What QB has the most throwing yards?

What QB has the most throwing yards?

TOM BRADY
NFL History – Passing Yardage Leaders

Passing Yardage Leaders
RK	PLAYER	YDS
1	TOM BRADY	81,854
2	Drew Brees	80,358
3	Peyton Manning	71,940

Who was the first NFL quarterback to top 40000 yards passing?

The record for regular-season passing yards has been in the hands of several different players over the years. Johnny Unitas retired as the leader in 1973 at 40,239, the first QB to reach 40,000. Fran Tarkenton held the record when he called it a career in 1978 at 47,003.

Who has the best QB stats of all time?

Tom Brady
Leaders

Rank	Player	Yds
1	Tom Brady	81,854
2	Drew Brees	80,358
3	Peyton Manning+	71,940
4	Brett Favre+	71,838

Who was the first QB to throw for 40000 yards?

Johnny Unitas had 40,239 passing yards in his career.

Who has the most 400 yard passing games in the NFL?

Dan Marino has recorded the most 400-yard games, with 15, including two postseason games. Peyton Manning is the only other quarterback with two postseason 400-yard games, and has the second most overall, with 10.

What QB has the most passing yards 2021?

Tom Brady has the most passing yards by a quarterback this season, with 2,275 yards.

NAME	SEASON	YDS
Tom Brady	2021	2,275
Derek Carr	2021	2,269
Matthew Stafford	2021	2,172
Patrick Mahomes	2021	2,082

How many quarterbacks have thrown for 50000 yards?

ten quarterbacks
Just ten quarterbacks in the history of the NFL have thrown for more than 50,000 yards in a career.

When did Joe Namath throw 4000 yards?

1967
Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath of the New York Jets was the first quarterback in pro football history to throw for 4,000 yards in a season when he accumulated 4,007 yards in 1967.

Who holds most NFL QB records?

List

Rank	Quarterback	Career wins
1	* Tom Brady	236
2	^ Brett Favre	186
^ Peyton Manning	186
4	Drew Brees	172

Who has the most 5000 yard passing seasons?

Drew Brees
Drew Brees is the only quarterback to have more than one 5,000-yard season, with five….NFL players with 5,000 passing yards in a season.

Quarterback	Dan Marino*
Team	Miami Dolphins
Yards	5,084
Season	1984

What QB has the most rushing yards 2020?

Lamar Jackson
Since 2020, Lamar Jackson has the most rushing yards by a quarterback, with 1,284 yards.

NAME	GP	RUSH YDS
Lamar Jackson	19	1,284
Kyler Murray	20	928
Daniel Jones	18	611
Cam Newton	15	592

Who has the most rushing yards in NFL history?

Emmitt Smith
NFL History – Rushing Leaders

Rushing Leaders
RK	PLAYER	YDS
1	Emmitt Smith	18,355
2	Walter Payton	16,726
3	Frank Gore	16,000

How many times has a quarterback thrown for 5, 000 yards?

NFL quarterbacks have thrown for 5,000-plus yards a total of 11 times. Brees himself has done it five times. This tells us a story of a future Hall of Fame quarterback that has the record books all to himself. After all, Brees’ 74,437 passing yards represents an NFL record.

When was the first time a quarterback passed for 400 yards?

1943 was the first year a quarterback passed for at least 400 yards. In that season, only 40 regular-season games were played, plus one tiebreaker playoff game and the championship game. Since 2002, each NFL season has 267 games (including postseason play), giving 534 chances for a quarterback to try and achieve this milestone every year.

How many times has Ben Roethlisberger thrown for 500 yards?

Quarterbacks have thrown for at least 500 yards passing twenty-five times; most recently, Ben Roethlisberger threw for 501 yards against the Cleveland Browns in 2021. Norm Van Brocklin holds the NFL record with 554 yards passing in 1951.

Who was the third NFL player to reach 50, 000 yards?

Favre connected with running back Ahman Green on a 17-yard pass play in the second quarter of the Green Bay Packers’ 26-24 loss to the Cleveland Browns at Lambeau Field to become the third player in history to reach 50,000 yards.