most passing yards by a quarterback in their first 126 regular season games as a starter

Patrick Mahomes has the most passing yards by a starting quarterback in the regular season in his first 126 games, with 35,939 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	35,939	126	3,093	4,673	66.2	7.7	285.2	267	85	100.8	5.7	1.8	218	1,412
2	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	35,035	126	3,032	4,896	61.9	7.2	278.1	217	122	87.9	4.4	2.5	289	1,850
3	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	33,812	126	2,774	4,263	65.1	7.9	268.3	273	68	104.1	6.4	1.6	311	1,930
4	Tony Romo T. Romo	33,786	126	2,799	4,283	65.4	7.9	268.1	244	111	97.6	5.7	2.6	245	1,654
5	Dan Marino D. Marino	33,721	126	2,671	4,506	59.3	7.5	267.6	249	144	87.8	5.5	3.2	118	884
6	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	33,601	126	2,935	4,382	67.0	7.7	266.7	228	92	98.4	5.2	2.1	248	1,812
7	Peyton Manning P. Manning	33,068	126	2,759	4,319	63.9	7.7	262.4	244	130	93.5	5.6	3.0	155	1,022
8	Matt 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
9	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	32,556	126	2,901	4,325	67.1	7.5	258.4	219	85	98.0	5.1	2.0	262	1,564
10	Jared Goff J. Goff	32,509	126	2,830	4,348	65.1	7.5	258.0	201	91	94.2	4.6	2.1	235	1,728
11	Drew Brees D. Brees	31,835	126	2,824	4,336	65.1	7.3	252.7	210	115	92.0	4.8	2.7	165	1,207
12	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	31,791	126	2,588	4,016	64.4	7.9	252.3	216	101	96.2	5.4	2.5	242	1,496
13	Derek Carr D. Carr	31,514	126	2,876	4,420	65.1	7.1	250.1	191	85	92.4	4.3	1.9	234	1,415
14	Brett Favre B. Favre	30,684	126	2,643	4,328	61.1	7.1	243.5	234	139	87.2	5.4	3.2	258	1,618
15	Tom Brady T. Brady	30,606	126	2,649	4,179	63.4	7.3	242.9	225	98	93.6	5.4	2.3	218	1,360
16	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	30,578	126	2,624	4,631	56.7	6.6	242.7	172	140	76.6	3.7	3.0	272	1,855
17	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	30,534	126	2,666	4,269	62.5	7.2	242.3	194	136	85.8	4.5	3.2	215	1,510
18	Warren Moon W. Moon	30,361	126	2,344	4,045	57.9	7.5	241.0	175	146	81.0	4.3	3.6	284	2,213
19	Josh Allen J. Allen	30,028	126	2,609	4,073	64.1	7.4	238.3	220	94	94.6	5.4	2.3	226	1,432
20	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	29,747	126	2,593	4,164	62.3	7.1	236.1	195	109	88.4	4.7	2.6	263	1,629
21	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	29,668	126	2,362	3,742	63.1	7.9	235.5	189	106	92.8	5.1	2.8	342	2,256
22	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	29,625	126	2,588	4,051	63.9	7.3	235.1	192	100	91.3	4.7	2.5	332	2,459
23	Eli Manning E. Manning	29,622	126	2,457	4,177	58.8	7.1	235.1	197	136	82.8	4.7	3.3	198	1,413
24	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	29,536	126	2,545	4,118	61.8	7.2	234.4	193	135	85.4	4.7	3.3	266	1,669
25	Cam Newton C. Newton	29,411	126	2,402	4,011	59.9	7.3	233.4	182	109	86.3	4.5	2.7	294	2,214

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Sun 10/25	KC	@	SEA	8:20 PM
Sun 11/1	KC	@	DEN	4:25 PM
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Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
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Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
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Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
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