which quarterback threw for the most yards from 2017 to 2020

Between the 2017 and 2020 seasons, Matt Ryan had the most passing yards by a quarterback, with 18,066 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
18,066
63
1,579
2,379
66.4
7.6
286.8
107
44
96.3
4.5
1.8
155
1,025
2Tom Brady
T. Brady
17,622
64
1,534
2,374
64.6
7.4
275.3
125
39
97.6
5.3
1.6
104
676
3Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
17,607
64
1,466
2,217
66.1
7.9
275.1
107
53
96.4
4.8
2.4
103
664
4Jared Goff
J. Goff
17,082
62
1,424
2,216
64.3
7.7
275.5
102
48
94.1
4.6
2.2
103
726
5Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
16,259
63
1,428
2,106
67.8
7.7
258.1
118
42
101.1
5.6
2.0
148
1,066
6Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
15,753
64
1,344
2,054
65.4
7.7
246.1
140
36
104.0
6.8
1.8
189
1,297
7Derek Carr
D. Carr
15,702
63
1,413
2,098
67.3
7.5
249.2
89
40
95.6
4.2
1.9
126
734
8Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
14,806
56
1,264
1,939
65.2
7.6
264.4
95
36
96.8
4.9
1.9
143
933
9Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
14,539
54
1,186
1,748
67.8
8.3
269.2
104
36
104.5
5.9
2.1
174
1,050
10Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
14,418
55
1,251
1,930
64.8
7.5
262.1
115
17
103.4
6.0
0.9
127
987
11Drew Brees
D. Brees
14,247
54
1,306
1,793
72.8
7.9
263.8
106
23
110.3
5.9
1.3
62
444
12Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
14,152
46
1,114
1,687
66.0
8.4
307.7
114
24
108.7
6.8
1.4
67
460
13Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
13,967
53
1,203
1,834
65.6
7.6
263.5
83
36
95.4
4.5
2.0
121
749
14Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
13,534
48
1,246
1,906
65.4
7.1
282.0
95
41
93.8
5.0
2.2
60
430
15Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
13,029
52
1,183
1,885
62.8
6.9
250.6
97
36
92.4
5.1
1.9
146
920
16Jameis Winston
J. Winston
11,680
44
913
1,457
62.7
8.0
265.5
71
55
88.2
4.9
3.8
109
657
17Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
11,550
51
1,053
1,722
61.1
6.7
226.5
76
45
84.8
4.4
2.6
121
845
18Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
11,115
46
932
1,506
61.9
7.4
241.6
75
43
89.1
5.0
2.9
91
620
19Mitchell Trubisky
M. Trubisky
10,609
51
1,010
1,577
64.0
6.7
208.0
64
37
87.2
4.1
2.3
111
698
20Cam Newton
C. Newton
9,926
47
903
1,420
63.6
7.0
211.2
54
40
85.1
3.8
2.8
101
693
21Josh Allen
J. Allen
9,707
44
836
1,353
61.8
7.2
220.6
67
31
90.4
5.0
2.3
92
609
22Case Keenum
C. Keenum
9,190
43
855
1,324
64.6
6.9
213.7
51
27
89.2
3.9
2.0
71
516
23Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
9,089
38
754
1,178
64.0
7.7
239.2
57
36
91.0
4.8
3.1
75
384
24Eli Manning
E. Manning
8,809
35
823
1,294
63.6
6.8
251.7
46
29
86.0
3.6
2.2
83
591
25Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
8,540
39
692
1,041
66.5
8.2
219.0
72
22
105.9
6.9
2.1
90
664
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

More Falcons Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,982

Penix

Michael Penix Jr.

RUSH

1,478

Robinson

Bijan Robinson

REC

928

Pitts

Kyle Pitts Sr.
Team Rankings

PPG

20.8

24th

OPP PPG

23.6

19th

RUSH YDS/G

125.8

8th

PASS YDS/G

217.8

20th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
Last Game
NO Saints

6 - 11

17

Final

19

ATL Falcons

8 - 9

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NFL 2025 Rankings

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NFL 2025 Standings

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
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
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
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
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