who has the most passing yards from 2001 to 2018

Between the 2001 and 2018 seasons, Drew Brees had the most passing yards, with 74,437 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
74,437
264
6,586
9,783
67.3
7.6
282.0
520
233
97.7
5.3
2.4
395
2,813
2Tom Brady
T. Brady
70,508
268
6,003
9,372
64.1
7.5
263.1
517
171
97.6
5.5
1.8
473
2,944
3Peyton 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
4Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
56,194
216
4,616
7,168
64.4
7.8
260.2
363
190
94.2
5.1
2.7
501
3,313
5Eli Manning
E. Manning
55,981
232
4,804
7,972
60.3
7.0
241.3
360
239
84.1
4.5
3.0
406
2,826
6Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
54,656
212
4,518
7,000
64.5
7.8
257.8
374
178
95.6
5.3
2.5
412
2,502
7Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
46,720
174
4,052
6,201
65.3
7.5
268.5
295
133
94.9
4.8
2.1
321
2,133
8Carson 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
9Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
42,944
165
3,560
5,492
64.8
7.8
260.3
338
80
103.1
6.2
1.5
412
2,684
10Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
38,526
141
3,372
5,405
62.4
7.1
273.2
237
129
88.4
4.4
2.4
329
2,105
11Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
38,245
163
3,499
5,670
61.7
6.7
234.6
212
136
84.1
3.7
2.4
333
2,360
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
13Matt 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
14Jay 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
15Tony 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
16Alex Smith
A. Smith
34,068
166
3,082
4,941
62.4
6.9
205.2
193
101
87.3
3.9
2.0
410
2,324
17Donovan 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
18Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
29,357
141
2,575
4,285
60.1
6.9
208.2
190
148
81.1
4.4
3.5
245
1,300
19Cam Newton
C. Newton
28,469
123
2,321
3,891
59.7
7.3
231.5
182
107
86.4
4.7
2.7
285
2,156
20Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
28,100
120
2,443
3,921
62.3
7.2
234.2
188
104
88.8
4.8
2.7
241
1,489
21Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
25,624
112
2,095
3,261
64.2
7.9
228.8
196
63
100.3
6.0
1.9
299
1,952
22Kerry 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
23Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
24,887
148
2,098
3,281
63.9
7.6
168.2
133
90
89.1
4.1
2.7
178
1,226
24Kurt Warner
K. Warner
24,523
96
2,102
3,213
65.4
7.6
255.4
146
97
91.0
4.5
3.0
211
1,353
25Andrew Luck
A. Luck
23,671
86
2,000
3,290
60.8
7.2
275.2
171
83
89.5
5.2
2.5
174
1,124
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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10
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
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8
9
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9
1
.441
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12
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13
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11
6
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9
7
1
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9
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9
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.471
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11
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14
3
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12
5
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5
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14
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