
118
87.5
4.6
2.7
278
1,738
4Jameis Winston
J. Winston
19,737
72
1,563
2,548
61.3
7.7
274.1
121
88
86.9
4.7
3.5
169
1,075
5Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
15,778
64
1,363
2,071
65.8
7.6
246.5
97
36
97.0
4.7
1.7
136
826
6Case Keenum
C. Keenum
14,368
67
1,304
2,091
62.4
6.9
214.4
75
47
85.3
3.6
2.2
120
900
7Jared Goff
J. Goff
14,219
54
1,166
1,869
62.4
7.6
263.3
87
42
91.9
4.7
2.2
106
787
8Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
13,207
63
1,110
1,765
62.9
7.5
209.6
76
44
89.6
4.3
2.5
155
992
9Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
9,716
38
804
1,204
66.8
8.1
255.7
71
29
101.0
5.9
2.4
125
757
10Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
9,412
31
724
1,099
65.9
8.6
303.6
76
18
108.9
6.9
1.6
45
313
11Mitchell Trubisky
M. Trubisky
8,554
41
811
1,280
63.4
6.7
208.6
48
29
85.8
3.8
2.3
93
573
12Teddy Bridgewater
T. Bridgewater
7,652
44
698
1,070
65.2
7.2
173.9
38
25
88.3
3.6
2.3
97
653
13Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
7,552
30
627
1,020
61.5
7.4
251.7
49
35
85.9
4.8
3.4
65
458
14Jacoby Brissett
J. Brissett
6,442
38
584
975
59.9
6.6
169.5
31
13
84.6
3.2
1.3
85
510
15Geno Smith
G. Smith
6,182
40
523
906
57.7
6.8
154.6
29
36
72.7
3.2
4.0
81
556
16Sam Darnold
S. Darnold
5,889
26
512
855
59.9
6.9
226.5
36
28
81.1
4.2
3.3
63
416
17Josh Allen
J. Allen
5,163
28
440
781
56.3
6.6
184.4
30
21
78.2
3.8
2.7
66
450
18Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
4,328
31
364
571
63.7
7.6
139.6
42
9
104.7
7.4
1.6
39
177
19Kyle Allen
K. Allen
3,588
15
323
520
62.1
6.9
239.2
19
16
82.0
3.7
3.1
46
397
20Gardner Minshew
G. Minshew
3,271
14
285
470
60.6
7.0
233.6
21
6
91.2
4.5
1.3
33
184
21Daniel Jones
D. Jones
3,027
13
284
459
61.9
6.6
232.8
24
12
87.7
5.2
2.6
38
295
22Nick Mullens
N. Mullens
2,277
9
176
274
64.2
8.3
253.0
13
10
90.8
4.7
3.6
17
127
23Mason Rudolph
M. Rudolph
1,765
10
176
283
62.2
6.2
176.5
13
9
82.0
4.6
3.2
15
124
24Drew Lock
D. Lock
1,020
5
100
156
64.1
6.5
204.0
7
3
89.7
4.5
1.9
5
26
25Kevin Byard III
K. Byard III
66
64
1
1
100.0
66.0
1.0
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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