who led the nfl in passing yards between 1998 to 2001

Between the 1998 and 2001 seasons, Peyton Manning had the most passing yards, with 16,418 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
16,418
64
1,357
2,226
61.0
7.4
256.5
111
81
85.1
5.0
3.6
85
588
2Brett Favre
B. Favre
16,036
64
1,340
2,236
59.9
7.2
250.6
105
77
83.2
4.7
3.4
128
833
3Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
13,403
60
1,155
1,891
61.1
7.1
223.4
89
40
89.4
4.7
2.1
129
675
4Kurt Warner
K. Warner
12,651
44
939
1,403
66.9
9.0
287.5
98
53
103.0
7.0
3.8
87
549
5Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
12,610
59
1,067
1,780
59.9
7.1
213.7
73
45
84.7
4.1
2.5
168
1,022
6Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
12,447
58
1,099
1,928
57.0
6.5
214.6
57
79
69.3
3.0
4.1
127
787
7Kerry Collins
K. Collins
11,905
53
998
1,781
56.0
6.7
224.6
61
55
75.2
3.4
3.1
111
752
8Elvis Grbac
E. Grbac
11,733
53
983
1,701
57.8
6.9
221.4
70
59
78.2
4.1
3.5
94
655
9Steve McNair
S. McNair
11,604
58
988
1,650
59.9
7.0
200.1
63
43
83.2
3.8
2.6
110
642
10Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
11,309
48
920
1,617
56.9
7.0
235.6
58
50
77.7
3.6
3.1
141
922
11Doug Flutie
D. Flutie
11,046
55
892
1,584
56.3
7.0
200.8
62
48
78.5
3.9
3.0
73
490
12Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
10,779
44
883
1,447
61.0
7.4
245.0
72
45
87.6
5.0
3.1
156
862
13Brad Johnson
B. Johnson
10,663
48
949
1,544
61.5
6.9
222.1
55
44
82.1
3.6
2.8
97
626
14Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
10,576
54
779
1,330
58.6
8.0
195.9
67
49
85.5
5.0
3.7
158
1,025
15Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
10,397
52
940
1,666
56.4
6.2
199.9
60
65
70.9
3.6
3.9
101
621
16Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
10,360
45
896
1,440
62.2
7.2
230.2
74
33
91.5
5.1
2.3
65
373
17Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
9,836
47
857
1,467
58.4
6.7
209.3
66
47
80.3
4.5
3.2
50
333
18Trent Green
T. Green
9,287
39
719
1,272
56.5
7.3
238.1
56
40
81.2
4.4
3.1
112
681
19Charlie Batch
C. Batch
9,016
48
743
1,326
56.0
6.8
187.8
49
40
76.9
3.7
3.0
147
826
20Kordell Stewart
K. Stewart
8,993
64
829
1,464
56.6
6.1
140.5
42
47
71.1
2.9
3.2
114
667
21Tony Banks
T. Banks
8,635
52
758
1,372
55.2
6.3
166.1
42
40
72.4
3.1
2.9
123
752
22Brian Griese
B. Griese
8,549
40
753
1,242
60.6
6.9
213.7
56
38
83.6
4.5
3.1
82
556
23Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
7,546
44
721
1,278
56.4
5.9
171.5
54
32
77.4
4.2
2.5
112
739
24Tim Couch
T. Couch
6,970
38
632
1,068
59.2
6.5
183.4
39
43
74.0
3.7
4.0
117
790
25Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
6,926
36
606
1,019
59.5
6.8
192.4
36
31
79.1
3.5
3.0
41
279
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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OPP PPG

24.2

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RUSH YDS/G

118.1

17th

PASS YDS/G

240.3

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14
3
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12
5
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10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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12
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.294
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13
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.765
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11
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11
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14
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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9
8
0
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176