Who was the first QB with 5,000 passing yards in a season?

Dan Marino sets a single-season record with his 48th TD pass & becomes first QB to accumulate 5,000 passing yards in a season.

Interpreted as:

Who was the first QB with 5,000 or more passing yards in a season?

	NAME	SEASON	TM	GP	YDS	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SCK	SCKY	RATE
1	Dan Marino	1984	MIA	16	5,084	362	564	64.2	9.0	317.8	48	8.5	17	3.0	13	120	108.9
2	Drew Brees	2008	NO	16	5,069	413	635	65.0	8.0	316.8	34	5.4	17	2.7	13	92	96.2
3	Tom Brady	2011	NE	16	5,235	401	611	65.6	8.6	327.2	39	6.4	12	2.0	32	173	105.6
4	Drew Brees	2011	NO	16	5,476	468	657	71.2	8.3	342.3	46	7.0	14	2.1	24	158	110.6
5	Matthew Stafford	2011	DET	16	5,038	421	663	63.5	7.6	314.9	41	6.2	16	2.4	36	257	97.2
6	Drew Brees	2012	NO	16	5,177	422	670	63.0	7.7	323.6	43	6.4	19	2.8	26	190	96.3
7	Drew Brees	2013	NO	16	5,162	446	650	68.6	7.9	322.6	39	6.0	12	1.8	37	244	104.7
8	Peyton Manning	2013	DEN	16	5,477	450	659	68.3	8.3	342.3	55	8.3	10	1.5	18	120	115.1
9	Drew Brees	2016	NO	16	5,208	471	673	70.0	7.7	325.5	37	5.5	15	2.2	27	184	101.7
10	Ben Roethlisberger	2018	PIT	16	5,129	452	675	67.0	7.6	320.6	34	5.0	16	2.4	24	166	96.5
11	Patrick Mahomes	2018	KC	16	5,097	383	580	66.0	8.8	318.6	50	8.6	12	2.1	26	171	113.8

StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

NFL 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,684

Stafford

1,617

Prescott

1,541

Darnold

Rush Yards Leaders

603

Taylor

537

Cook

484

Robinson

Rec Yards Leaders

696

Smith-Njigba

616

Nacua

525

Pickens

Pass TD Leaders

14

Goff

13

Prescott

12

Mayfield

Rush TD Leaders

7

Taylor

6

Jacobs

5

Cook

Rec TD Leaders

6

Pickens

6

St. Brown

5

Egbuka

QB Rating Leaders

130.5

Jackson

120.6

Goff

116.0

Darnold

Sack Leaders

8.0

Bonitto

7.5

Young

7.0

Burns

NFL 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

32.3

31.8

29.7

27.8

27.7

27.5

Opp PPG Rankings

12.2

15.8

18.3

19.3

19.4

19.5

Total Yards Rankings

387.5

378.8

378.3

376.8

375.0

373.7

Rush Yards Rankings

151.2

151.0

142.7

135.7

131.8

Pass Yards Rankings

306.3

280.7

276.3

259.3

256.5

256.2

Sack Leaders

30.0

20.0

19.0

18.0

NFL Fantasy 2025

Fantasy RB Rankings

125

Taylor

102

McCaffrey

100.2

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

88.5

Pickens

86.7

Smith-Njigba

84.8

Nacua

Fantasy TE Rankings

55.6

Warren

54.5

Ferguson

54.3

Goedert

Fantasy K Rankings

65

Aubrey

64

McLaughlin

64

Pineiro

NFL 2025 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-2

Worst Record ATS

1-5

2-4

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Patriots	4	2	0	.667
Bills	4	2	0	.667
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	4	1	0	.800
Bengals	2	4	0	.333
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Colts	5	1	0	.833
Jaguars	4	2	0	.667
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chargers	4	2	0	.667
Broncos	4	2	0	.667

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	4	2	0	.667
Commanders	3	3	0	.500
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Packers	3	1	1	.700
Lions	4	2	0	.667
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Buccaneers	5	1	0	.833
Falcons	3	2	0	.600
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	4	2	0	.667
Seahawks	4	2	0	.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/3	DAL	@	PHI	20-24
Thu 9/4	KC	@	LAC	21-27
Sat 9/6	PIT	@	NYJ	34-32
Sat 9/6	TB	@	ATL	23-20
Sat 9/6	LV	@	NE	20-13

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/16	PIT	@	CIN	8:15 PM
Sun 10/19	LAR	@	JAX	9:30 AM
Sun 10/19	NE	@	TEN	1:00 PM
Sun 10/19	NO	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Sun 10/19	MIA	@	CLE	1:00 PM