most passing yards by a qb over 25 years old

Tom Brady has the most career passing yards by a quarterback older than 25, with 82,601 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
82,601
303
7,115
11,033
64.5
7.5
272.6
603
186
98.2
5.5
1.7
493
3,170
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
71,586
244
6,340
9,242
68.6
7.7
293.4
515
205
100.9
5.6
2.2
355
2,490
3Brett Favre
B. Favre
60,177
248
5,212
8,406
62.0
7.2
242.6
428
277
86.8
5.1
3.3
417
2,801
4Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
58,771
230
5,071
7,768
65.3
7.6
255.5
476
104
102.9
6.1
1.3
513
3,527
5Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
57,990
215
4,822
7,385
65.3
7.9
269.7
387
189
96.0
5.2
2.6
423
2,584
6Peyton Manning
P. Manning
55,522
202
4,768
7,154
66.6
7.8
274.9
428
170
100.0
6.0
2.4
218
1,365
7Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
52,731
188
4,666
7,008
66.6
7.5
280.5
315
149
95.0
4.5
2.1
429
2,913
8Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
52,415
193
4,532
7,007
64.7
7.5
271.6
334
157
93.7
4.8
2.2
408
2,701
9Warren 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
10Eli Manning
E. Manning
48,974
195
4,205
6,843
61.4
7.2
251.1
312
200
86.1
4.6
2.9
345
2,417
11Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
47,059
178
4,077
6,266
65.1
7.5
264.4
314
123
96.1
5.0
2.0
409
2,673
12Dan Marino
D. Marino
45,019
182
3,699
6,271
59.0
7.2
247.4
275
183
83.6
4.4
2.9
212
1,454
13Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
43,380
166
3,820
5,696
67.1
7.6
261.3
290
121
97.8
5.1
2.1
337
2,428
14John Elway
J. Elway
43,323
192
3,459
6,006
57.6
7.2
225.6
253
174
82.1
4.2
2.9
426
3,102
15Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
39,801
203
3,328
5,768
57.7
6.9
196.1
242
212
77.6
4.2
3.7
348
2,422
16Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
39,568
154
3,338
5,374
62.1
7.4
256.9
244
157
87.5
4.5
2.9
296
2,081
17Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
38,025
161
3,228
4,985
64.8
7.6
236.2
286
90
99.4
5.7
1.8
462
3,100
18Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
37,970
161
3,539
5,751
61.5
6.6
235.8
212
138
83.2
3.7
2.4
314
2,212
19Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
36,253
175
3,180
5,243
60.7
6.9
207.2
210
151
82.8
4.0
2.9
347
2,180
20Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
36,251
136
2,781
4,619
60.2
7.8
266.6
224
191
83.9
4.8
4.1
21Jim 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
22Joe Montana
J. Montana
35,095
145
2,909
4,607
63.1
7.6
242.0
238
118
93.0
5.2
2.6
272
1,802
23Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
34,985
176
2,854
4,926
57.9
7.1
198.8
246
187
80.8
5.0
3.8
24Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
34,184
176
2,412
4,424
54.5
7.7
194.2
238
219
77.0
5.4
5.0
25Tony Romo
T. Romo
34,183
134
2,829
4,335
65.3
7.9
255.1
248
117
97.1
5.7
2.7
248
1,672
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.824
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14
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11
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.647
6
11
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.353
3
14
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.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
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9
1
.441
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12
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.294
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13
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6
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.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
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.529
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9
8
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
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.471
8
9
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.471
8
9
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.471
6
11
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.353
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14
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.824
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12
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