nfl passing yards leader from 1919 to 2014,

From 1919 through 2014, 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	Peyton Manning P. Manning	69,691	256	5,927	9,049	65.5	7.7	272.2	530	234	97.5	5.9	2.6	287	1,858
3	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
4	Drew Brees D. Brees	56,033	202	4,937	7,458	66.2	7.5	277.4	396	194	95.4	5.3	2.6	300	2,128
5	Tom Brady T. Brady	53,258	209	4,551	7,168	63.5	7.4	254.8	392	143	95.9	5.5	2.0	364	2,284
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Kerry 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
13	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
14	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
15	Eli Manning E. Manning	39,755	169	3,308	5,609	59.0	7.1	235.2	259	185	82.4	4.6	3.3	280	1,980
16	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	39,057	159	3,157	4,954	63.7	7.9	245.6	251	131	93.9	5.1	2.6	419	2,726
17	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
18	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
19	Donovan 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
20	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	36,655	148	3,025	4,678	64.7	7.8	247.7	252	122	95.7	5.4	2.6	286	1,726
21	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
22	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	35,365	144	3,071	4,906	62.6	7.2	245.6	224	155	86.3	4.6	3.2	253	1,782
23	Matt Hasselbeck M. Hasselbeck	34,948	201	3,066	5,074	60.4	6.9	173.9	203	148	82.3	4.0	2.9	344	2,159
24	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
25	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

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