who led the nfl in passing yards from 1999 to 2005

From 1999 through 2005, Peyton Manning had the most passing yards, with 29,450 yards.

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

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Peyton Manning P. Manning	29,450	112	2,443	3,758	65.0	7.8	262.9	218	102	96.9	5.8	2.7	134	913
2	Brett Favre B. Favre	26,812	112	2,360	3,854	61.2	7.0	239.4	183	137	83.1	4.7	3.6	171	1,198
3	Kerry Collins K. Collins	24,129	100	2,038	3,551	57.4	6.8	241.3	122	102	77.7	3.4	2.9	196	1,282
4	Trent Green T. Green	22,180	88	1,744	2,819	61.9	7.9	252.0	127	81	89.5	4.5	2.9	173	1,045
5	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	21,466	98	1,862	3,166	58.8	6.8	219.0	116	96	78.9	3.7	3.0	294	1,877
6	Jake Plummer J. Plummer	21,319	101	1,828	3,190	57.3	6.7	211.1	118	113	75.3	3.7	3.5	165	1,053
7	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	20,162	81	1,678	2,607	64.4	7.7	248.9	135	86	91.5	5.2	3.3	228	1,214
8	Steve McNair S. McNair	19,482	94	1,671	2,741	61.0	7.1	207.3	118	75	85.5	4.3	2.7	150	924
9	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	19,433	94	1,718	2,943	58.4	6.6	206.7	134	66	84.1	4.6	2.2	234	1,462
10	Brad Johnson B. Johnson	19,335	92	1,768	2,861	61.8	6.8	210.2	111	73	84.0	3.9	2.6	165	1,017
11	Kurt Warner K. Warner	19,175	72	1,533	2,329	65.8	8.2	266.3	119	78	94.3	5.1	3.3	176	1,071
12	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	19,156	85	1,563	2,771	56.4	6.9	225.4	120	84	79.7	4.3	3.0	209	1,280
13	Jeff Garcia J. Garcia	19,076	91	1,695	2,785	60.9	6.8	209.6	126	71	85.8	4.5	2.5	133	703
14	Tom Brady T. Brady	18,035	80	1,577	2,548	61.9	7.1	225.4	123	66	88.5	4.8	2.6	156	975
15	Rich Gannon R. Gannon	17,585	74	1,533	2,448	62.6	7.2	237.6	114	50	91.2	4.7	2.0	162	841
16	Mark Brunell M. Brunell	17,525	89	1,538	2,615	58.8	6.7	196.9	102	59	82.6	3.9	2.3	225	1,424
17	Jon Kitna J. Kitna	16,711	83	1,538	2,620	58.7	6.4	201.3	100	94	75.4	3.8	3.6	159	1,008
18	Brian Griese B. Griese	16,342	74	1,462	2,315	63.2	7.1	220.8	103	77	85.1	4.4	3.3	166	1,121
19	Matt Hasselbeck M. Hasselbeck	15,925	107	1,342	2,205	60.9	7.2	148.8	96	57	86.6	4.4	2.6	162	960
20	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	12,773	67	1,132	1,928	58.7	6.6	190.6	65	71	74.5	3.4	3.7	92	587
21	Drew Brees D. Brees	12,348	59	1,125	1,809	62.2	6.8	209.3	80	53	84.9	4.4	2.9	92	724
22	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	11,932	44	987	1,518	65.0	7.9	271.2	71	51	90.6	4.7	3.4	116	880
23	Jay Fiedler J. Fiedler	11,803	71	1,005	1,710	58.8	6.9	166.2	69	65	77.4	4.0	3.8	114	734
24	Jake Delhomme J. Delhomme	11,160	54	888	1,503	59.1	7.4	206.7	75	52	84.5	5.0	3.5	90	670
25	Tim Couch T. Couch	11,131	62	1,025	1,714	59.8	6.5	179.5	64	67	75.1	3.7	3.9	166	1,119

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