Matthew Stafford’s latest Sunday Night Football outing put him in territory shared by some of the biggest names the league has ever seen.
With his 65,000th career passing yard, Stafford became just the sixth quarterback in NFL history to reach the mark, joining Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers in the NFL’s exclusive 65K passing yards club.
Stafford entered Week 3 needing only two yards to get there, and he cleared the milestone in a big way. He finished with 390 passing yards on 30-of-55 passing, bringing his career total to 65,388 yards through three games of the 2026 season.
That production keeps the 38-year-old firmly planted among the league’s all-time passing leaders. He opened 2026 ranked sixth on the NFL’s regular-season passing yards list, trailing Rodgers and the four retired quarterbacks ahead of him. Through Week 3, Stafford has 65,388 yards and 429 touchdowns in 242 regular-season starts, according to current league statistics.
The milestone comes only days after Stafford tossed four touchdown passes against the New York Giants, a game that moved him to sixth all-time with 427 career touchdown passes at the time.
The numbers behind the club show just how rare this company is. Brady sits atop the list with 89,214 passing yards, followed by Brees at 80,358, Manning at 71,940, Favre at 71,838 and Rodgers at 66,682. Stafford now trails Rodgers for fifth and continues to add to a career that is still very much in motion.
For now, though, he’s in a place only a handful of quarterbacks have ever reached. Stafford has joined one of the NFL’s most exclusive statistical groups, and he did it while his season is still rolling.
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