nfl passing yards leaders 1986 to 2005

Between the 1986 and 2005 seasons, Brett Favre had the most passing yards, with 53,615 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Brett Favre
B. Favre
53,615
225
4,678
7,610
61.5
7.0
238.3
396
255
86.0
5.2
3.4
403
2,661
2Dan Marino
D. Marino
49,930
199
4,096
6,931
59.1
7.2
250.9
322
208
84.3
4.6
3.0
229
1,573
3Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
45,252
223
3,691
6,526
56.6
6.9
202.9
269
261
75.2
4.1
4.0
408
2,946
4Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
43,447
188
3,749
6,548
57.3
6.6
231.1
244
198
77.3
3.7
3.0
451
3,028
5John Elway
J. Elway
43,323
192
3,459
6,006
57.6
7.2
225.6
253
174
82.1
4.2
2.9
426
3,102
6Warren Moon
W. Moon
43,278
178
3,529
5,996
58.9
7.2
243.1
264
200
82.0
4.4
3.3
365
2,678
7Jim 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
8Jim Everett
J. Everett
34,837
158
2,841
4,923
57.7
7.1
220.5
203
175
78.6
4.1
3.6
257
1,885
9Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
33,947
162
2,667
4,672
57.1
7.3
209.5
217
169
80.3
4.6
3.6
281
2,097
10Kerry Collins
K. Collins
33,637
152
2,826
5,082
55.6
6.6
221.3
173
166
73.7
3.4
3.3
296
1,937
11Peyton Manning
P. Manning
33,189
128
2,769
4,333
63.9
7.7
259.3
244
130
93.5
5.6
3.0
156
1,022
12Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
32,942
165
2,898
4,715
61.5
7.0
199.6
165
141
81.6
3.5
3.0
259
1,748
13Steve Young
S. Young
32,189
164
2,595
4,011
64.7
8.0
196.3
229
99
98.2
5.7
2.5
337
1,897
14Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
30,037
147
2,576
4,334
59.4
6.9
204.3
174
102
84.1
4.0
2.4
377
2,296
15Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
29,431
155
2,395
4,208
56.9
7.0
189.9
206
126
82.5
4.9
3.0
464
3,387
16Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
28,743
157
2,533
4,206
60.2
6.8
183.1
180
104
84.7
4.3
2.5
302
1,689
17Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
28,484
180
2,328
4,005
58.1
7.1
158.2
170
146
79.1
4.2
3.6
380
2,590
18Jeff George
J. George
27,602
131
2,298
3,967
57.9
7.0
210.7
154
113
80.4
3.9
2.8
358
2,691
19Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
27,391
161
2,284
3,864
59.1
7.1
170.1
175
137
81.2
4.5
3.5
336
2,545
20Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
27,259
127
2,309
4,033
57.3
6.8
214.6
150
148
75.1
3.7
3.7
266
1,624
21Steve McNair
S. McNair
27,141
139
2,305
3,871
59.5
7.0
195.3
156
103
83.3
4.0
2.7
229
1,398
22Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
26,288
177
2,305
3,918
58.8
6.7
148.5
129
117
77.6
3.3
3.0
361
2,132
23Brad Johnson
B. Johnson
25,798
130
2,350
3,798
61.9
6.8
198.4
155
102
84.4
4.1
2.7
213
1,353
24Trent Green
T. Green
25,621
104
2,022
3,329
60.7
7.7
246.4
150
92
88.3
4.5
2.8
222
1,383
25Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
24,046
147
1,894
3,328
56.9
7.2
163.6
147
112
80.3
4.4
3.4
332
2,124
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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