nfl all-time passing yards leaders before 2011

Before 2011, Brett Favre had the most passing yards, with 71,838 yards.

Regular season

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Brett 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
2	Dan 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
3	Peyton Manning P. Manning	54,828	208	4,682	7,210	64.9	7.6	263.6	399	198	94.9	5.5	2.7	231	1,483
4	John 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
5	Warren 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
6	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	47,003	246	3,686	6,467	57.0	7.3	191.1	342	266	80.4	5.3	4.1	274	2,337
7	Vinny 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
8	Drew 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
9	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	43,040	181	3,297	5,604	58.8	7.7	237.8	254	242	80.2	4.5	4.3	319	2,304
10	Joe Montana J. Montana	40,551	192	3,409	5,391	63.2	7.5	211.2	273	139	92.3	5.1	2.6	313	2,095
11	Kerry Collins K. Collins	40,441	195	3,439	6,163	55.8	6.6	207.4	206	195	73.9	3.3	3.2	332	2,190
12	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	40,239	211	2,830	5,186	54.6	7.8	190.7	290	253	78.2	5.6	4.9	74	590
13	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	38,147	213	3,105	5,311	58.5	7.2	179.1	261	199	81.5	4.9	3.7	494	3,794
14	Boomer 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
15	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	36,250	161	3,076	5,218	58.9	6.9	225.2	230	115	85.7	4.4	2.2	394	2,513
16	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	35,467	160	2,874	4,779	60.1	7.4	221.7	237	175	84.4	5.0	3.7	323	2,427
17	Drew Brees D. Brees	35,266	138	3,145	4,822	65.2	7.3	255.6	235	132	91.7	4.9	2.7	184	1,350
18	Jim Everett J. Everett	34,837	158	2,841	4,923	57.7	7.1	220.5	203	175	78.6	4.1	3.6	257	1,885
19	Tom Brady T. Brady	34,744	145	2,996	4,710	63.6	7.4	239.6	261	103	95.2	5.5	2.2	244	1,539
20	Jim Hart J. Hart	34,665	201	2,593	5,076	51.1	6.8	172.5	209	247	66.6	4.1	4.9	243	1,936
21	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	34,241	206	2,874	5,024	57.2	6.8	166.2	196	204	74.2	3.9	4.1	296	2,469
22	John Hadl J. Hadl	33,503	224	2,363	4,687	50.4	7.1	149.6	244	268	67.4	5.2	5.7	179	1,514
23	Phil Simms P. Simms	33,462	164	2,576	4,647	55.4	7.2	204.0	199	157	78.5	4.3	3.4	477	3,418
24	Steve Young S. Young	33,124	169	2,667	4,149	64.3	8.0	196.0	232	107	96.8	5.6	2.6	358	2,055
25	Troy Aikman T. Aikman	32,942	165	2,898	4,715	61.5	7.0	199.6	165	141	81.6	3.5	3.0	259	1,748

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