NFL Quarterbacks — Most Career Passing Yards All Time

About This Dataset

NFL quarterbacks with the most career passing yards in the history of the league. Tom Brady holds the all-time record with over 89,000 career passing yards, surpassing Peyton Manning's previous record during the 2018 season.

Analysis

The top three in Career Passing Yards are Tom Brady (89,214), Drew Brees (80,358) and Peyton Manning (71,940). The 8 entries in Career Passing Yards cover a range of 32,191, from 89,214 down to 57,023. First and second are separated by 8,856, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. The other 6 are bunched between 57,023 and 71,940 Career Passing Yards.

Source: Wikipedia

Key Findings

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Tom Brady leads in Career Passing Yards with 89,214.

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Average Career Passing Yards: 69,857 · median: 67,760.

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Gap: Tom Brady is 1.6× larger than Eli Manning.

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Data Insights

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8 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

89,214

Tom Brady

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Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia
Coverage: 8 entities · 8 observations
Measure: Career Passing Yards
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Career Passing Yards · ranked by All Time

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#	Category	All Time
🥇	Tom Brady	89,214
🥈	Drew Brees	80,358
🥉	Peyton Manning	71,940
4	Brett Favre	71,838
5	Aaron Rodgers	63,682
6	Philip Rivers	63,440
7	Dan Marino	61,361
8	Eli Manning	57,023