nfl passing leaders 2001 to 2015

Between the 2001 and 2015 seasons, Drew Brees had the most passing yards, with 60,903 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
60,903
217
5,365
8,085
66.4
7.5
280.7
428
205
95.8
5.3
2.5
331
2,363
2Peyton Manning
P. Manning
59,653
218
5,111
7,701
66.4
7.7
273.6
454
193
98.9
5.9
2.5
247
1,597
3Tom Brady
T. Brady
58,022
224
4,952
7,789
63.6
7.4
259.0
428
150
96.4
5.5
1.9
402
2,509
4Eli Manning
E. Manning
44,187
185
3,695
6,227
59.3
7.1
238.8
294
199
83.5
4.7
3.2
307
2,137
5Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
42,995
171
3,476
5,423
64.1
7.9
251.4
272
147
94.0
5.0
2.7
439
2,867
6Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
41,447
164
3,462
5,339
64.8
7.8
252.7
281
135
95.5
5.3
2.5
326
1,990
7Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
40,036
160
3,413
5,443
62.7
7.4
250.2
259
166
88.1
4.8
3.0
278
1,933
8Brett Favre
B. Favre
37,132
157
3,303
5,238
63.1
7.1
236.5
253
179
86.0
4.8
3.4
225
1,565
9Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
36,493
177
3,209
5,301
60.5
6.9
206.2
210
153
82.4
4.0
2.9
358
2,249
10Tony Romo
T. Romo
34,154
155
2,826
4,331
65.3
7.9
220.3
247
117
97.1
5.7
2.7
248
1,672
11Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
32,963
139
2,734
4,589
59.6
7.2
237.1
205
97
87.7
4.5
2.1
337
2,160
12Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
32,757
126
2,915
4,530
64.3
7.2
260.0
202
107
90.9
4.5
2.4
218
1,446
13Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
32,399
126
2,633
4,047
65.1
8.0
257.1
257
65
104.1
6.4
1.6
306
1,917
14Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
31,408
134
2,701
4,354
62.0
7.2
234.4
204
141
86.0
4.7
3.2
285
1,777
15Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
28,322
122
2,479
4,070
60.9
7.0
232.1
162
102
84.7
4.0
2.5
257
1,833
16Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
25,976
93
2,246
3,691
60.9
7.0
279.3
163
98
85.8
4.4
2.7
205
1,347
17Kerry Collins
K. Collins
25,486
120
2,198
3,870
56.8
6.6
212.4
127
108
76.2
3.3
2.8
193
1,220
18Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
24,851
141
2,092
3,271
64.0
7.6
176.2
133
90
89.1
4.1
2.8
178
1,226
19Kurt Warner
K. Warner
24,523
96
2,102
3,213
65.4
7.6
255.4
146
97
91.0
4.5
3.0
211
1,353
20Alex Smith
A. Smith
24,344
126
2,208
3,619
61.0
6.7
193.2
142
83
84.5
3.9
2.3
325
1,856
21Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
23,178
113
2,087
3,473
60.1
6.7
205.1
154
116
80.8
4.4
3.3
205
1,109
22Trent Green
T. Green
22,971
96
1,843
2,990
61.6
7.7
239.3
123
98
85.5
4.1
3.3
186
1,138
23Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
22,814
96
1,969
3,171
62.1
7.2
237.6
122
93
84.4
3.8
2.9
254
1,863
24Michael Vick
M. Vick
22,464
143
1,807
3,217
56.2
7.0
157.1
133
88
80.4
4.1
2.7
316
1,879
25Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
22,193
102
2,019
3,312
61.0
6.7
217.6
120
120
77.8
3.6
3.6
244
1,541
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,384

Shough

Tyler Shough

RUSH

471

Kamara

Alvin Kamara

REC

1,163

Olave

Chris Olave
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PPG

18.0

28th

OPP PPG

22.5

16th

RUSH YDS/G

94.3

28th

PASS YDS/G

236.9

10th

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TEAMWLTPCT
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9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
Saints Saints
6
11
0
.353
Last Game
NO Saints

6 - 11

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19

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
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
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.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
Bears Bears - y
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