most passing yards from 1997 to 2012

Between the 1997 and 2012 seasons, Peyton Manning had the most passing yards, with 59,487 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player from 1997 to 2012
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
59,487
224
5,082
7,793
65.2
7.6
265.6
436
209
95.7
5.6
2.7
252
1,620
2Brett Favre
B. Favre
53,114
221
4,633
7,477
62.0
7.1
240.3
361
257
85.1
4.8
3.4
356
2,423
3Drew Brees
D. Brees
45,919
170
4,035
6,149
65.6
7.5
270.1
324
165
94.3
5.3
2.7
234
1,698
4Tom Brady
T. Brady
44,806
177
3,798
5,958
63.7
7.5
253.1
334
123
96.6
5.6
2.1
303
1,894
5Donovan 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
6Kerry Collins
K. Collins
35,751
170
3,069
5,464
56.2
6.5
210.3
180
168
74.3
3.3
3.1
295
1,966
7Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
34,517
194
3,029
5,018
60.4
6.9
177.9
201
147
82.2
4.0
2.9
342
2,152
8Kurt 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
9Eli Manning
E. Manning
31,527
137
2,612
4,457
58.6
7.1
230.1
211
144
82.7
4.7
3.2
213
1,512
10Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
29,969
134
2,529
4,338
58.3
6.9
223.6
171
133
79.8
3.9
3.1
376
2,537
11Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
29,844
127
2,374
3,762
63.1
7.9
235.0
191
108
92.7
5.1
2.9
344
2,272
12Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
29,745
141
2,677
4,442
60.3
6.7
211.0
169
165
77.4
3.8
3.7
323
1,987
13Steve McNair
S. McNair
29,538
148
2,604
4,321
60.3
6.8
199.6
165
114
82.5
3.8
2.6
239
1,459
14Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
29,465
122
2,568
4,110
62.5
7.2
241.5
189
130
86.2
4.6
3.2
203
1,434
15Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
29,253
143
2,484
4,350
57.1
6.7
204.6
161
161
74.6
3.7
3.7
284
1,735
16Trent Green
T. Green
28,475
120
2,266
3,740
60.6
7.6
237.3
162
114
86.0
4.3
3.0
259
1,621
17Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
27,891
116
2,268
3,564
63.6
7.8
240.4
189
93
94.5
5.3
2.6
220
1,387
18Brad Johnson
B. Johnson
26,374
156
2,426
3,942
61.5
6.7
169.1
149
110
82.2
3.8
2.8
233
1,474
19Tony Romo
T. Romo
25,737
121
2,097
3,240
64.7
7.9
212.7
177
91
95.6
5.5
2.8
178
1,150
20Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
25,537
125
2,264
3,676
61.6
6.9
204.3
161
83
87.5
4.4
2.3
181
947
21Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
25,442
162
2,195
3,710
59.2
6.9
157.0
150
81
84.3
4.0
2.2
299
1,884
22Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
24,153
105
2,016
3,199
63.0
7.6
230.0
149
106
87.8
4.7
3.3
298
1,696
23Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
22,814
96
1,969
3,171
62.1
7.2
237.6
122
93
84.4
3.8
2.9
254
1,863
24Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
21,944
118
1,816
2,823
64.3
7.8
186.0
120
70
91.9
4.3
2.5
151
1,013
25Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
21,661
85
1,752
2,665
65.7
8.1
254.8
171
46
104.9
6.4
1.7
211
1,312
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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.765
12
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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