most passing yards 2002 to 2020, 1500+ attempts

From 2002 through 2020, Drew Brees had the most passing yards when throwing 1,500+ pass attempts, with 80,137 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	ATT	GP	CMP	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Brees D. Brees	80,137	10,524	286	7,127	67.7	7.6	280.2	570	243	98.7	5.4	2.3	418	2,979
2	Tom Brady T. Brady	76,355	10,182	285	6,513	64.0	7.5	267.9	563	179	97.7	5.5	1.8	480	3,056
3	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	63,440	8,134	244	5,277	64.9	7.8	260.0	421	209	95.2	5.2	2.6	465	2,842
4	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	60,348	7,838	233	5,050	64.4	7.7	259.0	396	201	94.0	5.1	2.6	516	3,438
5	Eli Manning E. Manning	57,023	8,119	236	4,895	60.3	7.0	241.6	366	244	84.1	4.5	3.0	411	2,870
6	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	55,767	7,443	205	4,867	65.4	7.5	272.0	347	158	94.5	4.7	2.1	410	2,706
7	Peyton Manning P. Manning	55,522	7,154	202	4,768	66.6	7.8	274.9	428	170	100.0	6.0	2.4	218	1,365
8	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	51,245	6,587	197	4,285	65.1	7.8	260.1	412	89	103.9	6.3	1.4	468	3,150
9	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	46,247	6,307	182	3,941	62.5	7.3	254.1	294	187	87.9	4.7	3.0	340	2,364
10	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	45,109	6,224	165	3,898	62.6	7.2	273.4	282	144	89.9	4.5	2.3	385	2,496
11	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	40,931	6,066	176	3,744	61.7	6.7	232.6	224	144	84.1	3.7	2.4	366	2,623
12	Alex Smith A. Smith	35,650	5,193	174	3,250	62.6	6.9	204.9	199	109	86.9	3.8	2.1	432	2,463
13	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	35,133	4,920	153	3,048	62.0	7.1	229.6	227	160	85.3	4.6	3.3	322	2,035
14	Ryan Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	34,977	5,054	165	3,069	60.7	6.9	212.0	223	169	82.3	4.4	3.3	299	1,574
15	Matt Hasselbeck M. Hasselbeck	34,470	4,980	164	3,033	60.9	6.9	210.2	203	145	83.1	4.1	2.9	320	1,998
16	Tony Romo T. Romo	34,183	4,335	156	2,829	65.3	7.9	219.1	248	117	97.1	5.7	2.7	248	1,672
17	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	33,946	4,335	144	2,820	65.1	7.8	235.7	267	81	101.7	6.2	1.9	394	2,572
18	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	33,764	4,782	144	2,973	62.2	7.1	234.5	218	126	87.5	4.6	2.6	302	1,922
19	Brett Favre B. Favre	33,211	4,728	141	2,989	63.2	7.0	235.5	221	164	85.2	4.7	3.5	203	1,414
20	Cam Newton C. Newton	31,698	4,348	140	2,613	60.1	7.3	226.4	190	118	85.8	4.4	2.7	322	2,394
21	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	29,730	4,096	123	2,449	59.8	7.3	241.7	180	85	88.2	4.4	2.1	298	1,887
22	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	28,372	3,662	109	2,453	67.0	7.7	260.3	190	84	97.9	5.2	2.3	213	1,571
23	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	26,995	3,678	116	2,345	63.8	7.3	232.7	178	88	92.0	4.8	2.4	303	2,270
24	Derek Carr D. Carr	26,896	3,830	110	2,468	64.4	7.0	244.5	170	71	92.1	4.4	1.9	197	1,192
25	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	25,467	3,348	155	2,148	64.2	7.6	164.3	136	91	89.5	4.1	2.7	180	1,245

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Lions	1	1	0	.500
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	1	0	.500
Saints	1	1	0	.500
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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49ers	2	0	0	1.000
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Steelers	1	1	0	.500
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Texans	0	2	0	.000
Colts	0	2	0	.000
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Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
Chargers	0	2	0	.000