Franchise All-Time Passing Leaders: San Francisco 49ers
The table below shows the all-time passing leaders in San Francisco 49ers franchise history.
Stats included are only during the players' stint(s) as a member of the 49ers.
More franchise leaders:
- San Francisco 49ers All-Time Passing Leaders
- San Francisco 49ers All-Time Rushing Leaders
- San Francisco 49ers All-Time Receiving Leaders
- San Francisco 49ers All-Time Defensive Leaders
MORE: Franchise leaders for all 32 NFL teams
[Note: Stats are through the 2021 NFL season.]
Rank | Player | G | Comp | Att. | Yards | TD | INT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Joe Montana | 167 | 2929 | 4600 | 35124 | 244 | 123 |
2 | John Brodie | 201 | 2469 | 4491 | 31548 | 214 | 224 |
3 | Steve Young | 150 | 2400 | 3648 | 29907 | 221 | 86 |
4 | Jeff Garcia | 74 | 1449 | 2360 | 16408 | 113 | 56 |
5 | Y.A. Tittle | 113 | 1226 | 2194 | 16016 | 108 | 134 |
6 | Alex Smith | 80 | 1290 | 2177 | 14280 | 81 | 63 |
7 | Colin Kaepernick | 69 | 1011 | 1692 | 12271 | 72 | 30 |
8 | Jimmy Garoppolo | 46 | 897 | 1324 | 11162 | 66 | 38 |
9 | Frankie Albert | 90 | 831 | 1564 | 10795 | 115 | 98 |
10 | Steve DeBerg | 39 | 670 | 1201 | 7220 | 37 | 60 |
11 | Steve Spurrier | 92 | 441 | 840 | 5250 | 33 | 48 |
12 | Nick Mullens | 19 | 387 | 600 | 4714 | 25 | 22 |
13 | Tim Rattay | 32 | 356 | 586 | 3941 | 24 | 18 |
14 | Shaun Hill | 18 | 322 | 522 | 3490 | 23 | 11 |
15 | C.J. Beathard | 19 | 291 | 497 | 3469 | 18 | 13 |
16 | Jim Plunkett | 26 | 254 | 491 | 3285 | 22 | 30 |
17 | Elvis Grbac | 42 | 284 | 430 | 3098 | 18 | 16 |
18 | Blaine Gabbert | 15 | 272 | 449 | 2994 | 16 | 13 |
19 | Steve Bono | 34 | 220 | 359 | 2558 | 14 | 7 |
20 | Ken Dorsey | 11 | 171 | 316 | 1712 | 8 | 11 |
21 | George Mira | 47 | 112 | 240 | 1711 | 17 | 14 |
22 | Norm Snead | 12 | 138 | 237 | 1705 | 11 | 11 |
23 | J.T. O'Sullivan | 9 | 128 | 220 | 1678 | 8 | 11 |
24 | Tom Owen | 14 | 112 | 235 | 1645 | 11 | 17 |
25 | Jeff Kemp | 10 | 119 | 200 | 1554 | 11 | 8 |
26 | Brian Hoyer | 6 | 119 | 205 | 1245 | 4 | 4 |
27 | Lamar McHan | 11 | 83 | 195 | 1243 | 8 | 11 |
28 | Troy Smith | 6 | 73 | 145 | 1176 | 5 | 4 |
29 | Trent Dilfer | 7 | 113 | 219 | 1166 | 7 | 12 |
30 | Scott Bull | 36 | 76 | 193 | 992 | 3 | 17 |
31 | Joe Reed | 21 | 80 | 188 | 905 | 4 | 13 |
32 | Matt Cavanaugh | 29 | 61 | 115 | 783 | 5 | 1 |
33 | Bob Waters | 30 | 59 | 124 | 707 | 3 | 8 |
34 | Billy Kilmer | 39 | 40 | 77 | 653 | 2 | 9 |
35 | Earl Morrall | 12 | 38 | 78 | 621 | 1 | 6 |
36 | Trey Lance | 6 | 41 | 71 | 603 | 5 | 2 |
37 | Steve Stenstrom | 6 | 54 | 100 | 536 | 0 | 4 |
38 | Mike Moroski | 15 | 42 | 73 | 493 | 2 | 3 |
39 | Jesse Freitas | 20 | 35 | 77 | 449 | 7 | 9 |
40 | Jim Powers | 46 | 31 | 70 | 367 | 1 | 4 |
41 | Jeff Brohm | 8 | 37 | 58 | 353 | 1 | 1 |
42 | Ty Detmer | 16 | 24 | 38 | 312 | 4 | 3 |
43 | Guy Benjamin | 10 | 23 | 39 | 292 | 2 | 1 |
44 | Bev Wallace | 23 | 22 | 61 | 257 | 1 | 9 |
45 | Jim Druckenmiller | 6 | 21 | 52 | 239 | 1 | 4 |
46 | Bob Gagliano | 3 | 16 | 29 | 229 | 1 | 1 |
47 | Dennis Morrison | 3 | 21 | 51 | 227 | 1 | 5 |
48 | Cody Pickett | 6 | 18 | 45 | 195 | 0 | 4 |
49 | John David Crow | 56 | 6 | 13 | 168 | 1 | 2 |
50 | Rick Mirer | 1 | 10 | 20 | 126 | 1 | 0 |
Stats via Pro Football Reference |
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