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
Dan Marino
1984
MIA 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
Drew Brees
2008
NO 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
Tom Brady
2011
NE 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
Drew Brees
2011
NO 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
Matthew Stafford
2011
DET 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
Drew Brees
2012
NO 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
Drew Brees
2013
NO 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
Peyton Manning
2013
DEN 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
Drew Brees
2016
NO 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
Ben Roethlisberger
2018
PIT 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
Patrick Mahomes
2018
KC 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.

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
2
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
1
1
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
0
0
1.000
Vikings Vikings
1
1
0
.500
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
1
0
0
1.000
Falcons Falcons
1
1
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
2
0
0
1.000
Cardinals Cardinals
2
0
0
1.000
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
2
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
1
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
0
0
1.000
Ravens Ravens
1
1
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
2
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
1
1
0
.500
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
1
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
0
0
1.000

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

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/18
MIA MIA
@
BUF BUF
8:15 PM
Sun
9/21
IND IND
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
9/21
PIT PIT
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
9/21
NYJ NYJ
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Sun
9/21
LV LV
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM