most passing yards by a player over 36 years old

Tom Brady has the most career passing yards by a quarterback older than 36, with 40,065 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
40,065
142
3,575
5,464
65.4
7.3
282.1
290
78
98.9
5.3
1.4
222
1,426
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
19,455
70
1,777
2,466
72.1
7.9
277.9
143
38
107.9
5.8
1.5
89
628
3Warren Moon
W. Moon
17,045
73
1,463
2,485
58.9
6.9
233.5
101
74
80.9
4.1
3.0
156
1,087
4Brett Favre
B. Favre
16,948
72
1,507
2,356
64.0
7.2
235.4
105
76
86.8
4.5
3.2
115
781
5Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
16,228
72
1,522
2,301
66.1
7.1
225.4
130
35
99.1
5.6
1.5
141
1,012
6Peyton Manning
P. Manning
12,453
42
1,043
1,587
65.7
7.8
296.5
103
42
100.2
6.5
2.6
51
333
7Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
11,373
66
1,021
1,732
58.9
6.6
172.3
55
61
74.5
3.2
3.5
94
605
8Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
10,218
39
899
1,354
66.4
7.5
262.0
55
40
90.1
4.1
3.0
69
453
9George Blanda
G. Blanda
9,169
167
661
1,406
47.0
6.5
54.9
75
96
57.8
5.3
6.8
10Doug Flutie
D. Flutie
8,509
51
702
1,265
55.5
6.7
166.8
45
35
76.7
3.6
2.8
62
408
11Kurt Warner
K. Warner
8,336
31
740
1,111
66.6
7.5
268.9
56
28
95.2
5.0
2.5
50
354
12Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
7,894
33
824
1,275
64.6
6.2
239.2
55
21
89.3
4.3
1.6
53
357
13Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
6,907
31
646
1,059
61.0
6.5
222.8
45
28
83.2
4.2
2.6
54
364
14John Elway
J. Elway
6,441
29
490
858
57.1
7.5
222.1
49
21
89.8
5.7
2.4
52
338
15Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
5,751
38
498
845
58.9
6.8
151.3
30
29
77.1
3.6
3.4
51
430
16Dan Marino
D. Marino
5,651
25
487
856
56.9
6.6
226.0
33
32
74.3
3.9
3.7
30
228
17Craig Morton
C. Morton
5,538
30
426
703
60.6
7.9
184.6
33
30
83.3
4.7
4.3
18Joe Montana
J. Montana
5,427
25
480
791
60.7
6.9
217.1
29
16
85.0
3.7
2.0
31
193
19Eli Manning
E. Manning
5,341
20
471
723
65.1
7.4
267.1
27
16
90.4
3.7
2.2
52
402
20Len Dawson
L. Dawson
5,228
48
472
781
60.4
6.7
108.9
27
34
73.7
3.5
4.4
21Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
5,202
25
500
830
60.2
6.3
208.1
34
46
69.0
4.1
5.5
22Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
5,152
26
453
703
64.4
7.3
198.2
25
10
92.2
3.6
1.4
42
204
23Brad Johnson
B. Johnson
5,141
61
502
822
61.1
6.3
84.3
23
24
76.2
2.8
2.9
61
397
24Phil Simms
P. Simms
4,943
26
412
678
60.8
7.3
190.1
28
16
87.0
4.1
2.4
61
363
25Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
4,737
40
380
730
52.1
6.5
118.4
24
40
60.6
3.3
5.5
StatMuse has game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
3
14
0
.176
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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