most passing yards by a qb between 1970 to 2010

From 1970 through 2010, Brett Favre had the most passing yards by a quarterback, with 71,838 yards.

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Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Brett Favre B. Favre	71,838	302	6,300	10,169	62.0	7.1	237.9	508	336	86.0	5.0	3.3	525	3,487
2	Dan Marino D. Marino	61,361	242	4,967	8,358	59.4	7.3	253.6	420	252	86.4	5.0	3.0	270	1,930
3	Peyton Manning P. Manning	54,828	208	4,682	7,210	64.9	7.6	263.6	399	198	94.9	5.5	2.7	231	1,483
4	John Elway J. Elway	51,475	234	4,123	7,250	56.9	7.1	220.0	300	226	79.9	4.1	3.1	516	3,785
5	Warren Moon W. Moon	49,325	208	3,988	6,823	58.4	7.2	237.1	291	233	80.9	4.3	3.4	458	3,415
6	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	46,233	233	3,787	6,701	56.5	6.9	198.4	275	267	75.0	4.1	4.0	417	2,992
7	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	44,611	194	3,839	6,717	57.2	6.6	230.0	251	206	77.1	3.7	3.1	467	3,135
8	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	43,040	181	3,297	5,604	58.8	7.7	237.8	254	242	80.2	4.5	4.3	319	2,304
9	Joe Montana J. Montana	40,551	192	3,409	5,391	63.2	7.5	211.2	273	139	92.3	5.1	2.6	313	2,095
10	Kerry Collins K. Collins	40,441	195	3,439	6,163	55.8	6.6	207.4	206	195	73.9	3.3	3.2	332	2,190
11	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	38,147	213	3,105	5,311	58.5	7.2	179.1	261	199	81.5	4.9	3.7	494	3,794
12	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	37,920	187	2,969	5,205	57.0	7.3	202.8	247	184	81.1	4.7	3.5	318	2,438
13	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	36,250	161	3,076	5,218	58.9	6.9	225.2	230	115	85.7	4.4	2.2	394	2,513
14	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	35,467	160	2,874	4,779	60.1	7.4	221.7	237	175	84.4	5.0	3.7	323	2,427
15	Drew Brees D. Brees	35,266	138	3,145	4,822	65.2	7.3	255.6	235	132	91.7	4.9	2.7	184	1,350
16	Jim Everett J. Everett	34,837	158	2,841	4,923	57.7	7.1	220.5	203	175	78.6	4.1	3.6	257	1,885
17	Tom Brady T. Brady	34,744	145	2,996	4,710	63.6	7.4	239.6	261	103	95.2	5.5	2.2	244	1,539
18	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	34,241	206	2,874	5,024	57.2	6.8	166.2	196	204	74.2	3.9	4.1	296	2,469
19	Phil Simms P. Simms	33,462	164	2,576	4,647	55.4	7.2	204.0	199	157	78.5	4.3	3.4	477	3,418
20	Steve Young S. Young	33,124	169	2,667	4,149	64.3	8.0	196.0	232	107	96.8	5.6	2.6	358	2,055
21	Troy Aikman T. Aikman	32,942	165	2,898	4,715	61.5	7.0	199.6	165	141	81.6	3.5	3.0	259	1,748
22	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	32,838	192	2,654	4,475	59.3	7.3	171.0	197	160	81.9	4.4	3.6	398	2,875
23	Kurt Warner K. Warner	32,344	124	2,666	4,070	65.5	7.9	260.8	208	128	93.7	5.1	3.1	260	1,669
24	Mark Brunell M. Brunell	32,045	177	2,760	4,637	59.5	6.9	181.0	184	108	84.0	4.0	2.3	390	2,395
25	Steve McNair S. McNair	31,304	161	2,733	4,544	60.1	6.9	194.4	174	119	82.8	3.8	2.6	254	1,567

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