League Leaders Who Led?

Most NFL Passing Yards Titles

Every player who has led his conference in passing yards, ranked by how many times. Seasons 1922–2025.

Titles in any category →

Drew Brees has led NFL in passing yards 10 times, more than anyone else. His titles run from 2006 to 2016.

YDSTDRTGY/ACMP%Y/GCMPATT1DTD%INTINT%SK
# Player Titles Span Best
1 Drew Brees Drew Brees 10 2006–2016 5,535
2 Tom Brady Tom Brady 8 2005–2022 5,316
3 Peyton Manning Peyton Manning 7 1998–2013 5,477
4 Dan Marino Dan Marino 6 1984–1992 5,084
5 Brett Favre Brett Favre 5 1995–2005 4,413
6 Sonny Jurgensen Sonny Jurgensen 5 1961–1969 3,747
7 Philip Rivers Philip Rivers 4 2010–2019 4,792
8 Dan Fouts Dan Fouts 4 1979–1982 4,802
9 Fran Tarkenton Fran Tarkenton 4 1974–1978 3,468
10 John Brodie John Brodie 4 1965–1971 3,112
11 Johnny Unitas Johnny Unitas 4 1957–1963 3,481
12 Sammy Baugh Sammy Baugh 4 1937–1948 2,938
13 Warren Moon Warren Moon 3 1990–1994 4,690
14 Sid Luckman Sid Luckman 3 1943–1946 2,194
15 Arnie Herber 3 1932–1936 1,239
16 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2 2017–2025 4,707
17 Jared Goff Jared Goff 2 2023–2024 4,629
18 Ben Roethlisberger Ben Roethlisberger 2 2014–2018 5,129
19 John Elway John Elway 2 1993–1995 4,030
20 Steve Young Steve Young 2 1992–1993 4,023
21 Jim Everett 2 1988–1990 3,989
22 Neil Lomax 2 1984–1987 4,614
23 Archie Manning Archie Manning 2 1972–1980 3,716
24 Ken Anderson 2 1974–1975 3,169
25 Otto Graham Otto Graham 2 1952–1953 2,816
26 Bobby Layne Bobby Layne 2 1950–1951 2,403
27 Cecil Isbell 2 1941–1942 2,021
28 Drake Maye Drake Maye 1 2025–2025 4,394
29 Joe Burrow Joe Burrow 1 2024–2024 4,918
30 Tua Tagovailoa Tua Tagovailoa 1 2023–2023 4,624
31 Patrick Mahomes Patrick Mahomes 1 2022–2022 5,250
32 Justin Herbert Justin Herbert 1 2021–2021 5,014
33 Deshaun Watson Deshaun Watson 1 2020–2020 4,823
34 Jameis Winston Jameis Winston 1 2019–2019 5,109
35 Matt Ryan Matt Ryan 1 2018–2018 4,924
36 Matt Schaub Matt Schaub 1 2009–2009 4,770
37 Tony Romo Tony Romo 1 2009–2009 4,483
38 Jay Cutler Jay Cutler 1 2008–2008 4,525
39 Daunte Culpepper Daunte Culpepper 1 2004–2004 4,717
40 Trent Green Trent Green 1 2004–2004 4,589
41 Marc Bulger Marc Bulger 1 2003–2003 3,845
42 Kerry Collins Kerry Collins 1 2002–2002 4,073
43 Rich Gannon Rich Gannon 1 2002–2002 4,689
44 Kurt Warner Kurt Warner 1 2001–2001 4,830
45 Jeff Garcia Jeff Garcia 1 2000–2000 4,278
46 Steve Beuerlein Steve Beuerlein 1 1999–1999 4,436
47 Jeff George 1 1997–1997 3,917
48 Mark Brunell Mark Brunell 1 1996–1996 4,367
49 Drew Bledsoe Drew Bledsoe 1 1994–1994 4,555
50 Mark Rypien Mark Rypien 1 1991–1991 3,564
51 Don Majkowski 1 1989–1989 4,318
52 Boomer Esiason Boomer Esiason 1 1987–1987 3,321
53 Jay Schroeder Jay Schroeder 1 1986–1986 4,109
54 Phil Simms 1 1985–1985 3,829
55 Bill Kenney 1 1983–1983 4,348
56 Lynn Dickey Lynn Dickey 1 1983–1983 4,458
57 Joe Montana Joe Montana 1 1982–1982 2,613
58 Tommy Kramer 1 1981–1981 3,912
59 Steve DeBerg 1 1979–1979 3,652
60 Jim Zorn Jim Zorn 1 1978–1978 3,283
61 Joe Ferguson 1 1977–1977 2,803
62 Roger Staubach Roger Staubach 1 1977–1977 2,620
63 Bert Jones 1 1976–1976 3,104
64 Jim Plunkett Jim Plunkett 1 1973–1973 2,550
65 Roman Gabriel Roman Gabriel 1 1973–1973 3,219
66 Joe Namath Joe Namath 1 1972–1972 2,816
67 John Hadl 1 1971–1971 3,075
68 Daryle Lamonica 1 1970–1970 2,516
69 Charley Johnson 1 1964–1964 3,045
70 Billy Wade 1 1958–1958 2,875
71 Tobin Rote Tobin Rote 1 1956–1956 2,203
72 Jim Finks 1 1955–1955 2,270
73 Norm Van Brocklin Norm Van Brocklin 1 1954–1954 2,637
74 Johnny Lujack Johnny Lujack 1 1949–1949 2,658
75 Irv Comp 1 1944–1944 1,159
76 Davey O'Brien Davey O'Brien 1 1939–1939 1,324
77 Ace Parker Ace Parker 1 1938–1938 865
78 Ed Danowski 1 1935–1935 794
79 Harry Newman Harry Newman 1 1933–1933 973