nfl most passing yards for a player before turning 39

Drew Brees has the most career passing yards by a quarterback younger than 39, with 70,445 yards.

Interpreted as:
NFL most passing yards for a player before turning 39 years old
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
70,445
249
6,222
9,294
66.9
7.6
282.9
488
228
96.7
5.3
2.5
378
2,692
2Peyton Manning
P. Manning
69,691
256
5,927
9,049
65.5
7.7
272.2
530
234
97.5
5.9
2.6
287
1,858
3Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
63,531
236
5,486
8,636
63.5
7.4
269.2
414
193
92.3
4.8
2.2
521
3,487
4Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
62,792
234
5,551
8,464
65.6
7.4
268.3
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
5Brett Favre
B. Favre
62,590
261
5,464
8,882
61.5
7.0
239.8
454
292
86.0
5.1
3.3
449
2,965
6Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
62,534
240
5,198
8,017
64.8
7.8
260.6
415
207
95.1
5.2
2.6
459
2,805
7Dan 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
8Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
60,348
233
5,050
7,838
64.4
7.7
259.0
396
201
94.0
5.1
2.6
516
3,438
9Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
58,042
225
4,905
7,510
65.3
7.7
258.0
470
102
103.9
6.3
1.4
522
3,525
10Tom Brady
T. Brady
58,028
225
4,953
7,792
63.6
7.4
257.9
428
150
96.4
5.5
1.9
402
2,509
11Eli Manning
E. Manning
57,023
236
4,895
8,119
60.3
7.0
241.6
366
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
12John 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
13Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
47,003
246
3,686
6,467
57.0
7.3
191.1
342
266
80.4
5.3
4.1
14Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
46,966
205
3,951
6,120
64.6
7.7
229.1
353
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
15Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
46,247
182
3,941
6,307
62.5
7.3
254.1
294
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
16Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
44,611
194
3,839
6,717
57.2
6.6
230.0
251
206
77.1
3.7
3.1
467
3,135
17Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
44,197
171
3,882
5,812
66.8
7.6
258.5
294
129
97.0
5.1
2.2
340
2,459
18Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
43,936
188
4,004
6,503
61.6
6.8
233.7
245
155
84.2
3.8
2.4
386
2,759
19Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
43,040
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
20Derek Carr
D. Carr
41,245
169
3,765
5,785
65.1
7.1
244.1
257
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
21Kerry Collins
K. Collins
40,922
198
3,487
6,261
55.7
6.5
206.7
208
196
73.8
3.3
3.1
337
2,230
22Joe Montana
J. Montana
40,551
192
3,409
5,391
63.2
7.5
211.2
273
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
23Warren Moon
W. Moon
40,398
166
3,237
5,531
58.5
7.3
243.4
231
194
80.6
4.2
3.5
368
2,821
24Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
39,793
179
3,539
5,651
62.6
7.0
222.3
254
151
87.5
4.5
2.7
363
2,372
25Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
39,544
193
3,210
5,726
56.1
6.9
204.9
244
233
74.8
4.3
4.1
356
2,614
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