Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford has joined elite company with his latest achievement.

During the Rams' season opener against the Buffalo Bills, Matthew Stafford reached 50,000 career passing yards. Stafford is just the 12th quarterback in NFL history to reach this milestone.

Matthew Stafford joins an elite group of quarterbacks. The group consists of three other active quarterbacks Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, and Matt Ryan.

When looking at the rest of the list, consists of either Hall of Famers, or guys who will soon join the Hall of Fame. The other quarterbacks to achieve this feat are Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Brett Farve, Ben Roethlisberger, Phillip Rivers, Dan Marino, and John Elway

While achieving this goal, Matthew Stafford tied Drew Brees for the least amount of games it took to reach 50,000. Both Stafford and Brees did it in 183 total games.

Matthew Stafford also managed to set himself apart from the rest of the quarterbacks in this group. He is the youngest of the bunch to reach the milestone.

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This achievement is just the latest in a long and impressive resume put together by Matthew Stafford.

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