List of gridiron football quarterbacks passing statistics

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 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 2016 season in progress (NFL); minimum 40,000 passing yards.
Bold denotes an active player.
RankNameTenureLeaguesAttemptsCompletionsComp %TouchdownsInterceptionsYardageQB Rating
1 Calvillo, AnthonyAnthony Calvillo 1994 – 2013 CFL[9] 9,437 5,892 62.44 455 224 79,816* 95.5
2 Allen, DamonDamon Allen 1985 – 2007 CFL[10] 9,138 5,158 56.45 394 278 72,381 83.8
3 Manning, PeytonPeyton Manning 1998 – 2015 NFL 9,380 6,125 65.3 539* 251 71,940 96.5
4 Favre, BrettBrett Favre 1991 – 2010 NFL 10,169* 6,300* 61.95 508 336 71,838 86
5 Moon, WarrenWarren Moon 1978 – 2000 CFL/NFL[11] 9,205 5,357 58.2 435 310 70,553 84.2
6 Brees, DrewDrew Brees Since 2001 NFL 8,541 5,691 66.63 458 213 64,490 96.6
7 Burris, HenryHenry Burris Since 1998 CFL/NFL/NFLE[12][13][14] 7,576 4,711 62.18 382 237 64,023 92.9
8 Marino, DanDan Marino 1983 – 1999 NFL 8,358 4,967 59.43 420 252 61,361 86.4
9 Brady, TomTom Brady Since 2000 NFL 8,048 5,128 63.72 446 151 60,229 97
10 Flutie, DougDoug Flutie 1985 – 2005 CFL/NFL/USFL[15] 7,276 4,286 58.91 369 237 58,179 87.8
11 Ray, RickyRicky Ray Since 2002 CFL[16] 6,578 4,471 67.97* 298 165 54,883 98.1*
12 McManus, DannyDanny McManus 1990 – 2006 CFL[17] 6,689 3,640 54.42 259 281 53,255 76
13 Elway, JohnJohn Elway 1983 – 1998 NFL 7,250 4,123 56.87 300 226 51,475 79.9
14 Lancaster, RonRon Lancaster 1960 – 1978 CFL 6,233 3,384 54.29 333 396* 50,535 72.4
15 Glenn, KevinKevin Glenn Since 2001 CFL[18] 5,966 3,750 62.86 268 193 48,829 90.1
16 Manning, EliEli Manning Since 2004 NFL 6,640 3,956 59.58 314 209 47,089 83.9
17 Tarkenton, FranFran Tarkenton 1961 – 1978 NFL 6,487 3,686 56.82 342 266 47,003 80.1
18 Testaverde, VinnyVinny Testaverde 1987 – 2007 NFL 6,701 3,787 56.51 275 267 46,233 75
19 Roethlisberger, BenBen Roethlisberger Since 2004 NFL 5,796 3,718 64.15 295 154 45,740 94.3
20 Kelly, JimJim Kelly 1984 – 1996 NFL/USFL[19] 5,933 3,604 60.7 320 195 45,309 88.8
21 Bledsoe, DrewDrew Bledsoe 1993 – 2006 NFL 6,717 3,839 57.2 251 206 44,611 77.1
22 Rivers, PhilipPhilip Rivers Since 2004 NFL 5,738 3,713 64.71 304 147 44,575 95.4
23 Dunigan, MattMatt Dunigan 1983 – 1996 CFL 5,476 3,057 55.8 306 211 43,857 84.5
24 Garcia, JeffJeff Garcia 1994 – 2011 CFL/NFL/UFL[20][21] 5,955 3,645 61.21 281 146 43,300 88.9
25 Fouts, DanDan Fouts 1973 – 1987 NFL 5,604 3,297 58.83 254 242 43,040 80.2
26 Palmer, CarsonCarson Palmer Since 2003 NFL 5,857 3,665 62.63 274 177 42,967 87.8
27 Collins, KerryKerry Collins 1995 – 2011 NFL 6,261 3,487 55.69 208 196 40,922 73.8
28 Montana, JoeJoe Montana 1979 – 1994 NFL 5,391 3,409 63.24 273 139 40,551 92.3
29 Ham, TracyTracy Ham 1987 – 1999 CFL 4,945 2,670 53.99 284 164 40,534 86.6
30 Unitas, JohnnyJohnny Unitas 1956 – 1973 NFL 5,186 2,830 54.57 290 253 40,239 78.2

^* = 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:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Who is pro football's all-time passing leader? Try Anthony Calvillo". USA Today. 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. ↑ "Calvillo, Als win on QB's record-setting day". The Sports Network. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  3. ↑ "Quarterbacks Who Played in the NFL and CFL". Rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  4. ↑ "Football Records and Leaderboards". Pro Football Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  5. ↑ Alouettes’ Calvillo breaks pro football’s passing record
  6. ↑ "Argos' Allen is football's top passer". CBC Sports.ca. 2006-09-04. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  7. ↑ CALVILLO WILL NOT RETURN TO ALOUETTES THIS SEASON
  8. ↑ Peyton Manning breaks TD record
  9. ↑ "Anthony Calvillo CFL Statistics". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  10. ↑ "Damon Allen CFL Statistics". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
  11. ↑ "Warren Moon CFL/NFL Statistics". Events Edge Entertainment and Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  12. ↑ "Henry Burris CFL Statistics". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  13. ↑ "HENRY BURRIS CAREER PASSING STATISTICS". Totalfootballstats.com. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  14. ↑ "Henry Burris NFL Statistics". NFL.com. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  15. ↑ "Doug Flutie CFL/NFL/USFL Statistics". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  16. ↑ "Ricky Ray CFL Statistics". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
  17. ↑ "Danny McManus CFL statistics". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
  18. ↑ "Kevin Glenn CFL statistics". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  19. ↑ "Jim Kelly NFL/USFL Statistics". Pro Football Hall of Fame.com. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  20. ↑ "Jeff Garcia NFL Statistics". NFL.com. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  21. ↑ "Cumulative Week 10 2010 UFL Statistics" (PDF). UFL-Football.com. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
  22. ↑ Highlights
  23. ↑ Kurt Warner - Profile
  24. 1 2 Kurt Warner jersey and football added to Hall's collection
  25. ↑ AFL Passing Records
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