most career passing yards until november 7, 2018

Before November 8, 2018, Drew Brees had the most passing yards, with 72,781 yards.

Interpreted as:
most career passing yards by a player until November 7, 2018
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
72,781
257
6,435
9,573
67.2
7.6
283.2
506
229
97.4
5.3
2.4
387
2,763
2Peyton Manning
P. Manning
71,940
266
6,125
9,380
65.3
7.7
270.5
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
3Brett Favre
B. Favre
71,838
302
6,300
10,169
62.0
7.1
237.9
508
336
86.0
5.0
3.3
525
3,487
4Tom Brady
T. Brady
68,653
262
5,850
9,135
64.0
7.5
262.0
505
167
97.6
5.5
1.8
465
2,885
5Dan Marino
D. Marino
61,361
242
4,967
8,358
59.4
7.3
253.6
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
6Eli Manning
E. Manning
54,059
224
4,639
7,711
60.2
7.0
241.3
347
234
83.8
4.5
3.0
390
2,699
7Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
53,625
208
4,386
6,837
64.2
7.8
257.8
345
181
94.0
5.0
2.6
488
3,220
8Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
52,584
204
4,336
6,738
64.4
7.8
257.8
361
169
95.6
5.4
2.5
391
2,372
9John Elway
J. Elway
51,475
234
4,123
7,250
56.9
7.1
220.0
300
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
10Warren Moon
W. Moon
49,325
208
3,988
6,823
58.4
7.2
237.1
291
233
80.9
4.3
3.4
458
3,415
11Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
47,003
246
3,686
6,467
57.0
7.3
191.1
342
266
80.4
5.3
4.1
12Carson 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
13Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
46,233
233
3,787
6,701
56.5
6.9
198.4
275
267
75.0
4.1
4.0
417
2,992
14Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
44,611
194
3,839
6,717
57.2
6.6
230.0
251
206
77.1
3.7
3.1
467
3,135
15Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
44,481
166
3,843
5,894
65.2
7.5
268.0
279
129
94.5
4.7
2.2
301
1,981
16Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
43,040
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
17Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
41,044
157
3,386
5,222
64.8
7.9
261.4
328
79
103.5
6.3
1.5
386
2,500
18Kerry Collins
K. Collins
40,922
198
3,487
6,261
55.7
6.5
206.7
208
196
73.8
3.3
3.1
337
2,230
19Joe Montana
J. Montana
40,551
192
3,409
5,391
63.2
7.5
211.2
273
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
20Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
40,239
210
2,830
5,186
54.6
7.8
191.6
290
253
78.2
5.6
4.9
21Joe 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
22Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
38,147
213
3,105
5,311
58.5
7.2
179.1
261
199
81.5
4.9
3.7
23Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
37,920
187
2,969
5,205
57.0
7.3
202.8
247
184
81.1
4.7
3.5
318
2,438
24Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
37,276
167
3,170
5,374
59.0
6.9
223.2
234
117
85.6
4.4
2.2
410
2,626
25Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
36,860
133
3,201
5,139
62.3
7.2
277.1
230
124
88.7
4.5
2.4
312
1,986
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14
3
0
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Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
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7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
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8
9
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.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
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
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176