# The quarterbacks with the most passing yards in NFL history

Tom Brady is the only one past 80,000 yards… and almost 9,000 ahead of Drew Brees. The twenty quarterbacks with the most regular-season passing yards, as of the end of the 2025 season. Who is the greatest of all?

- 2 votes · 20 items
- Aug 28, 2026 · valpomontanero
- https://even.best/en/l/3343/the-quarterbacks-with-the-most-passing-yards-in-nfl-history

## Top 20

1. **Brett Favre** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 71,838 passing yards (1991-2010).
2. **Matt Ryan** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 62,792 passing yards (2008-2022).
3. **Tom Brady** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 89,214 passing yards (2000-2022).
4. **Drew Brees** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 80,358 passing yards (2001-2020).
5. **Peyton Manning** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 71,940 passing yards (1998-2015).
6. **Aaron Rodgers** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 66,274 passing yards (2005-2025).
7. **Matthew Stafford** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 64,516 passing yards (2009-2025).
8. **Ben Roethlisberger** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 64,088 passing yards (2004-2021).
9. **Philip Rivers** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 63,984 passing yards (2004-2025).
10. **Dan Marino** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 61,361 passing yards (1983-1999).
11. **Eli Manning** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 57,023 passing yards (2004-2019).
12. **John Elway** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 51,475 passing yards (1983-1998).
13. **Warren Moon** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 49,325 passing yards (1984-2000).
14. **Joe Flacco** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 48,176 passing yards (2008-2025).
15. **Russell Wilson** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 46,966 passing yards (2012-2025).
16. **Carson Palmer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 46,247 passing yards (2004-2017).
17. **Vinny Testaverde** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 46,233 passing yards (1987-2007).
18. **Kirk Cousins** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 44,700 passing yards (2012-2025).
19. **Drew Bledsoe** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 44,611 passing yards (1993-2006).
20. **Dan Fouts** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 43,040 passing yards (1973-1987).

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