qb with most passing yards in first 205 games

Drew Brees had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his first 205 games, with 57,144 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Brees D. Brees	57,144	205	5,016	7,592	66.1	7.5	278.8	402	191	95.7	5.3	2.5	301	2,135
2	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	56,086	205	4,833	7,641	63.3	7.3	273.6	353	181	90.9	4.6	2.4	475	3,164
3	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	55,701	205	4,856	7,412	65.5	7.5	271.7	352	157	95.0	4.7	2.1	407	2,701
4	Peyton Manning P. Manning	54,049	205	4,552	7,056	64.5	7.7	263.7	388	197	94.5	5.5	2.8	235	1,550
5	Dan Marino D. Marino	53,517	205	4,281	7,186	59.6	7.4	261.1	387	221	87.9	5.4	3.1	218	1,546
6	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	53,347	205	4,452	6,896	64.6	7.7	260.2	417	98	102.4	6.0	1.4	500	3,351
7	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	52,513	205	4,335	6,764	64.1	7.8	256.2	353	175	94.5	5.2	2.6	400	2,442
8	Tom Brady T. Brady	51,769	205	4,444	7,003	63.5	7.4	252.5	383	147	95.3	5.5	2.1	350	2,204
9	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	51,601	205	4,189	6,550	64.0	7.9	251.7	326	183	93.2	5.0	2.8	505	3,352
10	Warren Moon W. Moon	50,335	205	4,086	6,931	59.0	7.3	245.5	296	238	81.4	4.3	3.4	455	3,407
11	Eli Manning E. Manning	49,184	205	4,139	6,933	59.7	7.1	239.9	326	217	84.0	4.7	3.1	344	2,361
12	Brett Favre B. Favre	48,534	205	4,196	6,873	61.1	7.1	236.8	364	224	86.5	5.3	3.3	389	2,539
13	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	47,703	205	3,959	6,145	64.4	7.8	232.7	361	118	99.7	5.9	1.9	577	3,739
14	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	47,634	205	4,307	7,022	61.3	6.8	232.4	273	167	84.5	3.9	2.4	420	2,996
15	John Elway J. Elway	45,210	205	3,591	6,390	56.2	7.1	220.5	246	211	77.5	3.8	3.3	468	3,514
16	Joe Montana J. Montana	44,090	205	3,670	5,790	63.4	7.6	215.1	306	156	93.0	5.3	2.7
17	Kerry Collins K. Collins	42,478	205	3,628	6,502	55.8	6.5	207.2	220	207	73.8	3.4	3.2	347	2,286
18	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	41,969	205	3,426	6,074	56.4	6.9	204.7	255	240	75.4	4.2	4.0	367	2,676
19	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	40,096	205	2,808	5,143	54.6	7.8	195.6	290	247	78.9	5.6	4.8
20	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	38,413	205	3,094	5,338	58.0	7.2	187.4	262	202	81.0	4.9	3.8
21	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	37,754	205	2,819	5,081	55.5	7.4	184.2	282	214	80.2	5.6	4.2
22	Matt Hasselbeck M. Hasselbeck	37,258	205	3,266	5,424	60.2	6.9	181.7	219	156	82.4	4.0	2.9	361	2,267
23	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	34,453	205	2,897	5,049	57.4	6.8	168.1	197	206	74.3	3.9	4.1
24	Mark Brunell M. Brunell	33,905	205	2,917	4,947	59.0	6.9	165.4	195	119	82.9	3.9	2.4	409	2,497
25	John Hadl J. Hadl	33,253	205	2,323	4,621	50.3	7.2	162.2	238	261	67.6	5.2	5.6

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