NFL Career Passing Yards Leaders Through 2020
These are the NFL career record holders through the 2020 season. See current passing yards leaders or select another stat or year:
Leaders through 2020
Rank | Current | Player (age) | Yds | Tm |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Drew Brees | 80358 | 2TM |
2 | 1 | Tom Brady | 79204 | 2TM |
3 | 3 | Peyton Manning | 71940 | 2TM |
4 | 4 | Brett Favre | 71838 | 4TM |
5 | 6 | Philip Rivers | 63440 | 2TM |
6 | 8 | Dan Marino | 61361 | mia |
7 | 5 | Ben Roethlisberger | 60348 | pit |
8 | 10 | Eli Manning | 57023 | nyg |
9 | 7 | Matt Ryan | 55767 | atl |
10 | 12 | John Elway | 51475 | den |
11 | 9 | Aaron Rodgers | 51245 | gnb |
12 | 13 | Warren Moon | 49325 | 4TM |
13 | 14 | Fran Tarkenton | 47003 | 2TM |
14 | 15 | Carson Palmer | 46247 | 3TM |
15 | 16 | Vinny Testaverde | 46233 | 7TM |
16 | 11 | Matthew Stafford | 45109 | det |
17 | 17 | Drew Bledsoe | 44611 | 3TM |
18 | 20 | Dan Fouts | 43040 | sdg |
19 | 18 | Joe Flacco | 40931 | 3TM |
20 | 21 | Kerry Collins | 40922 | 6TM |
21 | 22 | Joe Montana | 40551 | 2TM |
22 | 23 | Johnny Unitas | 40239 | 2TM |
23 | 27 | Dave Krieg | 38147 | 6TM |
24 | 28 | Boomer Esiason | 37920 | 3TM |
25 | 29 | Donovan McNabb | 37276 | 3TM |
26 | 30 | Matt Hasselbeck | 36638 | 4TM |
27 | 31 | Alex Smith | 35650 | 3TM |
28 | 32 | Jim Kelly | 35467 | buf |
29 | 33 | Jay Cutler | 35133 | 3TM |
30 | 34 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | 34977 | 8TM |
31 | 36 | Jim Everett | 34837 | 3TM |
32 | 37 | Jim Hart | 34665 | 2TM |
33 | 38 | Steve DeBerg | 34241 | 6TM |
34 | 39 | Tony Romo | 34183 | dal |
35 | 19 | Russell Wilson | 33946 | sea |
36 | 26 | Andy Dalton | 33764 | 2TM |
37 | 40 | John Hadl | 33503 | 4TM |
38 | 41 | Phil Simms | 33462 | nyg |
39 | 42 | Steve Young | 33124 | 2TM |
40 | 43 | Y.A. Tittle | 33070 | 3TM |
41 | 44 | Troy Aikman | 32942 | dal |
42 | 45 | Ken Anderson | 32838 | cin |
43 | 47 | Kurt Warner | 32344 | 3TM |
44 | 48 | Sonny Jurgensen | 32224 | 2TM |
45 | 49 | Mark Brunell | 32072 | 5TM |
46 | 46 | Cam Newton | 31698 | 2TM |
47 | 50 | John Brodie | 31548 | sfo |
48 | 51 | Steve McNair | 31304 | 2TM |
49 | 52 | Norm Snead | 30797 | 5TM |
50 | 54 | Randall Cunningham | 29979 | 4TM |
51 | 55 | Joe Ferguson | 29817 | 4TM |
52 | 56 | Jon Kitna | 29745 | 4TM |
53 | 58 | Roman Gabriel | 29444 | 2TM |
54 | 59 | Jake Plummer | 29253 | 2TM |
55 | 60 | Brad Johnson | 29054 | 4TM |
56 | 61 | Rich Gannon | 28743 | 4TM |
57 | 62 | Len Dawson | 28711 | 3TM |
58 | 63 | Chris Chandler | 28484 | 7TM |
59 | 64 | Trent Green | 28475 | 4TM |
60 | 24 | Kirk Cousins | 28372 | 2TM |
61 | 66 | Ron Jaworski | 28190 | 4TM |
62 | 67 | Terry Bradshaw | 27989 | pit |
63 | 68 | Ken Stabler | 27938 | 3TM |
64 | 69 | Craig Morton | 27908 | 3TM |
65 | 70 | Joe Namath | 27663 | 2TM |
66 | 71 | Jeff George | 27602 | 5TM |
67 | 35 | Ryan Tannehill | 26995 | 2TM |
68 | 72 | George Blanda | 26920 | 4TM |
69 | 25 | Derek Carr | 26896 | rai |
70 | 73 | Steve Grogan | 26886 | nwe |
71 | 74 | Bobby Layne | 26768 | 4TM |
72 | 75 | Jim Harbaugh | 26288 | 4TM |
73 | 76 | Jim Plunkett | 25882 | 3TM |
74 | 77 | Jeff Garcia | 25537 | 5TM |
75 | 78 | Matt Schaub | 25467 | 4TM |
76 | 79 | Joe Theismann | 25206 | was |
77 | 80 | Ken O'Brien | 25094 | 2TM |
78 | 81 | Bob Griese | 25092 | mia |
79 | 82 | Tommy Kramer | 24777 | 2TM |
80 | 83 | Bart Starr | 24718 | gnb |
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