2026 NFL Passing Yards Leaders

Yards gained passing

2026 quarterbacks only → All-time career leaders →

Matthew Stafford leads the whole NFL in passing yards in 2026 with 1,794, 80 ahead of C.J. Stroud (1,714). Matthew Stafford has led in passing yards 2 times before. The 2026 season is still being played: this is the board through October 18, about 6 games into 17.

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

Leads the whole NFL in 2026 through October 18 Matthew Stafford Los Angeles Rams

1,794 Passing Yards 80 clear of C.J. Stroud

The 2026 Passing Yards race

Still being run

Matthew Stafford 1,794
C.J. Stroud 1,714
Jordan Love 1,684
Dak Prescott 1,639
Kirk Cousins 1,582

Each line is a season total on every night that player was in the top ten, from September 13 to October 18.

Showing Passing Yards and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	YDS	G	ATT	TD
1	Matthew Stafford	LA	1,794	6	249	11
2	C.J. Stroud	HOU	1,714	6	219	9
3	Jordan Love	GB	1,684	6	226	11
4	Dak Prescott	DAL	1,639	6	246	10
5	Kirk Cousins	LV	1,582	6	213	14
6	Bryce Young	CAR	1,549	5	201	11
7	Josh Allen	BUF	1,504	6	171	9
8	Aaron Rodgers	PIT	1,487	6	233	12
9	Jared Goff	DET	1,485	5	191	12
10	Trevor Lawrence	JAX	1,480	6	184	14
11	Drake Maye	NE	1,463	6	183	11
12	Tyler Shough	NO	1,443	6	235	12
13	Joe Burrow	CIN	1,361	5	189	11
14	Geno Smith	NYJ	1,336	6	177	7
15	Jacoby Brissett	ARI	1,328	6	234	9
16	Patrick Mahomes	KC	1,309	5	158	9
17	Daniel Jones	IND	1,290	6	218	4
18	Brock Purdy	SF	1,196	5	142	13
19	Deshaun Watson	CLE	1,174	6	174	7
20	Justin Herbert	LAC	1,141	6	180	5
21	Bo Nix	DEN	1,049	6	189	6
22	Sam Darnold	SEA	1,033	5	149	7
23	Cam Ward	TEN	998	6	177	4
24	Lamar Jackson	BAL	967	4	96	6
25	Jameis Winston	NYG	957	5	158	7
26	Michael Penix Jr.	ATL	944	4	110	6
27	Jalen Hurts	PHI	933	5	154	8
28	Malik Willis	MIA	849	5	130	2
29	Caleb Williams	CHI	712	3	91	3
30	Kyler Murray	MIN	662	4	101	2
31	Baker Mayfield	TB	615	3	96	2
32	Jalon Daniels	TB	501	4	98	3
33	Jayden Daniels	WAS	459	3	76	3
34	Tyler Huntley	BAL	429	3	72	3
35	Drew Lock	SEA	422	2	48	4
36	Tyson Bagent	CHI	409	3	64	0
37	Case Keenum	CHI	355	2	53	2
38	Marcus Mariota	WAS	340	3	51	4
39	Carson Wentz	MIN	276	2	39	3
40	Jaxson Dart	NYG	250	2	34	3
41	J.J. McCarthy	NYG	243	2	21	1
42	Cooper Rush	ATL	229	2	39	1
43	Tanner McKee	PHI	215	1	45	1
44	Athan Kaliakmanis	WAS	186	1	33	1
45	Jack Strand	ATL	59	1	15	0
46	Fernando Mendoza	LV	48	1	8	0
47	Tua Tagovailoa	ATL	34	1	3	0
48	Tommy DeVito	NE	30	1	5	0
49	Efton Chism III	NE	16	5	1	0
50	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	14	6	1	0