most passing yards by an afc qb 1999 to 2002

Between the 1999 and 2002 seasons, Peyton Manning had the most passing yards by an AFC quarterback, with 16,879 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
16,879
64
1,423
2,242
63.5
7.5
263.7
112
72
89.6
5.0
3.2
86
624
2Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
15,787
64
1,367
2,155
63.4
7.3
246.7
105
44
93.2
4.9
2.0
140
734
3Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
12,797
61
1,104
1,842
59.9
6.9
209.8
70
43
83.9
3.8
2.3
174
1,060
4Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
12,398
60
1,136
1,967
57.8
6.3
206.6
69
73
72.7
3.5
3.7
114
708
5Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
12,035
50
1,032
1,746
59.1
6.9
240.7
62
51
79.7
3.6
2.9
159
996
6Steve McNair
S. McNair
11,763
58
1,000
1,650
60.6
7.1
202.8
70
48
84.3
4.2
2.9
98
587
7Brian Griese
B. Griese
11,761
52
1,043
1,675
62.3
7.0
226.2
71
52
84.4
4.2
3.1
116
793
8Elvis Grbac
E. Grbac
10,591
45
885
1,513
58.5
7.0
235.4
65
47
81.4
4.3
3.1
83
598
9Tim Couch
T. Couch
9,812
52
905
1,511
59.9
6.5
188.7
57
61
74.8
3.8
4.0
147
1,003
10Doug Flutie
D. Flutie
8,399
43
693
1,241
55.8
6.8
195.3
42
37
75.7
3.4
3.0
61
412
11Jay Fiedler
J. Fiedler
8,372
49
717
1,193
60.1
7.0
170.9
50
44
80.0
4.2
3.7
70
443
12Kordell Stewart
K. Stewart
7,588
55
686
1,172
58.5
6.5
138.0
37
35
75.9
3.2
3.0
88
502
13Trent Green
T. Green
7,473
32
583
993
58.7
7.5
233.5
43
37
81.3
4.3
3.7
65
339
14Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
7,079
38
652
1,129
57.8
6.3
186.3
40
43
72.3
3.5
3.8
40
255
15Tom Brady
T. Brady
6,613
32
638
1,017
62.7
6.5
206.7
46
26
85.9
4.5
2.6
72
406
16Jeff Blake
J. Blake
4,754
25
380
684
55.6
7.0
190.2
29
23
77.5
4.2
3.4
60
371
17Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
4,177
21
372
636
58.5
6.6
198.9
18
24
71.9
2.8
3.8
51
304
18Rob Johnson
R. Johnson
3,888
22
334
556
60.1
7.0
176.7
19
14
82.2
3.4
2.5
81
497
19Tony Banks
T. Banks
3,714
23
319
594
53.7
6.3
161.5
25
16
75.7
4.2
2.7
53
342
20Drew Brees
D. Brees
3,505
17
335
553
60.6
6.3
206.2
18
16
77.8
3.3
2.9
26
192
21Chad Pennington
C. Pennington
3,279
18
287
424
67.7
7.7
182.2
24
6
103.7
5.7
1.4
24
147
22Tommy Maddox
T. Maddox
2,990
18
241
386
62.4
7.7
166.1
21
17
86.2
5.4
4.4
27
152
23Ray Lucas
R. Lucas
2,974
33
276
476
58.0
6.2
90.1
18
16
75.0
3.8
3.4
29
183
24David Carr
D. Carr
2,592
16
233
444
52.5
5.8
162.0
9
15
62.8
2.0
3.4
76
411
25Gus Frerotte
G. Frerotte
2,521
18
212
365
58.1
6.9
140.1
13
13
76.3
3.6
3.6
25
172
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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4
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12
5
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.706
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9
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14
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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