Passing Yards Career Leaders and Records

An asterisk (*) after a player's name indicates bowl stats are included.
Read more about our data coverage.

Leaders

  • Since 1956
Leaders Table
Rk Player Yds From To School
1Case Keenum*1921720072011Houston
2Timmy Chang*1707220002004Hawaii
3Landry Jones*1664620092012Oklahoma
4Graham Harrell*1579320052008Texas Tech
5Ty Detmer1503119881991Brigham Young
6Kellen Moore*1466720082011Boise State
7Baker Mayfield*1460720132017Oklahoma
8Luke Falk*1448120142017Washington State
9Colt Brennan*1419320052007Hawaii
10Rakeem Cato*1407920112014Marshall
11Holton Ahlers*1393320182022East Carolina
12Mason Rudolph*1361820142017Oklahoma State
13Sean Mannion*1360020112014Oregon State
14Brett Rypien*1357820152018Boise State
15Philip Rivers*1348420002003North Carolina State
16Corey Robinson*1347720102013Troy
17Colt McCoy*1325320062009Texas
18Aaron Murray*1316620102013Georgia
19Sam Hartman*1296720182022Wake Forest
20Kevin Kolb*1296420032006Houston
21Dan Lefevour*1290520062009Central Michigan
22Cooper Rush*1289120132016Central Michigan
23Brandon Doughty*1285520112015Western Kentucky
24Derek Carr*1284320092013Fresno State
25Tim Rattay1274619971999Louisiana Tech
26Ryan Lindley*1269020082011San Diego State
27Luke McCown1266620002003Louisiana Tech
28Chris Redman1254119961999Louisville
29Chase Daniel*1251520052008Missouri
30Mason Fine*1250520162019North Texas
31Brent Stockstill*1248320142018Middle Tennessee State
32Trevor Vittatoe*1243920072010UTEP
33Kliff Kingsbury*1242919992002Texas Tech
34Matt Barkley*1232720092012USC
35Kenny Pickett*1230320172021Pitt
36Jake Browning*1229620152018Washington
37Jared Goff*1219520132015California
38Drew Lock*1219320152018Missouri
39Brock Purdy*1217020182021Iowa State
40Zach Terrell*1210020132016Western Michigan
41Zac Dysert*1201320092012Miami (OH)
42Nick Mullens*1199420132016Southern Mississippi
Clayton Tune*1199420182022Houston
44Shane Carden*1199120122014East Carolina
45Tajh Boyd*1190420102013Clemson
46Byron Leftwich*1190319982002Marshall
47Chase Holbrook1184620062008New Mexico State
48Carson Palmer*1181819982002USC
49Drew Brees*1179219972000Purdue
50Brady Quinn*1176220032006Notre Dame
51Russell Wilson*1172020082011Wisconsin
52Dane Evans*1168020132016Tulsa
53Geno Smith*1166220092012West Virginia
54Shane Buechele*1166020162020SMU
55David Greene*1152820012004Georgia
56Gino Guidugli*1145320012004Cincinnati
57Chad Pennington*1144619971999Marshall
58Sam Ehlinger*1143620172020Texas
59Todd Santos1142519841987San Diego State
60Keith Wenning*1140220102013Ball State
61Max Hall*1136520072009Brigham Young
62Tim Hiller*1132920052009Western Michigan
63Connor Halliday*1130820112014Washington State
64Tim Lester1129919961999Western Michigan
65Mike White*1126220132017Western Kentucky
66Patrick Mahomes*1125220142016Texas Tech
67Derek Anderson*1124920012004Oregon State
68Chris Leak*1121320032006Florida
69Dillon Gabriel*1120520192022Oklahoma
70Peyton Manning1120119941997Tennessee
71Todd Reesing*1119420062009Kansas
72Curtis Painter*1116320052008Purdue
73Eric Zeier1115319911994Georgia
74Ryan Finley*1114720142018North Carolina State
75Jordan Palmer*1108420032006UTEP
76Jarret Doege*1106920172022Troy
77Charlie Frye1104920012004Akron
78John Beck*1102120032006Brigham Young
79Ryan Schneider1097620002003UCF
80Brady White*1094920152020Memphis
81Paul Smith*1093620032007Tulsa
82Adam Weber*1091720072010Minnesota
83Alex Brink1091320042007Washington State
Alex Van Pelt1091319891992Pitt
85David Neill1090319982001Nevada
86Austin Davis*1089220082011Southern Mississippi
87Jake Bentley*1088520162021South Alabama
88Danny Wuerffel1087519931996Florida
89Bo Nix*1084420192022Oregon
90Ben Roethlisberger*1082920012003Miami (OH)
91Marcus Mariota*1079620122014Oregon
92Brian Brohm*1077520042007Louisville
93Ryan Aplin*1075820092012Arkansas State
94Matt Linehan*1075220142017Idaho
95Clayton Thorson*1073120152018Northwestern
96Trevone Boykin*1072720122015TCU
97Dorian Thompson-Robinson*1071020182022UCLA
98Cade McNown*1070819951998UCLA
99Dan Orlovsky*1070620012004Connecticut
100Steve Stenstrom*1070119911994Stanford
101Matt Leinart*1069320032005USC
102Will Rogers*1068920202022Mississippi State
103Brandon Silvers*1067720142017Troy
104P.J. Walker*1066820132016Temple
105Sean Clifford*1066120182022Penn State
106Kevin Sweeney*1062319821986Fresno State
107Andrew Walter*1061720012004Arizona State
108Brett Basanez*1058020022005Northwestern
109Doug Flutie*1057919811984Boston College
110Justin Herbert*1054120162019Oregon
111Logan Woodside*1051420132017Toledo
112Rudy Carpenter*1049120052008Arizona State
113Robert Griffin III*1036620082011Baylor
114Tyler Rogers*1036420142017New Mexico State
115Jared Lorenzen1035420002003Kentucky
116Cody Kessler*1033920122015USC
117Andy Dalton*1031420072010TCU
118Sam Howell*1028320192021North Carolina
119Brian McClure1028019821985Bowling Green State
120Kolton Browning*1026320102013Louisiana-Monroe
121Chris Reynolds*1026220182022Charlotte
122Troy Kopp1025819891992Pacific
123Desmond Ridder*1023920182021Cincinnati
124Charlie Brewer*1023620172022Liberty
125Danny Wimprine*1021520012004Memphis
126Bryant Moniz*1016920092011Hawaii
127Deshaun Watson*1016820142016Clemson
128Paul Pinegar*1013620022005Fresno State
129Justice Hansen*1013320162018Arkansas State
130Eli Manning*1011920002003Ole Miss
131Tyler Sheehan*1011720062009Bowling Green State
132Rusty Smith1011220062009Florida Atlantic
133Colin Kaepernick*1009820072010Nevada
Trevor Lawrence*1009820182020Clemson
135Nathan Enderle*1008420072010Idaho
136Layne Hatcher*1008020192022Texas State
137Nick Foles*1006820072011Arizona
138Thaddeus Lewis1006520062009Duke
139Glenn Foley1003919901993Boston College
140Kedon Slovis*997320192022Pitt
141Brad Kaaya*996820142016Miami (FL)
142Brett Hundley*996620122014UCLA
143Todd Ellis*995319861989South Carolina
144Mark Herrmann*994619771980Purdue
145Ryan Radcliff*992220092012Central Michigan
146Cody Pickett*991619992003Washington
147Trace McSorley*989920152018Penn State
148Darrell Hackney*988620022005UAB
149Davis Webb*985220132016California
150Chris Weinke983919972000Florida State
151Ryan Dinwiddie*981920002003Boise State
Ben Hicks*981920152019Arkansas
153Teddy Bridgewater*981720112013Louisville
154Chase Clement*978520052008Rice
155Taylor Lamb*976320142017Appalachian State
156Riley Skinner*976220062009Wake Forest
157Garrett Gilbert*976120092013SMU
158Adrian Martinez*975220182022Kansas State
159Sefo Liufau*974620132016Colorado
160David Blough*973420152018Purdue
161Chad Henne*971520042007Michigan
162Steven Montez*971020152019Colorado
163Casey Clausen*970720002003Tennessee
164Casey Bramlet968420002003Wyoming
165Jonathan Smith*968019982001Oregon State
166Chuck Long*967119811985Iowa
167Charlie Whitehurst*966520022005Clemson
168Kellen Mond*966120172020Texas A&M
169Malik Cunningham*966020182022Louisville
170Cody Fajardo*965920112014Nevada
171Max Duggan*961820192022TCU
172Ben Bennett961419801983Duke
173Ken Dorsey*956519992002Miami (FL)
174Spencer Sanders*955320192022Oklahoma State
175Jim McMahon953619771981Brigham Young
176Bo Wallace*953420122014Ole Miss
177J'mar Smith*952320152019Louisiana Tech
178Caleb Evans952020162019Louisiana-Monroe
179Bret Meyer*949920042007Iowa State
180Joe Licata*948520122015Buffalo
181Jalen Hurts*947720162019Oklahoma
182G.J. Kinne*947220092011Tulsa
183Sean Renfree*946520092012Duke
184Jamie Barnette946119961999North Carolina State
185Stoney Case946019911994New Mexico
186McKenzie Milton*945820162021Florida State
187Tanner Morgan*945420182022Minnesota
188Chase Brice*945120182022Appalachian State
189J.T. Barrett*943420142017Ohio State
190David Klingler943019881991Houston
Andrew Luck*943020092011Stanford
192Chevan Cordeiro*941820182022San Jose State
193Erik Wilhelm939319851988Oregon State
194Kevin Hogan*938520122015Stanford
195Mike Teel*938320052008Rutgers
196Jeremy Leach938219881991New Mexico
197T.J. Yates*937720072010North Carolina
198Dak Prescott*937620122015Mississippi State
199Carson Strong*936820182021Nevada
200Andre Woodson*936020042007Kentucky
201Frank Harris*935620192022UTSA
202John Elway934919791982Stanford
203Daunte Culpepper934119961998UCF
204Eric Dungey*934020152018Syracuse
Josh Rosen*934020152017UCLA
206Kyle Orton*933720012004Purdue
207T.J. Rubley932419871991Tulsa
208Matt Ryan*931320042007Boston College
209Shane Matthews928719901992Florida
210Tim Tebow*928520062009Florida
211James Blackman*926020172022Arkansas State
Brandon Weeden*926020082011Oklahoma State
213Gary Nova*925820112014Rutgers
214Nate Davis*923320062008Ball State
215Bruce Gradkowski*922520022005Toledo
216Aidan O'Connell*921920192022Purdue
217Jake Delhomme921619931996Louisiana
218Willie Tuitama*921120052008Arizona
219Patrick Ramsey*920519982001Tulane
220Levi Lewis*920320172021Louisiana
221Connor Cook*919420122015Michigan State
222Kenny Hill*919220132017TCU
223Garrett Grayson*919020112014Colorado State
Ryan Nassib*919020092012Syracuse
225Jose Fuentes916819992002Utah State
226Rex Grossman*916420002002Florida
227Walter Church914219962000Eastern Michigan
228Kirk Cousins*913120082011Michigan State
229Tyler Tettleton*912920092013Ohio
230Jake Haener*912020182022Fresno State
231Pete Thomas911720102014Louisiana-Monroe
232Tommy Hodson911519861989LSU
233Alex McGough*909120142017Florida International
234Jason Martin906619931996Louisiana Tech
235Drew Plitt*906120172021Ball State
236Lamar Jackson*904320152017Louisville
237Brennan Armstrong*903420182022Virginia
238Bart Hendricks903019972000Boise State
239David Garrard902919982001East Carolina
240Ryan Griffin902620092012Tulane
241Spence Fischer902119921995Duke
242A.J. McCarron*901920102013Alabama
243John Navarre*901420002003Michigan
244Logan Thomas*900320102013Virginia Tech
245Kyle Vantrease*900220172022Georgia Southern
246Steven Jyles898720022005Louisiana-Monroe
247Scott Mitchell898119871989Utah
248Riley Neal897820152019Vanderbilt
249Hendon Hooker*897420182022Tennessee
250Ian Book*894820172020Notre Dame