nfl most passing yards in a career for a qb

Tom Brady has the most career passing yards by a quarterback, with 89,214 yards.

NAME YDS GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Tom Brady
T. Brady
89,214
335
7,753
12,050
64.3
7.4
266.3
649
212
97.2
5.4
1.8
565
3,576
2 Drew Brees
D. Brees
80,358
287
7,142
10,551
67.7
7.6
280.0
571
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
3 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
71,940
266
6,125
9,380
65.3
7.7
270.5
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
4 Brett Favre
B. Favre
71,838
302
6,300
10,169
62.0
7.1
237.9
508
336
86.0
5.0
3.3
525
3,487
5 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
64,088
249
5,440
8,443
64.4
7.6
257.4
418
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
6 Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
63,538
251
5,425
8,331
65.1
7.6
253.1
510
119
102.6
6.1
1.4
578
3,954
7 Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
63,440
244
5,277
8,134
64.9
7.8
260.0
421
209
95.2
5.2
2.6
465
2,842
8 Matt 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
9 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
10 Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
60,548
225
5,237
8,261
63.4
7.3
269.1
382
190
91.3
4.6
2.3
507
3,394
11 Eli 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
12 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
13 Warren Moon
W. Moon
49,325
208
3,988
6,823
58.4
7.2
237.1
291
233
80.9
4.3
3.4
458
3,415
14 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
15 Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
46,913
202
3,947
6,111
64.6
7.7
232.2
353
114
99.4
5.8
1.9
567
3,731
16 Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
46,328
199
4,243
6,877
61.7
6.7
232.8
259
166
84.1
3.8
2.4
410
2,922
17 Carson 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
18 Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
46,233
233
3,787
6,701
56.5
6.9
198.4
275
267
75.0
4.1
4.0
417
2,992
19 Drew 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
20 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
21 Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
43,008
165
3,773
5,637
66.9
7.6
260.7
288
126
97.4
5.1
2.2
332
2,408
22 Derek 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
23 Kerry 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
24 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
25 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
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

20.0

21st

OPP PPG

22.7

18th

RUSH YDS/G

100.3

19th

PASS YDS/G

261.7

8th

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)
Sun
9/28
CAR CAR
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
8:20 PM
Sun
10/12
NE NE
@
NO NO
4:25 PM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
CLE CLE
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Last Game
NE Patriots

1 - 2 - 0

14

Final

21

PIT Steelers

2 - 1 - 0

Sun 21 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

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)
Mon
9/22
DET DET
@
BAL BAL
8:15 PM
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