most career passing yards until october 11, 2018

Before October 12, 2018, Drew Brees had the most passing yards, with 72,103 yards.

Interpreted as:
most career passing yards by a player until October 11, 2018
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
72,103
254
6,370
9,484
67.2
7.6
283.9
499
228
97.3
5.3
2.4
386
2,756
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
67,418
258
5,750
8,984
64.0
7.5
261.3
500
166
97.5
5.6
1.8
458
2,834
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
53,344
222
4,582
7,626
60.1
7.0
240.3
345
232
83.7
4.5
3.0
379
2,622
7Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
52,729
205
4,302
6,708
64.1
7.9
257.2
340
180
94.0
5.1
2.7
486
3,206
8Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
51,843
201
4,293
6,666
64.4
7.8
257.9
355
168
95.4
5.3
2.5
386
2,338
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
43,397
163
3,755
5,776
65.0
7.5
266.2
271
128
94.0
4.7
2.2
295
1,937
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
17Kerry 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
18Joe Montana
J. Montana
40,551
192
3,409
5,391
63.2
7.5
211.2
273
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
19Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
40,239
210
2,830
5,186
54.6
7.8
191.6
290
253
78.2
5.6
4.9
20Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
40,074
154
3,319
5,103
65.0
7.9
260.2
323
79
103.7
6.3
1.5
379
2,438
21Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
38,147
213
3,105
5,311
58.5
7.2
179.1
261
199
81.5
4.9
3.7
22Boomer 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
23Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
37,330
159
3,406
5,518
61.7
6.8
234.8
208
133
84.2
3.8
2.4
328
2,322
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
25Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
36,638
209
3,222
5,330
60.5
6.9
175.3
212
153
82.4
4.0
2.9
360
2,260
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
6
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.600
7
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11
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8
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7
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9
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.400
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10
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12
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