CHASING HISTORY

Drew Brees broke the all-time record for passing yards in NFL history nine days ago in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

By now. most people are well aware of that.

But what many don’t know is that this is just one stepping stone for Braes in what could be a rewriting of the NFL record books.

PASSING YARDS

1. Draw Brees – 72,108 yards*

2. Peyton Manning-71.940 yards

3. Brett Favre-71,338 yards

4. Tom Brady – 97,418 yards*

5. Dan Marino – 61*361 yards

PASSING COMPLETIONS

1. Drew Rrees – 6,370*

2. Brett Etevre – 6,300

3. Peyton Manning – 6,125

4. Tom Brady -5.750*

5. Dan Marino – 4.967

Brees has set the record for passing yards in NFL history, but he’s in the hunt for several other records over the next several years as he wraps up his illustrious, storied NFL career

Let’s take a peak at his current position in the chare for some of the most prestigious records of all-time.

Any asterisk denotes that a player is still active. The others are retired and thus cannot improve their position.

PASSING TOUCHDOWNS

1. Peyton Manning – 589

2. Brett Favre – 508

3. Tom Brady – 500*

4. Drew Brees – 490*

5. Dan Marino – 420

PASSING ATTEMPTS

1. Brett Ftanrrs-10,169

2. Drew Brees-3,484*

3. Peyton Manning – 9,380

4. Tom Brady-8L984*

5. Dan Marino-8,358

COMPLETION PERCENTAGE (MM MUM 1,500 THROWS)

1. Drew Brees – 8X2 percent*

2. Chad Pennington – 66.0 percent

3. Kirk Cousins – 68.0 percent*

4. Kurt Warner – 65.5 percent

5. Peyton Manning – 95.3 percent

PASSER RATING (MINIMUM 1,000 THROWS)

1. Aaron Rodgers -103.7*

2. Russell Wilson – 96.9*

3. Tom Brady – 97.5*

4. Drew Brees – OT.3*

5. Tony Romo – 97.1

TD/INT RATIO (MINIMUM 1,500 THROWS)

1. Aaron Rodgers – 4.00*

2. Tom Brady -3.01*

3. Russell Wilson-2.90*

4. Colin Kaepernick – 2.40

5. Drew Brees – 2.19*

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