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Washington Commanders Passing Yards Leaders

Career totals with the Commanders and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through November 2: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning. Boston Braves 1932, Boston Redskins 1933-1936; Washington Redskins 1937-2019, Washington Football Team 2020-2021.

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Joe Theismann holds the Commanders career record with 25,206 passing yards. The single-season record is 4,917, by Kirk Cousins in 2016.

YDS TD RTG Y/A CMP% Y/G CMP ATT 1D TD% INT INT% SK

All-time Commanders leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club YDS G
1 Joe Theismann Joe Theismann 1974–1985 25,206 167
2 Sonny Jurgensen Sonny Jurgensen 1964–1974 22,585 135
3 Sammy Baugh Sammy Baugh 1937–1952 21,886 165
4 Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins 2012–2017 16,206 62
5 Mark Rypien Mark Rypien 1988–1993 15,928 77
6 Billy Kilmer Billy Kilmer 1971–1978 12,352 82
7 Jason Campbell Jason Campbell 2006–2009 10,860 52
8 Gus Frerotte Gus Frerotte 1994–1998 9,769 52
9 Norm Snead Norm Snead 1961–1963 8,306 42
10 Robert Griffin III Robert Griffin III 2012–2014 8,097 37
11 Eddie LeBaron Eddie LeBaron 1952–1959 8,068 82
12 Jay Schroeder Jay Schroeder 1985–1987 7,445 36
13 Brad Johnson Brad Johnson 1999–2000 6,510 28
14 Mark Brunell Mark Brunell 2002–2006 6,227 36
15 Jayden Daniels Jayden Daniels 2024–2026 5,806 29
16 Patrick Ramsey Patrick Ramsey 2002–2005 5,652 33
17 Taylor Heinicke Taylor Heinicke 2020–2022 5,415 26
18 Doug Williams Doug Williams 1986–1989 4,350 21
19 Sam Howell Sam Howell 2022–2023 4,115 18
20 Rex Grossman Rex Grossman 2010–2011 4,035 17
21 Alex Smith Alex Smith 2018–2020 3,762 18
22 Trent Green Trent Green 1997–1998 3,441 16
23 Donovan McNabb Donovan McNabb 2010 3,377 13
24 Frank Filchock Frank Filchock 1938–1945 3,266 58
25 Ralph Guglielmi Ralph Guglielmi 1955–1960 2,864 37

Single-season Commanders records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season YDS G
1 Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins 2016 4,917 16
2 Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins 2015 4,166 16
3 Jay Schroeder Jay Schroeder 1986 4,109 16
4 Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins 2017 4,093 16
5 Brad Johnson Brad Johnson 1999 4,005 16
6 Sam Howell Sam Howell 2023 3,946 17
7 Mark Rypien Mark Rypien 1989 3,768 14
8 Sonny Jurgensen Sonny Jurgensen 1967 3,747 14
9 Joe Theismann Joe Theismann 1983 3,714 16
10 Jason Campbell Jason Campbell 2009 3,618 16
11 Jayden Daniels Jayden Daniels 2024 3,568 17
11 Joe Theismann Joe Theismann 1981 3,568 16
13 Mark Rypien Mark Rypien 1991 3,564 16
14 Gus Frerotte Gus Frerotte 1996 3,453 16
15 Trent Green Trent Green 1998 3,441 15
16 Taylor Heinicke Taylor Heinicke 2021 3,419 16
17 Joe Theismann Joe Theismann 1984 3,391 16
18 Donovan McNabb Donovan McNabb 2010 3,377 13
19 Mark Rypien Mark Rypien 1992 3,282 16
20 Jason Campbell Jason Campbell 2008 3,245 16
21 Sonny Jurgensen Sonny Jurgensen 1966 3,209 14
22 Robert Griffin III Robert Griffin III 2013 3,203 13
23 Robert Griffin III Robert Griffin III 2012 3,200 15
24 Rex Grossman Rex Grossman 2011 3,151 13
25 Sonny Jurgensen Sonny Jurgensen 1969 3,102 14