nfl passing leaders 2005 to 2017

Between the 2005 and 2017 seasons, Drew Brees had the most passing yards, with 61,673 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
61,673
206
5,420
7,985
67.9
7.7
299.4
432
190
98.9
5.4
2.4
313
2,191
2Tom Brady
T. Brady
52,234
189
4,386
6,787
64.6
7.7
276.4
391
108
100.6
5.8
1.6
322
2,010
3Eli Manning
E. Manning
50,639
207
4,329
7,199
60.1
7.0
244.6
333
219
84.2
4.6
3.0
346
2,385
4Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
50,315
194
4,166
6,484
64.3
7.8
259.4
341
166
94.8
5.3
2.6
379
2,288
5Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
48,444
186
3,968
6,198
64.0
7.8
260.5
312
163
93.8
5.0
2.6
447
2,934
6Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
43,350
169
3,678
5,875
62.6
7.4
256.5
276
169
88.7
4.7
2.9
315
2,186
7Peyton Manning
P. Manning
42,498
154
3,661
5,500
66.6
7.7
276.0
323
131
99.4
5.9
2.4
164
1,012
8Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
41,796
158
3,630
5,593
64.9
7.5
264.5
260
126
93.4
4.6
2.3
279
1,837
9Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
38,502
149
3,188
4,895
65.1
7.9
258.4
313
78
103.8
6.4
1.6
363
2,331
10Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
35,780
154
3,267
5,291
61.7
6.8
232.3
200
130
84.1
3.8
2.5
317
2,281
11Jay 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
12Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
34,749
125
3,005
4,850
62.0
7.2
278.0
216
118
88.3
4.5
2.4
289
1,850
13Tony Romo
T. Romo
34,183
150
2,829
4,335
65.3
7.9
227.9
248
117
97.1
5.7
2.7
248
1,672
14Alex Smith
A. Smith
31,888
156
2,877
4,613
62.4
6.9
204.4
183
96
87.4
4.0
2.1
388
2,203
15Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
26,991
133
2,411
4,039
59.7
6.7
202.9
173
136
79.9
4.3
3.4
231
1,224
16Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
25,534
109
2,217
3,556
62.3
7.2
234.3
167
93
88.7
4.7
2.6
220
1,332
17Cam Newton
C. Newton
25,074
109
2,001
3,420
58.5
7.3
230.0
158
94
85.3
4.6
2.7
256
1,943
18Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
24,537
139
2,060
3,204
64.3
7.7
176.5
132
86
90.1
4.1
2.7
174
1,212
19Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
24,172
118
2,174
3,574
60.8
6.8
204.8
140
105
81.8
3.9
2.9
222
1,454
20Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
22,176
96
1,815
2,834
64.0
7.8
231.0
161
56
98.8
5.7
2.0
248
1,597
21Brett Favre
B. Favre
22,104
93
1,994
3,166
63.0
7.0
237.7
132
110
83.1
4.2
3.5
146
996
22Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
20,350
82
1,663
2,788
59.6
7.3
248.2
116
60
87.1
4.2
2.2
195
1,276
23Andrew Luck
A. Luck
19,078
70
1,570
2,651
59.2
7.2
272.5
132
68
87.3
5.0
2.6
156
990
24Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
19,049
80
1,805
2,887
62.5
6.6
238.1
101
57
85.1
3.5
2.0
190
1,338
25Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
18,455
77
1,653
2,637
62.7
7.0
239.7
106
66
86.5
4.0
2.5
213
1,606
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,384

Shough

Tyler Shough

RUSH

471

Kamara

Alvin Kamara

REC

1,163

Olave

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PPG

18.0

28th

OPP PPG

22.5

16th

RUSH YDS/G

94.3

28th

PASS YDS/G

236.9

10th

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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