cleveland browns record for most passing yards in a season by a player

Brian Sipe has the most passing yards for the Browns in a season, with 4,132 yards in 1980.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
4,132
1980
CLE CLE
16
337
554
60.8
7.5
258.3
30
14
91.4
5.4
2.5
23
217
2Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
3,876
1981
CLE CLE
16
313
567
55.2
6.8
242.3
17
25
68.2
3.0
4.4
34
310
3Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
3,854
1986
CLE CLE
16
310
531
58.4
7.3
240.9
17
10
83.8
3.2
1.9
39
274
4Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
3,827
2019
CLE CLE
16
317
534
59.4
7.2
239.2
22
21
78.8
4.1
3.9
40
285
5Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
3,793
1979
CLE CLE
16
286
535
53.5
7.1
237.1
28
26
73.4
5.2
4.9
43
347
6Derek Anderson
D. Anderson
3,787
2007
CLE CLE
16
298
527
56.5
7.2
236.7
29
19
82.5
5.5
3.6
14
109
7Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
3,725
2018
CLE CLE
14
310
486
63.8
7.7
266.1
27
14
93.7
5.6
2.9
25
173
8Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
3,566
1983
CLE CLE
15
291
496
58.7
7.2
237.7
26
23
79.1
5.2
4.6
27
233
9Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
3,563
2020
CLE CLE
16
305
486
62.8
7.3
222.7
26
8
95.9
5.3
1.6
26
162
10Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
3,533
1989
CLE CLE
16
303
513
59.1
6.9
220.8
18
14
80.3
3.5
2.7
34
192
11Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
3,487
1991
CLE CLE
16
307
494
62.1
7.1
217.9
18
9
87.8
3.6
1.8
41
232
12Paul McDonald
P. McDonald
3,472
1984
CLE CLE
16
271
493
55.0
7.0
217.0
14
23
67.3
2.8
4.7
53
345
13Brandon Weeden
B. Weeden
3,385
2012
CLE CLE
15
297
517
57.4
6.5
225.7
14
17
72.6
2.7
3.3
28
186
14Brian Hoyer
B. Hoyer
3,326
2014
CLE CLE
14
242
438
55.3
7.6
237.6
12
13
76.5
2.7
3.0
24
160
15Tim Couch
T. Couch
3,040
2001
CLE CLE
16
272
454
59.9
6.7
190.0
17
21
73.1
3.7
4.6
51
353
16Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
3,033
1987
CLE CLE
12
241
389
62.0
7.8
252.8
22
9
95.4
5.7
2.3
22
129
17Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
3,010
2021
CLE CLE
14
253
418
60.5
7.2
215.0
17
13
83.1
4.1
3.1
43
269
18Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
2,974
1966
CLE CLE
14
200
382
52.4
7.8
212.4
29
14
88.2
7.6
3.7
19Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
2,906
1978
CLE CLE
16
222
399
55.6
7.3
181.6
21
15
80.7
5.3
3.8
29
229
20DeShone Kizer
D. Kizer
2,894
2017
CLE CLE
15
255
476
53.6
6.1
192.9
11
22
60.5
2.3
4.6
38
226
21Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
2,883
1995
CLE CLE
13
241
392
61.5
7.4
221.8
17
10
87.8
4.3
2.6
17
87
22Tim Couch
T. Couch
2,842
2002
CLE CLE
14
273
443
61.6
6.4
203.0
18
18
76.8
4.1
4.1
30
213
23Otto Graham
O. Graham
2,816
1952
CLE CLE
12
181
364
49.7
7.7
234.7
20
24
66.6
5.5
6.6
24Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
2,743
1969
CLE CLE
14
190
352
54.0
7.8
195.9
23
19
78.8
6.5
5.4
17
164
25Colt McCoy
C. McCoy
2,733
2011
CLE CLE
13
265
463
57.2
5.9
210.2
14
11
74.6
3.0
2.4
32
173
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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