List of national football league career passing yards leaders. During the 2019 nfl season, brees surpassed peyton manning for the alltime passing touchdowns record. Top 10 passing yards leaders in michigan football history. Heading into a week 5 game against washington in 2018, brees only needed to throw for 201 more yards to vault past peyton manning as the all time leading passer in nfl history. Most rushing attempts, no rushing touchdowns, career since aflnfl merger. Legendary qb drew brees passes another legend, peyton manning, for most all time passing yards. New england patriots superstar quarterback tom brady became the leagues all time leader in passing yards, regular season and postseason combined, on sunday. This is a list of national football league quarterbacks by total career passing yards. The 11 time pro bowler achieved the feat on a 62yard touchdown pass in the. List of national football league records individual wikipedia.
Nfl leaders, football records, nfl leaderboards pro. And hes also run for 1,000 career yards, which isnt close to a record, but is. Many nfl quarterbacks have achieved the feat of throwing for 500 yards passing in a game. Every major nfl record tom brady holds and the ones he can still. Listen to new orleans saints quarterback, drew brees, micd up against the washington redskins during week 5. The list of quarterbacks to reach 50000 career passing yards is a. Single game leaders only reflect years for which we have complete boxscore data 1950 onward, all playoff games, and all 100 yard rushingreceiving or 300 yard passing games from 19401959. Drew brees is within 2,400 passing yards of calvillos record. Patriots qb tom brady passes brett favre for third all.
Joe namath 1,8363,655, 27,057 yds, 170 td all time rushing leader. Drew brees holds the record now, but past greats like peyton manning. Find out the nfl pro footballs all time pass comp leaders. Tittle passed for 33,070 yards in his professional career.
Drew brees broke peyton mannings all time passing record of 71,940 yards during the second quarter of the new orleans saints 4319 victory over. Saints quarterback drew brees became the nfl s all time passing yards leader on monday night after a 62yard touchdown pass to trequan smith late in the second quarter against the redskins. The patriots quarterback moved to third on the nfl s all time passing yards list during sundays. Matt ryan becomes 10th player in nfl history to pass for 50,000 yards. Here is a list of the records in the national football league set by individual players. Manning had held the record since the 2014 nfl season when he surpassed brett favres record. Most seasons leading the league in yards from scrimmage, 6 jim brown, 19581959, 1961, 19631965. Ap brees passed mannings record of 71,940 yards and if he can hold off tom brady by the time. Drew brees owns the all time regular season mark at 73,180 yards. The washington redskins take on the new orleans saints during week 5 of the 2018 nfl. Brady became the first player in nfl history with 80,000 total yards, passing manning, who had 79,978 total yards in his career. Denver broncos quarterback peyton manning is now the nfl s all time leader in passing yards manning entered sunday only three yards shy of the record mark. When we hear about individual records in the nfl, theyre almost always regularseason records. Players and teams, along with their records, are noted with the super bowl game played.
Drew brees tops manning as nfls alltime passing yards. Eli manning passed vinny testaverde for 9th place on the nfl s all time passing yards list on nov. The 39yearold brees eclipsed peyton mannings previous record of 71,940 yards with a. Heres a list of every major nfl record tom brady holds and the ones he can still break. These records are not listed in the nfl record and fact book. Tom brady becomes nfls alltime leader in total passing yards. Primary data provided by the official stats partner of the nfl.
All records can be referenced at the national football league nfl s official website, nfl. Nfl alltime pass comp leaders national football league. Drew brees passes peyton manning as nfls alltime passing. Drew brees breaks alltime passing yards record on 62yd. Below are the top 10 passing yards leaders in wolverines history, according to the michigan record. Build your own custom leaderboards with the play index. But the nfl s passing boom may mean its not long before all these.
Nfl bar chart race passing yards, all time top 10 nfl stats record in beautiful data chart graph timeline. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Alltime career, singleseason, and playoffs records and leaders. Last month, new orleans saints quarterback drew brees became the all time passing. However, the most passing yards in an nfl game happened in 1951. Drew brees breaks nfl alltime passing yard record cbs news. Tom brady holds these 54 nfl records hes the only player in nfl history to win four super bowl mvp awards and owns an arsenal of other records in addition. Some have gone on to great nfl careers, while others success was limited to the college level. Watch who has kept the record throughout time and how the eras have changed. Drew brees micd up breaking the alltime passing record.
Players with most passing yards in nfl history 2020 published by christina gough, mar 18, 2020 drew brees, quarterback of the new orleans saints, is currently the alltime passing leader in. The list of records is separated by individual players and teams. Nfls alltime passing yards leaders sports illustrated. By many players most consecutive games, 400 or more yards passing. The following is a listing of all 32 current national football league nfl teams ranked by their regular season winloss record percentage, accurate as of the end of the 2019 nfl regular season. Nfl leaders, football records, nfl leaderboards profootball. Drew brees broke peyton mannings nfl career passing record of 71,940 yards on monday night in spectacular fashion, with a 62yard touchdown pass in the second quarter. Tom brady passed brett favre on the nfls career passing yards list.
Tom brady reveals which nfl record means the most to him. Nfl alltime pass yards leaders national football league espn. New orleans drew brees has become the nfl s all time leader in yards passing and he did it in style. Find out the nfl pro footballs all time pass tds leaders. Bradys also now trailing manning by just 12 for most career touchdown passes of all time.
The nfl s passing records are becoming meaningless tom brady passed brett favre to be third all time in passing yards. Tom brady moves up nfl record book with bounceback performance. Drew brees broke another nfl record on monday night, passing peyton manning for the most passing yards in nfl history. Nfl alltime pass tds leaders national football league. Find out the nfl pro footballs all time pass yards leaders. Tom brady sets new nfl record, passing peyton manning for. First downs records updated through the 2007 season. Brady already owns the record for most passing yards and touchdowns in. Player season finder, player game finder, team game finder, team streak finder. A 62yard touchdown pass made drew brees the nfl s all time passing yardage leader. Tom brady set to pass peyton manning on nfl all time passing yards list, could move to no. Historical nfl leaders, afl leaders and nfl records. Most consecutive seasons leading the league in yards from scrimmage, 4 thurman thomas, 19891992.
From boomer esiason to peyton manning, here are the nfl s alltime passing yards. The nfls passing records are becoming meaningless wsj. Tom brady set to pass peyton manning on nfl alltime. This list includes the top 50 quarterbacks who have the most career passing. List of gridiron football quarterbacks passing statistics. Every major nfl record tom brady holds and the ones he can. Find out the nfl pro footballs all time touchdowns leaders. Bradys career total of 71,923 passing yards pushed him past hall of famer brett favre in the record book.
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