highest yards per game passing individuals in a season

Dak Prescott had 1,856 passing yards in 2020.

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

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6
0
.647
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9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176