November 9, 2026, 1:01 p.m. PT
Brock Purdy succeeded Jimmy Garoppolo as the San Francisco 49ers’ starting quarterback in 2022, when Purdy was just a rookie entering the league as the last pick in the seventh round of that year’s draft.
Now, after Sunday’s win over the Las Vegas Raiders, Purdy has passed Garoppolo in passing yards with the 49ers. In 57 games and 55 starts, Garoppolo passed for 13,599 yards with San Francisco, and Purdy, in 57 games and 53 starts, passed for 13,665.
The 26-year-old now has the seventh-most passing yards in franchise history, and unless he plays truly terrible football to end the season, he won’t stop there.
Purdy needs 616 more yards to pass Alex Smith for sixth place, 2,352 yards to pass YA Tittle for fifth and 2,744 yards to pass Jeff Garcia for fourth.
It seems unlikely that Purdy will climb all the way to fourth place by the end of the season, as he needs to average 305 yards per game to get there. However, it is very likely that he passes Smith for sixth place, and it is possible that he passes Tittle for fifth place towards the end of the year.
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