nfl passing leaders 2001 to 2023 including playoffs

Between the 2001 and 2023 seasons, Tom Brady had the most passing yards in the regular-season and playoffs, with 102,608 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Tom Brady T. Brady	102,608	382	8,952	13,968	64.1	7.3	268.6	737	252	96.2	5.3	1.8	646	4,088
2	Drew Brees D. Brees	85,724	305	7,623	11,272	67.6	7.6	281.1	608	258	98.6	5.4	2.3	449	3,197
3	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	70,060	272	5,938	9,231	64.3	7.6	257.6	454	239	92.9	4.9	2.6	607	4,035
4	Peyton Manning P. Manning	66,571	243	5,724	8,654	66.1	7.7	274.0	493	218	97.7	5.7	2.5	287	1,895
5	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	66,405	256	5,515	8,535	64.6	7.8	259.4	437	219	94.7	5.1	2.6	488	3,007
6	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	65,464	244	5,788	8,815	65.7	7.4	268.3	401	190	93.9	4.5	2.2	513	3,423
7	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	64,949	253	5,502	8,435	65.2	7.7	256.7	520	118	103.2	6.2	1.4	586	3,973
8	Eli Manning E. Manning	59,838	248	5,137	8,519	60.3	7.0	241.3	384	253	84.3	4.5	3.0	438	3,025
9	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	58,510	214	5,031	7,942	63.3	7.4	273.4	372	186	91.4	4.7	2.3	489	3,243
10	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	47,466	204	4,291	6,996	61.3	6.8	232.7	271	167	84.4	3.9	2.4	418	2,982
11	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	47,439	204	3,943	6,116	64.5	7.8	232.5	359	118	99.7	5.9	1.9	576	3,735
12	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	47,043	186	4,008	6,425	62.4	7.3	252.9	299	194	87.5	4.7	3.0	349	2,429
13	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	40,518	155	3,568	5,332	66.9	7.6	261.4	275	111	98.0	5.2	2.1	318	2,322
14	Brett Favre B. Favre	39,597	167	3,514	5,580	63.0	7.1	237.1	272	197	85.7	4.9	3.5	237	1,646
15	Derek Carr D. Carr	39,410	160	3,605	5,560	64.8	7.1	246.3	243	108	92.1	4.4	1.9	298	1,870
16	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	39,384	173	3,496	5,612	62.3	7.0	227.7	247	150	86.8	4.4	2.7	360	2,342
17	Matt Hasselbeck M. Hasselbeck	39,234	188	3,446	5,707	60.4	6.9	208.7	228	162	82.5	4.0	2.8	377	2,364
18	Alex Smith A. Smith	37,395	181	3,406	5,446	62.5	6.9	206.6	213	111	87.4	3.9	2.0	450	2,565
19	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	36,373	153	3,031	5,092	59.5	7.1	237.7	226	112	87.1	4.4	2.2	377	2,417
20	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	35,635	160	3,132	4,874	64.3	7.3	222.7	223	120	91.1	4.6	2.5	422	3,119
21	Tony Romo T. Romo	35,499	162	2,943	4,520	65.1	7.9	219.1	256	119	97.0	5.7	2.6	270	1,842
22	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	35,487	155	3,069	4,962	61.9	7.2	228.9	229	161	85.3	4.6	3.2	327	2,063
23	Ryan Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	34,990	166	3,072	5,060	60.7	6.9	210.8	223	169	82.3	4.4	3.3	300	1,576
24	Cam Newton C. Newton	34,203	155	2,816	4,698	59.9	7.3	220.7	204	130	85.3	4.3	2.8	352	2,656
25	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	33,559	114	2,842	4,262	66.7	7.9	294.4	260	71	103.9	6.1	1.7	183	1,209

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Patriots - y	14	3	0	.824
Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
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Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
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Jaguars - y	13	4	0	.765
Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
Titans - e	3	14	0	.176
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Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
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