Drew Brees had the most passing yards by a quarterback in the regular season and playoffs in his first 255 games, with 72,679 yards.
| NAME | YDS | GP | CMP | ATT | PCT | AVG | YDS/G | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | D. Brees | 72,679 | 255 | 6,408 | 9,595 | 66.8 | 7.6 | 285.0 | 505 | 231 | 96.8 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 390 | 2,763 |
| 2 |  | P. Manning | 68,888 | 255 | 5,868 | 8,999 | 65.2 | 7.7 | 270.1 | 504 | 237 | 96.0 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 295 | 1,927 |
| 3 |  | B. Roethlisberger | 66,105 | 255 | 5,519 | 8,582 | 64.3 | 7.7 | 259.2 | 430 | 229 | 93.4 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 567 | 3,789 |
| 4 |  | P. Rivers | 66,096 | 255 | 5,488 | 8,489 | 64.6 | 7.8 | 259.2 | 435 | 219 | 94.7 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 488 | 3,007 |
| 5 |  | T. Brady | 65,675 | 255 | 5,664 | 8,919 | 63.5 | 7.4 | 257.5 | 483 | 176 | 95.5 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 450 | 2,832 |
| 6 |  | A. Rodgers | 65,292 | 255 | 5,533 | 8,486 | 65.2 | 7.7 | 256.0 | 523 | 119 | 103.2 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 589 | 3,990 |
| 7 |  | D. Marino | 64,899 | 255 | 5,262 | 8,878 | 59.3 | 7.3 | 254.5 | 447 | 270 | 86.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 287 | 2,042 |
| 8 |  | B. Favre | 60,885 | 255 | 5,287 | 8,640 | 61.2 | 7.0 | 238.8 | 443 | 288 | 85.6 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 448 | 2,953 |
| 9 |  | J. Elway | 56,103 | 255 | 4,460 | 7,872 | 56.7 | 7.1 | 220.0 | 326 | 246 | 79.8 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 555 | 4,103 |
| 10 |  | F. Tarkenton | 48,271 | 255 | 3,794 | 6,684 | 56.8 | 7.2 | 189.3 | 349 | 276 | 79.7 | 5.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 11 | | E. Morrall | 21,615 | 255 | 1,429 | 2,791 | 51.2 | 7.7 | 84.8 | 164 | 155 | 73.5 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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