quarterback who reached 50,000 career passing yards in the fewest games

Matthew Stafford has the fewest games by a quarterback with 50,000+ passing yards, with 219 games.

Interpreted as:
quarterback who reached 50,000 or more career passing yards in the fewest regular-season games
NAME GP YDS CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
219
59,350
5,127
8,088
63.4
7.3
271.0
376
187
91.3
4.6
2.3
502
3,365
2 Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
234
62,792
5,551
8,464
65.6
7.4
268.3
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
3 John Elway
J. Elway
234
51,475
4,123
7,250
56.9
7.1
220.0
300
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
4 Eli Manning
E. Manning
236
57,023
4,895
8,119
60.3
7.0
241.6
366
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
5 Dan Marino
D. Marino
242
61,361
4,967
8,358
59.4
7.3
253.6
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
6 Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
244
62,021
5,290
8,119
65.2
7.6
254.2
495
113
102.7
6.1
1.4
562
3,841
7 Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
244
63,440
5,277
8,134
64.9
7.8
260.0
421
209
95.2
5.2
2.6
465
2,842
8 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
249
64,088
5,440
8,443
64.4
7.6
257.4
418
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
9 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
266
71,940
6,125
9,380
65.3
7.7
270.5
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
10 Drew Brees
D. Brees
287
80,358
7,142
10,551
67.7
7.6
280.0
571
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
11 Brett Favre
B. Favre
302
71,838
6,300
10,169
62.0
7.1
237.9
508
336
86.0
5.0
3.3
525
3,487
12 Tom Brady
T. Brady
335
89,214
7,753
12,050
64.3
7.4
266.3
649
212
97.2
5.4
1.8
565
3,576
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
11
2
0
.846
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Falcons Falcons
6
7
0
.462
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
8
5
0
.615
Rams Rams
7
6
0
.538
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
10
3
0
.769
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
10
3
0
.769
Ravens Ravens
8
5
0
.615
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
Colts Colts
6
7
0
.462
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
Chargers Chargers
8
5
0
.615

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
12/8
CIN CIN
@
DAL DAL
27-20
Sat
12/7
LAC LAC
@
KC KC
17-19
Sat
12/7
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
13-38
Sat
12/7
BUF BUF
@
LAR LAR
42-44
Sat
12/7
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
30-18

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
12/22
SF SF
@
MIA MIA
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
JAX JAX
@
LV LV
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
12/22
LAR LAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
12/22
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM