nfl career passing leader before 2000

Before 2000, Dan Marino had the most passing yards, with 61,361 yards.

NAME YDS GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Dan 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
2 John 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
3 Warren Moon
W. Moon
49,117
206
3,973
6,789
58.5
7.2
238.4
290
232
81.0
4.3
3.4
453
3,369
4 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
47,003
246
3,686
6,467
57.0
7.3
191.1
342
266
80.4
5.3
4.1
274
2,337
5 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
43,040
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
6 Joe Montana
J. Montana
40,551
192
3,409
5,391
63.2
7.5
211.2
273
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
7 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
40,239
211
2,830
5,186
54.6
7.8
190.7
290
253
78.2
5.6
4.9
74
590
8 Dave 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
9 Boomer 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
10 Jim 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
11 Jim 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
12 Jim Hart
J. Hart
34,665
201
2,593
5,076
51.1
6.8
172.5
209
247
66.6
4.1
4.9
243
1,936
13 Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
34,241
206
2,874
5,024
57.2
6.8
166.2
196
204
74.2
3.9
4.1
296
2,469
14 John Hadl
J. Hadl
33,503
224
2,363
4,687
50.4
7.1
149.6
244
268
67.4
5.2
5.7
179
1,514
15 Phil Simms
P. Simms
33,462
164
2,576
4,647
55.4
7.2
204.0
199
157
78.5
4.3
3.4
477
3,418
16 Steve 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
17 Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
32,838
192
2,654
4,475
59.3
7.3
171.0
197
160
81.9
4.4
3.6
398
2,875
18 Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
32,575
157
2,569
4,613
55.7
7.1
207.5
205
191
75.5
4.4
4.1
316
2,359
19 Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
32,224
218
2,433
4,262
57.1
7.6
147.8
255
189
82.6
6.0
4.4
94
748
20 John Brodie
J. Brodie
31,548
201
2,469
4,491
55.0
7.0
157.0
214
224
72.3
4.8
5.0
47
380
21 Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
31,310
154
2,742
4,453
61.6
7.0
203.3
158
127
82.6
3.5
2.9
246
1,657
22 Brett Favre
B. Favre
30,894
129
2,659
4,351
61.1
7.1
239.5
235
141
87.1
5.4
3.2
267
1,686
23 Norm Snead
N. Snead
30,797
178
2,276
4,353
52.3
7.1
173.0
196
257
65.5
4.5
5.9
94
744
24 Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
29,817
186
2,369
4,519
52.4
6.6
160.3
196
209
68.4
4.3
4.6
312
2,710
25 Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
29,444
183
2,366
4,498
52.6
6.5
160.9
201
149
74.3
4.5
3.3
168
1,268
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PPG

18.7

25th

OPP PPG

32.3

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RUSH YDS/G

89.7

26th

PASS YDS/G

202.3

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2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
Jets Jets
0
3
0
.000
Dolphins Dolphins
0
3
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
9/29
NYJ NYJ
@
MIA MIA
7:15 PM
Sun
10/5
MIA MIA
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAC LAC
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
MIA MIA
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Last Game
BUF Bills

3 - 0 - 0

31

Final

21

MIA Dolphins

0 - 3 - 0

Thu 18 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Rams Rams
2
1
0
.667
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/25
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
8:15 PM
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM