passing yards leaders 2004 to 2018

Between the 2004 and 2018 seasons, Drew Brees had the most passing yards, with 68,824 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
68,824
236
6,046
8,874
68.1
7.8
291.6
491
202
100.1
5.5
2.3
348
2,443
2Tom Brady
T. Brady
60,281
221
5,049
7,831
64.5
7.7
272.8
448
133
99.9
5.7
1.7
369
2,319
3Ben 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
4Eli 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
5Philip 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
6Peyton Manning
P. Manning
47,055
170
3,997
5,997
66.6
7.8
276.8
372
141
101.2
6.2
2.4
177
1,113
7Matt 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
8Carson 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
9Aaron 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
10Matthew 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
11Joe 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
12Jay 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
13Tony Romo
T. Romo
34,183
156
2,829
4,335
65.3
7.9
219.1
248
117
97.1
5.7
2.7
248
1,672
14Alex Smith
A. Smith
34,068
166
3,082
4,941
62.4
6.9
205.2
193
101
87.3
3.9
2.0
410
2,324
15Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
29,357
141
2,575
4,285
60.1
6.9
208.2
190
148
81.1
4.4
3.5
245
1,300
16Cam Newton
C. Newton
28,469
123
2,321
3,891
59.7
7.3
231.5
182
107
86.4
4.7
2.7
285
2,156
17Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
28,100
120
2,443
3,921
62.3
7.2
234.2
188
104
88.8
4.8
2.7
241
1,489
18Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
27,554
132
2,453
4,048
60.6
6.8
208.7
162
120
81.9
4.0
3.0
252
1,609
19Brett Favre
B. Favre
26,192
109
2,340
3,706
63.1
7.1
240.3
162
127
84.4
4.4
3.4
158
1,089
20Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
25,624
112
2,095
3,261
64.2
7.9
228.8
196
63
100.3
6.0
1.9
299
1,952
21Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
24,887
148
2,098
3,281
63.9
7.6
168.2
133
90
89.1
4.1
2.7
178
1,226
22Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
24,225
97
1,963
3,257
60.3
7.4
249.7
147
68
89.6
4.5
2.1
227
1,468
23Andrew Luck
A. Luck
23,671
86
2,000
3,290
60.8
7.2
275.2
171
83
89.5
5.2
2.5
174
1,124
24Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
20,504
78
1,797
2,702
66.5
7.6
262.9
129
65
95.0
4.8
2.4
146
1,109
25Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
20,434
88
1,829
2,911
62.8
7.0
232.2
123
75
87.0
4.2
2.6
248
1,885
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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22.5

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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

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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