who had the most passing yards 2001 to 2021

Between the 2001 and 2021 seasons, Tom Brady had the most passing yards, with 84,514 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
84,514
317
7,262
11,314
64.2
7.5
266.6
624
203
97.6
5.5
1.8
543
3,416
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
80,358
287
7,142
10,551
67.7
7.6
280.0
571
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
3Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
64,088
249
5,440
8,443
64.4
7.6
257.4
418
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
4Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
63,440
244
5,277
8,134
64.9
7.8
260.0
421
209
95.2
5.2
2.6
465
2,842
5Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
59,735
222
5,242
8,003
65.5
7.5
269.1
367
170
94.2
4.6
2.1
450
2,980
6Peyton Manning
P. Manning
59,653
218
5,111
7,701
66.4
7.7
273.6
454
193
98.9
5.9
2.5
247
1,597
7Eli Manning
E. Manning
57,023
236
4,895
8,119
60.3
7.0
241.6
366
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
8Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
55,360
213
4,651
7,118
65.3
7.8
259.9
449
93
104.5
6.3
1.3
498
3,338
9Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
49,995
182
4,302
6,825
63.0
7.3
274.7
323
161
91.1
4.7
2.4
415
2,739
10Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
46,247
182
3,941
6,307
62.5
7.3
254.1
294
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
11Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
41,269
178
3,771
6,108
61.7
6.8
231.8
227
144
84.2
3.7
2.4
368
2,636
12Brett Favre
B. Favre
37,132
157
3,303
5,238
63.1
7.1
236.5
253
179
86.0
4.8
3.4
225
1,565
13Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
37,059
158
3,079
4,735
65.0
7.8
234.6
292
87
101.8
6.2
1.8
427
2,838
14Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
36,493
177
3,209
5,301
60.5
6.9
206.2
210
153
82.4
4.0
2.9
358
2,249
15Alex Smith
A. Smith
35,650
174
3,250
5,193
62.6
6.9
204.9
199
109
86.9
3.8
2.1
432
2,463
16Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
35,279
152
3,122
5,018
62.2
7.0
232.1
226
135
87.0
4.5
2.7
320
2,065
17Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
35,133
153
3,048
4,920
62.0
7.1
229.6
227
160
85.3
4.6
3.3
322
2,035
18Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
34,990
166
3,072
5,060
60.7
6.9
210.8
223
169
82.3
4.4
3.3
300
1,576
19Tony Romo
T. Romo
34,183
156
2,829
4,335
65.3
7.9
219.1
248
117
97.1
5.7
2.7
248
1,672
20Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
32,963
139
2,734
4,589
59.6
7.2
237.1
205
97
87.7
4.5
2.1
337
2,160
21Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
32,593
125
2,825
4,223
66.9
7.7
260.7
223
91
98.6
5.3
2.2
241
1,768
22Cam Newton
C. Newton
32,382
148
2,682
4,474
59.9
7.2
218.8
194
123
85.2
4.3
2.7
332
2,477
23Derek 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
24Ryan 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
25Kerry Collins
K. Collins
25,486
120
2,198
3,870
56.8
6.6
212.4
127
108
76.2
3.3
2.8
193
1,220
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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14
3
0
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Bills Bills - w
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0
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7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
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11
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8
9
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3
0
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11
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.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
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Lions Lions - e
9
8
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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