drew brees most passing yards per season

Drew Brees had his most passing yards in a season in 2011, with 5,476 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,476
2011
16
468
657
71.2
8.3
342.3
46
14
110.6
7.0
2.1
24
158
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,208
2016
16
471
673
70.0
7.7
325.5
37
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
3Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,177
2012
16
422
670
63.0
7.7
323.6
43
19
96.3
6.4
2.8
26
190
4Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,162
2013
16
446
650
68.6
7.9
322.6
39
12
104.7
6.0
1.8
37
244
5Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,069
2008
16
413
635
65.0
8.0
316.8
34
17
96.2
5.4
2.7
13
92
6Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,952
2014
16
456
659
69.2
7.5
309.5
33
17
97.0
5.0
2.6
29
186
7Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,870
2015
15
428
627
68.3
7.8
324.7
32
11
101.0
5.1
1.8
31
235
8Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,620
2010
16
448
658
68.1
7.0
288.8
33
22
90.9
5.0
3.3
25
185
9Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,423
2007
16
440
652
67.5
6.8
276.4
28
18
89.4
4.3
2.8
16
109
10Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,418
2006
16
356
554
64.3
8.0
276.1
26
11
96.2
4.7
2.0
18
105
11Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,388
2009
15
363
514
70.6
8.5
292.5
34
11
109.6
6.6
2.1
20
135
12Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,334
2017
16
386
536
72.0
8.1
270.9
23
8
103.9
4.3
1.5
20
145
13Drew Brees
D. Brees
3,992
2018
15
364
489
74.4
8.2
266.1
32
5
115.7
6.5
1.0
17
121
14Drew Brees
D. Brees
3,576
2005
16
323
500
64.6
7.2
223.5
24
15
89.2
4.8
3.0
27
223
15Drew Brees
D. Brees
3,284
2002
16
320
526
60.8
6.2
205.3
17
16
76.9
3.2
3.0
24
180
16Drew Brees
D. Brees
3,159
2004
15
262
400
65.5
7.9
210.6
27
7
104.8
6.8
1.8
18
131
17Drew Brees
D. Brees
2,979
2019
11
281
378
74.3
7.9
270.8
27
4
116.3
7.1
1.1
12
89
18Drew Brees
D. Brees
2,942
2020
12
275
390
70.5
7.5
245.2
24
6
106.4
6.2
1.5
13
89
19Drew Brees
D. Brees
2,108
2003
11
205
356
57.6
5.9
191.6
11
15
67.5
3.1
4.2
21
178
20Drew Brees
D. Brees
221
2001
1
15
27
55.6
8.2
221.0
1
0
94.8
3.7
0.0
2
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StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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