NFL History - Top 250 Passing Yardage Leaders
NFL Career Leaders: Passing Leaders - Rushing Leaders - Receiving Leaders
Below is a table of the top 250 NFL passing yardage leaders of all-time. Also, check out the all-time leaders in career passing touchdowns.
[Stats are updated through the 2020 NFL regular season.]
Franchise all-time statistical leaders:
- Dallas Cowboys Franchise Leaders
- Green Bay Packers Franchise Leaders
- Miami Dolphins Franchise Leaders
- Pittsburgh Steelers Franchise Leaders
- San Francisco 49ers Franchise Leaders
- All NFL Franchise Leaders
Rank | Player | Pass Yards |
---|---|---|
1 | Drew Brees | 80358 |
2 | Tom Brady | 79204 |
3 | Peyton Manning | 71940 |
4 | Brett Favre | 71838 |
5 | Philip Rivers | 63440 |
6 | Dan Marino | 61361 |
7 | Ben Roethlisberger | 60348 |
8 | Eli Manning | 57023 |
9 | Matt Ryan | 55767 |
10 | John Elway | 51475 |
11 | Aaron Rodgers | 51245 |
12 | Warren Moon | 49325 |
13 | Fran Tarkenton | 47003 |
14 | Carson Palmer | 46247 |
15 | Vinny Testaverde | 46233 |
16 | Matthew Stafford | 45109 |
17 | Drew Bledsoe | 44611 |
18 | Dan Fouts | 43040 |
19 | Joe Flacco | 40931 |
20 | Kerry Collins | 40922 |
21 | Joe Montana | 40551 |
22 | Johnny Unitas | 40239 |
23 | Dave Krieg | 38147 |
24 | Boomer Esiason | 37920 |
25 | Donovan McNabb | 37276 |
26 | Matt Hasselbeck | 36638 |
27 | Alex Smith | 35650 |
28 | Jim Kelly | 35467 |
29 | Jay Cutler | 35133 |
30 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | 34977 |
31 | Jim Everett | 34837 |
32 | Jim Hart | 34665 |
33 | Steve DeBerg | 34241 |
34 | Tony Romo | 34183 |
35 | Russell Wilson | 33946 |
36 | Andy Dalton | 33763 |
37 | John Hadl | 33503 |
38 | Phil Simms | 33462 |
39 | Steve Young | 33124 |
40 | Y.A. Tittle | 33070 |
41 | Troy Aikman | 32942 |
42 | Ken Anderson | 32838 |
43 | Kurt Warner | 32344 |
44 | Sonny Jurgensen | 32224 |
45 | Mark Brunell | 32072 |
46 | Cam Newton | 31698 |
47 | John Brodie | 31548 |
48 | Steve McNair | 31304 |
49 | Norm Snead | 30797 |
50 | Randall Cunningham | 29979 |
51 | Joe Ferguson | 29817 |
52 | Jon Kitna | 29745 |
53 | Roman Gabriel | 29444 |
54 | Jake Plummer | 29253 |
55 | Brad Johnson | 29054 |
56 | Rich Gannon | 28743 |
57 | Len Dawson | 28711 |
58 | Chris Chandler | 28484 |
59 | Trent Green | 28475 |
60 | Kirk Cousins | 28372 |
61 | Ron Jaworski | 28190 |
62 | Terry Bradshaw | 27989 |
63 | Ken Stabler | 27938 |
64 | Craig Morton | 27908 |
65 | Joe Namath | 27663 |
66 | Jeff George | 27602 |
67 | Ryan Tannehill | 26995 |
68 | George Blanda | 26920 |
69 | Derek Carr | 26896 |
70 | Steve Grogan | 26886 |
71 | Bobby Layne | 26768 |
72 | Jim Harbaugh | 26288 |
73 | Jim Plunkett | 25882 |
74 | Jeff Garcia | 25537 |
75 | Matt Schaub | 25467 |
76 | Joe Theismann | 25206 |
77 | Ken O'Brien | 25094 |
78 | Bob Griese | 25092 |
79 | Tommy Kramer | 24777 |
80 | Bart Starr | 24718 |
81 | Charley Johnson | 24410 |
82 | Daunte Culpepper | 24153 |
83 | Steve Bartkowski | 24124 |
84 | Steve Beuerlein | 24046 |
85 | Archie Manning | 23911 |
86 | Brian Sipe | 23713 |
87 | Andrew Luck | 23671 |
88 | Norm Van Brocklin | 23611 |
89 | Otto Graham | 23584 |
90 | Lynn Dickey | 23322 |
91 | Bernie Kosar | 23301 |
92 | Marc Bulger | 22814 |
93 | Neil Lomax | 22771 |
94 | Roger Staubach | 22700 |
95 | Babe Parilli | 22681 |
96 | Michael Vick | 22464 |
97 | Danny White | 21959 |
98 | Sammy Baugh | 21886 |
99 | Jeff Blake | 21711 |
100 | Neil O'Donnell | 21690 |
101 | Bobby Hebert | 21683 |
102 | Gus Frerotte | 21291 |
103 | Jack Kemp | 21218 |
104 | Jim Zorn | 21115 |
105 | Jake Delhomme | 20975 |
106 | Earl Morrall | 20809 |
107 | Richard Todd | 20610 |
108 | Trent Dilfer | 20518 |
109 | Billy Kilmer | 20495 |
110 | Aaron Brooks | 20261 |
111 | Jay Schroeder | 20063 |
112 | Jameis Winston | 19812 |
113 | Charlie Conerly | 19488 |
114 | Sam Bradford | 19449 |
115 | Brian Griese | 19440 |
116 | Chris Miller | 19320 |
117 | Daryle Lamonica | 19154 |
118 | Tobin Rote | 18850 |
119 | Billy Wade | 18530 |
120 | Dan Pastorini | 18515 |
121 | Mark Rypien | 18473 |
122 | Bert Jones | 18190 |
123 | Jared Goff | 18171 |
124 | Jim McMahon | 18148 |
125 | Kyle Orton | 18037 |
126 | Chad Pennington | 17823 |
127 | Josh McCown | 17731 |
128 | Blake Bortles | 17649 |
129 | Dak Prescott | 17634 |
130 | Milt Plum | 17536 |
131 | Matt Cassel | 17508 |
132 | Wade Wilson | 17283 |
133 | Bill Kenney | 17277 |
134 | Don Meredith | 17199 |
135 | Stan Humphries | 17191 |
136 | Doug Williams | 16998 |
137 | Carson Wentz | 16811 |
138 | Elvis Grbac | 16774 |
139 | Jason Campbell | 16771 |
140 | Jeff Hostetler | 16430 |
141 | Rodney Peete | 16338 |
142 | Mike Tomczak | 16079 |
143 | Greg Landry | 16052 |
144 | Frank Ryan | 16042 |
145 | David Garrard | 16003 |
146 | Scott Mitchell | 15692 |
147 | Ed Brown | 15600 |
148 | Mark Sanchez | 15357 |
149 | Erik Kramer | 15337 |
150 | Tony Banks | 15315 |
151 | Kordell Stewart | 14746 |
152 | Doug Flutie | 14715 |
153 | Joey Harrington | 14693 |
154 | Sid Luckman | 14686 |
155 | Deshaun Watson | 14539 |
156 | David Carr | 14452 |
157 | Bubby Brister | 14445 |
158 | Case Keenum | 14414 |
159 | Marc Wilson | 14391 |
160 | Bill Nelsen | 14165 |
161 | Patrick Mahomes | 14152 |
162 | Josh Freeman | 13873 |
163 | Gary Danielson | 13764 |
164 | Nick Foles | 13753 |
165 | Marcus Mariota | 13433 |
166 | Eddie LeBaron | 13399 |
167 | Chad Henne | 13208 |
168 | Bill Munson | 12896 |
169 | Don Majkowski | 12700 |
170 | Colin Kaepernick | 12271 |
171 | Rick Mirer | 11969 |
172 | Tom Flores | 11959 |
173 | Bob Waterfield | 11849 |
174 | Jay Fiedler | 11844 |
175 | Cotton Davidson | 11760 |
176 | Teddy Bridgewater | 11385 |
177 | Vince Ferragamo | 11336 |
178 | Mike Livingston | 11295 |
179 | Tony Eason | 11142 |
180 | Tim Couch | 11131 |
181 | Baker Mayfield | 11115 |
182 | Charlie Batch | 11085 |
183 | Derek Anderson | 10878 |
184 | Frankie Albert | 10795 |
185 | Billy Joe Tolliver | 10760 |
186 | Eric Hipple | 10711 |
187 | Mitchell Trubisky | 10609 |
188 | Byron Leftwich | 10532 |
189 | Mike Phipps | 10506 |
190 | George Ratterman | 10473 |
191 | Steve Bono | 10439 |
192 | Brian Hoyer | 10404 |
193 | Tommy Thompson | 10385 |
194 | Zeke Bratkowski | 10345 |
195 | Frank Tripucka | 10282 |
196 | Dave Brown | 10248 |
197 | Jack Trudeau | 10243 |
198 | Rex Grossman | 10232 |
199 | Mark Malone | 10175 |
200 | Tyrod Taylor | 9770 |
201 | Josh Allen | 9707 |
202 | Vince Evans | 9485 |
203 | Bobby Thomason | 9480 |
204 | Lamar McHan | 9449 |
205 | Gary Hogeboom | 9436 |
206 | Mike Pagel | 9414 |
207 | Pat Haden | 9296 |
208 | Robert Griffin III | 9271 |
209 | Blaine Gabbert | 9206 |
210 | Bob Berry | 9197 |
211 | Vince Young | 8964 |
212 | Kyle Boller | 8931 |
213 | John Friesz | 8699 |
214 | Jim Finks | 8622 |
215 | David Woodley | 8558 |
216 | Rudy Bukich | 8433 |
217 | Randy Johnson | 8329 |
218 | Shaun Hill | 8295 |
219 | Pete Beathard | 8176 |
220 | James Harris | 8136 |
221 | Sam Darnold | 8097 |
222 | Tommy Maddox | 8087 |
223 | Jimmy Garoppolo | 8042 |
224 | Arnie Herber | 8041 |
225 | Steve Walsh | 7875 |
226 | Kent Graham | 7801 |
227 | Al Dorow | 7708 |
228 | Kyler Murray | 7693 |
229 | Craig Erickson | 7625 |
230 | Matt Moore | 7597 |
231 | Brock Osweiler | 7418 |
232 | Gary Cuozzo | 7402 |
233 | Paul Christman | 7294 |
234 | Tarvaris Jackson | 7263 |
235 | Steve Fuller | 7156 |
236 | Dick Wood | 7153 |
237 | Jim Ninowski | 7133 |
238 | Bob Avellini | 7111 |
239 | Randy Wright | 7106 |
240 | Lamar Jackson | 7085 |
241 | Adrian Burk | 7001 |
242 | Dave Wilson | 6987 |
243 | Steve Spurrier | 6878 |
244 | Steve Pelluer | 6870 |
245 | Christian Ponder | 6658 |
246 | Bobby Douglass | 6493 |
247 | Brandon Weeden | 6462 |
248 | Jacoby Brissett | 6459 |
249 | Scott Brunner | 6457 |
250 | Colt McCoy | 6455 |
[Data via Pro Football Reference.]
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