Drew Brees Tops NFC South Passing Yards List, Jameis Winston Stays In Mix

jameis winston is part of a division list that still starts with Drew Brees. Brees sits first on the NFC South's all-time passing yards chart, which tracks only what players produced with division teams from 2002 through 2025.

The setup is narrow by design. Only time spent with the New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers counts, so production elsewhere does not move anyone up this ranking.

Drew Brees at the top

Brees holds first place on the NFC South passing yards list. That makes him the standard for the division's quarterback production since the realignment created the South in 2002.

The chart covers the last wave of NFL realignment, when the Saints and Falcons were grouped with the Buccaneers and Panthers. Because the list starts in 2002, nothing from a player's career before that season is included.

Baker Mayfield chasing ninth

Baker Mayfield is the only active quarterback on the list still with his team. He enters a contract year and could rise from ninth to sixth if he throws for 2,406 yards this year.

That climb would give Tampa Bay a more relevant number to watch than a simple top-10 ranking. If the Buccaneers do not work out a long-term extension with him, he could be on the move, which gives this season's yardage chase a cleaner edge than a typical historical list.

NFC South quarterbacks 2002-2025

Only one of the 10 quarterbacks on the list is still active with his team, a thin number for a division that has existed for more than two decades. The ranking shows how hard it has been for the NFC South to produce steady passing totals across multiple long-term starters.

That is the practical takeaway for readers following the division now: Brees still leads the chart, Mayfield is the lone active passer with a chance to move, and the rest of the list is frozen by the 2002-to-2025 cutoff and the rule that only division production counts.