most passing yards by quartbacks from 1990 to 2020

Between the 1990 and 2020 seasons, Drew Brees had the most passing yards, with 80,358 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player by quartbacks from 1990 to 2020
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
80,358
287
7,142
10,551
67.7
7.6
280.0
571
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
2Tom Brady
T. Brady
79,204
301
6,778
10,598
64.0
7.5
263.1
581
191
97.3
5.5
1.8
521
3,272
3Peyton 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
4Brett Favre
B. Favre
71,838
302
6,300
10,169
62.0
7.1
237.9
508
336
86.0
5.0
3.3
525
3,487
5Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
63,440
244
5,277
8,134
64.9
7.8
260.0
421
209
95.2
5.2
2.6
465
2,842
6Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
60,348
233
5,050
7,838
64.4
7.7
259.0
396
201
94.0
5.1
2.6
516
3,438
7Eli 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
8Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
55,767
205
4,867
7,443
65.4
7.5
272.0
347
158
94.5
4.7
2.1
410
2,706
9Aaron 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
10Carson 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
11Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
45,109
165
3,898
6,224
62.6
7.2
273.4
282
144
89.9
4.5
2.3
385
2,496
12Drew 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
13Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
40,931
176
3,744
6,066
61.7
6.7
232.6
224
144
84.1
3.7
2.4
366
2,623
14Kerry Collins
K. Collins
40,922
198
3,487
6,261
55.7
6.5
206.7
208
196
73.8
3.3
3.1
337
2,230
15Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
38,779
198
3,236
5,590
57.9
6.9
195.9
237
204
78.2
4.2
3.6
328
2,266
16Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
37,276
167
3,170
5,374
59.0
6.9
223.2
234
117
85.6
4.4
2.2
410
2,626
17Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
36,638
209
3,222
5,330
60.5
6.9
175.3
212
153
82.4
4.0
2.9
360
2,260
18Alex 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
19Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
35,133
153
3,048
4,920
62.0
7.1
229.6
227
160
85.3
4.6
3.3
322
2,035
20Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
34,977
165
3,069
5,054
60.7
6.9
212.0
223
169
82.3
4.4
3.3
299
1,574
21Tony Romo
T. Romo
34,183
156
2,829
4,335
65.3
7.9
219.1
248
117
97.1
5.7
2.7
248
1,672
22Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
33,946
144
2,820
4,335
65.1
7.8
235.7
267
81
101.7
6.2
1.9
394
2,572
23Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
33,764
144
2,973
4,782
62.2
7.1
234.5
218
126
87.5
4.6
2.6
302
1,922
24Dan Marino
D. Marino
33,508
139
2,793
4,708
59.3
7.1
241.1
200
127
84.1
4.2
2.7
187
1,260
25Kurt Warner
K. Warner
32,344
124
2,666
4,070
65.5
7.9
260.8
208
128
93.7
5.1
3.1
260
1,669
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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10
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13
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.353
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11
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12
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9
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.559
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8
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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
0
.471
6
11
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.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
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