In 2007 Brett Favre passed Dan Marino for the all-time passing yards record, along with the career TD passes. Favre passing yards record should be safe for a couple years, but Peyton Manning is closing the gap.

Drew Brees just passed the 40,000 yard mark, and Tom Brady is next.

NFL All-Time Leaders	NFL Single Season Leaders
Total Passing Yards Leaders	Passing Yards Leaders
Touchdown Passes Leaders	Touchdown Passes Leaders
Rushing Yards Leaders	Rushing Yards Leaders
Receiving Yards Leaders	Rushing Touchdowns Leaders
Touchdowns (RB and WR) Leaders	Receiving Yards Leaders
	Receiving Touchdowns Leaders
2011 NFL Player Salaries

NFL All-Time Passing Yards Leaders
Rk	Player	Team(s)	Yards
1	Brett Favre	Atlanta Falcons (1991) Green Bay Packers (1992 - 2007) New York Jets (2008) Minnesota Vikings (2009 - 2010)	71,838
2	Dan Marino	Miami Dolphins (1983 - 1999)	61,361
3	* Peyton Manning	Indianapolis Colts (1998 - Present)	54,828
4	John Elway	Denver Broncos (1983 - 1998)	51,475
5	Warren Moon	Houston Oilers (1984 - 1993) Minnesota Vikings (1994 - 1996) Seattle Seahawks (1997 - 1998) Kansas City Chiefs (1999 - 2000)	49,325
6	Fran Tarkenton	Minnesota Vikings (1961 - 1966, 1972 - 1978) New York Giants (1967 - 1971)	47,003
7	Vinny Testaverde	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1987 - 1992) Cleveland Browns (1993 - 1994) Baltimore Ravens (1996 - 1997) New York Jets (1998 - 2003, 2005) Dallas Cowboys (2004) New England Patriots (2006) Carolina Panthers (2007)	46,233
8	Drew Bledsoe	New England Patriots (1993 - 2001) Buffalo Bills (2002 - 2004) Dallas Cowboys (2005 - 2006)	44,611
9	Dan Fouts	San Diego Chargers (1973 - 1987)	43,040
10	* Kerry Collins	Carolina Panthers (1995 - 1998) New Orleans Saints (1998) New York Giants (1999 - 2003) Oakland Raiders (2004 - 2005) Tennessee Titans (2006 - 2010) Indianapolis Colts (2011)	40,922
11	* Drew Breese	San Diego Chargers (2001 - 2005) New Orleans Saints (2006 - present)	40,742
12	Joe Montana	San Francisco 49ers (1979 - 1992) Kansas City Chiefs (1993 - 1994)	40,551
13	Johnny Unitas	Baltimore Colts (1956 - 1972) San Diego Chargers (1973)	40,239
14	* Tom Brady	New England Patriots (2000 - present)	39,979
15	Dave Krieg	Seattle Seahawks (1980 - 1991) Kansas City Chiefs (1992 - 1993) Detroit Lions (1994) Arizona Cardinals (1995) Chicago Bears (1996) Tennessee Oilers (1997 - 1998)	38,147
16	Boomer Esiason	Cincinnati Bengals (1984 - 1992, 1997) New York Jets (1993 - 1995) Arizona Cardinals (1996)	37,920
17	* Donovan McNabb	Philadelphia Eagles (1999 - 2009) Washington Redskins (2010) Minnesota Vikings (2011)	37,276
18	Jim Kelly	Buffalo Bills (1986 - 1996)	35,467
19	Jim Everett	Los Angeles Rams (1986 - 1993) New Orleans Saints (1994 - 1996) San Diego Chargers (1997)	34,837
20	Jim Hart	St. Louis Cardinals (1966 - 1983) Washington Redskins (1984)	34,665
21	Steve DeBerg	San Francisco 49ers (1978 - 1980) Denver Broncos (1981 - 1983) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1984 - 1987, 1992, 1993) Kansas City Chiefs (1988 - 1991) Miami Dolphins (1993) Atlanta Falcons (1998)	34,241
22	John Hadl	San Diego Chargers (1962 - 1972) Los Angeles Rams (1973 - 1974) Green Bay Packers (1974 - 1975) Houston Oilers (1976 - 1977)	33,503
23	Phil Simms	New York Giants (1979 - 1993)	33,462
24	* Matt Hasselbeck	Green Bay Packers (1999 - 2000) Seattle Seahawks (2011 - 2010) Tennessee Titans (2011)	33,150
25	Steve Young	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1985 - 1986) San Francisco 49ers (1987 - 1999)	33,124
26	Y.A. Tittle	Baltimore Colts (1950) San Francisco 49ers (1951 - 1960) New York Giants (1961 - 1964)	33,070
27	Troy Aikman	Dallas Cowboys (1989 - 2000)	32,942
28	Ken Anderson	Cincinnati Bengals (1971 - 1986)	32,838
29	Kurt Warner	St. Louis Rams (1998 - 2003) New York Giants (2004) Arizona Cardinals (2005 - 2009)	32,334
30	Sonny Jurgensen	Philadelphia Eagles (1957 - 1963) Washington Redskins (1964 - 1974)	32,224
31	* Mark Brunell	Green Bay Packers (1994) Jacksonville Jaguars (1995 - 2003) Washington Redskins (2004 - 2006) New Orleans Saints (2008 - 2009) New York Jets (2010 - 2011)	32,072
32	John Brodie	San Francisco 49ers (1957 - 1973)	31,548
33	Steve McNair	Houston Oilers (1995 - 1996) Tennessee Oilers/Titans (1997 - 2005) Baltimore Ravens (2006 - 2008)	31,304
34	Norm Snead	Washington Redskins (1961 - 1963) Philadelphia Eagles (1964 - 1970) Minnesota Vikings (1971) New York Giants (1972 - 1974, 1976) San Francisco 49ers (1974 - 1975)	30,797
35	Randall Cunningham	Philadelphia Eagles (1985 - 1995) Minnesota Vikings (1997 - 1999) Dallas Cowboys (2000) Baltimore Ravens (2001)	29,979

* Active player
** Updated Jan. 3rd 2012

Sources:
pro-football-reference.com
databasefootball.com
wikipedia.org
espn.com