which qb has the most passing yards first 9 seasons

Matt Ryan had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his first 9 seasons, with 37,701 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	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	37,701	142	3,288	5,064	64.9	7.4	265.5	240	114	93.6	4.7	2.3	255	1,681
2	Peyton Manning P. Manning	37,586	144	3,131	4,890	64.0	7.7	261.0	275	139	94.4	5.6	2.8	170	1,108
3	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
4	Dan Marino D. Marino	35,386	135	2,798	4,730	59.2	7.5	262.1	266	149	88.2	5.6	3.2	125	942
5	Derek Carr D. Carr	35,222	142	3,201	4,958	64.6	7.1	248.0	217	99	91.8	4.4	2.0	264	1,624
6	Jared Goff J. Goff	35,058	134	3,047	4,646	65.6	7.5	261.6	222	94	95.7	4.8	2.0	248	1,815
7	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	34,749	125	3,005	4,850	62.0	7.2	278.0	216	118	88.3	4.5	2.4	289	1,850
8	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	33,946	144	2,820	4,335	65.1	7.8	235.7	267	81	101.7	6.2	1.9	394	2,572
9	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	32,639	138	2,915	4,742	61.5	6.9	236.5	182	117	84.5	3.8	2.5	290	2,076
10	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
11	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	31,594	133	2,757	4,449	62.0	7.1	237.5	204	118	87.5	4.6	2.7	278	1,738
12	Eli Manning E. Manning	31,527	137	2,612	4,457	58.6	7.1	230.1	211	144	82.7	4.7	3.2	213	1,512
13	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	31,437	122	2,780	4,159	66.8	7.6	257.7	213	82	98.1	5.1	2.0	256	1,529
14	Brett Favre B. Favre	30,894	129	2,659	4,351	61.1	7.1	239.5	235	141	87.1	5.4	3.2	267	1,686
15	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	30,729	133	2,702	4,209	64.2	7.3	231.0	199	102	91.7	4.7	2.4	350	2,597
16	Drew Brees D. Brees	30,646	122	2,697	4,164	64.8	7.4	251.2	202	110	91.9	4.9	2.6	159	1,165
17	Warren Moon W. Moon	30,200	126	2,329	4,026	57.8	7.5	239.7	175	145	81.0	4.3	3.6	281	2,185
18	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	29,844	127	2,374	3,762	63.1	7.9	235.0	191	108	92.7	5.1	2.9	344	2,272
19	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	29,657	124	2,544	4,518	56.3	6.6	239.2	166	138	75.9	3.7	3.1	262	1,778
20	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	29,527	132	2,397	3,942	60.8	7.5	223.7	201	143	85.8	5.1	3.6	260	1,959
21	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	29,465	122	2,568	4,110	62.5	7.2	241.5	189	130	86.2	4.6	3.2	203	1,434
22	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
23	Cam Newton C. Newton	29,041	125	2,371	3,980	59.6	7.3	232.3	182	108	86.1	4.6	2.7	291	2,199
24	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	28,372	109	2,453	3,662	67.0	7.7	260.3	190	84	97.9	5.2	2.3	213	1,571
25	John Elway J. Elway	27,974	132	2,201	4,023	54.7	7.0	211.9	148	140	74.4	3.7	3.5	295	2,205

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