who has the most passing yards in nfl history before age 30

Matthew Stafford has the most career passing yards by a player younger than 30, with 34,749 yards.

Regular season

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	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
2	Peyton Manning P. Manning	33,189	128	2,769	4,333	63.9	7.7	259.3	244	130	93.5	5.6	3.0	156	1,022
3	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	32,797	114	2,818	4,239	66.5	7.7	287.7	247	75	101.8	5.8	1.8	188	1,242
4	Dan Marino D. Marino	31,830	121	2,511	4,234	59.3	7.5	263.1	245	137	88.6	5.8	3.2	102	795
5	Jared Goff J. Goff	31,759	122	2,763	4,256	64.9	7.5	260.3	193	86	94.0	4.5	2.0	226	1,654
6	Josh Allen J. Allen	30,102	128	2,615	4,088	64.0	7.4	235.2	220	94	94.4	5.4	2.3	229	1,448
7	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
8	Cam 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
9	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	28,166	110	2,508	3,916	64.0	7.2	256.1	181	91	91.1	4.6	2.3	188	1,240
10	Brett Favre B. Favre	27,728	116	2,390	3,883	61.6	7.1	239.0	218	122	88.8	5.6	3.1	238	1,498
11	Derek Carr D. Carr	26,896	110	2,468	3,830	64.4	7.0	244.5	170	71	92.1	4.4	1.9	197	1,192
12	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	26,579	114	2,090	3,313	63.1	8.0	233.1	165	100	92.1	5.0	3.0	314	2,090
13	Drew Brees D. Brees	26,258	107	2,334	3,650	63.9	7.2	245.4	168	99	89.4	4.6	2.7	139	1,030
14	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	25,531	112	2,213	3,657	60.5	7.0	228.0	148	90	84.8	4.0	2.5	241	1,709
15	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	25,029	96	2,302	3,465	66.4	7.2	260.7	164	59	96.2	4.7	1.7	228	1,438
16	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	24,943	97	2,185	3,283	66.6	7.6	257.1	166	65	97.8	5.1	2.0	196	1,162
17	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	24,832	106	2,157	3,395	63.5	7.3	234.3	171	90	91.2	5.0	2.7	250	1,586
18	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	24,707	107	2,021	3,143	64.3	7.9	230.9	186	61	100.1	5.9	1.9	282	1,838
19	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	23,879	93	1,920	2,916	65.8	8.2	256.8	186	50	105.2	6.4	1.7	229	1,424
20	Andrew 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
21	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	23,574	99	2,041	3,249	62.8	7.3	238.1	151	89	88.7	4.6	2.7	200	1,194
22	Kerry Collins K. Collins	23,273	110	1,951	3,504	55.7	6.6	211.6	119	118	73.4	3.4	3.4	204	1,368
23	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	23,166	96	1,842	2,902	63.5	8.0	241.3	155	75	95.3	5.3	2.6	169	1,052
24	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	23,140	126	1,630	3,022	53.9	7.7	183.7	186	134	81.0	6.2	4.4
25	Jake Plummer J. Plummer	23,052	108	1,971	3,480	56.6	6.6	213.4	127	138	72.5	3.6	4.0	238	1,463

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