| NFL Passing Yards | |||||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Yds | Att | Cmp | TDs | Ints | Long | Rating |
| 1 | Drew Brees | NO | 5476 | 657 | 468 | 46 | 14 | 79 | 110.6 |
| 2 | Tom Brady | NE | 5235 | 611 | 401 | 39 | 12 | 99 | 105.6 |
| 3 | Matthew Stafford | DET | 5038 | 663 | 421 | 41 | 16 | 73 | 97.2 |
| 4 | Eli Manning | NYG | 4933 | 589 | 359 | 29 | 16 | 99 | 92.9 |
| 5 | Aaron Rodgers | GB | 4643 | 502 | 343 | 45 | 6 | 93 | 122.5 |
| 6 | Philip Rivers | SD | 4624 | 582 | 366 | 27 | 20 | 58 | 88.7 |
| 7 | Tony Romo | DAL | 4184 | 522 | 346 | 31 | 10 | 77 | 102.5 |
| 8 | Matt Ryan | ATL | 4177 | 566 | 347 | 29 | 12 | 80 | 92.2 |
| 9 | Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | 4077 | 513 | 324 | 21 | 14 | 95 | 90.1 |
| 10 | Cam Newton | CAR | 4051 | 517 | 310 | 21 | 17 | 91 | 84.5 |
| 11 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | BUF | 3832 | 569 | 353 | 24 | 23 | 60 | 79.1 |
| 12 | Joe Flacco | BAL | 3610 | 542 | 312 | 20 | 12 | 74 | 80.9 |
| 13 | Josh Freeman | TB | 3592 | 551 | 346 | 16 | 22 | 65 | 74.6 |
| 14 | Matt Hasselbeck | TEN | 3571 | 518 | 319 | 18 | 14 | 80 | 82.4 |
| 15 | Mark Sanchez | NYJ | 3474 | 543 | 308 | 26 | 18 | 74 | 78.2 |
| 16 | Andy Dalton | CIN | 3398 | 516 | 300 | 20 | 13 | 84 | 80.4 |
| 17 | Michael Vick | PHI | 3303 | 423 | 253 | 18 | 14 | 73 | 84.9 |
| 18 | Rex Grossman | WAS | 3151 | 458 | 265 | 16 | 20 | 51 | 72.4 |
| 19 | Alex Smith | SF | 3150 | 446 | 274 | 17 | 5 | 56 | 90.7 |
| 20 | Tarvaris Jackson | SEA | 3091 | 450 | 271 | 14 | 13 | 61 | 79.2 |
| 21 | Carson Palmer | OAK | 2753 | 328 | 199 | 13 | 16 | 78 | 80.5 |
| 22 | Colt McCoy | CLE | 2733 | 463 | 265 | 14 | 11 | 56 | 74.6 |
| 23 | Matt Moore | MIA | 2497 | 347 | 210 | 16 | 9 | 65 | 87.1 |
| 24 | Matt Schaub | HOU | 2479 | 292 | 178 | 15 | 6 | 80 | 96.8 |
| 25 | Jay Cutler | CHI | 2319 | 314 | 182 | 13 | 7 | 56 | 85.7 |
| 26 | Blaine Gabbert | JAC | 2214 | 413 | 210 | 12 | 11 | 74 | 65.4 |
| 27 | Sam Bradford | STL | 2164 | 357 | 191 | 6 | 6 | 68 | 70.5 |
| 28 | Kevin Kolb | ARI | 1955 | 253 | 146 | 9 | 8 | 73 | 81.1 |
| 29 | John Skelton | ARI | 1913 | 275 | 151 | 11 | 14 | 60 | 68.9 |
| 30 | Christian Ponder | MIN | 1853 | 291 | 158 | 13 | 13 | 72 | 70.1 |