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NFL Season Records
Passing Yards

Tom Brady

2000 New England Patriots

84,520

Drew Brees

2001 San Diego Chargers

80,358

Peyton Manning

1998 Indianapolis Colts

71,940

Brett Favre

1991 Atlanta Falcons

71,838

Ben Roethlisberger

2004 Pittsburgh Steelers

64,088

Philip Rivers

2004 San Diego Chargers

63,440

Dan Marino

1983 Miami Dolphins

61,361

Matt Ryan

2008 Atlanta Falcons

59,735

Eli Manning

2004 New York Giants

57,023

Aaron Rodgers

2005 Green Bay Packers

55,360

John Elway

1983 Denver Broncos

51,475

Matthew Stafford

2009 Detroit Lions

49,995

Warren Moon

1984 Houston Oilers

49,325

Fran Tarkenton

1961 Minnesota Vikings

47,003

Carson Palmer

2004 Cincinnati Bengals

46,247

Vinny Testaverde

1987 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

46,233

Drew Bledsoe

1993 New England Patriots

44,611

Dan Fouts

1973 San Diego Chargers

43,040

Joe Flacco

2008 Baltimore Ravens

41,269

Kerry Collins

1995 Carolina Panthers

40,922

Joe Montana

1979 San Francisco 49ers

40,551

Johnny Unitas

1956 Baltimore Colts

40,239

Dave Krieg

1980 Seattle Seahawks

38,147

Boomer Esiason

1984 Cincinnati Bengals

37,920

Donovan McNabb

1999 Philadelphia Eagles

37,276

Russell Wilson

2012 Seattle Seahawks

37,059

Matt Hasselbeck

1999 Green Bay Packers

36,638

Alex Smith

2005 San Francisco 49ers

35,650

Jim Kelly

1986 Buffalo Bills

35,467

Andy Dalton

2011 Cincinnati Bengals

35,279

Jay Cutler

2006 Denver Broncos

35,133

Ryan Fitzpatrick

2005 St. Louis Rams

34,990

Jim Everett

1986 Los Angeles Rams

34,837

Jim Hart

1966 St. Louis Cardinals

34,665

Steve DeBerg

1978 San Francisco 49ers

34,241

Tony Romo

2006 Dallas Cowboys

34,183

Phil Simms

1979 New York Giants

33,462

Steve Young

1985 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

33,124

Troy Aikman

1989 Dallas Cowboys

32,942

Ken Anderson

1971 Cincinnati Bengals

32,838

Kirk Cousins

2012 Washington Redskins

32,593

Cam Newton

2011 Carolina Panthers

32,382

Kurt Warner

1998 St. Louis Rams

32,344

Sonny Jurgensen

1957 Philadelphia Eagles

32,224

Mark Brunell

1994 Green Bay Packers

32,072

Derek Carr

2014 Oakland Raiders

31,700

John Brodie

1957 San Francisco 49ers

31,548

Steve McNair

1995 Houston Oilers

31,304

Norm Snead

1961 Washington Redskins

30,797

Ryan Tannehill

2012 Miami Dolphins

30,729

Randall Cunningham

1985 Philadelphia Eagles

29,979

Joe Ferguson

1973 Buffalo Bills

29,817

Jon Kitna

1997 Seattle Seahawks

29,745

Roman Gabriel

1962 Los Angeles Rams

29,444

Jake Plummer

1997 Arizona Cardinals

29,253

Brad Johnson

1994 Minnesota Vikings

29,054

Rich Gannon

1987 Minnesota Vikings

28,743

Chris Chandler

1988 Indianapolis Colts

28,484

Trent Green

1997 Washington Redskins

28,475

Y.A. Tittle

1950 Baltimore Colts

28,339

Ron Jaworski

1974 Los Angeles Rams

28,190

Terry Bradshaw

1970 Pittsburgh Steelers

27,989

Ken Stabler

1970 Oakland Raiders

27,938

Craig Morton

1965 Dallas Cowboys

27,908

Jeff George

1990 Indianapolis Colts

27,602

Steve Grogan

1975 New England Patriots

26,886

Bobby Layne

1948 Chicago Bears

26,768

Jim Harbaugh

1987 Chicago Bears

26,288

Jim Plunkett

1971 New England Patriots

25,882

Jeff Garcia

1999 San Francisco 49ers

25,537

Matt Schaub

2004 Atlanta Falcons

25,467

Joe Theismann

1974 Washington Redskins

25,206

Ken O'Brien

1984 New York Jets

25,094

Tommy Kramer

1977 Minnesota Vikings

24,777

Bart Starr

1956 Green Bay Packers

24,718

Charley Johnson

1961 St. Louis Cardinals

24,410

Daunte Culpepper

2000 Minnesota Vikings

24,153

Steve Bartkowski

1975 Atlanta Falcons

24,124

Steve Beuerlein

1988 Los Angeles Raiders

24,046

Archie Manning

1971 New Orleans Saints

23,911

Brian Sipe

1974 Cleveland Browns

23,713

Andrew Luck

2012 Indianapolis Colts

23,671

Norm Van Brocklin

1949 Los Angeles Rams

23,611

Lynn Dickey

1971 Houston Oilers

23,322

Bernie Kosar

1985 Cleveland Browns

23,301

Marc Bulger

2002 St. Louis Rams

22,814

Neil Lomax

1981 St. Louis Cardinals

22,771

Roger Staubach

1969 Dallas Cowboys

22,700

Michael Vick

2001 Atlanta Falcons

22,464

Dak Prescott

2016 Dallas Cowboys

22,083

Danny White

1976 Dallas Cowboys

21,959

Sammy Baugh

1937 Washington Redskins

21,886

Jeff Blake

1992 New York Jets

21,711

Neil O'Donnell

1991 Pittsburgh Steelers

21,690

Bobby Hebert

1985 New Orleans Saints

21,683

Jared Goff

2016 Los Angeles Rams

21,416

Gus Frerotte

1994 Washington Redskins

21,291

Jim Zorn

1976 Seattle Seahawks

21,115

Jameis Winston

2015 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

20,982

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Jake Delhomme

1999 New Orleans Saints

20,975

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1 Comment

Larry Wayne Scofield says:

February 28, 2022 at 6:43 am

I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.

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