what nfl quarterback has the most passing yards since 2012

Since 2012, Matthew Stafford has the most passing yards by a quarterback, with 59,050 yards.

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Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	59,050	219	5,113	7,973	64.1	7.4	269.6	379	168	93.4	4.8	2.1	474	3,150
2	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	50,779	203	4,490	6,918	64.9	7.3	250.1	408	91	100.9	5.9	1.3	463	3,256
3	Tom Brady T. Brady	49,235	174	4,356	6,729	64.7	7.3	283.0	349	97	97.8	5.2	1.4	289	1,864
4	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	48,554	172	4,319	6,442	67.0	7.5	282.3	286	137	95.3	4.4	2.1	403	2,740
5	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	47,040	183	4,136	6,214	66.6	7.6	257.0	318	139	96.8	5.1	2.2	356	2,551
6	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	46,966	205	3,951	6,120	64.6	7.7	229.1	353	114	99.3	5.8	1.9	570	3,749
7	Jared Goff J. Goff	41,756	159	3,625	5,497	65.9	7.6	262.6	271	104	97.2	4.9	1.9	305	2,203
8	Derek Carr D. Carr	41,245	169	3,765	5,785	65.1	7.1	244.1	257	112	92.8	4.4	1.9	303	1,890
9	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	39,699	147	3,405	5,189	65.6	7.7	270.1	262	134	94.7	5.0	2.6	299	1,803
10	Drew Brees D. Brees	39,616	133	3,529	5,072	69.6	7.8	297.9	290	97	103.7	5.7	1.9	212	1,483
11	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	38,370	148	3,402	5,095	66.8	7.5	259.3	259	97	98.1	5.1	1.9	301	1,806
12	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	37,976	134	3,270	4,936	66.2	7.7	283.4	281	89	100.8	5.7	1.8	229	1,478
13	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	37,509	135	3,350	5,130	65.3	7.3	277.8	253	111	94.4	4.9	2.2	240	1,580
14	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	36,395	164	3,239	5,136	63.1	7.1	221.9	234	139	88.1	4.6	2.7	339	2,212
15	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
16	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	34,360	147	3,227	5,209	62.0	6.6	233.7	192	126	83.4	3.7	2.4	283	2,009
17	Josh Allen J. Allen	32,129	136	2,771	4,324	64.1	7.4	236.2	232	100	94.7	5.4	2.3	246	1,557
18	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	29,447	129	2,586	4,080	63.4	7.2	228.3	200	105	90.6	4.9	2.6	304	1,899
19	Eli Manning E. Manning	29,444	115	2,604	4,198	62.0	7.0	256.0	181	115	86.0	4.3	2.7	217	1,494
20	Cam Newton C. Newton	28,331	132	2,372	3,957	59.9	7.2	214.6	173	106	85.3	4.4	2.7	297	2,217
21	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	26,411	103	2,429	3,673	66.1	7.2	256.4	169	69	94.7	4.6	1.9	256	1,614
22	Jameis Winston J. Winston	25,820	115	2,077	3,409	60.9	7.6	224.5	164	118	86.0	4.8	3.5	238	1,457
23	Geno Smith G. Smith	24,246	118	2,206	3,374	65.4	7.2	205.5	136	92	88.6	4.0	2.7	305	2,234
24	Ryan Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	24,054	108	2,040	3,316	61.5	7.3	222.7	155	104	86.1	4.7	3.1	186	914
25	Carson Wentz C. Wentz	23,983	106	2,226	3,560	62.5	6.7	226.3	162	74	88.8	4.6	2.1	269	1,721

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