nfl passing leaders 2000 to 2020

Between the 2000 and 2020 seasons, Drew Brees had the most passing yards, with 80,358 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew 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
2Tom Brady
T. Brady
79,204
301
6,778
10,598
64.0
7.5
263.1
581
191
97.3
5.5
1.8
521
3,272
3Peyton Manning
P. Manning
64,066
234
5,468
8,272
66.1
7.7
273.8
487
208
98.6
5.9
2.5
267
1,728
4Philip 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
5Ben 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
6Eli 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
7Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
55,767
205
4,867
7,443
65.4
7.5
272.0
347
158
94.5
4.7
2.1
410
2,706
8Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
51,245
197
4,285
6,587
65.1
7.8
260.1
412
89
103.9
6.3
1.4
468
3,150
9Carson 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
10Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
45,109
165
3,898
6,224
62.6
7.2
273.4
282
144
89.9
4.5
2.3
385
2,496
11Brett Favre
B. Favre
40,944
173
3,641
5,818
62.6
7.0
236.7
273
195
85.2
4.7
3.4
258
1,801
12Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
40,931
176
3,744
6,066
61.7
6.7
232.6
224
144
84.1
3.7
2.4
366
2,623
13Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
36,597
193
3,219
5,320
60.5
6.9
189.6
211
153
82.4
4.0
2.9
359
2,251
14Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
36,328
155
3,064
5,158
59.4
7.0
234.4
226
110
86.7
4.4
2.1
382
2,422
15Alex Smith
A. Smith
35,650
174
3,250
5,193
62.6
6.9
204.9
199
109
86.9
3.8
2.1
432
2,463
16Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
35,133
153
3,048
4,920
62.0
7.1
229.6
227
160
85.3
4.6
3.3
322
2,035
17Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
34,977
165
3,069
5,054
60.7
6.9
212.0
223
169
82.3
4.4
3.3
299
1,574
18Tony Romo
T. Romo
34,183
156
2,829
4,335
65.3
7.9
219.1
248
117
97.1
5.7
2.7
248
1,672
19Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
33,946
144
2,820
4,335
65.1
7.8
235.7
267
81
101.7
6.2
1.9
394
2,572
20Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
33,764
144
2,973
4,782
62.2
7.1
234.5
218
126
87.5
4.6
2.6
302
1,922
21Cam Newton
C. Newton
31,698
140
2,613
4,348
60.1
7.3
226.4
190
118
85.8
4.4
2.7
322
2,394
22Kerry Collins
K. Collins
29,096
136
2,509
4,399
57.0
6.6
213.9
149
121
77.0
3.4
2.8
221
1,463
23Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
28,372
109
2,453
3,662
67.0
7.7
260.3
190
84
97.9
5.2
2.3
213
1,571
24Kurt Warner
K. Warner
27,952
107
2,337
3,560
65.6
7.9
261.2
167
115
91.7
4.7
3.2
231
1,468
25Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
26,995
116
2,345
3,678
63.8
7.3
232.7
178
88
92.0
4.8
2.4
303
2,270
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

2,384

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RUSH

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18.0

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OPP PPG

22.5

16th

RUSH YDS/G

94.3

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PASS YDS/G

236.9

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TEAMWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
Saints Saints
6
11
0
.353
Last Game
NO Saints

6 - 11

17

Final

19

ATL Falcons

8 - 9

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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