Patrick Mahomes has accounted for the most yards by a quarterback in a season, with 5,337 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards in 2016.

Interpreted as:

most single season passing total yards by a qb

	NAME	TOTALYDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	5,337	2016	TTU	12	388	591	65.7	5,052	8.5	421.0	41	10	157.0	6.9	1.7	27	242
2	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	5,020	2019	LSU	13	342	439	77.9	4,715	10.7	362.7	48	6	201.5	10.9	1.4	28	175
3	Drake Maye D. Maye	5,019	2022	UNC	14	342	517	66.2	4,321	8.4	308.6	38	7	157.9	7.4	1.4	40	204
4	Derek Carr D. Carr	4,988	2013	FRES	12	424	605	70.1	4,871	8.1	405.9	48	7	161.6	7.9	1.2	9	68
5	Austin Reed A. Reed	4,968	2022	WKU	14	389	603	64.5	4,744	7.9	338.9	40	11	148.8	6.6	1.8	11	72
6	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	4,946	2023	LSU	12	236	327	72.2	3,812	11.7	317.7	40	4	208.0	12.2	1.2	22	96
7	Kyler Murray K. Murray	4,945	2018	OKLA	13	241	340	70.9	4,053	11.9	311.8	40	7	205.7	11.8	2.1	15	90
8	Caleb Williams C. Williams	4,917	2022	USC	14	333	500	66.6	4,537	9.1	324.1	42	5	168.5	8.4	1.0	29	246
9	Jalen Hurts J. Hurts	4,914	2019	OKLA	13	222	309	71.8	3,634	11.8	279.5	32	7	200.3	10.4	2.3	21	138
10	Michael Penix Jr. M. Penix Jr.	4,911	2023	WASH	15	363	555	65.4	4,903	8.8	326.9	36	11	157.1	6.5	2.0	11	83
11	Matt Johnson M. Johnson	4,873	2015	BGSU	13	369	536	68.8	4,700	8.8	361.5	43	8	166.0	8.0	1.5	35	215
12	Bryce Young B. Young	4,872	2021	ALA	15	366	547	66.9	4,872	8.9	324.8	47	7	167.5	8.6	1.3	39	277
13	Tim Rattay T. Rattay	4,867	1998	LT	12	380	559	68.0	4,943	8.8	411.9	46	13	164.8	8.2	2.3
14	Chase Clement C. Clement	4,834	2008	RICE	13	326	490	66.5	4,119	8.4	316.8	44	7	163.9	9.0	1.4
15	Kenny Pickett K. Pickett	4,833	2021	PITT	14	354	530	66.8	4,572	8.6	326.6	44	7	164.0	8.3	1.3	32	256
16	Shane Carden S. Carden	4,812	2014	ECU	13	392	617	63.5	4,736	7.7	364.3	30	10	140.8	4.9	1.6	32	232
17	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	4,775	2015	TTU	12	337	518	65.1	4,288	8.3	357.3	32	14	149.6	6.2	2.7	21	117
18	Jaxson Dart J. Dart	4,774	2024	MISS	13	276	398	69.3	4,279	10.8	329.2	29	6	180.7	7.3	1.5	28	160
19	Dwayne Haskins D. Haskins	4,746	2018	OSU	13	348	496	70.2	4,624	9.3	355.7	47	8	176.5	9.5	1.6	17	91
20	Bo Nix B. Nix	4,742	2023	ORE	14	364	470	77.4	4,508	9.6	322.0	45	3	188.3	9.6	0.6	5	31
21	Michael Penix Jr. M. Penix Jr.	4,733	2022	WASH	13	362	554	65.3	4,641	8.4	357.0	31	8	151.3	5.6	1.4	5	38
22	Brennan Armstrong B. Armstrong	4,718	2021	UVA	11	326	500	65.2	4,449	8.9	404.5	31	10	156.4	6.2	2.0	30	195
23	Kyle McCord K. McCord	4,714	2024	SYR	13	391	592	66.0	4,779	8.1	367.6	34	12	148.8	5.7	2.0	27	242
24	Frank Harris F. Harris	4,677	2022	UTSA	14	328	471	69.6	4,063	8.6	290.2	32	9	160.7	6.8	1.9	25	162
25	Trevone Boykin T. Boykin	4,661	2014	TCU	13	301	492	61.2	3,901	7.9	300.1	33	10	145.9	6.7	2.0	23	122