most pass yards ever in third season by a qb

Matthew Stafford had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his 3rd season, with 5,038 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	5,038	2011	DET	16	421	663	63.5	7.6	314.9	41	16	97.2	6.2	2.4	36	257
2	Andrew Luck A. Luck	4,761	2014	IND	16	380	616	61.7	7.7	297.6	40	16	96.5	6.5	2.6	27	161
3	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	4,739	2022	LAC	17	477	699	68.2	6.8	278.8	25	10	93.2	3.6	1.4	38	206
4	Jared Goff J. Goff	4,688	2018	LAR	16	364	561	64.9	8.4	293.0	32	12	101.1	5.7	2.1	33	223
5	Josh Allen J. Allen	4,544	2020	BUF	16	396	572	69.2	7.9	284.0	37	10	107.2	6.5	1.7	26	159
6	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	4,526	2008	DEN	16	384	616	62.3	7.3	282.9	25	18	86.0	4.1	2.9	11	69
7	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	4,475	2022	CIN	16	414	606	68.3	7.4	279.7	35	12	100.8	5.8	2.0	41	259
8	Peyton Manning P. Manning	4,413	2000	IND	16	357	571	62.5	7.7	275.8	33	15	94.7	5.8	2.6	20	131
9	Mark Brunell M. Brunell	4,367	1996	JAX	16	353	557	63.4	7.8	272.9	19	20	84.0	3.4	3.6	50	257
10	Don Majkowski D. Majkowski	4,318	1989	GB	16	353	599	58.9	7.2	269.9	27	20	82.3	4.5	3.3	47	268
11	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	4,293	2013	CIN	16	363	586	61.9	7.3	268.3	33	20	88.8	5.6	3.4	29	182
12	Jordan Love J. Love	4,159	2023	GB	17	372	579	64.2	7.2	244.6	32	11	96.1	5.5	1.9	30	242
13	Dan Marino D. Marino	4,137	1985	MIA	16	336	567	59.3	7.3	258.6	30	21	84.1	5.3	3.7	18	157
14	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	4,045	2014	MIA	16	392	590	66.4	6.9	252.8	27	12	92.8	4.6	2.0	46	337
15	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	4,035	2006	CIN	16	324	520	62.3	7.8	252.2	28	13	93.9	5.4	2.5	36	233
16	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	4,031	2019	KC	14	319	484	65.9	8.3	287.9	26	5	105.3	5.4	1.0	17	127
17	Trevor Lawrence T. Lawrence	4,016	2023	JAX	16	370	564	65.6	7.1	251.0	21	14	88.5	3.7	2.5	35	224
18	Joe Namath J. Namath	4,007	1967	NYJ	14	258	491	52.5	8.2	286.2	26	28	73.8	5.3	5.7
19	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	3,964	2004	STL	14	321	485	66.2	8.2	283.1	21	14	93.7	4.3	2.9	41	302
20	Jim Everett J. Everett	3,964	1988	RAM	16	308	517	59.6	7.7	247.8	31	18	89.2	6.0	3.5	28	197
21	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	3,959	1986	CIN	16	273	469	58.2	8.4	247.4	24	17	87.7	5.1	3.6	26	194
22	Derek Carr D. Carr	3,937	2016	OAK	15	357	560	63.8	7.0	262.5	28	6	96.7	5.0	1.1	16	79
23	Blake Bortles B. Bortles	3,905	2016	JAX	16	368	625	58.9	6.2	244.1	23	16	78.8	3.7	2.6	34	197
24	John Elway J. Elway	3,891	1985	DEN	16	327	605	54.0	6.4	243.2	22	23	70.2	3.6	3.8	38	307
25	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	3,885	2018	DAL	16	356	526	67.7	7.4	242.8	22	8	96.9	4.2	1.5	56	347

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