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This list shows the top National Football League quarterbacks with over 32,000 career regular season passing yards, the NFL playoff passing yards leaders with at least 2,500 yards, and the historical progression of regular season record holders.
First 4,500 yard passing season: Dan Fouts, 4,715 passing yards, San Diego Chargers, 1980 [167] First 5,000 yard passing season : Dan Marino , 5,084 passing yards, Miami Dolphins , 1984 [ 167 ] First 300 completion season : Fran Tarkenton , 345 completions, Minnesota Vikings , 1978
Peyton Manning holds the single-season passing yards record, passing for 5,477 yards in 2013. In American football, passing, along with running (also referred to as rushing), is one of the two main methods of advancing the ball down the field. Passes are typically attempted by the quarterback, but any offensive player can attempt a pass provided they are behind the line of scrimmage. To ...
Notes: Mahomes should pass Dawson on the Chiefs' all-time passing yardage list in Week 1. Dawson's first season was with the Dallas Texans, who he led to the American Football League championship ...
During the 2021 NFL season, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady passed Drew Brees to become the all-time passing yards leader in professional football league history. [10] Brees had surpassed Anthony Calvillo for the record in the previous season, while Calvillo had surpassed Damon Allen for the record in the 2011 CFL season. [ 11 ]
Note: These records are not listed in NFL Record and Fact Book Most career wins, regular season, by a starting quarterback : 251, Tom Brady , 2001–2022. Most career wins, regular season, by a starting quarterback, single team : 219, Tom Brady , New England Patriots , 2000–2019.
The current passer rating system, which was adopted in 1973, removes inequities that existed in the former method and, at the same time, provides a means of comparing passing performances from one season to the next. According to the 2017 NFL Record & Fact Book, the system is used to rate passers, not quarterbacks. Statistics do not reflect ...
List of NFL career passing yards leaders Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title NFL passing yards leaders .