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Active Passing Yards Leaders
Single-Season Passing Yards LeadersCareer Passing Yards Leaders
(age) | * - HOFer | Bold - Active
| Rank | Player | YDS | Years |
| 1. | Brett Favre (40) | 65127 | 1991 - 2008 |
| 2. | Peyton Manning (33) | 45628 | 1998 - 2008 |
| 3. | Kerry Collins (37) | 37391 | 1995 - 2008 |
| 4. | Mark Brunell (39) | 31826 | 1994 - 2008 |
| 5. | Donovan McNabb (33) | 29320 | 1999 - 2008 |
| 6. | Brad Johnson (41) | 29054 | 1994 - 2008 |
| 7. | Kurt Warner (38) | 28591 | 1998 - 2008 |
| 8. | Trent Green (39) | 28475 | 1997 - 2008 |
| 9. | Jon Kitna (37) | 27293 | 1997 - 2008 |
| 10. | Tom Brady (32) | 26446 | 2000 - 2008 |
| 11. | Drew Brees (30) | 26258 | 2001 - 2008 |
| 12. | Jeff Garcia (39) | 25537 | 1999 - 2008 |
| 13. | Matt Hasselbeck (34) | 23549 | 1999 - 2008 |
| 14. | Daunte Culpepper (32) | 23208 | 1999 - 2008 |
| 15. | Marc Bulger (32) | 21345 | 2002 - 2008 |
| 16. | Gus Frerotte (38) | 21291 | 1994 - 2008 |
| 17. | Brian Griese (34) | 19440 | 1998 - 2008 |
| 18. | Jake Delhomme (34) | 17877 | 1999 - 2008 |
| 19. | Chad Pennington (33) | 17391 | 2000 - 2008 |
| 20. | Carson Palmer (30) | 15630 | 2004 - 2008 |
| 21. | Ben Roethlisberger (27) | 14974 | 2004 - 2008 |
| 22. | Joey Harrington (31) | 14693 | 2002 - 2008 |
| 23. | Eli Manning (28) | 14623 | 2004 - 2008 |
| 24. | David Carr (30) | 14141 | 2002 - 2008 |
| 25. | Philip Rivers (28) | 10697 | 2004 - 2008 |
| 26. | Tony Romo (29) | 10562 | 2004 - 2008 |
| 27. | David Garrard (31) | 9672 | 2002 - 2008 |
| 28. | Byron Leftwich (29) | 9624 | 2003 - 2008 |
| 29. | Jay Cutler (26) | 9024 | 2006 - 2008 |
| 30. | Jason Campbell (28) | 7242 | 2006 - 2008 |
| 31. | Josh McCown (30) | 6582 | 2002 - 2008 |
| 32. | Matt Schaub (28) | 6317 | 2004 - 2008 |
| 33. | Damon Huard (36) | 6303 | 1998 - 2008 |
| 34. | J.p. Losman (28) | 6211 | 2004 - 2008 |
| 35. | Derek Anderson (26) | 6195 | 2006 - 2008 |
| 36. | Rex Grossman (29) | 6164 | 2003 - 2008 |
| 37. | Patrick Ramsey (30) | 5930 | 2002 - 2008 |
| 38. | Kyle Orton (27) | 5319 | 2005 - 2008 |
| 39. | Vince Young (26) | 4964 | 2006 - 2008 |
| 40. | Aaron Rodgers (26) | 4367 | 2005 - 2008 |
| 41. | Todd Collins (38) | 4335 | 1995 - 2008 |
| 42. | Trent Edwards (26) | 4329 | 2007 - 2008 |
| 43. | Sage Rosenfels (31) | 4156 | 2002 - 2008 |
| 44. | A.J. Feeley (32) | 4070 | 2001 - 2008 |
| 45. | Matt Cassel (27) | 3946 | 2005 - 2008 |
| 46. | Jamie Martin (39) | 3814 | 1996 - 2008 |
| 47. | Charlie Frye (28) | 3573 | 2005 - 2008 |
| 48. | Billy Volek (33) | 3515 | 1971 - 2008 |
| 49. | Matt Leinart (26) | 3458 | 2006 - 2008 |
| 50. | Tarvaris Jackson (26) | 3442 | 2006 - 2008 |
| 51. | Matt Ryan (24) | 3440 | 2008 - 2008 |
| 52. | Chris Simms (29) | 3094 | 2004 - 2008 |
| 53. | Joe Flacco (24) | 2971 | 2008 - 2008 |
| 54. | Seneca Wallace (29) | 2847 | 2003 - 2008 |
| 55. | JaMarcus Russell (24) | 2796 | 2007 - 2008 |
| 56. | Ryan Fitzpatrick (27) | 2682 | 2005 - 2008 |
| 57. | Tyler Thigpen (25) | 2649 | 2007 - 2008 |
| 58. | Shaun Hill (29) | 2547 | 2004 - 2008 |
| 59. | Brooks Bollinger (30) | 2226 | 2004 - 2008 |
| 60. | Chris Redman (32) | 2190 | 2000 - 2008 |
| 61. | Cleo Lemon (30) | 2185 | 2006 - 2008 |
| 62. | Ken Dorsey (28) | 2082 | 2004 - 2008 |
| 63. | Andrew Walter (27) | 1919 | 2006 - 2008 |
| 64. | J.T. O'Sullivan (30) | 1826 | 2003 - 2008 |
| 65. | Bruce Gradkowski (26) | 1817 | 2006 - 2008 |
| 66. | Todd Bouman (37) | 1683 | 2001 - 2008 |
| 67. | Dan Orlovsky (26) | 1679 | 2005 - 2008 |
| 68. | Luke McCown (28) | 1617 | 2004 - 2008 |
| 69. | Kellen Clemens (26) | 1555 | 2006 - 2008 |
| 70. | Brodie Croyle (26) | 1401 | 2006 - 2008 |
| 71. | Quinn Gray (30) | 1328 | 2005 - 2008 |
| 72. | Jim Sorgi (29) | 929 | 2004 - 2008 |
| 73. | Matt Moore (25) | 730 | 2007 - 2008 |
| 74. | Brady Quinn (25) | 563 | 2007 - 2008 |
| 75. | John Beck (28) | 559 | 2007 - 2008 |
| 76. | Marques Tuiasosopo (30) | 554 | 2001 - 2008 |
| 77. | Troy Smith (25) | 534 | 2007 - 2008 |
| 78. | Antwaan Randle El (30) | 281 | 2002 - 2008 |
| 79. | Brock Berlin (28) | 159 | 2007 - 2008 |
| 80. | Kevin Kolb (25) | 144 | 2007 - 2008 |
| 81. | Ladainian Tomlinson (30) | 143 | 2001 - 2008 |
| 82. | Marty Booker (33) | 126 | 1999 - 2008 |
| 83. | Drew Stanton (25) | 119 | 2008 - 2008 |
| 84. | Randy Moss (32) | 106 | 1998 - 2008 |
| 85. | Drew Henson (29) | 98 | 2004 - 2008 |
| 86. | Brad Maynard (35) | 94 | 1997 - 2008 |
| Sidney Rice (23) | 94 | 2007 - 2008 | |
| Ernie Wheeler (94) | 94 | 1939 - 2008 | |
| 89. | Craig Hentrich (38) | 91 | 1994 - 2008 |
| 90. | Isaac Bruce (37) | 81 | 1994 - 2008 |
| 91. | Chad Henne (24) | 67 | 2008 - 2008 |
| 92. | David Patten (35) | 60 | 1997 - 2008 |
| 93. | Clinton Portis (28) | 47 | 2002 - 2008 |
| 94. | Brian Moorman (33) | 43 | 2001 - 2008 |
| 95. | Jason Witten (27) | 42 | 2003 - 2008 |
| 96. | Jordan Palmer (25) | 41 | 2008 - 2008 |
| Ronnie Brown (28) | 41 | 2005 - 2008 | |
| 98. | Drew Bennett (31) | 40 | 2001 - 2008 |
| Tony Gonzalez (33) | 40 | 1997 - 2008 | |
| 100. | Jabar Gaffney (29) | 39 | 2002 - 2008 |
| 101. | Mark Bradley (27) | 37 | 2005 - 2008 |
| Aveion Cason (30) | 37 | 2001 - 2008 | |
| 103. | Leon Washington (27) | 36 | 2006 - 2008 |
| 104. | Ricky Williams (32) | 34 | 1999 - 2008 |
| 105. | Mark Clayton (27) | 32 | 2005 - 2008 |
| 106. | Bubba Franks (31) | 31 | 2000 - 2008 |
| 107. | Dane Looker (33) | 28 | 2002 - 2008 |
| 108. | Chris Kluwe (28) | 27 | 2005 - 2008 |
| Arnaz Battle (29) | 27 | 2003 - 2008 | |
| 110. | Michael Pittman (34) | 26 | 1998 - 2008 |
| 111. | Brian Westbrook (30) | 25 | 2002 - 2008 |
| 112. | Kevin OConnell (24) | 23 | 2008 - 2008 |
| 113. | Kevin Faulk (33) | 21 | 1999 - 2008 |
| 114. | Ahman Green (32) | 20 | 1998 - 2008 |
| 115. | Jerheme Urban (29) | 18 | 2004 - 2008 |
| Brad Smith (26) | 18 | 2006 - 2008 | |
| 117. | Hines Ward (33) | 17 | 1998 - 2008 |
| 118. | Jon Ryan (28) | 16 | 2006 - 2008 |
| Ryan Longwell (35) | 16 | 1997 - 2008 | |
| 120. | Mewelde Moore (27) | 15 | 2004 - 2008 |
| Matt Gutierrez (25) | 15 | 2007 - 2008 | |
| 122. | Matt Jones (26) | 12 | 2005 - 2008 |
| Deuce McAllister (31) | 12 | 2001 - 2008 | |
| 124. | David Akers (35) | 11 | 1998 - 2008 |
| 125. | Dirk Johnson (34) | 10 | 2002 - 2008 |
| 126. | Adrian Peterson (30) | 9 | 2002 - 2008 |
| 127. | Marshawn Lynch (23) | 8 | 2007 - 2008 |
| Michael Bush (25) | 8 | 2008 - 2008 | |
| Joshua Cribbs (26) | 8 | 2005 - 2008 | |
| 130. | Gibran Hamdan (28) | 7 | 2003 - 2008 |
| 131. | Matt Flynn (24) | 6 | 2008 - 2008 |
| 132. | Marques Hagans (27) | 5 | 2007 - 2008 |
| 133. | Larry Johnson (30) | 4 | 2003 - 2008 |
| Chester Taylor (30) | 4 | 2002 - 2008 | |
| Adam Vinatieri (37) | 4 | 1996 - 2008 | |
| 136. | Roscoe Parrish (27) | 3 | 2005 - 2008 |
| Earnest Graham (29) | 3 | 2004 - 2008 | |
| Dennis Dixon (24) | 3 | 2008 - 2008 | |
| 139. | Steven Jackson (26) | 2 | 2004 - 2008 |
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