most average yards per game by a qb in nfl 2016

Drew Brees averaged the most passing yards per game by a quarterback in 2016, with 325.5 per game.

Interpreted as:
most average passing yards per game by a qb in NFL 2016
NAME YDS/G SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Drew Brees
D. Brees
325.5
2016
NO NO
16
471
673
70.0
5,208
7.7
37
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
2 Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
309.0
2016
ATL ATL
16
373
534
69.9
4,944
9.3
38
7
117.1
7.1
1.3
37
235
3 Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
307.3
2016
WAS WAS
16
406
606
67.0
4,917
8.1
25
12
97.2
4.1
2.0
23
190
4 Tom Brady
T. Brady
296.2
2016
NE NE
12
291
432
67.4
3,554
8.2
28
2
112.2
6.5
0.5
15
87
5 Andrew Luck
A. Luck
282.7
2016
IND IND
15
346
545
63.5
4,240
7.8
31
13
96.4
5.7
2.4
41
268
6 Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
282.2
2016
ARI ARI
15
364
597
61.0
4,233
7.1
26
14
87.2
4.4
2.3
40
281
7 Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
276.8
2016
GB GB
16
401
610
65.7
4,428
7.3
40
7
104.2
6.6
1.1
35
246
8 Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
274.1
2016
SD SD
16
349
578
60.4
4,386
7.6
33
21
87.9
5.7
3.6
36
188
9 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
272.8
2016
PIT PIT
14
328
509
64.4
3,819
7.5
29
13
95.4
5.7
2.6
17
141
10 Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
270.4
2016
DET DET
16
388
594
65.3
4,327
7.3
24
10
93.3
4.0
1.7
37
216
11 Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
269.8
2016
BAL BAL
16
436
672
64.9
4,317
6.4
20
15
83.5
3.0
2.2
33
243
12 Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
263.7
2016
SEA SEA
16
353
546
64.7
4,219
7.7
21
11
92.6
3.8
2.0
41
293
13 Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
262.9
2016
CIN CIN
16
364
563
64.7
4,206
7.5
18
8
91.8
3.2
1.4
41
264
14 Derek Carr
D. Carr
262.5
2016
OAK OAK
15
357
560
63.8
3,937
7.0
28
6
96.7
5.0
1.1
16
79
15 Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
258.5
2016
MIN MIN
15
395
552
71.6
3,877
7.0
20
5
99.3
3.6
0.9
37
276
16 Jameis Winston
J. Winston
255.6
2016
TB TB
16
345
567
60.8
4,090
7.2
28
18
86.1
4.9
3.2
35
239
17 Eli Manning
E. Manning
251.7
2016
NYG NYG
16
377
598
63.0
4,027
6.7
26
16
86.0
4.3
2.7
21
142
18 Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
244.1
2016
JAX JAX
16
368
625
58.9
3,905
6.2
23
16
78.8
3.7
2.6
34
197
19 Trevor Siemian
T. Siemian
242.9
2016
DEN DEN
14
289
486
59.5
3,401
7.0
18
10
84.6
3.7
2.1
31
187
20 Brian Hoyer
B. Hoyer
240.8
2016
CHI CHI
6
134
200
67.0
1,445
7.2
6
0
98.0
3.0
0.0
4
18
21 Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
236.4
2016
PHI PHI
16
379
607
62.4
3,782
6.2
16
14
79.3
2.6
2.3
33
213
22 Cam Newton
C. Newton
233.9
2016
CAR CAR
15
270
510
52.9
3,509
6.9
19
14
75.8
3.7
2.7
36
277
23 Alex Smith
A. Smith
233.5
2016
KC KC
15
328
489
67.1
3,502
7.2
15
8
91.2
3.1
1.6
28
140
24 Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
230.4
2016
MIA MIA
13
261
389
67.1
2,995
7.7
19
12
93.5
4.9
3.1
29
216
25 Matt Barkley
M. Barkley
230.1
2016
CHI CHI
7
129
216
59.7
1,611
7.5
8
14
68.3
3.7
6.5
6
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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
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12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
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9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647