most career combined yards in a season for a 40 year old qb

Tom Brady has accounted for the most yards by a 40-year-old quarterback in a season, with 4,605 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards in 2017.

NAMETOTALYDSAgeSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,605
40
2017
NE NE
16
385
581
66.3
4,577
7.9
286.1
32
8
102.8
5.5
1.4
35
201
2Brett Favre
B. Favre
4,207
40
2009
MIN MIN
16
363
531
68.4
4,202
7.9
262.6
33
7
107.2
6.2
1.3
34
247
3Drew Brees
D. Brees
2,975
40
2019
NO NO
11
281
378
74.3
2,979
7.9
270.8
27
4
116.3
7.1
1.1
12
89
4Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
2,482
40
2025
TOT
10
247
410
60.2
2,451
6.0
245.1
15
10
79.2
3.7
2.4
18
118
5Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
1,705
40
2015
IND IND
8
156
256
60.9
1,690
6.6
211.3
9
5
84.0
3.5
2.0
16
101
6Warren Moon
W. Moon
1,616
40
1996
MIN MIN
8
134
247
54.3
1,610
6.5
201.3
7
9
68.7
2.8
3.6
19
122
7Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
1,402
40
2003
NYJ NYJ
7
123
198
62.1
1,385
7.0
197.9
7
2
90.6
3.5
1.0
6
48
8Vince Evans
V. Evans
1,272
40
1995
OAK OAK
9
100
175
57.1
1,236
7.1
137.3
6
8
71.5
3.4
4.6
11
70
9Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
1,179
40
1974
WAS WAS
14
107
167
64.1
1,185
7.1
84.6
11
5
94.5
6.6
3.0
10
69
10Len Dawson
L. Dawson
1,102
40
1975
KC KC
12
93
140
66.4
1,095
7.8
91.3
5
4
90.0
3.6
2.9
23
196
11Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
650
40
1961
NYG NYG
13
44
106
41.5
634
6.0
48.8
7
8
52.2
6.6
7.5
12Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
471
40
1973
SD SD
5
34
76
44.7
471
6.2
94.2
3
7
40.0
3.9
9.2
14
96
13Brad Johnson
B. Johnson
426
40
2008
DAL DAL
16
41
78
52.6
427
5.5
26.7
2
5
50.5
2.6
6.4
8
54
14Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
312
40
1974
MIA MIA
14
17
27
63.0
301
11.1
21.5
2
3
86.1
7.4
11.1
3
16
15Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
299
40
1971
GB GB
6
19
37
51.4
298
8.1
49.7
4
3
80.7
10.8
8.1
1
12
16George Blanda
G. Blanda
285
40
1967
OAK OAK
14
15
38
39.5
285
7.5
20.4
3
3
59.6
7.9
7.9
17Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
198
40
1998
TEN TEN
5
12
21
57.1
199
9.5
39.8
0
0
89.2
0.0
0.0
2
15
18Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
117
40
2010
NYJ NYJ
2
7
13
53.8
117
9.0
58.5
2
1
92.0
15.4
7.7
1
7
19Doug Flutie
D. Flutie
70
40
2002
SD SD
1
3
11
27.3
64
5.8
64.0
0
0
51.3
0.0
0.0
0
0
20Josh McCown
J. McCown
22
40
2019
PHI PHI
3
3
5
60.0
24
4.8
8.0
0
0
72.1
0.0
0.0
0
0
21Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
21
40
1990
IND IND
1
2
8
25.0
21
2.6
21.0
0
2
0.0
0.0
25.0
0
0
22Jim Hart
J. Hart
20
40
1984
WAS WAS
2
3
7
42.9
26
3.7
13.0
0
0
53.3
0.0
0.0
0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for total yards going back to the 1932 season.

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122.4

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255.6

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TEAMWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
3
0
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Bills Bills
10
4
0
.714
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
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Jets Jets
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11
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NE NE
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MIA MIA
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NE NE
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Last Game
BUF Bills

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35

Final

31

NE Patriots

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

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Patriots Patriots
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3
0
.786
Bills Bills
10
4
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.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
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6
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.538
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AFC WestWLTPCT
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NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
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5
0
.643
Cowboys Cowboys
6
7
1
.464
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
10
4
0
.714
Packers Packers
9
4
1
.679
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
Panthers Panthers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
11
3
0
.786
Seahawks Seahawks
11
3
0
.786

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/13
SF SF
@
NO NO
26-21
Sat
9/13
NE NE
@
MIA MIA
33-27
Sat
9/13
CAR CAR
@
ARI ARI
22-27
Sat
9/13
DEN DEN
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IND IND
28-29
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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12/20
PHI PHI
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5:00 PM
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BUF BUF
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CLE CLE
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12/21
LAC LAC
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DAL DAL
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