most passing yards by qb in first 16 seasons

Peyton Manning had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his first 16 seasons, with 69,691 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
69,691
256
5,927
9,049
65.5
7.7
272.2
530
234
97.5
5.9
2.6
287
1,858
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
66,111
233
5,836
8,758
66.6
7.5
283.7
465
220
96.3
5.3
2.5
358
2,547
3Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
62,792
234
5,551
8,464
65.6
7.4
268.3
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
4Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
59,809
222
5,174
8,166
63.4
7.3
269.4
377
188
91.2
4.6
2.3
502
3,365
5Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
59,271
228
4,908
7,591
64.7
7.8
260.0
397
198
95.1
5.2
2.6
446
2,724
6Dan Marino
D. Marino
58,913
231
4,763
7,989
59.6
7.4
255.0
408
235
87.3
5.1
2.9
261
1,864
7Tom Brady
T. Brady
58,028
225
4,953
7,792
63.6
7.4
257.9
428
150
96.4
5.5
1.9
402
2,509
8Brett Favre
B. Favre
57,500
241
5,021
8,223
61.1
7.0
238.6
414
273
85.1
5.0
3.3
424
2,795
9Eli 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
10Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
56,545
218
4,651
7,230
64.3
7.8
259.4
363
191
94.0
5.0
2.6
503
3,320
11John 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
12Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
51,245
197
4,285
6,587
65.1
7.8
260.1
412
89
103.9
6.3
1.4
468
3,150
13Warren Moon
W. Moon
49,117
206
3,973
6,789
58.5
7.2
238.4
290
232
81.0
4.3
3.4
453
3,369
14Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
46,966
205
3,951
6,120
64.6
7.7
229.1
353
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
15Carson 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
16Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
44,700
174
3,934
5,899
66.7
7.6
256.9
298
131
96.8
5.1
2.2
345
2,487
17Drew 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
18Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
43,936
188
4,004
6,503
61.6
6.8
233.7
245
155
84.2
3.8
2.4
386
2,759
19Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
43,040
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
20Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
41,801
221
3,186
5,637
56.5
7.4
189.1
308
220
82.0
5.5
3.9
225
1,851
21Derek Carr
D. Carr
41,245
169
3,765
5,785
65.1
7.1
244.1
257
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
22Joe Montana
J. Montana
40,551
192
3,409
5,391
63.2
7.5
211.2
273
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
23Kerry Collins
K. Collins
40,441
195
3,439
6,163
55.8
6.6
207.4
206
195
73.9
3.3
3.2
332
2,190
24Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
39,793
179
3,539
5,651
62.6
7.0
222.3
254
151
87.5
4.5
2.7
363
2,372
25Jared 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
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts
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9
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.471
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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