nfl passing leaders from 1970 to 2018

Between the 1970 and 2018 seasons, Drew Brees had the most passing yards, with 74,437 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
74,437
264
6,586
9,783
67.3
7.6
282.0
520
233
97.7
5.3
2.4
395
2,813
2Peyton 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
3Brett 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
4Tom Brady
T. Brady
70,514
269
6,004
9,375
64.0
7.5
262.1
517
171
97.6
5.5
1.8
473
2,944
5Dan 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
6Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
56,194
216
4,616
7,168
64.4
7.8
260.2
363
190
94.2
5.1
2.7
501
3,313
7Eli Manning
E. Manning
55,981
232
4,804
7,972
60.3
7.0
241.3
360
239
84.1
4.5
3.0
406
2,826
8Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
54,656
212
4,518
7,000
64.5
7.8
257.8
374
178
95.6
5.3
2.5
412
2,502
9John 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
10Warren 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
11Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
46,720
174
4,052
6,201
65.3
7.5
268.5
295
133
94.9
4.8
2.1
321
2,133
12Carson 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
13Vinny 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
14Drew 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
15Dan 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
16Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
42,944
165
3,560
5,492
64.8
7.8
260.3
338
80
103.1
6.2
1.5
412
2,684
17Kerry 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
18Joe 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
19Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
38,526
141
3,372
5,405
62.4
7.1
273.2
237
129
88.4
4.4
2.4
329
2,105
20Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
38,245
163
3,499
5,670
61.7
6.7
234.6
212
136
84.1
3.7
2.4
333
2,360
21Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
38,147
213
3,105
5,311
58.5
7.2
179.1
261
199
81.5
4.9
3.7
494
3,794
22Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
37,920
187
2,969
5,205
57.0
7.3
202.8
247
184
81.1
4.7
3.5
318
2,438
23Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
37,276
167
3,170
5,374
59.0
6.9
223.2
234
117
85.6
4.4
2.2
410
2,626
24Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
36,638
209
3,222
5,330
60.5
6.9
175.3
212
153
82.4
4.0
2.9
360
2,260
25Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
35,467
160
2,874
4,779
60.1
7.4
221.7
237
175
84.4
5.0
3.7
323
2,427
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

Chris Olave
Team Rankings

PPG

18.0

28th

OPP PPG

22.5

16th

RUSH YDS/G

94.3

28th

PASS YDS/G

236.9

10th

2025 Division Standings
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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NFL 2025 Rankings

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NFL 2025 Standings

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