THE LEDGER
Five career totals were the whole point of this site when it was built. They are still here, unchanged. What is added below is arithmetic on top of them — rates, not new data — plus the season line and the twelve tables the totals came out of.
The first five figures are the career totals this site carried from the day it was built. The four in orange are not extra data — they are the same five divided into each other, which is how a rate is made.
Line as published in the clipping this site was built on. It is the row a passing season is usually reduced to — attempts, yards, touchdowns, interceptions — plus what the same player did with his legs.
One mark per game. A streak is a bookkeeping object before it is a record: it survives only while every entry in the row is a game that counted, played in order, with at least one touchdown pass charged to the same passer.
| Rank | Figure | Player | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1,619 | Chad Pennington | 1995-99 |
| 2. | 1,615 | Rakeem Cato | 2011-present |
| 3. | 1,442 | Byron Leftwich | 1998-02 |
| 4. | 1,108 | Michael Payton | 1989-92 |
| 5. | 1,059 | Carl Fodor | 1982-85 |
| 6. | 912 | Todd Donnan | 1991-94 |
| 7. | 873 | John Gregory | 1986-89 |
| 8. | 849 | Brian Anderson | 2007-10 |
| 9. | 831 | Tony Petersen | 1986-87 |
| 10. | 803 | Bernard Morris | 2004-07 |
| Rank | Figure | Player | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1,026 | Chad Pennington | 1995-99 |
| 2. | 1,018 | Rakeem Cato | 2011-present |
| 3. | 939 | Byron Leftwich | 1998-02 |
| 4. | 689 | Michael Payton | 1989-92 |
| 5. | 542 | Todd Donnan | 1991-94 |
| 6. | 521 | Carl Fodor | 1982-85 |
| 7. | 486 | John Gregory | 1986-89 |
| 8. | 483 | Brian Anderson | 2007-10 |
| (tie) | 483 | Bernard Morris | 2004-07 |
| 10. | 440 | Tony Petersen | 1986-87 |
| Rank | Figure | Player | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13,143 | Chad Pennington | 1995-99 |
| 2. | 12,306 | Rakeem Cato | 2011-present |
| 3. | 11,903 | Byron Leftwich | 1998-02 |
| 4. | 9,411 | Michael Payton | 1989-92 |
| 5. | 7,050 | Todd Donnan | 1991-94 |
| 6. | 7,020 | John Gregory | 1986-89 |
| 7. | 6,655 | Carl Fodor | 1982-85 |
| 8. | 6,501 | Tony Petersen | 1986-87 |
| 9. | 5,616 | Bernard Morris | 2004-07 |
| 10. | 5,403 | Brian Anderson | 2007-10 |
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