most passing yards in the nfl from 1980 to 2010

Between the 1980 and 2010 seasons, Brett Favre had the most passing yards, with 71,838 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player in the NFL from 1980 to 2010
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Brett 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
2Dan Marino
D. Marino
61,361
242
4,967
8,358
59.4
7.3
253.6
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
3Peyton Manning
P. Manning
54,828
208
4,682
7,210
64.9
7.6
263.6
399
198
94.9
5.5
2.7
231
1,483
4John Elway
J. Elway
51,475
234
4,123
7,250
56.9
7.1
220.0
300
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
5Warren Moon
W. Moon
49,325
208
3,988
6,823
58.4
7.2
237.1
291
233
80.9
4.3
3.4
458
3,415
6Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
46,233
233
3,787
6,701
56.5
6.9
198.4
275
267
75.0
4.1
4.0
417
2,992
7Drew 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
8Joe Montana
J. Montana
40,455
176
3,396
5,368
63.3
7.5
229.9
272
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
9Kerry Collins
K. Collins
40,441
195
3,439
6,163
55.8
6.6
207.4
206
195
73.9
3.3
3.2
332
2,190
10Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
38,147
213
3,105
5,311
58.5
7.2
179.1
261
199
81.5
4.9
3.7
494
3,794
11Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
37,920
187
2,969
5,205
57.0
7.3
202.8
247
184
81.1
4.7
3.5
318
2,438
12Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
36,250
161
3,076
5,218
58.9
6.9
225.2
230
115
85.7
4.4
2.2
394
2,513
13Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
35,467
160
2,874
4,779
60.1
7.4
221.7
237
175
84.4
5.0
3.7
323
2,427
14Drew Brees
D. Brees
35,266
138
3,145
4,822
65.2
7.3
255.6
235
132
91.7
4.9
2.7
184
1,350
15Jim Everett
J. Everett
34,837
158
2,841
4,923
57.7
7.1
220.5
203
175
78.6
4.1
3.6
257
1,885
16Tom Brady
T. Brady
34,744
145
2,996
4,710
63.6
7.4
239.6
261
103
95.2
5.5
2.2
244
1,539
17Steve Young
S. Young
33,124
169
2,667
4,149
64.3
8.0
196.0
232
107
96.8
5.6
2.6
358
2,055
18Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
32,942
165
2,898
4,715
61.5
7.0
199.6
165
141
81.6
3.5
3.0
259
1,748
19Kurt 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
20Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
32,045
177
2,760
4,637
59.5
6.9
181.0
184
108
84.0
4.0
2.3
390
2,395
21Phil Simms
P. Simms
31,719
152
2,442
4,382
55.7
7.2
208.7
186
143
79.2
4.2
3.3
438
3,099
22Steve McNair
S. McNair
31,304
161
2,733
4,544
60.1
6.9
194.4
174
119
82.8
3.8
2.6
254
1,567
23Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
29,979
161
2,429
4,289
56.6
7.0
186.2
207
134
81.5
4.8
3.1
484
3,537
24Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
29,658
138
2,671
4,432
60.3
6.7
214.9
168
163
77.5
3.8
3.7
323
1,987
25Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
29,579
170
2,572
4,279
60.1
6.9
174.0
176
128
82.2
4.1
3.0
309
1,896
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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.647
9
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.559
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8
9
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.471
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.471
8
9
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.471
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11
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NFC WestWLTPCT
14
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