This is a list of gridiron football quarterbacks passing statistics for quarterbacks that have played outdoor professional football in North America. This list includes cumulative statistics by players that have played in the National Football League (NFL), Canadian Football League (CFL), United States Football League (USFL), National Football League Europe (NFLE) and United Football League (UFL), and the XFL. Below is a listing of the combined professional football league leaders for passing yards, passing touchdowns, passing completions, and passing attempts. Because indoor football is played on a much shorter field and heavily favors offensive scoring, its records are not included in the main list and are noted in a separate addendum below.
During the 2011 CFL season, Montreal Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo surpassed Damon Allen to become the all-time passing yards leader in professional football league history. Allen broke the previous record held by Warren Moon in 2006.Peyton Manning had surpassed Brett Favre's passing yards record in the 2015 NFL season.
Favre surpassed Moon in both passing touchdowns and passing completions during the 2007 NFL season and also in pass attempts during the 2008 NFL season to become the leader in those categories. Since then, Manning surpassed Favre's NFL touchdown record during the 2014 NFL season.