most pass yards in a season before 2012

Before 2012, Drew Brees had the most passing yards in a season, with 5,476 yards in 2011.

Interpreted as:
most pass yards by a player in a season before 2012
NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,476
2011
16
468
657
71.2
8.3
342.3
46
14
110.6
7.0
2.1
24
158
2Tom Brady
T. Brady
5,235
2011
16
401
611
65.6
8.6
327.2
39
12
105.6
6.4
2.0
32
173
3Dan Marino
D. Marino
5,084
1984
16
362
564
64.2
9.0
317.8
48
17
108.9
8.5
3.0
13
120
4Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,069
2008
16
413
635
65.0
8.0
316.8
34
17
96.2
5.4
2.7
13
92
5Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
5,038
2011
16
421
663
63.5
7.6
314.9
41
16
97.2
6.2
2.4
36
257
6Eli Manning
E. Manning
4,933
2011
16
359
589
61.0
8.4
308.3
29
16
92.9
4.9
2.7
28
199
7Kurt Warner
K. Warner
4,830
2001
16
375
546
68.7
8.8
301.9
36
22
101.4
6.6
4.0
38
233
8Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,806
2007
16
398
578
68.9
8.3
300.4
50
8
117.2
8.7
1.4
21
128
9Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
4,802
1981
16
360
609
59.1
7.9
300.1
33
17
90.6
5.4
2.8
19
134
10Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
4,770
2009
16
396
583
67.9
8.2
298.1
29
15
98.6
5.0
2.6
25
149
11Dan Marino
D. Marino
4,746
1986
16
378
623
60.7
7.6
296.6
44
23
92.5
7.1
3.7
17
119
12Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
4,717
2004
16
379
548
69.2
8.6
294.8
39
11
110.9
7.1
2.0
46
238
13Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
4,715
1980
16
348
589
59.1
8.0
294.7
30
24
84.7
5.1
4.1
32
210
14Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,710
2010
16
357
541
66.0
8.7
294.4
30
13
101.8
5.5
2.4
38
227
15Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,700
2010
16
450
679
66.3
6.9
293.8
33
17
91.9
4.9
2.5
16
91
16Warren Moon
W. Moon
4,690
1991
16
404
655
61.7
7.2
293.1
23
21
81.7
3.5
3.2
23
174
17Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
4,689
2002
16
418
618
67.6
7.6
293.1
26
10
97.3
4.2
1.6
36
214
18Warren Moon
W. Moon
4,689
1990
15
362
584
62.0
8.0
312.6
33
13
96.8
5.7
2.2
36
252
19Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4,643
2011
15
343
502
68.3
9.2
309.5
45
6
122.5
9.0
1.2
36
219
20Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,624
2011
16
366
582
62.9
7.9
289.0
27
20
88.7
4.6
3.4
30
198
21Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,620
2010
16
448
658
68.1
7.0
288.8
33
22
90.9
5.0
3.3
25
185
22Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
4,614
1984
16
345
560
61.6
8.2
288.4
28
16
92.5
5.0
2.9
49
377
23Trent Green
T. Green
4,591
2004
16
369
556
66.4
8.3
286.9
27
17
95.2
4.9
3.1
32
227
24Kurt Warner
K. Warner
4,583
2008
16
401
598
67.1
7.7
286.4
30
14
96.9
5.0
2.3
26
182
25Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,557
2004
16
336
497
67.6
9.2
284.8
49
10
121.1
9.9
2.0
13
101
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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