{"id":3364,"date":"2024-10-12T11:25:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T15:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gofootballanalytics.com\/statsblog\/?p=3364"},"modified":"2024-10-12T11:25:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T15:25:03","slug":"kirk-cousins-about-to-hit-top-20-in-passing-yards-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gofootballanalytics.com\/statsblog\/kirk-cousins-about-to-hit-top-20-in-passing-yards-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Cousins About To Hit Top 20 In Passing Yards Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kirk Cousins of the Atlanta Falcons<\/a> is about to hit another milestone in his career. The much-maligned veteran has compiled 40,844 yards passing in the air during his career. That is 156 passing yards away from reaching the 41,000 mark and just 79 from passing Kerry Collins for No. 20 on the Super Bowl Era list of most passing yards.<\/p>\n

This season, Cousins is ranked 5th on the list of leaders in passing yards with 1,373. Cousins rides in off a big 36-30 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>. Cousins tallied a Falcon-record 509 yards passing in that one.<\/p>\n

This upcoming Sunday, the Cousins will try to move up the list as his Falcons go on the road to battle the Carolina Panthers<\/a> who are last in the NFC South. The Falcons are 3-2 and are 1st in the NFC South. They enter having been victorious in their last two.<\/p>\n

Passing Yards Leaders (Super Bowl Era):<\/h3>\n

1. Tom Brady 89,214
\n2. Drew Brees 80,358
\n3. Peyton Manning 71,940
\n4. Brett Favre 71,838
\n5. Ben Roethlisberger 64,088
\n6. Philip Rivers 63,440
\n7. Matt Ryan 62,792
\n8. Dan Marino 61,361
\n9. Aaron Rodgers 60,148
\n10. Matthew Stafford 57,285
\n11. Eli Manning 57,023
\n12. John Elway 51,475
\n13. Warren Moon 49,325
\n14. Carson Palmer 46,247
\n15. Vinny Testaverde 46,233
\n16. Drew Bledsoe 44,611
\n17. Joe Flacco 44,463
\n18. Russell Wilson 43,653
\n19. Dan Fouts 43,040
\n20. Kerry Collins 40,922
\n21. Kirk Cousins 40,844<\/strong>
\n22. Joe Montana 40,551
\n23. Derek Carr 40,089<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kirk Cousins of the Atlanta Falcons is about to hit another milestone in his career. The much-maligned veteran has compiled 40,844 yards passing in the air during his career. 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