what qb has the most passing yards under 18 seasons

Peyton Manning had the most passing yards by a quarterback when playing <18 seasons, with 71,940 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
71,940
17
266
6,125
9,380
65.3
7.7
270.5
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
2Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
64,516
17
239
5,562
8,763
63.5
7.4
269.9
423
196
92.4
4.8
2.2
525
3,515
3Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
62,792
15
234
5,551
8,464
65.6
7.4
268.3
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
4Dan Marino
D. Marino
61,361
17
242
4,967
8,358
59.4
7.3
253.6
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
5Eli Manning
E. Manning
57,023
16
236
4,895
8,119
60.3
7.0
241.6
366
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
6John Elway
J. Elway
51,475
16
234
4,123
7,250
56.9
7.1
220.0
300
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
7Warren Moon
W. Moon
49,325
17
208
3,988
6,823
58.4
7.2
237.1
291
233
80.9
4.3
3.4
458
3,415
8Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
46,966
14
205
3,951
6,120
64.6
7.7
229.1
353
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
9Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
46,247
14
182
3,941
6,307
62.5
7.3
254.1
294
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
10Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
44,700
14
174
3,934
5,899
66.7
7.6
256.9
298
131
96.8
5.1
2.2
345
2,487
11Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
44,611
14
194
3,839
6,717
57.2
6.6
230.0
251
206
77.1
3.7
3.1
467
3,135
12Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
43,040
15
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
13Derek Carr
D. Carr
41,245
11
169
3,765
5,785
65.1
7.1
244.1
257
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
14Kerry Collins
K. Collins
40,922
17
198
3,487
6,261
55.7
6.5
206.7
208
196
73.8
3.3
3.1
337
2,230
15Joe Montana
J. Montana
40,551
15
192
3,409
5,391
63.2
7.5
211.2
273
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
16Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
39,793
15
179
3,539
5,651
62.6
7.0
222.3
254
151
87.5
4.5
2.7
363
2,372
17Jared Goff
J. Goff
39,622
10
151
3,440
5,224
65.8
7.6
262.4
256
102
96.8
4.9
2.0
286
2,074
18Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
37,920
14
187
2,969
5,205
57.0
7.3
202.8
247
184
81.1
4.7
3.5
318
2,438
19Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
37,276
13
167
3,170
5,374
59.0
6.9
223.2
234
117
85.6
4.4
2.2
410
2,626
20Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
36,638
17
209
3,222
5,330
60.5
6.9
175.3
212
153
82.4
4.0
2.9
360
2,260
21Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
35,989
10
139
3,184
4,759
66.9
7.6
258.9
243
92
98.3
5.1
1.9
287
1,737
22Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
35,939
9
126
3,093
4,673
66.2
7.7
285.2
267
85
100.8
5.7
1.8
218
1,412
23Alex Smith
A. Smith
35,650
14
174
3,250
5,193
62.6
6.9
204.9
199
109
86.9
3.8
2.1
432
2,463
24Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
35,467
11
160
2,874
4,779
60.1
7.4
221.7
237
175
84.4
5.0
3.7
323
2,427
25Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
35,133
12
153
3,048
4,920
62.0
7.1
229.6
227
160
85.3
4.6
3.3
322
2,035
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3
14
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
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.471
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.353
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13
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13
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11
6
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9
7
1
.559
9
8
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9
8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
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12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
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