most passing yards before a player turned 28

Matthew Stafford has the most career passing yards by a quarterback younger than 28, with 25,976 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards before a player turned 28 years old
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matthew 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
2Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
25,966
106
2,192
3,921
55.9
6.6
245.0
147
123
75.7
3.7
3.1
212
1,493
3Peyton Manning
P. Manning
24,885
96
2,128
3,383
62.9
7.4
259.2
167
110
88.1
4.9
3.3
126
840
4Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
24,820
95
2,285
3,438
66.5
7.2
261.3
163
58
96.3
4.7
1.7
225
1,416
5Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
24,467
81
2,006
3,032
66.2
8.1
302.1
194
50
105.3
6.4
1.6
121
794
6Dan Marino
D. Marino
24,111
88
1,891
3,138
60.3
7.7
274.0
197
105
91.3
6.3
3.3
73
584
7Jared Goff
J. Goff
22,771
88
1,979
3,101
63.8
7.3
258.8
137
67
91.6
4.4
2.2
171
1,287
8Josh Allen
J. Allen
22,703
94
1,989
3,145
63.2
7.2
241.5
167
78
92.2
5.3
2.5
175
1,087
9Cam Newton
C. Newton
21,772
93
1,710
2,928
58.4
7.4
234.1
136
78
86.1
4.6
2.7
221
1,701
10Jameis Winston
J. Winston
20,982
83
1,665
2,720
61.2
7.7
252.8
135
91
87.8
5.0
3.3
182
1,155
11Brett Favre
B. Favre
20,234
87
1,786
2,897
61.6
7.0
232.6
159
86
88.5
5.5
3.0
180
1,127
12Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
20,059
103
1,678
2,586
64.9
7.8
194.7
166
49
102.0
6.4
1.9
192
1,008
13Kyler Murray
K. Murray
19,498
82
1,864
2,780
67.1
7.0
237.8
115
57
92.4
4.1
2.1
179
1,302
14Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
19,302
87
1,526
2,411
63.3
8.0
221.9
127
81
91.7
5.3
3.4
242
1,601
15Andrew Luck
A. Luck
19,078
70
1,570
2,651
59.2
7.2
272.5
132
68
87.3
5.0
2.6
156
990
16Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
19,045
90
1,585
2,721
58.3
7.0
211.6
99
66
81.8
3.6
2.4
201
1,259
17Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
18,957
78
1,654
2,637
62.7
7.2
243.0
127
60
90.9
4.8
2.3
113
737
18Derek Carr
D. Carr
18,739
78
1,759
2,800
62.8
6.7
240.2
122
54
88.8
4.4
1.9
142
858
19Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
18,598
74
1,539
2,391
64.4
7.8
251.3
129
74
93.2
5.4
3.1
197
1,045
20Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
18,166
78
1,647
2,421
68.0
7.5
232.9
120
59
96.4
5.0
2.4
141
971
21Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
17,891
93
1,542
2,393
64.4
7.5
192.4
110
45
94.4
4.6
1.9
183
1,114
22Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
17,822
77
1,629
2,594
62.8
6.9
231.5
98
58
86.3
3.8
2.2
153
1,033
23Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
17,789
65
1,623
2,385
68.1
7.5
273.7
130
43
100.5
5.5
1.8
180
1,215
24Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
17,667
98
1,228
2,276
54.0
7.8
180.3
142
114
79.3
6.2
5.0
25Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
17,649
78
1,562
2,634
59.3
6.7
226.3
103
75
80.6
3.9
2.8
195
1,158
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TEAMWLTPCT
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6
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.647
9
7
1
.559
Lions Lions
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8
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8
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NFL 2025 Rankings

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NFL 2025 Standings

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

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10/4
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