Arizona Cardinals Passing Yards Leaders
Career totals with the Cardinals and the best single seasons in club history. Records run through the 2025 season. Seasons before 1922 are not in the source. Figures before 1932 are reconstructions; the NFL kept no official statistics. Chicago Cardinals 1922-1959, St. Louis Cardinals 1960-1987, Phoenix Cardinals 1988-1993. 1944: merged with Pittsburgh as Card-Pitt. Merged-season player lines count for both franchises, as Pro-Football-Reference's franchise histories do. No schedule length in the source for 1944, so no season line that year qualifies for a rate board.
Jim Hart holds the Cardinals career record with 34,639 passing yards. The single-season record is 4,671, by Carson Palmer in 2015.
All-time Cardinals leaders
Career totals with the club| # | Player | With the club | YDS | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Hart | 1966–1983 | 34,639 | 199 |
| 2 | Neil Lomax | 1981–1988 | 22,771 | 108 |
| 3 |
 Kyler Murray
|
2019–2025 | 20,460 | 87 |
| 4 |
 Jake Plummer
|
1997–2002 | 17,622 | 84 |
| 5 |
 Carson Palmer
|
2013–2017 | 16,782 | 60 |
| 6 |
 Kurt Warner
|
2005–2009 | 15,839 | 61 |
| 7 | Charley Johnson | 1961–1969 | 14,928 | 87 |
| 8 | Paul Christman | 1945–1949 | 6,749 | 50 |
| 9 |
 Lamar McHan
|
1954–1958 | 6,578 | 60 |
| 10 |
 Josh McCown
|
2002–2005 | 5,427 | 32 |
| 11 |
 Steve Beuerlein
|
1993–1994 | 4,709 | 25 |
| 12 |
 Matt Leinart
|
2006–2009 | 3,888 | 29 |
| 13 |
 John Skelton
|
2010–2012 | 3,707 | 20 |
| 14 | Timm Rosenbach | 1989–1992 | 3,676 | 26 |
| 15 |
 Chris Chandler
|
1991–1993 | 3,592 | 22 |
| 16 | Dave Krieg | 1995 | 3,554 | 16 |
| 17 |
 Jacoby Brissett
|
2025 | 3,366 | 14 |
| 18 |
 Jim Hardy
|
1949–1951 | 3,193 | 30 |
| 19 |
 Kevin Kolb
|
2011–2012 | 3,124 | 15 |
| 20 | Tom Tupa | 1988–1991 | 3,075 | 42 |
| 21 | Kent Graham | 1996–1997 | 3,032 | 18 |
| 22 |
 Drew Stanton
|
2014–2017 | 2,901 | 25 |
| 23 | Gary Hogeboom | 1989 | 2,591 | 14 |
| 24 | Charlie Trippi | 1947–1955 | 2,547 | 99 |
| 25 | Ray Mallouf | 1941–1948 | 2,485 | 37 |
Single-season Cardinals records
Best seasons in club history| # | Player | Season | YDS | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Carson Palmer
|
2015 | 4,671 | 16 |
| 2 | Neil Lomax | 1984 | 4,614 | 16 |
| 3 |
Kurt Warner
|
2008 | 4,582 | 16 |
| 4 |
Carson Palmer
|
2013 | 4,274 | 16 |
| 5 |
Carson Palmer
|
2016 | 4,233 | 15 |
| 6 |
Kyler Murray
|
2020 | 3,971 | 16 |
| 7 |
Kyler Murray
|
2024 | 3,851 | 17 |
| 8 |
Kyler Murray
|
2021 | 3,787 | 14 |
| 9 |
Kurt Warner
|
2009 | 3,758 | 15 |
| 10 |
Jake Plummer
|
1998 | 3,737 | 16 |
| 11 |
Kyler Murray
|
2019 | 3,722 | 16 |
| 12 |
Jake Plummer
|
2001 | 3,653 | 16 |
| 13 | Dave Krieg | 1995 | 3,554 | 16 |
| 14 |
Kurt Warner
|
2007 | 3,409 | 14 |
| 15 | Neil Lomax | 1988 | 3,395 | 14 |
| 16 | Neil Lomax | 1987 | 3,387 | 12 |
| 17 |
Jacoby Brissett
|
2025 | 3,366 | 14 |
| 18 | Charley Johnson | 1963 | 3,280 | 14 |
| 19 | Neil Lomax | 1985 | 3,214 | 16 |
| 20 |
Steve Beuerlein
|
1993 | 3,164 | 16 |
| 21 | Jim Hart | 1978 | 3,121 | 15 |
| 22 | Timm Rosenbach | 1990 | 3,098 | 16 |
| 23 | Charley Johnson | 1964 | 3,045 | 14 |
| 24 | Jim Hart | 1967 | 3,008 | 14 |
| 25 |
Jake Plummer
|
2002 | 2,972 | 16 |