highest yards per game in a single season for a quarterback

Dak Prescott has gained the most passing yards per game by a quarterback in a season, with 371.2 per game in 2020.

Interpreted as:
highest passing yards per game in a single season for a quarterback
NAMEYDS/GSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
371.2
2020
5
151
222
68.0
1,856
8.4
9
4
99.6
4.1
1.8
10
66
2Peyton Manning
P. Manning
342.3
2013
16
450
659
68.3
5,477
8.3
55
10
115.1
8.3
1.5
18
120
3Drew Brees
D. Brees
342.3
2011
16
468
657
71.2
5,476
8.3
46
14
110.6
7.0
2.1
24
158
4Jimmy Garoppolo
J. Garoppolo
334.0
2024
1
27
41
65.9
334
8.1
2
1
97.0
4.9
2.4
3
15
5Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
328.2
2015
12
319
469
68.0
3,938
8.4
21
16
94.5
4.5
3.4
20
141
6Tom Brady
T. Brady
327.2
2011
16
401
611
65.6
5,235
8.6
39
12
105.6
6.4
2.0
32
173
7Drew Brees
D. Brees
325.5
2016
16
471
673
70.0
5,208
7.7
37
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
8Drew Brees
D. Brees
324.7
2015
15
428
627
68.3
4,870
7.8
32
11
101.0
5.1
1.8
31
235
9Drew Brees
D. Brees
323.6
2012
16
422
670
63.0
5,177
7.7
43
19
96.3
6.4
2.8
26
190
10Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
323.2
2023
5
123
204
60.3
1,616
7.9
13
8
90.2
6.4
3.9
8
57
11Drew Brees
D. Brees
322.6
2013
16
446
650
68.6
5,162
7.9
39
12
104.7
6.0
1.8
37
244
12Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
320.6
2018
16
452
675
67.0
5,129
7.6
34
16
96.5
5.0
2.4
24
166
13Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
320.3
1982
9
204
330
61.8
2,883
8.7
17
11
93.3
5.2
3.3
12
94
14Jameis Winston
J. Winston
319.3
2019
16
380
626
60.7
5,109
8.2
33
30
84.3
5.3
4.8
47
282
15Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
318.6
2018
16
383
580
66.0
5,097
8.8
50
12
113.8
8.6
2.1
26
171
16Dan Marino
D. Marino
317.8
1984
16
362
564
64.2
5,084
9.0
48
17
108.9
8.5
3.0
13
120
17Drew Brees
D. Brees
316.8
2008
16
413
635
65.0
5,069
8.0
34
17
96.2
5.4
2.7
13
92
18Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
316.0
2020
15
390
588
66.3
4,740
8.1
38
6
108.2
6.5
1.0
22
147
19Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
314.9
2011
16
421
663
63.5
5,038
7.6
41
16
97.2
6.2
2.4
36
257
20Tom Brady
T. Brady
312.7
2021
17
485
719
67.5
5,316
7.4
43
12
102.1
6.0
1.7
22
144
21Warren Moon
W. Moon
312.6
1990
15
362
584
62.0
4,689
8.0
33
13
96.8
5.7
2.2
36
252
22Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
312.4
2019
8
187
291
64.3
2,499
8.6
19
5
106.0
6.5
1.7
18
137
23Kurt Warner
K. Warner
311.7
2000
11
235
347
67.7
3,429
9.9
21
18
98.3
6.1
5.2
20
115
24Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
310.4
2012
16
435
727
59.8
4,967
6.8
20
17
79.8
2.8
2.3
29
212
25Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
309.5
2011
15
343
502
68.3
4,643
9.2
45
6
122.5
9.0
1.2
36
219
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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11
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8
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7
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8
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.467
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9
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.357
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10
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12
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4
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