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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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
23-30
Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Fri
9/5
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
8:00 PM
Sun
9/7
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
@
NE NE
1:00 PM