NFL Career Passing Yards Leaders Through 1997
These are the NFL career record holders through the 1997 season. See current passing yards leaders or select another stat or year:
Leaders through 1997
Rank | Current | Player (age) | Yds | Tm |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 | Dan Marino | 55416 | mia |
2 | 12 | John Elway | 48669 | den |
3 | 13 | Warren Moon | 47465 | 3TM |
4 | 14 | Fran Tarkenton | 47003 | 2TM |
5 | 20 | Dan Fouts | 43040 | sdg |
6 | 22 | Joe Montana | 40551 | 2TM |
7 | 23 | Johnny Unitas | 40239 | 2TM |
8 | 27 | Dave Krieg | 37948 | 6TM |
9 | 28 | Boomer Esiason | 37920 | 3TM |
10 | 32 | Jim Kelly | 35467 | buf |
11 | 36 | Jim Everett | 34837 | 3TM |
12 | 37 | Jim Hart | 34665 | 2TM |
13 | 38 | Steve DeBerg | 33872 | 5TM |
14 | 40 | John Hadl | 33503 | 4TM |
15 | 41 | Phil Simms | 33462 | nyg |
16 | 43 | Y.A. Tittle | 33070 | 3TM |
17 | 45 | Ken Anderson | 32838 | cin |
18 | 48 | Sonny Jurgensen | 32224 | 2TM |
19 | 50 | John Brodie | 31548 | sfo |
20 | 52 | Norm Snead | 30797 | 5TM |
21 | 55 | Joe Ferguson | 29817 | 4TM |
22 | 58 | Roman Gabriel | 29444 | 2TM |
23 | 16 | Vinny Testaverde | 29223 | 3TM |
24 | 62 | Len Dawson | 28711 | 3TM |
25 | 42 | Steve Young | 28508 | 2TM |
26 | 66 | Ron Jaworski | 28190 | 4TM |
27 | 67 | Terry Bradshaw | 27989 | pit |
28 | 68 | Ken Stabler | 27938 | 3TM |
29 | 69 | Craig Morton | 27908 | 3TM |
30 | 70 | Joe Namath | 27663 | 2TM |
31 | 72 | George Blanda | 26920 | 4TM |
32 | 73 | Steve Grogan | 26886 | nwe |
33 | 74 | Bobby Layne | 26768 | 4TM |
34 | 44 | Troy Aikman | 26016 | dal |
35 | 76 | Jim Plunkett | 25882 | 3TM |
36 | 79 | Joe Theismann | 25206 | was |
37 | 80 | Ken O'Brien | 25094 | 2TM |
38 | 81 | Bob Griese | 25092 | mia |
39 | 82 | Tommy Kramer | 24777 | 2TM |
40 | 83 | Bart Starr | 24718 | gnb |
41 | 84 | Charley Johnson | 24410 | 3TM |
42 | 86 | Steve Bartkowski | 24124 | 2TM |
43 | 88 | Archie Manning | 23911 | 3TM |
44 | 89 | Brian Sipe | 23713 | cle |
45 | 91 | Norm Van Brocklin | 23611 | 2TM |
46 | 92 | Otto Graham | 23584 | cle |
47 | 54 | Randall Cunningham | 23378 | 2TM |
48 | 93 | Lynn Dickey | 23322 | 2TM |
49 | 94 | Bernie Kosar | 23301 | 3TM |
50 | 96 | Neil Lomax | 22771 | crd |
51 | 98 | Roger Staubach | 22700 | dal |
52 | 99 | Babe Parilli | 22681 | 5TM |
53 | 4 | Brett Favre | 22591 | 2TM |
54 | 71 | Jeff George | 22043 | 3TM |
55 | 103 | Danny White | 21959 | dal |
56 | 104 | Sammy Baugh | 21886 | was |
57 | 107 | Bobby Hebert | 21683 | 2TM |
58 | 109 | Jack Kemp | 21218 | 3TM |
59 | 110 | Jim Zorn | 21115 | 3TM |
60 | 112 | Earl Morrall | 20809 | 6TM |
61 | 113 | Richard Todd | 20610 | 2TM |
62 | 115 | Billy Kilmer | 20495 | 3TM |
63 | 75 | Jim Harbaugh | 20272 | 2TM |
64 | 118 | Jay Schroeder | 20063 | 4TM |
65 | 119 | Charlie Conerly | 19488 | nyg |
66 | 123 | Daryle Lamonica | 19154 | 2TM |
67 | 124 | Tobin Rote | 18850 | 4TM |
68 | 122 | Chris Miller | 18793 | 2TM |
69 | 125 | Billy Wade | 18530 | 2TM |
70 | 126 | Dan Pastorini | 18515 | 4TM |
71 | 127 | Mark Rypien | 18416 | 4TM |
72 | 17 | Drew Bledsoe | 18348 | nwe |
73 | 128 | Bert Jones | 18190 | 2TM |
74 | 129 | Jim McMahon | 18148 | 6TM |
75 | 134 | Milt Plum | 17536 | 4TM |
76 | 137 | Bill Kenney | 17277 | kan |
77 | 139 | Don Meredith | 17199 | dal |
78 | 140 | Stan Humphries | 17191 | 2TM |
79 | 141 | Doug Williams | 16998 | 2TM |
80 | 106 | Neil O'Donnell | 16810 | 2TM |
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