Colts' Philip Rivers Passes Dan Marino for 5th in Career Passing Yards

Philip Rivers' first completion on Thursday night moved him past Dan Marino for fifth on the NFL's all-time career passing yards list.  

The Indianapolis Colts quarterback surpassed 61,361 passing yards with an 11-yard completion to Jonathan Taylor on the team's first offensive play from scrimmage. 

Rivers came into this matchup against the Tennessee Titans with 61,358 passing yards.

It speaks to how much the NFL has changed since Marino retired that he's fallen to sixth on the all-time passing yards list. The Miami Dolphins legend ranked first at the time he retired in 1999 and was nearly 10,000 yards ahead of John Elway in second place (51,475). 

Brett Favre passed Marino for the top spot during the 2007 season and became the first quarterback to reach the 70,000-yard mark. Drew Brees (79,536), Tom Brady (76,969) and Peyton Manning (71,940) have since joined that exclusive club. 

Rivers surpassed Marino in his 237th career game (233rd start). He spent the first two years of his career playing behind Brees as a member of the San Diego Chargers. The 38-year-old is on pace for his eighth straight season with at least 4,000 yards through the air.