nfl passing yards leaders 1925 to 2023

Between the 1925 and 2023 seasons, Tom Brady had the most passing yards, with 89,214 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
89,214
335
7,753
12,050
64.3
7.4
266.3
649
212
97.2
5.4
1.8
565
3,576
2Drew 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
3Peyton 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
4Brett 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
5Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
64,088
249
5,440
8,443
64.4
7.6
257.4
418
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
6Philip 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
7Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
62,792
234
5,551
8,464
65.6
7.4
268.3
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
8Dan 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
9Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
59,055
231
5,001
7,661
65.3
7.7
255.6
475
105
103.6
6.2
1.4
531
3,606
10Eli 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
11Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
56,047
206
4,834
7,649
63.2
7.3
272.1
357
180
91.0
4.7
2.4
474
3,152
12John 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
13Warren 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
14Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
47,003
246
3,686
6,467
57.0
7.3
191.1
342
266
80.4
5.3
4.1
274
2,337
15Carson 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
16Vinny 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
17Drew 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
18Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
43,936
188
4,004
6,503
61.6
6.8
233.7
245
155
84.2
3.8
2.4
386
2,759
19Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
43,653
188
3,668
5,665
64.7
7.7
232.2
334
106
100.0
5.9
1.9
527
3,464
20Dan 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
21Kerry 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
22Joe 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
23Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
40,239
211
2,830
5,186
54.6
7.8
190.7
290
253
78.2
5.6
4.9
74
590
24Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
39,471
150
3,465
5,177
66.9
7.6
263.1
270
110
98.2
5.2
2.1
304
2,207
25Derek Carr
D. Carr
39,100
159
3,576
5,506
64.9
7.1
245.9
242
107
92.3
4.4
1.9
295
1,842
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
3
14
0
.176
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13

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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