most yards by a quarterback before age 29

Matthew Stafford has the most career passing yards by a quarterback younger than 29, with 30,303 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a quarterback before age 29
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
30,303
109
2,634
4,285
61.5
7.1
278.0
187
108
86.8
4.4
2.5
242
1,563
2Peyton Manning
P. Manning
29,442
112
2,464
3,880
63.5
7.6
262.9
216
120
92.3
5.6
3.1
139
941
3Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
29,257
122
2,504
4,452
56.2
6.6
239.8
164
136
75.9
3.7
3.1
257
1,757
4Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
28,866
98
2,424
3,643
66.5
7.9
294.6
222
66
103.3
6.1
1.8
152
1,004
5Dan Marino
D. Marino
28,108
104
2,196
3,684
59.6
7.6
270.3
222
128
89.2
6.0
3.5
83
670
6Jared Goff
J. Goff
27,119
105
2,361
3,661
64.5
7.4
258.3
164
73
93.3
4.5
2.0
194
1,432
7Josh Allen
J. Allen
26,434
111
2,296
3,628
63.3
7.3
238.1
195
84
93.4
5.4
2.3
189
1,150
8Cam Newton
C. Newton
25,074
109
2,001
3,420
58.5
7.3
230.0
158
94
85.3
4.6
2.7
256
1,943
9Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
24,820
95
2,285
3,438
66.5
7.2
261.3
163
58
96.3
4.7
1.7
225
1,416
10Brett Favre
B. Favre
23,881
102
2,080
3,373
61.7
7.1
234.1
192
102
89.3
5.7
3.0
207
1,319
11Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
23,472
94
2,093
3,288
63.7
7.1
249.7
153
77
90.6
4.7
2.3
157
1,035
12Derek Carr
D. Carr
22,793
94
2,120
3,313
64.0
6.9
242.5
143
62
90.7
4.3
1.9
171
1,042
13Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
22,608
116
1,870
2,888
64.8
7.8
194.9
187
56
102.2
6.5
1.9
228
1,247
14Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
22,502
99
1,766
2,800
63.1
8.0
227.3
144
86
92.5
5.1
3.1
274
1,821
15Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
22,083
85
1,924
2,889
66.6
7.6
259.8
143
50
98.7
4.9
1.7
176
1,036
16Jameis Winston
J. Winston
21,840
86
1,738
2,834
61.3
7.7
254.0
139
96
87.5
4.9
3.4
193
1,229
17Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
21,545
96
1,869
3,103
60.2
6.9
224.4
121
78
83.7
3.9
2.5
222
1,542
18Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
21,222
91
1,732
2,692
64.3
7.9
233.2
150
53
98.9
5.6
2.0
231
1,438
19Drew Brees
D. Brees
21,189
91
1,921
3,015
63.7
7.0
232.8
134
82
87.9
4.4
2.7
126
938
20Kyler Murray
K. Murray
20,460
87
1,974
2,941
67.1
7.0
235.2
121
60
92.2
4.1
2.0
195
1,413
21Sam Darnold
S. Darnold
20,431
100
1,766
2,833
62.3
7.2
204.3
123
82
86.5
4.3
2.9
224
1,493
22Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
20,342
96
1,705
2,911
58.6
7.0
211.9
105
73
81.6
3.6
2.5
230
1,431
23Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
20,332
89
1,750
2,825
61.9
7.2
228.4
130
74
88.1
4.6
2.6
210
1,338
24Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
20,222
112
1,410
2,613
54.0
7.7
180.6
163
126
80.0
6.2
4.8
25Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
20,204
80
1,633
2,492
65.5
8.1
252.6
160
45
104.4
6.4
1.8
197
1,231
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6
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9
7
1
.559
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8
0
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8
0
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176