how many qbs have thrown for 5000 yards in a season

Quarterbacks had 5,330 passing yards in 1944.

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	POSITION	YDS	SEASON	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Quarterback	5,330	1944	105	383	799	47.9	6.7	50.8	51	72	53.6	6.4	9.0
2	Quarterback	8,550	1945	180	603	1,179	51.1	7.3	47.5	59	82	62.6	5.0	7.0
3	Quarterback	9,998	1946	179	673	1,409	47.8	7.1	55.9	89	113	59.1	6.3	8.0
4	Quarterback	17,164	1947	265	1,137	2,328	48.8	7.4	64.8	152	188	61.6	6.5	8.1
5	Quarterback	16,262	1948	245	1,181	2,412	49.0	6.7	66.4	160	173	63.2	6.6	7.2
6	Quarterback	20,082	1949	252	1,443	3,046	47.4	6.6	79.7	158	227	55.3	5.2	7.5
7	Quarterback	25,280	1950	248	1,758	3,769	46.6	6.7	101.9	194	293	53.7	5.1	7.8
8	Quarterback	23,799	1951	236	1,623	3,420	47.5	7.0	100.8	183	248	58.2	5.4	7.3
9	Quarterback	21,925	1952	229	1,564	3,266	47.9	6.7	95.7	173	225	58.9	5.3	6.9
10	Quarterback	26,971	1953	264	1,954	4,092	47.8	6.6	102.2	178	294	53.9	4.3	7.2
11	Quarterback	29,579	1954	269	2,094	4,130	50.7	7.2	110.0	200	277	62.4	4.8	6.7
12	Quarterback	24,928	1955	274	1,815	3,772	48.1	6.6	91.0	173	254	56.9	4.6	6.7
13	Quarterback	22,949	1956	288	1,647	3,239	50.8	7.1	79.7	156	231	60.3	4.8	7.1
14	Quarterback	24,010	1957	268	1,652	3,254	50.8	7.4	89.6	165	224	63.4	5.1	6.9
15	Quarterback	27,635	1958	273	1,932	3,883	49.8	7.1	101.2	203	236	65.3	5.2	6.1
16	Quarterback	25,885	1959	283	1,812	3,583	50.6	7.2	91.5	188	208	67.6	5.2	5.8
17	Quarterback	52,478	1960	558	3,764	7,589	49.6	6.9	94.0	389	474	63.3	5.1	6.2
18	Quarterback	61,680	1961	564	4,310	8,553	50.4	7.2	109.4	447	523	66.1	5.2	6.1
19	Quarterback	62,399	1962	521	4,308	8,386	51.4	7.4	119.8	454	533	67.5	5.4	6.4
20	Quarterback	64,738	1963	517	4,454	8,809	50.6	7.3	125.2	482	503	69.3	5.5	5.7
21	Quarterback	64,722	1964	522	4,600	9,083	50.6	7.1	124.0	460	489	68.4	5.1	5.4
22	Quarterback	62,699	1965	533	4,396	8,986	48.9	7.0	117.6	461	470	67.2	5.1	5.2
23	Quarterback	68,675	1966	662	4,960	10,012	49.5	6.9	103.7	475	526	65.9	4.7	5.3
24	Quarterback	69,564	1967	583	5,078	10,189	49.8	6.8	119.3	505	581	64.8	5.0	5.7
25	Quarterback	67,794	1968	575	4,870	9,721	50.1	7.0	117.9	482	535	66.5	5.0	5.5

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