most passing yards through first 42 games in nfl history

Patrick Mahomes has the most passing yards in his first 42 games, with 12,585 yards.

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most passing yards by a player through first 42 games in NFL history

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	12,585	42	983	1,502	65.4	8.4	299.6	104	21	108.8	6.9	1.4	66	443
2	Kurt Warner K. Warner	12,249	42	908	1,384	65.6	8.9	291.6	91	53	99.6	6.6	3.8	76	492
3	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	12,080	42	1,116	1,683	66.3	7.2	287.6	85	32	96.2	5.1	1.9	80	523
4	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	11,962	42	1,030	1,713	60.1	7.0	284.8	79	50	84.5	4.6	2.9	89	626
5	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	11,850	42	1,031	1,506	68.5	7.9	282.1	77	29	100.9	5.1	1.9	136	959
6	Andrew Luck A. Luck	11,589	42	958	1,639	58.5	7.1	275.9	71	42	84.0	4.3	2.6	91	559
7	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	11,449	42	936	1,457	64.2	7.9	272.6	67	50	89.4	4.6	3.4	116	870
8	Dan Marino D. Marino	11,449	42	859	1,409	61.0	8.1	272.6	95	45	95.9	6.7	3.2	38	313
9	Peyton Manning P. Manning	10,841	42	885	1,469	60.2	7.4	258.1	72	53	84.3	4.9	3.6	46	289
10	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	10,839	42	904	1,362	66.4	8.0	258.1	76	31	99.7	5.6	2.3	143	840
11	Carson Wentz C. Wentz	10,696	42	976	1,530	63.8	7.0	254.7	74	30	92.3	4.8	2.0	96	595
12	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	10,647	42	909	1,390	65.4	7.7	253.5	65	37	93.0	4.7	2.7	62	482
13	Jameis Winston J. Winston	10,607	42	863	1,431	60.3	7.4	252.5	64	41	86.2	4.5	2.9	85	567
14	Jared Goff J. Goff	10,552	42	855	1,394	61.3	7.6	251.2	67	28	92.4	4.8	2.0	92	669
15	Kyler Murray K. Murray	10,475	42	953	1,420	67.1	7.4	249.4	65	33	94.3	4.6	2.3	98	684
16	Blake Bortles B. Bortles	10,266	42	917	1,564	58.6	6.6	244.4	66	50	79.0	4.2	3.2	130	799
17	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	10,225	42	872	1,392	62.6	7.3	243.5	64	44	87.0	4.6	3.2	61	363
18	C.J. Stroud	10,116	42	856	1,339	63.9	7.6	240.9	56	22	93.9	4.2	1.6	116	957
19	Cam Newton C. Newton	10,099	42	779	1,301	59.9	7.8	240.5	56	37	86.8	4.3	2.8	99	724
20	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	10,091	42	891	1,673	53.3	6.0	240.3	49	56	67.4	2.9	3.3	58	376
21	Derek Carr D. Carr	10,057	42	953	1,557	61.2	6.5	239.5	73	29	87.9	4.7	1.9	66	424
22	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	9,994	42	832	1,347	61.8	7.4	238.0	70	42	88.8	5.2	3.1	82	548
23	Joe Namath J. Namath	9,908	42	671	1,331	50.4	7.4	235.9	65	71	69.2	4.9	5.3
24	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	9,901	42	858	1,328	64.6	7.5	235.7	72	38	93.1	5.4	2.9	74	470
25	Tua Tagovailoa T. Tagovailoa	9,891	42	848	1,275	66.5	7.8	235.5	66	28	97.9	5.2	2.2	67	493

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