most 4500 passing yard seasons in first 5 seasons

7 players were tied for playing the most seasons by a player with 4,500+ passing yards in their first 5 seasons, with 5 seasons. The first three are Jared Goff, Matt Ryan and Matthew Stafford.

Interpreted as:
most 4500 or more passing yard seasons by a player in first 5 seasons
NAMESEASYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Jared Goff
J. Goff
5
23,094
83
1,948
2,909
67.0
7.9
278.2
155
60
100.1
5.3
2.1
154
1,083
2Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
5
23,463
80
2,056
3,042
67.6
7.7
293.3
145
68
97.1
4.8
2.2
170
1,154
3Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
5
24,248
82
2,019
3,222
62.7
7.5
295.7
177
77
94.0
5.5
2.4
141
1,030
4Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
5
23,256
80
1,910
2,950
64.7
7.9
290.7
137
76
93.6
4.6
2.6
160
1,031
5Drew Brees
D. Brees
5
25,504
80
2,197
3,270
67.2
7.8
318.8
195
84
99.7
6.0
2.6
125
869
6Tom Brady
T. Brady
5
24,215
80
1,987
3,031
65.6
8.0
302.7
191
43
105.1
6.3
1.4
153
909
7Peyton Manning
P. Manning
5
23,893
80
2,029
2,989
67.9
8.0
298.7
207
64
106.1
6.9
2.1
78
523
8Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
4
19,926
65
1,644
2,474
66.5
8.1
306.6
166
43
106.1
6.7
1.7
102
652
9Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
3
13,970
50
1,202
1,786
67.3
7.8
279.4
96
30
101.7
5.4
1.7
93
614
10Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
2
9,753
34
920
1,371
67.1
7.1
286.9
63
25
95.4
4.6
1.8
69
420
11Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
2
9,529
33
826
1,172
70.5
8.1
288.8
77
23
108.4
6.6
2.0
99
648
12Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
2
9,464
33
830
1,249
66.5
7.6
286.8
54
26
94.8
4.3
2.1
69
519
13Andrew Luck
A. Luck
2
9,354
32
810
1,255
64.5
7.5
292.3
79
31
97.6
6.3
2.5
45
295
14Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
2
10,081
32
860
1,283
67.0
7.9
315.0
66
25
99.7
5.1
1.9
57
338
15Kurt Warner
K. Warner
2
9,413
32
776
1,144
67.8
8.2
294.2
66
36
99.0
5.8
3.1
64
415
16Warren Moon
W. Moon
2
9,379
31
766
1,239
61.8
7.6
302.5
56
34
88.8
4.5
2.7
59
426
17Dan Marino
D. Marino
2
9,830
32
740
1,187
62.3
8.3
307.2
92
40
100.3
7.8
3.4
30
239
18Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
2
9,517
32
708
1,198
59.1
7.9
297.4
63
41
87.7
5.3
3.4
51
344
19Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
1
4,500
17
407
570
71.4
7.9
264.7
41
16
106.8
7.2
2.8
40
248
20Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
1
4,624
17
388
560
69.3
8.3
272.0
29
14
101.1
5.2
2.5
29
171
21Derek Carr
D. Carr
1
4,804
17
428
626
68.4
7.7
282.6
23
14
94.0
3.7
2.2
40
241
22Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
1
4,823
16
382
544
70.2
8.9
301.4
33
7
112.4
6.1
1.3
49
293
23Josh Allen
J. Allen
1
4,544
16
396
572
69.2
7.9
284.0
37
10
107.2
6.5
1.7
26
159
24Jameis Winston
J. Winston
1
5,109
16
380
626
60.7
8.2
319.3
33
30
84.3
5.3
4.8
47
282
25Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
1
4,671
16
342
537
63.7
8.7
291.9
35
11
104.6
6.5
2.0
25
151
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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