who are the best quarterbacks in history throwing the ball over 20 yards

Tom Brady has made the most career passing attempts by a quarterback when throwing for more than 20 yards, with 12,050 attempts.

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Data note: Passing Attempts, Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	ATT	YDS	GP	CMP	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Tom Brady T. Brady	12,050	89,214	335	7,753	64.3	7.4	266.3	649	212	97.2	5.4	1.8	565	3,576
2	Drew Brees D. Brees	10,551	80,358	287	7,142	67.7	7.6	280.0	571	243	98.7	5.4	2.3	420	2,991
3	Brett Favre B. Favre	10,169	71,838	302	6,300	62.0	7.1	237.9	508	336	86.0	5.0	3.3	525	3,487
4	Peyton Manning P. Manning	9,380	71,940	266	6,125	65.3	7.7	270.5	539	251	96.5	5.7	2.7	303	1,953
5	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	9,041	66,505	246	5,749	63.6	7.4	270.3	437	203	92.5	4.8	2.2	536	3,598
6	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	9,006	67,973	271	5,858	65.0	7.5	250.8	540	128	101.8	6.0	1.4	622	4,264
7	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	8,464	62,792	234	5,551	65.6	7.4	268.3	381	183	93.6	4.5	2.2	488	3,267
8	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	8,443	64,088	249	5,440	64.4	7.6	257.4	418	211	93.5	5.0	2.5	554	3,670
9	Dan Marino D. Marino	8,358	61,361	242	4,967	59.4	7.3	253.6	420	252	86.4	5.0	3.0	270	1,930
10	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	8,226	63,984	247	5,335	64.9	7.8	259.0	425	212	95.0	5.2	2.6	470	2,879
11	Eli Manning E. Manning	8,119	57,023	236	4,895	60.3	7.0	241.6	366	244	84.1	4.5	3.0	411	2,870
12	John Elway J. Elway	7,250	51,475	234	4,123	56.9	7.1	220.0	300	226	79.9	4.1	3.1	516	3,785
13	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	7,167	48,176	211	4,417	61.6	6.7	228.3	272	172	84.1	3.8	2.4	422	3,000
14	Warren Moon W. Moon	6,823	49,325	208	3,988	58.4	7.2	237.1	291	233	80.9	4.3	3.4	458	3,415
15	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	6,717	44,611	194	3,839	57.2	6.6	230.0	251	206	77.1	3.7	3.1	467	3,135
16	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	6,701	46,233	233	3,787	56.5	6.9	198.4	275	267	75.0	4.1	4.0	417	2,992
17	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	6,467	47,003	246	3,686	57.0	7.3	191.1	342	266	80.4	5.3	4.1	274	2,337
18	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	6,307	46,247	182	3,941	62.5	7.3	254.1	294	187	87.9	4.7	3.0	340	2,364
19	Kerry Collins K. Collins	6,261	40,922	198	3,487	55.7	6.5	206.7	208	196	73.8	3.3	3.1	337	2,230
20	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	6,156	46,577	181	4,095	66.5	7.6	257.3	314	136	96.8	5.1	2.2	355	2,542
21	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	6,120	46,966	205	3,951	64.6	7.7	229.1	353	114	99.3	5.8	1.9	570	3,749
22	Derek Carr D. Carr	5,785	41,245	169	3,765	65.1	7.1	244.1	257	112	92.8	4.4	1.9	303	1,890
23	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	5,652	39,793	180	3,539	62.6	7.0	221.1	254	152	87.4	4.5	2.7	363	2,372
24	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	5,604	43,040	181	3,297	58.8	7.7	237.8	254	242	80.2	4.5	4.3	319	2,304
25	Jared Goff J. Goff	5,447	41,410	157	3,590	65.9	7.6	263.8	270	102	97.4	5.0	1.9	298	2,168

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