most passing yards by a qb from 1998 to 2015

Between the 1998 and 2015 seasons, Peyton Manning had the most passing yards by a quarterback, with 71,940 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
71,940
266
6,125
9,380
65.3
7.7
270.5
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
60,903
217
5,365
8,085
66.4
7.5
280.7
428
205
95.8
5.3
2.5
331
2,363
3Tom Brady
T. Brady
58,028
225
4,953
7,792
63.6
7.4
257.9
428
150
96.4
5.5
1.9
402
2,509
4Brett Favre
B. Favre
49,247
205
4,329
6,964
62.2
7.1
240.2
326
241
84.5
4.7
3.5
331
2,247
5Eli Manning
E. Manning
44,187
185
3,695
6,227
59.3
7.1
238.8
294
199
83.5
4.7
3.2
307
2,137
6Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
42,995
171
3,476
5,423
64.1
7.9
251.4
272
147
94.0
5.0
2.7
439
2,867
7Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
41,447
164
3,462
5,339
64.8
7.8
252.7
281
135
95.5
5.3
2.5
326
1,990
8Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
40,036
160
3,413
5,443
62.7
7.4
250.2
259
166
88.1
4.8
3.0
278
1,933
9Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
37,276
167
3,170
5,374
59.0
6.9
223.2
234
117
85.6
4.4
2.2
410
2,626
10Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
36,638
209
3,222
5,330
60.5
6.9
175.3
212
153
82.4
4.0
2.9
360
2,260
11Tony Romo
T. Romo
34,154
155
2,826
4,331
65.3
7.9
220.3
247
117
97.1
5.7
2.7
248
1,672
12Kerry Collins
K. Collins
33,627
157
2,869
5,083
56.4
6.6
214.2
169
147
75.7
3.3
2.9
268
1,766
13Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
32,757
126
2,915
4,530
64.3
7.2
260.0
202
107
90.9
4.5
2.4
218
1,446
14Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
32,399
126
2,633
4,047
65.1
8.0
257.1
257
65
104.1
6.4
1.6
306
1,917
15Kurt 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
16Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
31,408
134
2,701
4,354
62.0
7.2
234.4
204
141
86.0
4.7
3.2
285
1,777
17Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
29,374
138
2,646
4,397
60.2
6.7
212.9
168
163
77.4
3.8
3.7
320
1,977
18Trent Green
T. Green
28,475
119
2,266
3,739
60.6
7.6
239.3
162
114
86.1
4.3
3.0
259
1,621
19Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
28,322
122
2,479
4,070
60.9
7.0
232.1
162
102
84.7
4.0
2.5
257
1,833
20Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
27,050
133
2,327
4,054
57.4
6.7
203.4
146
146
74.7
3.6
3.6
232
1,444
21Steve McNair
S. McNair
26,873
132
2,388
3,906
61.1
6.9
203.6
151
101
83.8
3.9
2.6
208
1,269
22Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
26,263
118
2,215
3,816
58.0
6.9
222.6
143
118
78.7
3.7
3.1
346
2,279
23Matthew 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
24Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
25,537
125
2,264
3,676
61.6
6.9
204.3
161
83
87.5
4.4
2.3
181
947
25Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
24,851
141
2,092
3,271
64.0
7.6
176.2
133
90
89.1
4.1
2.8
178
1,226
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
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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