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Ryan now 16th on NFL’s all-time passing yards list

1. Peyton Manning 71,940 2. Brett Favre 71,838 3. Drew Brees 70,200 4. Tom Brady 65,969 5. Dan Marino 61,361 6. Eli Manning 51,550 7. John Elway 51,475 8. Ben Roethlisberger 51,065 9. Philips Rivers 49,961 10. Warren Moon 49,325 11. Fran Tarkenton 47,003 12. Carson Palmer 46,247 13. Vinny Testaverde 46,233 14. Drew Bledsoe 44,611 15. Dan Fouts 43,040 16. Matt Ryan 41,479
By Chris Vivlamore
Dec 26, 2017

Matt Ryan jumped to 16th on the NFL’s all-time passing yards list this season.

With one regular-season game remaining, the Falcons quarterback has thrown for 41,479 yards in his 10-year career. Ryan has started all 157 of his career games.

Ryan has thrown for 3,778 yards this season and needs 222 yards in the finale against the Panthers to hit the 4,000-yard mark for the seventh straight year.

Ryan is in elite company. Ahead of Ryan on the all-time list are six Hall of Famers and he is among seven active players in the top 16. He has already passed several other Hall of Famers. The league’s top passer, Peyton Manning, will certainly be inducted into the Hall of Fame when eligible.

Watch the video (above) for the top 16 quarterbacks on the all-time yardage list.

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Chris Vivlamore is the sports editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has served as reporter and editor at the AJC since 2003.

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