nfl passing leaders 2001 to 2014

Between the 2001 and 2014 seasons, Peyton Manning had the most passing yards, with 57,404 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
57,404
208
4,913
7,370
66.7
7.8
276.0
445
176
100.3
6.0
2.4
231
1,502
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
56,033
202
4,937
7,458
66.2
7.5
277.4
396
194
95.4
5.3
2.6
300
2,128
3Tom Brady
T. Brady
53,252
208
4,550
7,165
63.5
7.4
256.0
392
143
95.9
5.5
2.0
364
2,284
4Eli Manning
E. Manning
39,755
169
3,308
5,609
59.0
7.1
235.2
259
185
82.4
4.6
3.3
280
1,980
5Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
39,057
159
3,157
4,954
63.7
7.9
245.6
251
131
93.9
5.1
2.6
419
2,726
6Brett Favre
B. Favre
37,132
157
3,303
5,238
63.1
7.1
236.5
253
179
86.0
4.8
3.4
225
1,565
7Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
36,655
148
3,025
4,678
64.7
7.8
247.7
252
122
95.7
5.4
2.6
286
1,726
8Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
35,365
144
3,071
4,906
62.6
7.2
245.6
224
155
86.3
4.6
3.2
253
1,782
9Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
34,803
169
3,053
5,045
60.5
6.9
205.9
201
148
82.3
4.0
2.9
342
2,148
10Tony Romo
T. Romo
33,270
151
2,743
4,210
65.2
7.9
220.3
242
110
97.6
5.7
2.6
242
1,637
11Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
32,963
139
2,734
4,589
59.6
7.2
237.1
205
97
87.7
4.5
2.1
337
2,160
12Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
28,578
110
2,286
3,475
65.8
8.2
259.8
226
57
106.0
6.5
1.6
260
1,603
13Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
28,166
110
2,508
3,916
64.0
7.2
256.1
181
91
91.1
4.6
2.3
188
1,240
14Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
27,749
119
2,390
3,871
61.7
7.2
233.2
183
130
85.2
4.7
3.4
256
1,627
15Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
25,531
112
2,213
3,657
60.5
7.0
228.0
148
90
84.8
4.0
2.5
241
1,709
16Kerry Collins
K. Collins
25,486
120
2,198
3,870
56.8
6.6
212.4
127
108
76.2
3.3
2.8
193
1,220
17Kurt Warner
K. Warner
24,523
96
2,102
3,213
65.4
7.6
255.4
146
97
91.0
4.5
3.0
211
1,353
18Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
24,311
139
2,040
3,191
63.9
7.6
174.9
130
86
89.5
4.1
2.7
175
1,199
19Trent Green
T. Green
22,971
96
1,843
2,990
61.6
7.7
239.3
123
98
85.5
4.1
3.3
186
1,138
20Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
22,814
96
1,969
3,171
62.1
7.2
237.6
122
93
84.4
3.8
2.9
254
1,863
21Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
22,193
102
2,019
3,312
61.0
6.7
217.6
120
120
77.8
3.6
3.6
244
1,541
22Michael Vick
M. Vick
22,093
138
1,767
3,151
56.1
7.0
160.1
131
87
80.4
4.2
2.8
306
1,826
23Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
21,714
77
1,848
3,099
59.6
7.0
282.0
131
85
83.6
4.2
2.7
161
1,096
24Alex Smith
A. Smith
20,858
110
1,901
3,149
60.4
6.6
189.6
122
76
82.8
3.9
2.4
280
1,621
25Jake Delhomme
J. Delhomme
20,454
101
1,699
2,856
59.5
7.2
202.5
123
96
81.8
4.3
3.4
162
1,225
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts
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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
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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
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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