drew brees is the nfl's all-time passing leader.
drew brees is the nfl's all-time passing leader.
who is the nfl's all-time passing leader?
drew brees
bullet::::- drew brees surpassed dan marino for third place on the nfl's all-time passing yards list.









































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bullet::::- frank gore surpassed marshall faulk for 10th place on the nfl's all-time rushing yards list.









































bullet::::- matt ryan and julio jones became the first quarterback/wide receiver duo in nfl history with 500+ passing yards and 300+ receiving yards in a single game.









































bullet::::- matthew stafford broke the nfl record previously held by dan marino for most passing yards in a quarterback's first 100 games, with 27,174.









































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2016 nfl season
before the development of the passer rating, the nfl struggled with how to crown a passing leader. in the mid-1930s, it was the quarterback with the most passing yardage. from 1938 to 1940, it was the quarterback with the highest completion percentage. in 1941, a system was created that ranked the league's quarterbacks relative to their peers' performance. over the next thirty years the criteria used to crown a passing leader changed several times, but the ranking system made it impossible to determine a quarterback's rank until all the other quarterbacks were done playing that week, or to compare quarterback performances across multiple seasons. in 1971, nfl commissioner pete rozelle asked the league's statistical committee to develop a better system. the committee was headed by don smith of the pro football hall of fame, seymour siwoff of the elias sports bureau, and nfl executive don weiss. smith and siwoff established passing performance standards based on data from all qualified pro football passers between 1960 and 1970, and used those data to create the passer rating. the formula was adopted by the nfl in 1973.
passer rating