most passing yards in 16 or less seasons

Matt Ryan had the most passing yards when playing at most 16 seasons, with 62,792 yards.

Interpreted as:

most passing yards by a player in 16 or less seasons

	NAME	YDS	SEAS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	62,792	15	234	5,551	8,464	65.6	7.4	268.3	381	183	93.6	4.5	2.2	488	3,267
2	Eli Manning E. Manning	57,023	16	236	4,895	8,119	60.3	7.0	241.6	366	244	84.1	4.5	3.0	411	2,870
3	John Elway J. Elway	51,475	16	234	4,123	7,250	56.9	7.1	220.0	300	226	79.9	4.1	3.1	516	3,785
4	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	46,966	14	205	3,951	6,120	64.6	7.7	229.1	353	114	99.3	5.8	1.9	570	3,749
5	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	46,247	14	182	3,941	6,307	62.5	7.3	254.1	294	187	87.9	4.7	3.0	340	2,364
6	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	44,700	14	174	3,934	5,899	66.7	7.6	256.9	298	131	96.8	5.1	2.2	345	2,487
7	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	44,611	14	194	3,839	6,717	57.2	6.6	230.0	251	206	77.1	3.7	3.1	467	3,135
8	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	43,040	15	181	3,297	5,604	58.8	7.7	237.8	254	242	80.2	4.5	4.3	319	2,304
9	Derek Carr D. Carr	41,245	11	169	3,765	5,785	65.1	7.1	244.1	257	112	92.8	4.4	1.9	303	1,890
10	Joe Montana J. Montana	40,551	15	192	3,409	5,391	63.2	7.5	211.2	273	139	92.3	5.1	2.6	313	2,095
11	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	39,793	15	179	3,539	5,651	62.6	7.0	222.3	254	151	87.5	4.5	2.7	363	2,372
12	Jared Goff J. Goff	39,622	10	151	3,440	5,224	65.8	7.6	262.4	256	102	96.8	4.9	2.0	286	2,074
13	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	37,920	14	187	2,969	5,205	57.0	7.3	202.8	247	184	81.1	4.7	3.5	318	2,438
14	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	37,276	13	167	3,170	5,374	59.0	6.9	223.2	234	117	85.6	4.4	2.2	410	2,626
15	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	35,989	10	139	3,184	4,759	66.9	7.6	258.9	243	92	98.3	5.1	1.9	287	1,737
16	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	35,939	9	126	3,093	4,673	66.2	7.7	285.2	267	85	100.8	5.7	1.8	218	1,412
17	Alex Smith A. Smith	35,650	14	174	3,250	5,193	62.6	6.9	204.9	199	109	86.9	3.8	2.1	432	2,463
18	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	35,467	11	160	2,874	4,779	60.1	7.4	221.7	237	175	84.4	5.0	3.7	323	2,427
19	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	35,133	12	153	3,048	4,920	62.0	7.1	229.6	227	160	85.3	4.6	3.3	322	2,035
20	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	34,881	11	155	3,063	4,764	64.3	7.3	225.0	216	115	91.2	4.5	2.4	415	3,065
21	Jim Everett J. Everett	34,837	12	158	2,841	4,923	57.7	7.1	220.5	203	175	78.6	4.1	3.6	257	1,885
22	Tony Romo T. Romo	34,183	13	156	2,829	4,335	65.3	7.9	219.1	248	117	97.1	5.7	2.7	248	1,672
23	John Hadl J. Hadl	33,503	16	224	2,363	4,687	50.4	7.1	149.6	244	268	67.4	5.2	5.7	179	1,514
24	Phil Simms P. Simms	33,462	14	164	2,576	4,647	55.4	7.2	204.0	199	157	78.5	4.3	3.4	477	3,418
25	Steve Young S. Young	33,124	15	169	2,667	4,149	64.3	8.0	196.0	232	107	96.8	5.6	2.6	358	2,055

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Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
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Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
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Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
Lions - e	9	8	0	.529
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Buccaneers - e	8	9	0	.471
Falcons - e	8	9	0	.471
Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176