which nfl qb has the most passing yards first 8 seasons

Peyton Manning had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his first 8 seasons, with 33,189 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
33,189
128
2,769
4,333
63.9
7.7
259.3
244
130
93.5
5.6
3.0
156
1,022
2Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
32,757
126
2,915
4,530
64.3
7.2
260.0
202
107
90.9
4.5
2.4
218
1,446
3Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
32,352
112
2,778
4,171
66.6
7.8
288.9
245
74
102.1
5.9
1.8
184
1,219
4Derek Carr
D. Carr
31,700
127
2,896
4,456
65.0
7.1
249.6
193
85
92.4
4.3
1.9
237
1,433
5Dan Marino
D. Marino
31,416
119
2,480
4,181
59.3
7.5
264.0
241
136
88.5
5.8
3.3
98
760
6Jared Goff
J. Goff
30,429
117
2,657
4,107
64.7
7.4
260.1
185
82
93.6
4.5
2.0
217
1,581
7Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
30,303
109
2,634
4,285
61.5
7.1
278.0
187
108
86.8
4.4
2.5
242
1,563
8Josh Allen
J. Allen
29,840
126
2,592
4,053
64.0
7.4
236.8
220
94
94.5
5.4
2.3
224
1,397
9Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
29,734
128
2,436
3,777
64.5
7.9
232.3
227
68
101.2
6.0
1.8
347
2,271
10Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
29,459
114
2,595
3,873
67.0
7.6
258.4
202
74
99.0
5.2
1.9
235
1,417
11Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
29,257
122
2,504
4,452
56.2
6.6
239.8
164
136
75.9
3.7
3.1
257
1,757
12Cam Newton
C. Newton
28,469
123
2,321
3,891
59.7
7.3
231.5
182
107
86.4
4.7
2.7
285
2,156
13Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
28,322
122
2,479
4,070
60.9
7.0
232.1
162
102
84.7
4.0
2.5
257
1,833
14Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
28,100
120
2,443
3,921
62.3
7.2
234.2
188
104
88.8
4.8
2.7
241
1,489
15Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
27,976
121
2,451
3,872
63.3
7.2
231.2
194
98
91.1
5.0
2.5
281
1,796
16Warren Moon
W. Moon
27,679
115
2,105
3,680
57.2
7.5
240.7
157
133
80.3
4.3
3.6
265
2,080
17Eli Manning
E. Manning
27,579
121
2,291
3,921
58.4
7.0
227.9
185
129
82.1
4.7
3.3
194
1,376
18Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
26,995
116
2,345
3,678
63.8
7.3
232.7
178
88
92.0
4.8
2.4
303
2,270
19Brett Favre
B. Favre
26,803
113
2,318
3,756
61.7
7.1
237.2
213
118
89.1
5.7
3.1
232
1,463
20Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
26,579
114
2,090
3,313
63.1
8.0
233.1
165
100
92.1
5.0
3.0
314
2,090
21Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
26,413
118
2,112
3,494
60.4
7.6
223.8
179
126
86.0
5.1
3.6
226
1,715
22Tom Brady
T. Brady
26,370
112
2,294
3,642
63.0
7.2
235.4
197
86
92.9
5.4
2.4
203
1,278
23Drew Brees
D. Brees
26,258
107
2,334
3,650
63.9
7.2
245.4
168
99
89.4
4.6
2.7
139
1,030
24Trent Green
T. Green
25,621
104
2,022
3,329
60.7
7.7
246.4
150
92
88.3
4.5
2.8
222
1,383
25Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
25,447
107
2,223
3,545
62.7
7.2
237.8
167
116
86.3
4.7
3.3
177
1,235
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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