List of National Football League career passing yards leaders
This is a list of National Football League quarterbacks by total career passing yards. This list includes the top 50 quarterbacks who have the most career passing yards during the regular season.
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Regular season career passing yards leaders
^ | Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
* | Denotes player who is still active in the NFL |
Through end of 2019 season
- Note: Y. A. Tittle passed for 33,070 yards in his professional career. However, 4,731 of those yards came in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). The NFL does not recognise statistics and records accrued in the AAFC.[1][2] As such, his career passing yards total in the NFL stands at 28,339.[3]
Players with at least 3,000 postseason career passing yards
Through end of 2019 playoffs[4]
Players with the most career passing yards including playoff games
Active players are in bold; minimum 60K yards.
1 | Tom Brady | 85,959 |
2 | Drew Brees | 82,383 |
3 | Peyton Manning | 79,279 |
4 | Brett Favre | 77,693 |
5 | Dan Marino | 65,871 |
6 | Philip Rivers | 61,927 |
7 | Ben Roethlisberger | 61,801 |
Historical passing yards leaders
Ten players are recognised as having held the record as the NFL's career passing yardage leader.[5] The longest record holder was Fran Tarkenton who held the record for 19 years.
Reign | Player | Team(s) while leader | Career passing yards | Season(s) |
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1932–1942 (11 years) | Arnie Herber^ [6] | Green Bay Packers | 639 | 1932 |
1,295 | 1933 | |||
2,094 | 1934 | |||
2,823 | 1935 | |||
4,062 | 1936 | |||
4,746 | 1937 | |||
5,082 | 1938 | |||
6,189 | 1939 | |||
6,749 | 1940–1942 | |||
1943–1958 (16 years) | Sammy Baugh^ [7] | Washington Redskins | 8,379 | 1943 |
9,228 | 1944 | |||
10,897 | 1945 | |||
12,060 | 1946 | |||
14,998 | 1947 | |||
17,597 | 1948 | |||
19,500 | 1949 | |||
20,630 | 1950 | |||
21,734 | 1951 | |||
21,886 | 1952–1958 | |||
1959–1963 (5 years) | Bobby Layne^ [8] | Pittsburgh Steelers | 22,063 | 1959 |
23,877 | 1960 | |||
25,082 | 1961 | |||
26,768 | 1962–1963 | |||
1964–1967 (4 years) | Y. A. Tittle^ [3] | New York Giants | 28,339 | 1964–1967 |
1968–1975 (8 years) | Johnny Unitas^ [9] | Baltimore Colts (1968–1972) San Diego Chargers (1973) | 33,160 | 1968 |
35,502 | 1969 | |||
37,715 | 1970 | |||
38,657 | 1971 | |||
39,768 | 1972 | |||
40,239 | 1973–1975 | |||
1976–1994 (19 years) | Fran Tarkenton^ [10] | Minnesota Vikings | 41,801 | 1976 |
43,535 | 1977 | |||
47,003 | 1978–1994 | |||
1995–2006 (12 years) | Dan Marino^ [11] | Miami Dolphins | 48,841 | 1995 |
51,636 | 1996 | |||
55,416 | 1997 | |||
58,913 | 1998 | |||
61,361 | 1999–2006 | |||
2007–2014 (8 years) | Brett Favre^ [12] | Green Bay Packers (2007) New York Jets (2008) Minnesota Vikings (2009–2010) | 61,655 | 2007 |
65,127 | 2008 | |||
69,329 | 2009 | |||
71,838 | 2010–2014 | |||
2015–2017 (3 years) | Peyton Manning [13] |
Denver Broncos | 71,940 | 2015–2017 |
Since 2018 (2 years) | Drew Brees [14] |
New Orleans Saints | 74,437 | 2018 |
77,416 | 2019 |
See also
- List of most wins by a National Football League starting quarterback
- List of National Football League career passing touchdowns leaders
- List of National Football League career passing completions leaders
- List of National Football League records (individual)
- List of gridiron football quarterbacks passing statistics
Notes
- Collins was traded during the 1998 season; he played four games for the Panthers and seven for the Saints.
- DeBerg was cut during the 1993 season; he played three games for the Buccaneers and five for the Dolphins.
- Hadl was traded during the 1974 season; he played six games for the Rams and eight for the Packers.
References
- General
- "NFL Passing Yards Career Leaders". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- Footnotes
- Pavlick, Ed (1980). "Pro Football Records Should Include the AAFC" (PDF). The Coffin Corner. Professional Football Researchers Association. 2 (7). Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- Roberts, Jerry (2015). Pass Receiving in Early Pro Football: A History to the 1960s (illustrated ed.). McFarland. p. 137. ISBN 078649946X. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- "Y.A. Tittle". NFL.com. National Football League. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- "NFL Passing Yards Career Playoffs Leaders". ProFootballReference.com. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- Bryan Frye (March 9, 2016). "History of the Career Passing Yards Record". Grid Fe. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
- "Arnie Herber stats". Pro football reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
- "Sammy Baugh stats". Pro football reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
- "Bobby Layne stats". NFL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
- "Johnny Unitas stats". Pro football reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
- "Fran Tarkenton stats". Pro football reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
- "Dan Marino stats". Pro football reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
- "Brett Favre stats". Pro football reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
- "Peyton Manning stats". PFRef.com. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
- "Drew Brees stats". PFRef.com. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
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