detroit lions single season passing leaders

Matthew Stafford has the most passing yards for the Lions in a season, with 5,038 yards in 2011.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	5,038	2011	DET	16	421	663	63.5	7.6	314.9	41	16	97.2	6.2	2.4	36	257
2	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,967	2012	DET	16	435	727	59.8	6.8	310.4	20	17	79.8	2.8	2.3	29	212
3	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,650	2013	DET	16	371	634	58.5	7.3	290.6	29	19	84.2	4.6	3.0	23	168
4	Jared Goff J. Goff	4,629	2024	DET	17	390	539	72.4	8.6	272.3	37	12	111.8	6.9	2.2	31	234
5	Jared Goff J. Goff	4,575	2023	DET	17	407	605	67.3	7.6	269.1	30	12	97.9	5.0	2.0	30	197
6	Jared Goff J. Goff	4,564	2025	DET	17	393	578	68.0	7.9	268.5	34	8	105.5	5.9	1.4	38	259
7	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,446	2017	DET	16	371	565	65.7	7.9	277.9	29	10	99.3	5.1	1.8	47	287
8	Jared Goff J. Goff	4,438	2022	DET	17	382	587	65.1	7.6	261.1	29	7	99.3	4.9	1.2	23	156
9	Scott Mitchell S. Mitchell	4,338	1995	DET	16	346	583	59.3	7.4	271.1	32	12	92.3	5.5	2.1	31	145
10	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,327	2016	DET	16	388	594	65.3	7.3	270.4	24	10	93.3	4.0	1.7	37	216
11	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,262	2015	DET	16	398	592	67.2	7.2	266.4	32	13	97.0	5.4	2.2	44	251
12	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,257	2014	DET	16	363	602	60.3	7.1	266.1	22	12	85.7	3.7	2.0	45	254
13	Jon Kitna J. Kitna	4,208	2006	DET	16	372	596	62.4	7.1	263.0	21	22	79.9	3.5	3.7	63	388
14	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,084	2020	DET	16	339	528	64.2	7.7	255.3	26	10	96.3	4.9	1.9	38	254
15	Jon Kitna J. Kitna	4,068	2007	DET	16	355	561	63.3	7.3	254.3	18	20	80.9	3.2	3.6	51	320
16	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	3,777	2018	DET	16	367	555	66.1	6.8	236.1	21	11	89.9	3.8	2.0	40	255
17	Scott Mitchell S. Mitchell	3,484	1997	DET	16	293	509	57.6	6.8	217.8	19	14	79.6	3.7	2.8	41	271
18	Jared Goff J. Goff	3,245	2021	DET	14	332	494	67.2	6.6	231.8	19	8	91.5	3.8	1.6	35	280
19	Gary Danielson G. Danielson	3,223	1980	DET	16	244	417	58.5	7.7	201.4	13	11	82.4	3.1	2.6	44	338
20	Gary Danielson G. Danielson	3,076	1984	DET	15	252	410	61.5	7.5	205.1	17	15	83.1	4.1	3.7	41	335
21	Joey Harrington J. Harrington	3,047	2004	DET	16	274	489	56.0	6.2	190.4	19	12	77.5	3.9	2.5	36	196
22	Eric Hipple E. Hipple	2,952	1985	DET	16	223	406	54.9	7.3	184.5	17	18	73.6	4.2	4.4	49	343
23	Scott Mitchell S. Mitchell	2,917	1996	DET	14	253	437	57.9	6.7	208.4	17	17	74.9	3.9	3.9	36	199
24	Joey Harrington J. Harrington	2,880	2003	DET	16	309	554	55.8	5.2	180.0	17	22	63.9	3.1	4.0	9	55
25	Shaun Hill S. Hill	2,686	2010	DET	11	257	416	61.8	6.5	244.2	16	12	81.3	3.8	2.9	17	113

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