List of gridiron football quarterbacks passing statistics

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A banner hangs in the Rogers Centre to commemorate Damon Allen's record breaking pass in 2006.

This is a list of gridiron football quarterbacks passing statistics for quarterbacks that have played outdoor professional football in North America. This list includes cumulative statistics by players that have played in the National Football League (NFL), Canadian Football League (CFL), United States Football League (USFL), National Football League Europe (NFLE) and United Football League (UFL), and the [Xtreme Football League] (XFL). Below is a listing of the combined professional football league leaders for passing yards, passing touchdowns, passing completions, and passing attempts.[1][2][3][4] Because indoor football is played on a much shorter field and heavily favors offensive scoring, its records are not included in the main list and are noted in a separate addendum below.

During the 2011 CFL season, Montreal Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo surpassed Damon Allen to become the all-time passing yards leader in professional football league history.[5] Allen broke the previous record held by Warren Moon in 2006.[6] Peyton Manning had surpassed Brett Favre's passing yards record in the 2015 NFL season.

Favre surpassed Moon in both passing touchdowns and passing completions during the 2007 NFL season and also in pass attempts during the 2008 NFL season to become the leader in those categories.[7] Since then, Manning surpassed Favre's NFL touchdown record during the 2014 NFL season.[8]

Warren Moon and Johnny Unitas are the only gridiron quarterbacks to have held the record of the four major passing categories (passing yards, passing touchdowns, pass completions, pass attempts) at the same time.

All-time outdoor professional quarterback passing statistics

Updated through 2015 season; minimum 40,000 passing yards.
Bold denotes an active player.
Rank Name Tenure Leagues Attempts Completions Comp % Touchdowns Interceptions Yardage QB Rating
1 Anthony Calvillo 1994 – 2013 CFL[9] 9,437 5,892 62.4 455 224 79,816* 95.5
2 Damon Allen 1985 – 2007 CFL[10] 9,138 5,158 56.4 394 278 72,381 83.8
3 Peyton Manning 1998 – present NFL 9,380 6,125 65.3 539* 251 71,940 96.5
4 Brett Favre 1991 – 2010 NFL 10,169* 6,300* 62.0 508 336 71,838 86.0
5 Warren Moon 1978 – 2000 CFL/NFL[11] 9,205 5,357 58.2 435 310 70,553 84.2
6 Henry Burris 1998 – present CFL/NFL/NFLE[12][13][14] 7,337 4,541 61.9 369 228 61,753 92.5
7 Dan Marino 1983 – 1999 NFL 8,358 4,967 59.4 420 252 61,361 86.4
8 Drew Brees 2001 – present NFL 8,085 5,365 66.4 428 205 60,903 95.8
9 Doug Flutie 1985 – 2005 CFL/NFL/USFL[15] 7,276 4,286 58.9 369 237 58,179 87.8
10 Tom Brady 2000 – present NFL 7,792 4,953 63.6 428 150 58,028 96.4
11 Danny McManus 1990 – 2006 CFL[16] 6,689 3,640 54.4 259 281 53,255 76.0
12 Ricky Ray 2002 – present CFL[17] 6,282 4,252 67.7* 281 159 52,486 97.7*
13 John Elway 1983 – 1998 NFL 7,250 4,123 56.9 300 226 51,475 79.9
14 Ron Lancaster 1960 – 1978 CFL 6,233 3,384 54.3 333 396* 50,535 72.4
15 Fran Tarkenton 1961 – 1978 NFL 6,487 3,686 56.8 342 266 47,003 80.1
16 Kevin Glenn 2001 – present CFL[18] 5,648 3,526 62.4 255 182 46,266 89.9
17 Vinny Testaverde 1987 – 2007 NFL 6,701 3,787 56.5 275 267 46,233 75.0
18 Jim Kelly 1984 – 1996 NFL/USFL[19] 5,933 3,604 60.7 320 195 45,309 88.8
19 Drew Bledsoe 1993 – 2006 NFL 6,717 3,839 57.2 251 206 44,611 77.1
20 Eli Manning 2004 – present NFL 6,227 3,695 59.3 294 199 44,191 83.5
21 Matt Dunigan 1983 – 1996 CFL 5,476 3,057 55.8 306 211 43,857 84.5
22 Jeff Garcia 1994 – 2011 CFL/NFL/UFL[20][21] 5,955 3,645 61.2 281 146 43,300 88.9
23 Dan Fouts 1973 – 1987 NFL 5,604 3,297 58.8 254 242 43,040 80.2
24 Ben Roethlisberger 2004 – present NFL 5,423 3,476 64.1 272 147 42,995 94.0
25 Philip Rivers 5,339 3,462 64.8 281 135 41,447 95.5
26 Kerry Collins 1995 – 2011 NFL 6,261 3,487 55.7 208 196 40,922 73.8
27 Joe Montana 1979 – 1994 NFL 5,391 3,409 63.2 273 139 40,551 92.3
28 Tracy Ham 1987 – 1999 CFL 4,945 2,670 54.0 284 164 40,534 86.6
29 Johnny Unitas 1956 – 1973 NFL 5,186 2,830 54.6 290 253 40,239 78.2
30 Carson Palmer 2003 - present NFL 5,443 3,413 62.7 259 166 40,036 88.1

^* = Leader in category for outdoor gridiron football.

Addendum

For the purpose of this list, indoor American football statistics have been excluded. While overall passing yards are not substantially greater in a given indoor football game compared to a CFL or NFL contest, the number of touchdowns in that form of the sport is far higher, and a list including them would invariably favor indoor football quarterbacks in the number of touchdowns thrown. Quarterbacks who would qualify for this list in yardage statistics if indoor football statistics are included are listed here separately:

  • Ricky Ray has 1,296 additional passing yards from his time with the Fresno Frenzy of AF2 which was a league of indoor gridiron football.[22] These passing yards are not included in the totals above since this list consists only outdoor gridiron football statistics.
  • Kurt Warner has 44,931 gridiron passing yards. However, this list consists only outdoor gridiron football. His outdoor gridiron football statistics from his time in the NFL (32,344 passing yards)[23] and his time with the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe (2,101 passing yards)[24] totals 34,445 outdoor gridiron passing yards. He also passed for 10,486 yards as a member of the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League which is played indoors.[24]
  • Aaron Garcia has over 62,000 gridiron passing yards. However, all of his totals consist entirely of yards accumulated in the Arena Football League (AFL), an indoor league. Four other AFL players (Mark Grieb, Clint Dolezel, Andy Kelly, Sherdrick Bonner) have amassed over 40,000 gridiron football passing yards indoors.[25] (Grieb also has an additional 408 yards for his play in the XFL, while Grieb and Bonner both have additional yardage that can be claimed from NFL Europe time.)

See also

References

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