most total yards by a qb in their first 16 seasons including playoffs

Peyton Manning accounted for the most yards by a quarterback in the regular-season and playoffs in his first 16 seasons, with 77,186 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing total yards by a qb in their first 16 seasons including playoffs
NAMETOTALYDSGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
77,186
280
6,525
9,984
65.4
76,491
7.7
273.2
568
258
96.7
5.7
2.6
318
2,081
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
70,489
244
6,142
9,222
66.6
69,650
7.6
285.5
489
226
96.5
5.3
2.5
377
2,674
3Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
67,051
244
5,788
8,815
65.7
65,464
7.4
268.3
401
190
93.9
4.5
2.2
513
3,423
4Tom Brady
T. Brady
67,039
256
5,691
8,975
63.4
65,985
7.4
257.8
484
178
95.3
5.4
2.0
454
2,850
5Brett Favre
B. Favre
64,242
261
5,422
8,886
61.0
62,402
7.0
239.1
448
299
85.0
5.0
3.4
456
3,009
6Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
64,229
232
5,416
8,530
63.5
62,805
7.4
270.7
396
194
91.7
4.6
2.3
524
3,496
7Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
63,392
239
5,073
7,906
64.2
61,801
7.8
258.6
393
215
93.4
5.0
2.7
554
3,671
8Dan Marino
D. Marino
63,221
247
5,120
8,621
59.4
63,132
7.3
255.6
438
257
86.6
5.1
3.0
280
1,986
9Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
62,574
239
5,119
7,946
64.4
61,927
7.8
259.1
411
208
94.6
5.2
2.6
469
2,889
10Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
60,463
218
4,766
7,332
65.0
56,914
7.8
261.1
457
102
103.6
6.2
1.4
518
3,488
11Eli Manning
E. Manning
60,450
248
5,137
8,519
60.3
59,838
7.0
241.3
384
253
84.3
4.5
3.0
438
3,025
12John Elway
J. Elway
60,391
256
4,478
7,901
56.7
56,439
7.1
220.5
327
247
79.8
4.1
3.1
555
4,103
13Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
57,144
222
4,246
6,600
64.3
51,022
7.7
229.8
380
126
99.1
5.8
1.9
623
4,039
14Warren Moon
W. Moon
53,835
216
4,232
7,192
58.8
51,987
7.2
240.7
307
246
81.2
4.3
3.4
477
3,547
15Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
48,462
204
4,291
6,996
61.3
47,466
6.8
232.7
271
167
84.4
3.9
2.4
418
2,982
16Joe Montana
J. Montana
48,313
215
3,869
6,125
63.2
46,323
7.6
215.5
318
160
92.7
5.2
2.6
359
2,368
17Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
47,519
186
4,008
6,425
62.4
47,043
7.3
252.9
299
194
87.5
4.7
3.0
349
2,429
18Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
47,119
231
3,317
5,892
56.3
43,385
7.4
187.8
318
235
81.0
5.4
4.0
244
1,995
19Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
46,708
201
3,968
6,969
56.9
45,946
6.6
228.6
257
218
76.3
3.7
3.1
484
3,266
20Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
45,656
188
3,456
5,890
58.7
45,165
7.7
240.2
266
258
79.7
4.5
4.4
332
2,399
21Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
45,441
173
3,919
5,860
66.9
44,475
7.6
257.1
295
128
97.1
5.0
2.2
350
2,546
22Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
44,902
183
3,511
5,951
59.0
41,028
6.9
224.2
258
134
85.0
4.3
2.3
458
2,934
23Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
44,318
144
3,551
5,333
66.6
41,143
7.7
285.7
309
91
101.9
5.8
1.7
254
1,648
24Kerry Collins
K. Collins
42,704
202
3,580
6,404
55.9
41,997
6.6
207.9
218
206
73.9
3.4
3.2
342
2,246
25Derek Carr
D. Carr
42,522
170
3,794
5,839
65.0
41,555
7.1
244.4
258
113
92.5
4.4
1.9
306
1,918
StatMuse has season-level data for total yards going back to the 1932 season.

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138.8

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259.0

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Colts Colts
8
3
0
.727
Jaguars Jaguars
7
4
0
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Texans Texans
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5
0
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10
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12/28
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20

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KC Chiefs

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
10
2
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Bills Bills
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4
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.636
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Ravens Ravens
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Steelers Steelers
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5
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AFC SouthWLTPCT
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3
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Jaguars Jaguars
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4
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2
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NFC EastWLTPCT
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3
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.727
Cowboys Cowboys
5
5
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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8
3
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.727
Packers Packers
7
3
1
.682
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
5
0
.545
Panthers Panthers
6
6
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
9
2
0
.818
Seahawks Seahawks
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3
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.727

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

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Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
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PHI PHI
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9/4
KC KC
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LAC LAC
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9/6
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JAX JAX
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