most total yards by a qb in nfl history

Tom Brady has accounted for the most career yards by a quarterback, with 90,402 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing total yards by a qb in NFL history
NAMETOTALYDSGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
90,402
335
7,753
12,050
64.3
89,214
7.4
266.3
649
212
97.2
5.4
1.8
565
3,576
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
81,184
287
7,142
10,551
67.7
80,358
7.6
280.0
571
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
3Brett Favre
B. Favre
73,675
302
6,300
10,169
62.0
71,838
7.1
237.9
508
336
86.0
5.0
3.3
525
3,487
4Peyton Manning
P. Manning
72,605
266
6,125
9,380
65.3
71,940
7.7
270.5
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
5Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
69,125
261
5,617
8,616
65.2
65,546
7.6
251.1
525
123
102.5
6.1
1.4
594
4,061
6Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
65,449
249
5,440
8,443
64.4
64,088
7.6
257.4
418
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
7Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
64,876
236
5,486
8,636
63.5
63,531
7.4
269.2
414
193
92.3
4.8
2.2
521
3,487
8Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
64,336
234
5,551
8,464
65.6
62,792
7.4
268.3
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
9Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
64,147
245
5,295
8,161
64.9
63,560
7.8
259.4
422
210
95.1
5.2
2.6
466
2,844
10Dan Marino
D. Marino
61,442
242
4,967
8,358
59.4
61,361
7.3
253.6
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
11Eli Manning
E. Manning
57,590
236
4,895
8,119
60.3
57,023
7.0
241.6
366
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
12John Elway
J. Elway
54,943
234
4,123
7,250
56.9
51,475
7.1
220.0
300
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
13Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
52,555
205
3,951
6,120
64.6
46,966
7.7
229.1
353
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
14Warren Moon
W. Moon
51,061
208
3,988
6,823
58.4
49,325
7.2
237.1
291
233
80.9
4.3
3.4
458
3,415
15Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
50,665
246
3,686
6,467
57.0
47,003
7.3
191.1
342
266
80.4
5.3
4.1
274
2,337
16Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
49,101
206
4,413
7,161
61.6
48,148
6.7
233.7
272
172
84.1
3.8
2.4
422
3,000
17Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
47,900
233
3,787
6,701
56.5
46,233
6.9
198.4
275
267
75.0
4.1
4.0
417
2,992
18Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
46,721
182
3,941
6,307
62.5
46,247
7.3
254.1
294
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
19Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
45,366
194
3,839
6,717
57.2
44,611
6.6
230.0
251
206
77.1
3.7
3.1
467
3,135
20Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
45,163
171
3,882
5,812
66.8
44,197
7.6
258.5
294
129
97.0
5.1
2.2
340
2,459
21Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
43,516
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
43,040
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
22Joe Montana
J. Montana
42,227
192
3,409
5,391
63.2
40,551
7.5
211.2
273
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
23Derek Carr
D. Carr
42,192
169
3,765
5,785
65.1
41,245
7.1
244.1
257
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
24Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
42,017
211
2,830
5,186
54.6
40,239
7.8
190.7
290
253
78.2
5.6
4.9
74
590
25Kerry Collins
K. Collins
41,595
198
3,487
6,261
55.7
40,922
6.5
206.7
208
196
73.8
3.3
3.1
337
2,230
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6
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9
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