most passing yards first three seasons through 2010

Peyton Manning had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his first 3 seasons, with 12,287 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player first three seasons through 2010
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
12,287
48
1,014
1,679
60.4
7.3
256.0
85
58
85.4
5.1
3.5
56
356
2Dan Marino
D. Marino
11,431
43
871
1,427
61.0
8.0
265.8
98
44
96.4
6.9
3.1
41
357
3Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
10,768
45
932
1,461
63.8
7.4
239.3
78
43
91.5
5.3
2.9
80
516
4Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
10,556
44
937
1,756
53.4
6.0
239.9
53
58
67.9
3.0
3.3
61
408
5Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
10,360
45
896
1,440
62.2
7.2
230.2
74
33
91.5
5.1
2.3
65
373
6Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
10,206
48
878
1,416
62.0
7.2
212.6
60
34
87.9
4.2
2.4
108
788
7Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
10,061
46
885
1,456
60.8
6.9
218.7
66
34
86.9
4.5
2.3
59
354
8Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
9,771
44
804
1,351
59.5
7.2
222.1
56
45
81.7
4.1
3.3
100
798
9Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
9,635
36
795
1,231
64.6
7.8
267.6
57
42
89.7
4.6
3.4
90
692
10Joe Namath
J. Namath
9,606
41
654
1,302
50.2
7.4
234.3
63
70
68.4
4.8
5.4
11Warren Moon
W. Moon
9,536
45
715
1,315
54.4
7.3
211.9
40
59
69.1
3.0
4.5
134
1,069
12Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
9,024
37
762
1,220
62.5
7.4
243.9
54
37
87.1
4.4
3.0
51
307
13Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
8,980
41
713
1,173
60.8
7.7
219.0
56
35
88.1
4.8
3.0
124
920
14Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
8,918
40
708
1,280
55.3
7.0
223.0
62
43
79.4
4.8
3.4
101
660
15Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
8,519
41
644
1,032
62.4
8.3
207.8
52
43
87.9
5.0
4.2
99
622
16Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
8,465
40
675
1,168
57.8
7.2
211.6
47
26
84.6
4.0
2.2
80
524
17Tony Banks
T. Banks
8,333
44
685
1,263
54.2
6.6
189.4
36
42
70.4
2.9
3.3
132
860
18Norm Snead
N. Snead
8,306
42
531
1,092
48.6
7.6
197.8
46
71
61.2
4.2
6.5
19Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
8,221
46
798
1,472
54.2
5.6
178.7
48
50
67.2
3.3
3.4
53
326
20John Elway
J. Elway
8,152
42
664
1,244
53.4
6.6
194.1
47
52
69.0
3.8
4.2
90
683
21David Carr
D. Carr
8,136
44
685
1,205
56.8
6.8
184.9
34
42
72.5
2.8
3.5
140
802
22Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
8,051
38
682
1,224
55.7
6.6
211.9
41
59
67.0
3.3
4.8
128
723
23Eli Manning
E. Manning
8,049
41
690
1,276
54.1
6.3
196.3
54
44
73.2
4.2
3.4
66
453
24Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
7,932
41
575
1,002
57.4
7.9
193.5
54
32
87.5
5.4
3.2
63
535
25Byron Leftwich
B. Leftwich
7,883
40
681
1,161
58.7
6.8
197.1
44
31
80.8
3.8
2.7
67
314
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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.706
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14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
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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
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8
9
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14
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.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
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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