top 10 overall picks with the most passing yards since 2000

Since 2000, Matthew Stafford has the most passing yards by a top 10 pick, with 64,516 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	64,516	239	5,562	8,763	63.5	7.4	269.9	423	196	92.4	4.8	2.2	525	3,515
2	Peyton Manning P. Manning	64,066	234	5,468	8,272	66.1	7.7	273.8	487	208	98.6	5.9	2.5	267	1,728
3	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	63,984	247	5,335	8,226	64.9	7.8	259.0	425	212	95.0	5.2	2.6	470	2,879
4	Matt 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
5	Eli 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
6	Carson 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
7	Jared Goff J. Goff	39,622	151	3,440	5,224	65.8	7.6	262.4	256	102	96.8	4.9	2.0	286	2,074
8	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	36,328	155	3,064	5,158	59.4	7.0	234.4	226	110	86.7	4.4	2.1	382	2,422
9	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	35,939	126	3,093	4,673	66.2	7.7	285.2	267	85	100.8	5.7	1.8	218	1,412
10	Alex Smith A. Smith	35,650	174	3,250	5,193	62.6	6.9	204.9	199	109	86.9	3.8	2.1	432	2,463
11	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	34,881	155	3,063	4,764	64.3	7.3	225.0	216	115	91.2	4.5	2.4	415	3,065
12	Cam Newton C. Newton	32,382	148	2,682	4,474	59.9	7.2	218.8	194	123	85.2	4.3	2.7	332	2,477
13	Josh Allen J. Allen	30,102	128	2,615	4,088	64.0	7.4	235.2	220	94	94.4	5.4	2.3	229	1,448
14	Kerry Collins K. Collins	29,096	136	2,509	4,399	57.0	6.6	213.9	149	121	77.0	3.4	2.8	221	1,463
15	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	28,525	123	2,500	3,938	63.5	7.2	231.9	197	101	91.2	5.0	2.6	286	1,820
16	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	24,820	95	2,285	3,438	66.5	7.2	261.3	163	58	96.3	4.7	1.7	225	1,416
17	Jameis Winston J. Winston	24,792	108	1,981	3,243	61.1	7.6	229.6	156	113	86.4	4.8	3.5	222	1,383
18	Andrew 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
19	Carson Wentz C. Wentz	23,626	103	2,195	3,496	62.8	6.8	229.4	159	72	89.1	4.5	2.1	262	1,680
20	Michael Vick M. Vick	22,464	143	1,807	3,217	56.2	7.0	157.1	133	88	80.4	4.1	2.7	316	1,879
21	Steve McNair S. McNair	21,466	105	1,912	3,083	62.0	7.0	204.4	124	83	85.0	4.0	2.7	159	1,019
22	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	20,810	77	1,921	2,806	68.5	7.4	270.3	157	51	101.1	5.6	1.8	213	1,431
23	Kyler Murray K. Murray	20,460	87	1,974	2,941	67.1	7.0	235.2	121	60	92.2	4.1	2.0	195	1,413
24	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	20,431	100	1,766	2,833	62.3	7.2	204.3	123	82	86.5	4.3	2.9	224	1,493
25	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	19,449	83	1,855	2,967	62.5	6.6	234.3	103	61	84.5	3.5	2.1	196	1,371

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Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
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