NFL All-Time Yardage Leaders

Try to name the NFL's all-time passing, rushing, and receiving yardage leaders.
Through 2023
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Last updated: January 8, 2024
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First submittedDecember 31, 2012
Times taken45,281
Average score51.1%
Rating4.28
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Passing
89,214
Tom Brady
80,358
Drew Brees
71,940
Peyton Manning
71,838
Brett Favre
64,088
Ben Roethlisberger
63,440
Philip Rivers
62,792
Matt Ryan
61,361
Dan Marino
59,055
Aaron Rodgers
57,023
Eli Manning
56,047
Matthew Stafford
51,475
John Elway
49,325
Warren Moon
47,003
Fran Tarkenton
46,247
Carson Palmer
Rushing
18,355
Emmitt Smith
16,726
Walter Payton
16,000
Frank Gore
15,269
Barry Sanders
14,918
Adrian Peterson
14,101
Curtis Martin
13,684
LaDainian Tomlinson
13,662
Jerome Bettis
13,259
Eric Dickerson
12,739
Tony Dorsett
12,312
Jim Brown
12,279
Marshall Faulk
12,246
Edgerrin James
12,243
Marcus Allen
12,120
Franco Harris
Receiving
22,895
Jerry Rice
17,492
Larry Fitzgerald
15,934
Terrell Owens
15,292
Randy Moss
15,208
Isaac Bruce
15,127
Tony Gonzalez
14,934
Tim Brown
14,731
Steve Smith
14,580
Marvin Harrison
14,345
Reggie Wayne
14,185
Andre Johnson
14,004
James Lofton
13,899
Cris Carter
13,779
Anquan Boldin
13,777
Henry Ellard
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Level 90
Jan 12, 2013
If this doesn't prove I spend too much time on this site, nothing will. I managed to get Henry Ellard, Irving Fryar, Dave Krieg, and James Lofton... but I missed Tom Brady and LaDainian Tomlinson. LOL
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Level 68
Jan 13, 2013
Same here ... missed Joe Montana
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Level 29
Jan 17, 2013
Ditto, lol
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Level 77
Jan 2, 2014
I can NEVER spell Tarkenton. I keep wanting to put an 'I' in there somewhere.
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Level 65
Apr 29, 2017
you just did
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Level 18
May 10, 2014
Same here I missed johhny u, Elway, fouts, carter, Dickerson, Harrison, Largent, wayne and andre reed
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Level 83
Jun 17, 2014
Could use a lot more time - four or five more minutes.
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Level 82
Dec 31, 2014
I've heard of the #1 guy in each category... but only managed to guess one of them. Peyton Manning and Randy Moss were the highest I got in the other two categories.
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Level 66
Jan 16, 2016
How can Steve Smith be @ 8% when:

a) You would get credit for him when you enter "Smith" for Emmitt, and

b) You just gotta try the Smith name on general principles!

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Level 95
Jan 16, 2016
same with the mannings
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Level 65
Jan 18, 2016
This is because Steve Smith is a relatively new addition. The answers have been updated since it first went on line back in 2013 (?), therefore the first X amount of people who played this would have done so when Steve Smith wasn't an answer.
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Level 84
Aug 2, 2016
But those wouldn't count since the percentages reset when the quiz is updated. Right, QM?
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Level ∞
Jan 4, 2021
That's correct.
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Level 82
Jan 6, 2017
Both Smiths are now at 97%. Percentages can be different (Mannings are at 99 and 98) because some people type the full name instead of just last name.
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Level 54
Nov 19, 2020
ALWAYS start with smith, johnson, jackson, williams
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Level 44
May 20, 2016
I love that more people have gotten Peyton Manning than Brett Favre, even though Favre's picture AND NAME show as the picture for the quiz.
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Level 73
Dec 17, 2016
Guess those guys had just the time to put the first name they could think of, before a violent urge to pee took them away and they let the timer roll down to triple zeroes... Or they applied to the "Andy Reid and Norv Turner Time Management School".
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Level 82
Jan 6, 2017
I got 12 by just typing common last names + Manning. I'm surprised I didn't get Roethlisberger though.
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Level 49
Jan 31, 2017
I guessed Torry Holt but he's off the list by one. *darn*
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Level 3
Feb 6, 2017
45/45 with 0:58 left
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Level 45
Dec 1, 2017
Adrian is above Edgerrin James now
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Level ∞
Jan 1, 2018
The quiz will be updated after every season.
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Level 61
Sep 19, 2018
Frank Gore is number 4 now
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Level 44
Oct 22, 2018
needs big update
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Level ∞
Oct 23, 2018
The quiz will be updated after every season.
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Level 84
Dec 31, 2019
I never remember Marshall Faulk. :-/
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Level 52
Jun 28, 2020
You never remember that legendary running back on the Rams?
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Level 84
Jan 13, 2022
I definitely remember him; I just can't pull out his name when I need to think of it.
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Level 23
May 14, 2020
43/45 should have done better but not too bad
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Level 67
Oct 6, 2020
I got just about everyone (missed 1 QB, 2 RB, and 3 WR...and should have had all of them except Henry Ellard, whoever that is), but the order on some of these is surprising. Isaac Bruce at #5, and Matt Ryan has thrown for more yard than Aaron Rodgers. That's incredible. Surprised at the absence of Michael Irvin and Kurt Warner, but those Cowboys ran the ball an awful lot (see RB #1) and I guess Warner just got started too late.
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Level 75
Oct 7, 2020
Not gonna take this, just here to comment how much I don't like the word 'yardage'. Chao.
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Level 75
Oct 9, 2020
Testaverde played for 3000 years
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Level 64
Mar 19, 2021
Brees and Rivers retired update this
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Level 30
Feb 1, 2022
now brady will be unhighlighted he announced his retirement today. sad days.
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Level 15
Feb 14, 2022
Update Tom Brady, since he is officially retired now.
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Level 15
Feb 14, 2022
Got them all with 12 seconds left. Also fix Brady since he is retired. Thanks!
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Level 16
May 10, 2022
Its funny now Brady is unretired again.
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Level 20
Feb 13, 2023
And now he retired again.
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Level 53
May 3, 2022
Please put in the description that this is regular season only!
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Level 16
May 10, 2022
Really thought that Montana would be on here.
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Level 60
Sep 21, 2022
Wait, Adrian Peterson is still active?
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Level 76
Mar 8, 2023
I was happy I got Ellard and Lofton.