which nfl qb has the most passing yards in their first 40 games

Patrick Mahomes has the most passing yards by a quarterback in his first 40 games, with 12,020 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
12,020
40
940
1,433
65.6
8.4
300.5
100
20
109.1
7.0
1.4
62
432
2Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
11,604
40
1,072
1,618
66.3
7.2
290.1
82
30
96.3
5.1
1.9
73
485
3Kurt Warner
K. Warner
11,557
40
859
1,303
65.9
8.9
288.9
87
49
100.6
6.7
3.8
72
465
4Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
11,294
40
984
1,438
68.4
7.9
282.4
74
29
100.6
5.1
2.0
134
948
5Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
11,208
40
972
1,606
60.5
7.0
280.2
75
49
84.5
4.7
3.1
86
604
6Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
10,941
40
897
1,400
64.1
7.8
273.5
63
48
88.8
4.5
3.4
108
810
7Andrew Luck
A. Luck
10,875
40
906
1,553
58.3
7.0
271.9
66
41
83.0
4.2
2.6
86
543
8Dan Marino
D. Marino
10,757
40
816
1,335
61.1
8.1
268.9
91
42
96.2
6.8
3.1
34
291
9Peyton Manning
P. Manning
10,251
40
837
1,397
59.9
7.3
256.3
67
50
83.7
4.8
3.6
43
261
10Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
10,198
40
853
1,278
66.7
8.0
255.0
73
30
100.2
5.7
2.3
135
803
11Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
10,152
40
923
1,448
63.7
7.0
253.8
70
28
92.5
4.8
1.9
92
577
12Jameis Winston
J. Winston
10,052
40
816
1,361
60.0
7.4
251.3
60
39
85.6
4.4
2.9
75
509
13Jared Goff
J. Goff
10,026
40
811
1,316
61.6
7.6
250.7
66
26
93.7
5.0
2.0
87
630
14Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
10,010
40
866
1,327
65.3
7.5
250.3
60
37
91.4
4.5
2.8
59
469
15Kyler Murray
K. Murray
9,969
40
910
1,356
67.1
7.4
249.2
63
31
94.6
4.6
2.3
93
642
16Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
9,959
40
885
1,496
59.2
6.7
249.0
64
48
80.0
4.3
3.2
127
789
17Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
9,784
40
827
1,321
62.6
7.4
244.6
60
42
87.0
4.5
3.2
57
337
18Cam Newton
C. Newton
9,721
40
744
1,241
60.0
7.8
243.0
53
36
86.8
4.3
2.9
93
684
19C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
9,643
40
810
1,263
64.1
7.6
241.1
51
21
93.9
4.0
1.7
111
909
20Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
9,631
40
852
1,597
53.4
6.0
240.8
46
51
68.0
2.9
3.2
55
364
21Derek Carr
D. Carr
9,578
40
912
1,495
61.0
6.4
239.5
70
28
87.4
4.7
1.9
64
419
22Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
9,453
40
820
1,303
62.9
7.3
236.3
66
31
91.7
5.1
2.4
60
347
23Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
9,451
40
710
1,063
66.8
8.9
236.3
62
23
105.2
5.8
2.2
65
365
24Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
9,402
40
788
1,285
61.3
7.3
235.1
64
42
86.7
5.0
3.3
80
542
25Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
9,392
40
812
1,264
64.2
7.4
234.8
68
37
92.3
5.4
2.9
71
463
StatMuse has game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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RUSH

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21.3

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OPP PPG

19.3

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RUSH YDS/G

106.6

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232.2

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14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
Chiefs Chiefs
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11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
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14

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
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.353
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12
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.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
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.765
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AFC WestWLTPCT
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3
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11
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.353
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14
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.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
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.647
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9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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Lions Lions - e
9
8
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176