NFL Passing Yards Leaders

Yards, touchdowns, completion percentage and passer rating for every qualified passer.

Passing leaders

2026 season42 of 42 qualified

NFL Passing leaders
#	Player	Pos	Team	GP	CMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	LNG	TD	INT	SACK	SYL	QBR	RTG	ADJ QBR
1	Bryce Young	QB	CAR	4	101	162	62.3	1,268	7.8	317.0	55	9	2	10	63	72.7	100.0	74.5
2	Jared Goff	QB	DET	4	109	161	67.7	1,214	7.5	303.5	57	9	0	8	65	70.5	108.6	66.3
3	Tyler Shough	QB	NO	4	121	180	67.2	1,203	6.7	300.8	47	9	3	12	89	62.2	95.7	62.3
4	Matthew Stafford	QB	LAR	4	99	162	61.1	1,189	7.3	297.3	64	6	6	6	41	57.9	80.5	58.6
5	Joe Burrow	QB	CIN	4	112	157	71.3	1,171	7.5	292.8	32	7	3	9	61	67.1	99.5	69.1
6	C.J. Stroud	QB	HOU	4	93	151	61.6	1,141	7.6	285.3	52	5	0	12	82	61.8	95.9	54.6
7	Dak Prescott	QB	DAL	4	105	150	70.0	1,065	7.1	266.3	53	8	1	6	33	85.3	105.0	83.4
8	Jordan Love	QB	GB	4	87	154	56.5	1,041	6.8	260.3	81	8	3	8	44	45.6	86.5	52.9
9	Josh Allen	QB	BUF	4	79	119	66.4	1,039	8.7	259.8	51	6	3	9	50	73.9	100.1	69.5
10	Patrick Mahomes	QB	KC	4	82	128	64.1	1,037	8.1	259.3	59	9	2	6	38	69.3	106.2	69.6
11	Kirk Cousins	QB	LV	4	93	144	64.6	1,026	7.1	256.5	42	11	4	5	26	65.9	99.5	65.5
12	Brock Purdy	QB	SF	4	79	113	69.9	1,007	8.9	251.8	82	11	1	0	0	89.7	126.2	89.7
13	Aaron Rodgers	QB	PIT	4	88	153	57.5	999	6.5	249.8	49	7	4	13	107	37.1	81.6	44.5
14	Lamar Jackson	QB	BAL	4	68	96	70.8	967	10.1	241.8	54	6	1	7	64	87.0	119.6	81.1
15	Geno Smith	QB	NYJ	4	85	117	72.7	902	7.7	225.5	58	5	0	12	94	63.4	109.0	60.5
16	Deshaun Watson	QB	CLE	4	80	115	69.6	855	7.4	213.8	60	6	2	11	60	59.8	101.2	58.4
17	Drake Maye	QB	NE	4	73	117	62.4	854	7.3	213.5	63	4	7	10	45	60.7	71.0	65.9
18	Trevor Lawrence	QB	JAX	4	72	104	69.2	843	8.1	210.8	32	8	2	8	46	67.7	111.2	73.0
19	Bo Nix	QB	DEN	4	81	135	60.0	819	6.1	204.8	49	5	3	5	23	40.5	80.4	46.1
20	Jacoby Brissett	QB	ARI	4	103	152	67.8	818	5.4	204.5	33	6	4	7	41	60.5	83.2	63.4
21	Justin Herbert	QB	LAC	4	71	119	59.7	816	6.9	204.0	53	4	6	12	75	25.9	70.6	28.0
22	Daniel Jones	QB	IND	4	84	132	63.6	754	5.7	188.5	48	3	4	8	55	38.7	73.9	37.4
23	Cam Ward	QB	TEN	4	75	119	63.0	726	6.1	181.5	41	3	2	6	37	48.9	81.4	47.7
24	Jalen Hurts	QB	PHI	4	68	114	59.6	713	6.3	178.3	64	7	3	12	70	62.0	87.4	60.5
25	Malik Willis	QB	MIA	4	58	103	56.3	712	6.9	178.0	77	1	2	11	58	29.2	73.0	38.5
26	Baker Mayfield	QB	TB	3	61	96	63.5	615	6.4	205.0	49	2	2	13	60	27.1	80.0	36.3
27	Sam Darnold	QB	SEA	3	45	69	65.2	560	8.1	186.7	32	6	3	4	25	40.0	101.1	37.4
28	Jameis Winston	QB	NYG	3	43	78	55.1	479	6.1	159.7	40	3	3	9	37	37.5	70.4	33.3
29	Michael Penix Jr.	QB	ATL	2	33	45	73.3	479	10.6	239.5	68	2	1	1	8	80.1	113.1	83.0
30	Kyler Murray	QB	MIN	3	45	71	63.4	433	6.1	144.3	41	1	2	7	50	29.4	73.3	27.6
31	Drew Lock	QB	SEA	2	35	48	72.9	422	8.8	211.0	82	4	0	2	23	84.5	127.3	84.5
32	Caleb Williams	QB	CHI	2	36	55	65.5	407	7.4	203.5	47	2	1	5	28	82.9	92.0	85.0
33	Marcus Mariota	QB	WSH	3	33	51	64.7	340	6.7	113.3	35	4	0	3	13	73.9	109.9	71.8
34	Tyson Bagent	QB	CHI	2	30	43	69.8	322	7.5	161.0	37	0	1	2	17	64.5	81.7	64.9
35	Carson Wentz	QB	MIN	2	23	39	59.0	276	7.1	138.0	39	3	0	6	35	46.7	106.4	53.7
36	Jayden Daniels	QB	WSH	2	29	51	56.9	260	5.1	130.0	33	3	0	1	1	64.4	90.3	59.2
37	Jaxson Dart	QB	NYG	2	26	34	76.5	250	7.4	125.0	19	3	0	2	1	85.1	125.9	71.0
38	Case Keenum	QB	CHI	2	24	34	70.6	247	7.3	123.5	41	2	0	0	0	78.4	110.8	74.1
39	Cooper Rush	QB	ATL	2	22	39	56.4	229	5.9	114.5	24	1	4	5	28	3.7	42.5	3.8
40	Athan Kaliakmanis	QB	WSH	1	15	33	45.5	186	5.6	186.0	48	1	1	1	9	28.6	60.9	20.7
41	Jalon Daniels	QB	TB	2	19	30	63.3	148	4.9	74.0	21	1	3	3	14	44.0	46.9	47.9
42	Jack Strand	QB	ATL	1	8	15	53.3	59	3.9	59.0	13	0	1	2	13	16.7	35.1	11.2

Season totals from ESPN. Rate stats (CMP%, AVG, YDS/G, QBR) depend on volume, so this table is limited to the 42 players who met ESPN's qualifying minimum for passing — the league's own published cut, not one we invented. Games played is shown on every row so you can judge the sample yourself.

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