who passed for the most yards in the 2010s

Drew Brees attempted 5,997 passes from 2010 through 2019.

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NAMEATTYDSGPCMPPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,997
46,770
153
4,170
69.5
7.8
305.7
345
127
102.9
5.8
2.1
248
1,737
2Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
5,932
44,830
159
3,932
66.3
7.6
281.9
283
122
96.1
4.8
2.1
333
2,253
3Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
5,677
44,320
160
3,701
65.2
7.8
277.0
291
153
94.8
5.1
2.7
343
2,073
4Tom Brady
T. Brady
5,770
43,727
156
3,705
64.2
7.6
280.3
316
80
99.6
5.5
1.4
281
1,765
5Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
5,319
38,758
139
3,358
63.1
7.3
278.8
243
114
91.4
4.6
2.1
323
2,073
6Eli Manning
E. Manning
5,326
38,379
147
3,302
62.0
7.2
261.1
241
156
86.7
4.5
2.9
261
1,810
7Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4,925
38,145
142
3,187
64.7
7.7
268.6
305
63
103.6
6.2
1.3
355
2,361
8Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
4,819
37,243
131
3,125
64.8
7.7
284.3
236
110
95.1
4.9
2.3
261
1,719
9Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
5,005
33,483
139
3,098
61.9
6.7
240.9
183
117
84.0
3.7
2.3
291
2,060
10Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
4,449
31,594
133
2,757
62.0
7.1
237.5
204
118
87.5
4.6
2.7
278
1,738
11Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
3,777
29,734
128
2,436
64.5
7.9
232.3
227
68
101.2
6.0
1.8
347
2,271
12Cam Newton
C. Newton
3,980
29,041
125
2,371
59.6
7.3
232.3
182
108
86.1
4.6
2.7
291
2,199
13Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
4,053
28,782
127
2,462
60.7
7.1
226.6
189
134
84.1
4.7
3.3
217
1,140
14Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
3,676
27,523
101
2,279
62.0
7.5
272.5
166
107
87.9
4.5
2.9
206
1,449
15Alex Smith
A. Smith
3,769
27,039
123
2,422
64.3
7.2
219.8
156
58
92.9
4.1
1.5
307
1,682
16Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
3,146
24,107
93
2,104
66.9
7.7
259.2
155
71
96.8
4.9
2.3
174
1,315
17Andrew Luck
A. Luck
3,290
23,671
86
2,000
60.8
7.2
275.2
171
83
89.5
5.2
2.5
174
1,124
18Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
3,197
23,176
100
2,030
63.5
7.2
231.8
145
81
89.8
4.5
2.5
279
2,097
19Derek Carr
D. Carr
3,313
22,793
94
2,120
64.0
6.9
242.5
143
62
90.7
4.3
1.9
171
1,042
20Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
3,145
22,443
100
1,950
62.0
7.1
224.4
146
97
86.1
4.6
3.1
236
1,524
21Peyton Manning
P. Manning
2,849
21,812
74
1,893
66.4
7.7
294.8
173
70
99.4
6.1
2.5
88
561
22Jameis Winston
J. Winston
2,548
19,737
72
1,563
61.3
7.7
274.1
121
88
86.9
4.7
3.5
169
1,075
23Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
2,967
19,449
83
1,855
62.5
6.6
234.3
103
61
84.5
3.5
2.1
196
1,371
24Tony Romo
T. Romo
2,478
19,138
73
1,651
66.6
7.7
262.2
141
62
98.3
5.7
2.5
149
1,053
25Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
2,634
17,649
78
1,562
59.3
6.7
226.3
103
75
80.6
3.9
2.8
195
1,158

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