qb passing yards leaders 2016 to 2020

Between the 2016 and 2020 seasons, Matt Ryan had the most passing yards by a quarterback, with 23,010 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
23,010
79
1,952
2,913
67.0
7.9
291.3
145
51
100.1
5.0
1.8
192
1,260
2Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
21,993
80
1,815
2,795
64.9
7.9
274.9
140
74
94.6
5.0
2.6
139
852
3Tom Brady
T. Brady
21,176
76
1,825
2,806
65.0
7.5
278.6
153
41
99.8
5.5
1.5
119
763
4Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
21,176
79
1,834
2,712
67.6
7.8
268.1
143
54
100.3
5.3
2.0
171
1,256
5Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
19,972
80
1,697
2,600
65.3
7.7
249.7
161
47
101.6
6.2
1.8
230
1,590
6Derek Carr
D. Carr
19,639
78
1,770
2,658
66.6
7.4
251.8
117
46
95.8
4.4
1.7
142
813
7Drew Brees
D. Brees
19,455
70
1,777
2,466
72.1
7.9
277.9
143
38
107.9
5.8
1.5
89
628
8Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
19,133
72
1,652
2,533
65.2
7.6
265.7
119
46
96.0
4.7
1.8
180
1,149
9Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
18,846
71
1,652
2,540
65.0
7.4
265.4
155
24
103.6
6.1
0.9
162
1,233
10Jared Goff
J. Goff
18,171
69
1,536
2,421
63.4
7.5
263.3
107
55
91.5
4.4
2.3
129
948
11Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
17,634
69
1,514
2,293
66.0
7.7
255.6
106
40
97.3
4.6
1.7
146
892
12Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
17,353
62
1,574
2,415
65.2
7.2
279.9
124
54
94.1
5.1
2.2
77
571
13Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
16,811
68
1,562
2,492
62.7
6.7
247.2
113
50
89.2
4.5
2.0
179
1,133
14Jameis Winston
J. Winston
15,770
60
1,258
2,024
62.2
7.8
262.8
99
73
87.6
4.9
3.6
144
896
15Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
15,756
67
1,417
2,285
62.0
6.9
235.2
94
53
86.5
4.1
2.3
162
1,109
16Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
14,539
54
1,186
1,748
67.8
8.3
269.2
104
36
104.5
5.9
2.1
174
1,050
17Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
14,152
46
1,114
1,687
66.0
8.4
307.7
114
24
108.7
6.8
1.4
67
460
18Cam Newton
C. Newton
13,435
62
1,173
1,930
60.8
7.0
216.7
73
54
82.7
3.8
2.8
137
970
19Eli Manning
E. Manning
12,836
51
1,200
1,892
63.4
6.8
251.7
72
45
86.0
3.8
2.4
104
733
20Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
12,609
54
1,265
1,996
63.4
6.3
233.5
62
42
82.8
3.1
2.1
109
790
21Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
11,799
52
982
1,581
62.1
7.5
226.9
69
53
85.5
4.4
3.4
94
465
22Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
11,535
52
953
1,430
66.6
8.1
221.8
91
34
102.5
6.4
2.4
119
880
23Case Keenum
C. Keenum
11,391
53
1,051
1,646
63.9
6.9
214.9
60
38
86.7
3.6
2.3
94
656
24Alex Smith
A. Smith
11,306
48
1,042
1,574
66.2
7.2
235.5
57
26
92.4
3.6
1.7
107
607
25Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
11,115
46
932
1,506
61.9
7.4
241.6
75
43
89.1
5.0
2.9
91
620
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

More Falcons Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,982

Penix

Michael Penix Jr.

RUSH

1,478

Robinson

Bijan Robinson

REC

928

Pitts

Kyle Pitts Sr.
Team Rankings

PPG

20.8

24th

OPP PPG

23.6

19th

RUSH YDS/G

125.8

8th

PASS YDS/G

217.8

20th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
Last Game
NO Saints

6 - 11

17

Final

19

ATL Falcons

8 - 9

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

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