top 25 most passing yards ever in an nfl season by a player

Joe Burrow has the most passing yards when in the AP top 25 in a season, with 5,671 yards in 2019.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	5,671	2019	LSU	15	402	527	76.3	10.8	378.1	60	6	202.0	11.4	1.1	34	206
2	Graham Harrell G. Harrell	5,111	2008	TTU	13	442	626	70.6	8.2	393.2	45	9	160.0	7.2	1.4
3	Mason Rudolph M. Rudolph	4,904	2017	OKST	13	318	489	65.0	10.0	377.2	37	9	170.6	7.6	1.8	23	114
4	Michael Penix Jr. M. Penix Jr.	4,903	2023	WASH	15	363	555	65.4	8.8	326.9	36	11	157.1	6.5	2.0	11	83
5	Dwayne Haskins D. Haskins	4,875	2018	OSU	14	373	533	70.0	9.1	348.2	50	8	174.8	9.4	1.5	20	107
6	Bryce Young B. Young	4,872	2021	ALA	15	366	547	66.9	8.9	324.8	47	7	167.5	8.6	1.3	39	277
7	Brandon Weeden B. Weeden	4,727	2011	OKST	13	408	564	72.3	8.4	363.6	37	13	159.8	6.6	2.3
8	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	4,720	2008	OKLA	14	328	483	67.9	9.8	337.1	50	8	180.8	10.4	1.7
9	Landry Jones L. Jones	4,718	2010	OKLA	14	405	617	65.6	7.6	337.0	38	12	146.3	6.2	1.9
10	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	4,627	2017	OKLA	14	285	404	70.5	11.5	330.5	43	6	198.9	10.6	1.5	26	180
11	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	4,593	2016	CLEM	15	388	579	67.0	7.9	306.2	41	17	151.1	7.1	2.9	17	93
12	Caleb Williams C. Williams	4,537	2022	USC	14	333	500	66.6	9.1	324.1	42	5	168.5	8.4	1.0	29	246
13	Bo Nix B. Nix	4,508	2023	ORE	14	364	470	77.4	9.6	322.0	45	3	188.3	9.6	0.6	5	31
14	Mac Jones M. Jones	4,500	2020	ALA	13	311	402	77.4	11.2	346.2	41	4	203.1	10.2	1.0	13	74
15	Landry Jones L. Jones	4,463	2011	OKLA	13	355	562	63.2	7.9	343.3	29	15	141.6	5.2	2.7
16	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	4,454	2014	ORE	15	304	445	68.3	10.0	296.9	42	4	181.7	9.4	0.9	31	175
17	C.J. Stroud	4,435	2021	OSU	12	317	441	71.9	10.1	369.6	44	6	186.6	10.0	1.4	13	103
18	Kyler Murray K. Murray	4,361	2018	OKLA	14	260	377	69.0	11.6	311.5	42	7	199.2	11.1	1.9	18	109
19	Colt Brennan C. Brennan	4,343	2007	HAW	12	359	510	70.4	8.5	361.9	38	17	159.8	7.5	3.3
20	Chase Daniel C. Daniel	4,335	2008	MIZ	14	385	528	72.9	8.2	309.6	39	18	159.4	7.4	3.4
21	Cam Ward C. Ward	4,313	2024	MIA	13	305	454	67.2	9.5	331.8	39	7	172.2	8.6	1.5	22	142
22	Case Keenum C. Keenum	4,290	2009	HOU	10	374	531	70.4	8.1	429.0	32	6	155.9	6.0	1.1
23	Kyle Trask K. Trask	4,283	2020	FLA	12	301	437	68.9	9.8	356.9	43	8	180.0	9.8	1.8	20	127
24	Jaxson Dart J. Dart	4,279	2024	MISS	13	276	398	69.3	10.8	329.2	29	6	180.7	7.3	1.5	28	160
25	Landry Jones L. Jones	4,267	2012	OKLA	13	367	555	66.1	7.7	328.2	30	11	144.6	5.4	2.0

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More LSU Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,044

Leavitt

RUSH

348

Jones

REC

314

Watkins

Team Rankings

PPG

38.8

29th

OPP PPG

15.5

30th

RUSH YDS/G

205.5

32nd

PASS YDS/G

296.5

20th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
7	Auburn	1-1	3-1
8	Kentucky	1-1	3-1
9	LSU	1-1	3-1
10	Missouri	0-1	3-1
11	Tennessee	0-1	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	MCNS	@	LSU	7:45 PM
Sat 10/10	LSU	@	UK	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	MSST	@	LSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	LSU	@	AUB	12:00 PM
Sat 11/7	ALA	@	LSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Texas A&M

2 - 2

Final

LSU

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250