most passing yards by first overall pick

Peyton Manning has the most career passing yards by a #1 overall pick, 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
2Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
64,516
239
5,562
8,763
63.5
7.4
269.9
423
196
92.4
4.8
2.2
525
3,515
3Eli Manning
E. Manning
57,023
236
4,895
8,119
60.3
7.0
241.6
366
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
4John Elway
J. Elway
51,475
234
4,123
7,250
56.9
7.1
220.0
300
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
5Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
46,247
182
3,941
6,307
62.5
7.3
254.1
294
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
6Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
46,233
233
3,787
6,701
56.5
6.9
198.4
275
267
75.0
4.1
4.0
417
2,992
7Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
44,611
194
3,839
6,717
57.2
6.6
230.0
251
206
77.1
3.7
3.1
467
3,135
8Jared Goff
J. Goff
39,622
151
3,440
5,224
65.8
7.6
262.4
256
102
96.8
4.9
2.0
286
2,074
9Alex Smith
A. Smith
35,650
174
3,250
5,193
62.6
6.9
204.9
199
109
86.9
3.8
2.1
432
2,463
10Steve Young
S. Young
33,124
169
2,667
4,149
64.3
8.0
196.0
232
107
96.8
5.6
2.6
358
2,055
11Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
32,942
165
2,898
4,715
61.5
7.0
199.6
165
141
81.6
3.5
3.0
259
1,748
12Cam Newton
C. Newton
32,382
148
2,682
4,474
59.9
7.2
218.8
194
123
85.2
4.3
2.7
332
2,477
13Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
28,525
123
2,500
3,938
63.5
7.2
231.9
197
101
91.2
5.0
2.6
286
1,820
14Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
27,989
168
2,025
3,901
51.9
7.2
166.6
212
210
70.9
5.4
5.4
307
2,694
15Jeff George
J. George
27,602
131
2,298
3,967
57.9
7.0
210.7
154
113
80.4
3.9
2.8
358
2,691
16Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
25,882
157
1,943
3,701
52.5
7.0
164.9
164
198
67.5
4.4
5.3
380
3,279
17Jameis Winston
J. Winston
24,792
108
1,981
3,243
61.1
7.6
229.6
156
113
86.4
4.8
3.5
222
1,383
18Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
24,124
129
1,932
3,456
55.9
7.0
187.0
156
144
75.4
4.5
4.2
356
2,956
19Andrew Luck
A. Luck
23,671
86
2,000
3,290
60.8
7.2
275.2
171
83
89.5
5.2
2.5
174
1,124
20Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
23,301
126
1,994
3,365
59.3
6.9
184.9
124
87
81.8
3.7
2.6
273
1,660
21Michael Vick
M. Vick
22,464
143
1,807
3,217
56.2
7.0
157.1
133
88
80.4
4.1
2.7
316
1,879
22Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
20,810
77
1,921
2,806
68.5
7.4
270.3
157
51
101.1
5.6
1.8
213
1,431
23Kyler Murray
K. Murray
20,460
87
1,974
2,941
67.1
7.0
235.2
121
60
92.2
4.1
2.0
195
1,413
24Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
19,449
83
1,855
2,967
62.5
6.6
234.3
103
61
84.5
3.5
2.1
196
1,371
25Billy Wade
B. Wade
18,530
128
1,370
2,523
54.3
7.3
144.8
124
134
72.2
4.9
5.3
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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1,585

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1,003

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27.4

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OPP PPG

24.2

21st

RUSH YDS/G

118.1

17th

PASS YDS/G

240.3

8th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
Last Game
IND Colts

8 - 9

30

Final

38

HOU Texans

12 - 5

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

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

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/11
@
27-31
Sat
10/11
@
17-3
Sat
10/11
@
9-23
Sat
10/11
@
20-12
Sat
10/11
@
29-27

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/18
@
3:00 PM
Sun
1/18
@
6:30 PM