Before 2015, Matthew Stafford averaged the most passing yards per game, with 282.0 per game.

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most pass yds per game by a player before 2015

	NAME	YDS/G	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	282.0	77	1,848	3,099	59.6	21,714	7.0	131	85	83.6	4.2	2.7	161	1,096
2	Drew Brees D. Brees	277.4	202	4,937	7,458	66.2	56,033	7.5	396	194	95.4	5.3	2.6	300	2,128
3	Peyton Manning P. Manning	272.2	256	5,927	9,049	65.5	69,691	7.7	530	234	97.5	5.9	2.6	287	1,858
4	Andrew Luck A. Luck	269.9	48	1,062	1,813	58.6	12,957	7.1	86	43	86.6	4.7	2.4	100	634
5	Kurt Warner K. Warner	260.8	124	2,666	4,070	65.5	32,344	7.9	208	128	93.7	5.1	3.1	260	1,669
6	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	259.8	110	2,286	3,475	65.8	28,578	8.2	226	57	106.0	6.5	1.6	260	1,603
7	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	256.1	110	2,508	3,916	64.0	28,166	7.2	181	91	91.1	4.6	2.3	188	1,240
8	Tom Brady T. Brady	254.8	209	4,551	7,168	63.5	53,258	7.4	392	143	95.9	5.5	2.0	364	2,284
9	Dan Marino D. Marino	253.6	242	4,967	8,358	59.4	61,361	7.3	420	252	86.4	5.0	3.0	270	1,930
10	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	247.7	148	3,025	4,678	64.7	36,655	7.8	252	122	95.7	5.4	2.6	286	1,726
11	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	245.6	159	3,157	4,954	63.7	39,057	7.9	251	131	93.9	5.1	2.6	419	2,726
12	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	245.6	144	3,071	4,906	62.6	35,365	7.2	224	155	86.3	4.6	3.2	253	1,782
13	Nick Foles N. Foles	241.2	28	550	893	61.6	6,753	7.6	46	17	94.2	5.2	1.9	57	378
14	Scott Tolzien S. Tolzien	239.0	3	55	90	61.1	717	8.0	1	5	66.8	1.1	5.6	3	26
15	Brett Favre B. Favre	237.9	302	6,300	10,169	62.0	71,838	7.1	508	336	86.0	5.0	3.3	525	3,487
16	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	237.8	181	3,297	5,604	58.8	43,040	7.7	254	242	80.2	4.5	4.3	319	2,304
17	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	237.6	96	1,969	3,171	62.1	22,814	7.2	122	93	84.4	3.8	2.9	254	1,863
18	Trent Green T. Green	237.3	120	2,266	3,740	60.6	28,475	7.6	162	114	86.0	4.3	3.0	259	1,621
19	Warren Moon W. Moon	237.1	208	3,988	6,823	58.4	49,325	7.2	291	233	80.9	4.3	3.4	458	3,415
20	Eli Manning E. Manning	235.2	169	3,308	5,609	59.0	39,755	7.1	259	185	82.4	4.6	3.3	280	1,980
21	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	234.4	48	1,029	1,662	61.9	11,252	6.8	63	42	84.0	3.8	2.5	139	970
22	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	233.2	119	2,390	3,871	61.7	27,749	7.2	183	130	85.2	4.7	3.4	256	1,627
23	Cam Newton C. Newton	232.7	62	1,144	1,923	59.5	14,426	7.5	82	54	85.4	4.3	2.8	152	1,140
24	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	230.6	64	1,301	2,111	61.6	14,758	7.0	99	66	85.2	4.7	3.1	120	695
25	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	230.0	105	2,016	3,199	63.0	24,153	7.6	149	106	87.8	4.7	3.3	298	1,696

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