Who Has the Most Passing Yards in the NFL?
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Peyton Manning
As of the end of the 2015 NFL regular season, Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos has the most passing yards of any NFL quarterback with 17,192 yards.
Regular season
Peyton Manning is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons. He spent the first 14 seasons of his career with the Indianapolis Colts, and was a member of the Denver Broncos from 2012 to 2015. He is one of only two quarterbacks to win a Super Bowl with two different teams, and is also the NFL’s all-time leader in passing yards and passing touchdowns.
Postseason
In the postseason, Manning has completed 1,273 of 2,176 passes (58.6 percent) for 14,183 yards (6.5 yards per attempt) with 103 touchdowns and 58 interceptions in 42 career games (41 starts). He holds NFL records for most passing yards (7,339), touchdown passes (56), and completions (664) in a single postseason, as well as most career passing yards (14,183) and touchdown passes (103). Manning’s 41 postseason starts are also the most by any quarterback in NFL history.
Brett Favre
With over 71,838 passing yards, Brett Favre is the NFL’s all-time leader in passing yards. He played for the Green Bay Packers, New York Jets, and Minnesota Vikings during his 20-year career in the NFL. He was a 11-time Pro Bowl selection and was named the NFL MVP three times.
Regular season
Brett Favre is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons. He spent the first 10 seasons of his career with the Green Bay Packers. He then played for the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings before returning to the Packers in 2009. Favre began his college career playing for the University of Southern Mississippi before being drafted into the NFL by the Atlanta Falcons in 1991. After a season with Atlanta, he was traded to Green Bay and became Green Bay’s starting quarterback.
Favre led the Packers to nine straight NFC Central championships, four consecutive NFC Championship Games, and two Super Bowl appearances, winning Super Bowl XXXI over the New England Patriots. In 2007, he became the NFL’s all-time leader in passing touchdowns, passing yards, attempts, completions, and victories by a quarterback after defeating Tom Brady and the Patriots by throwing for 281 yards and four touchdowns in a Monday Night Football game.
He is considered one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time due to his many records and achievements. He was inducted into both the Pro Football Hall of Fame (2016) and Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame (2015).
Postseason
In the playoffs, Favre holds NFL records for most career passing yards (7,342), touchdown passes (51), and interceptions (42). He is also the only quarterback to have thrown for 400 or more yards in multiple Super Bowls.
Drew Brees
Drew Brees is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He has led the league in passing yards a record seven times and in passing touchdowns a record-tying five times. He has also been selected to a record 11 Pro Bowls, was the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year in 2004, and was the Offensive Player of the Year in 2008 and 2011. Brees has passed for over 70,000 yards in his career, making him the first player in NFL history to do so in 17 seasons.
Regular season
In the National Football League (NFL), passing yards are usually one of the most important statistics for a quarterback. TheRegular season is when most of the games are played and when statistics count the most. In the regular season, the record for most passing yards belongs to New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees. As of the end of the 2020 NFL regular season, Brees has thrown for 80,358 yards in251 games.
Postseason
In the playoffs, Brees has continued his solid play. In nine career playoff games, he has completed 165-of-255 passes (64.7 percent) for 2,142 yards and 16 touchdowns with only six interceptions. He has also rushed for two touchdowns in the playoffs.
Tom Brady
Regular season
In the regular season, Brady has thrown for 70,514 yards, which is the most in NFL history. He has also thrown for 517 touchdowns, which is second only toPeyton Manning. Brady has played in 272 career games, and his teams have gone 226-46 in those games. That’s a winning percentage of .831, which is the best in NFL history among quarterbacks who have played at least 100 games.
Postseason
Tom Brady has led the New England Patriots to nine Super Bowl appearances, winning six of them. He is the only player in NFL history to win five Super Bowls and the Associated Press named him the Most Valuable Player in three of those games. Brady has also been selected to 14 Pro Bowls, more than any other quarterback in NFL history.
