Green Bay Packers

Rodgers becomes fastest quarterback to 30,000 yards in NFL history

Published Oct. 18, 2015 7:38 p.m. ET

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With a short screen pass to running back Eddie Lacy in the fourth quarter of the Green Bay Packers' Week 6 matchup against the San Diego Chargers, quarterback Aaron Rodgers eclipsed 30,000 passing yards for his career. Rodgers is the fastest player to reach that milestone, in terms of pass attempts, in NFL history.

Aaron Rodgers has reached 30,000 career passing yards in the fewest attempts in @NFL history (3,652) #SDvsGB
— Randall Liu (@RLiuNFL) October 18, 2015

The record was previously held by Pro Football Hall of Famer Johnny Unitas, who played from 1956-73 and finished his career with 40,239 career passing yards. On Sunday, Rodgers became the 40th passer in NFL history to reach the 30,000-yard mark.

In an era when prolific passers are taking over the league, Rodgers might have the finest arm of the bunch. He has been named the NFL's Most Valuable Player twice (2011, 2014) and has a career touchdown-to-interception ratio of four-to-one.

At this rate, Rodgers will rewrite the entire record book before he calls it a career. His performance so far this season has his 6-0 Packers among the favorites to win Super Bowl 50.