The Great Quarterback Debate : Total Yards

These are the top 25 career passing yardage leaders among our group of 70. The number following the yardage total in parentheses is that player's yardage per start ranking. This way we can see Brett's all-time yardage mark goes along with the eight best yards per game mark, but that Vinny's high total yardage ranking only corresponds to 42 out of 70 in terms of yardage per start.

1. Brett Favre 65,127 (8)
2. Dan Marino 61,361 (3)
3. John Elway 51,475 (22)
4. Warren Moon 49,325 (10)
5. Vinny Testaverde 46,233 (42)
6. Peyton Manning 45,628 (2)
7. Drew Bledsoe 44,611 (14)
8. Joe Montana 40,551 (9)
9. Dave Krieg 38,147 (47)
10. Boomer Esiason 37,920 (33)
11. Kerry Collins 37,393 (23)
12. Jim Kelly 35,467 (24)
13. Jim Everett 34,837 (18)
14. Phil Simms 33,462 (45)
15. Steve Young 33,124 (19)
16. Troy Aikman 32,942 (55)
17. Mark Brunell 31,826 (41)
18. Steve McNair 31,304 (53)
19. Randall Cunningham 29,979 (37)
20. Donovan McNabb 29,320 (15)
21. Jake Plummer 29,253 (36)
22. Brad Johnson 29,054 (25)
23. Rich Gannon 28,743 (38)
24. Kurt Warner 28,591 (1)
25. Chris Chandler 28,484 (61)