Aaron Rodgers has passed an all-time Steelers legend in the NFL record books. Rodgers, Pittsburgh’s current quarterback, moved past Ben Roethlisberger for fifth all-time in career passing yards during Thursday night’s game against the Bengals.
Rodgers, who recently passed former teammate Brett Favre for fourth all-time in career touchdown passes, now trails only Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Peyton Manning and Favre in career passing yards. That’s a pretty significant accomplishment when you consider that Rodgers spent his first three NFL seasons as Favre’s backup in Green Bay. He then missed virtually the entire 2023 season after injuring his Achilles in Week 1.
Rodgers is the first quarterback to pass Roethlisberger in passing yards since Roethlisberger’s retirement at the end of the 2021 season. He passed Big Ben on a 15-yard completion to Jaylen Warren just before the two-minute warning Thursday night.
NFL’s all-time career passing leaders
1.
Tom Brady
89,214
2.
Drew Brees
80,358
3.
Peyton Manning
71,940
4.
Brett Favre
71,838
5.
Aaron Rodgers
64,089**
6.
Ben Roethlisberger
64,088
7.
Philip Rivers
63,440
8.
Matt Ryan
62,792
9.
Dan Marino
61,361
10.
Matthew Stafford
61,312
** — Yards at the time of passing Roethlisberger on all-time list
A six-time Pro Bowler, Roethlisberger is eighth all-time in career passing touchdowns. In 2004, he won Offensive Rookie of the Year while going 12-0 as Pittsburgh’s starter during the regular season. The following season, Roethlisberger became the youngest starting quarterback to win the Super Bowl as well as the first to in the Super Bowl as a sixth-seeded team.
In 2008, Roethlisberger won his second ring after throwing the game-winning touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes in Super Bowl XLIII. Two years later, he and the Steelers fell short against Rodgers’ Packers in what was ultimately Pittsburgh’s last Super Bowl appearance with Roethlisberger under…
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