most passing yards by quarterbacks 40 years old

Tom Brady has the most career passing yards by a 40-year-old quarterback, with 4,577 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	Age	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Tom Brady T. Brady	4,577	40	16	385	581	66.3	7.9	286.1	32	8	102.8	5.5	1.4	35	201
2	Brett Favre B. Favre	3,962	41	15	338	503	67.2	7.9	264.1	27	12	98.9	5.4	2.4	31	230
3	Drew Brees D. Brees	2,979	40	11	281	378	74.3	7.9	270.8	27	4	116.3	7.1	1.1	12	89
4	Warren Moon W. Moon	2,818	41	11	241	409	58.9	6.9	256.2	17	13	80.5	4.2	3.2	16	115
5	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	2,627	41	12	262	419	62.5	6.3	218.9	19	8	87.5	4.5	1.9	28	215
6	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	2,479	40	13	251	416	60.3	6.0	190.7	15	10	79.2	3.6	2.4	18	118
7	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	2,051	41	8	164	263	62.4	7.8	256.4	9	10	82.1	3.4	3.8	14	85
8	Matt Hasselbeck M. Hasselbeck	1,690	40	8	156	256	60.9	6.6	211.3	9	5	84.0	3.5	2.0	16	101
9	Vince Evans V. Evans	1,236	40	9	100	175	57.1	7.1	137.3	6	8	71.5	3.4	4.6	11	70
10	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	1,185	40	14	107	167	64.1	7.1	84.6	11	5	94.5	6.6	3.0
11	Len Dawson L. Dawson	1,095	40	12	93	140	66.4	7.8	91.3	5	4	90.0	3.6	2.9
12	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	559	40	8	35	85	41.2	6.6	69.9	7	6	61.8	8.2	7.1
13	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	471	40	5	34	76	44.7	6.2	94.2	3	7	40.0	3.9	9.2
14	Brad Johnson B. Johnson	427	40	15	41	78	52.6	5.5	28.5	2	5	50.5	2.6	6.4	8	54
15	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	301	40	14	17	27	63.0	11.1	21.5	2	3	86.1	7.4	11.1
16	George Blanda G. Blanda	174	40	13	12	31	38.7	5.6	13.4	2	3	39.7	6.5	9.7
17	Mark Brunell M. Brunell	117	41	3	7	13	53.8	9.0	39.0	2	1	92.0	15.4	7.7	1	7
18	Zeke Bratkowski Z. Bratkowski	106	40	3	5	12	41.7	8.8	35.3	2	3	73.6	16.7	25.0
19	Doug Flutie D. Flutie	64	40	1	3	11	27.3	5.8	64.0	0	0	51.3	0.0	0.0	0	0
20	Jim Hart J. Hart	26	40	2	3	7	42.9	3.7	13.0	0	0	53.3	0.0	0.0	0	0
21	Josh McCown J. McCown	24	40	3	3	5	60.0	4.8	8.0	0	0	72.1	0.0	0.0	0	0
22	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	21	40	1	2	8	25.0	2.6	21.0	0	2	0.0	0.0	25.0	0	0
23	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	3	40	2	1	2	50.0	1.5	1.5	0	0	56.3	0.0	0.0	0	0

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PASS

854

Maye

RUSH

163

Stevenson

REC

209

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Team Rankings

PPG

16.3

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OPP PPG

19.3

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RUSH YDS/G

117.8

10th

PASS YDS/G

225.0

18th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Bills	3	1	.750
Patriots	2	2	.500
Jets	1	3	.250
Dolphins	0	4	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/11	LV	@	NE	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	NYJ	@	NE	1:00 PM
Thu 10/22	NE	@	CHI	8:15 PM
Sun 11/1	NE	@	MIA	4:25 PM
Sun 11/8	GB	@	NE	4:25 PM

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2 - 2

Final

Bills

3 - 1

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Pass Yards Leaders

1,268

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1,214

Goff

1,203

Shough

Rush Yards Leaders

537

Walker

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Robinson

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Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

498

Lamb

491

Olave

481

Smith-Njigba

Pass TD Leaders

11

Purdy

11

Cousins

9

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

7

Allen

7

Henry

6

Taylor

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

126.2

Purdy

119.6

Jackson

111.2

Lawrence

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

5.5

Turner

4.5

Anderson

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31.8

30.5

30.3

29.8

29.5

Opp PPG Rankings

12.8

13.3

16.0

16.3

18.3

19.3

Total Yards Rankings

429.0

417.0

412.0

405.8

395.0

389.3

Rush Yards Rankings

196.3

181.0

162.3

153.5

139.0

137.3

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

303.5

300.8

300.5

292.8

285.3

Sack Leaders

16.0

15.0

14.0

12.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

98.1

Walker

94

Gibbs

91.4

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

84.7

Smith-Njigba

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Lamb

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St. Brown

Fantasy TE Rankings

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Kittle

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Worst Record ATS

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	0	.750
Eagles	2	2	0	.500
Cowboys	2	2	0	.500
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	4	0	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	2	0	.500
Saints	1	3	0	.250
Buccaneers	0	4	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	4	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	1	0	.750
Rams	2	2	0	.500
Cardinals	1	3	0	.250

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	1	0	.750
Patriots	2	2	0	.500
Jets	1	3	0	.250
Dolphins	0	4	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	3	1	0	.750
Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	1	0	.750
Broncos	2	2	0	.500
Chargers	0	4	0	.000