most passes yards per game in third season

Matthew Stafford had the most passing yards per game by a quarterback in his 3rd season, with 314.9 per game.

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most passes yards per game by a player in third season
NAMEYDS/GSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
314.9
2011
16
421
663
63.5
5,038
7.6
41
16
97.2
6.2
2.4
36
257
2Kurt Warner
K. Warner
311.7
2000
11
235
347
67.7
3,429
9.9
21
18
98.3
6.1
5.2
20
115
3Steve Dils
S. Dils
303.5
1981
2
54
102
52.9
607
6.0
1
2
66.1
1.0
2.0
8
66
4Andrew Luck
A. Luck
297.6
2014
16
380
616
61.7
4,761
7.7
40
16
96.5
6.5
2.6
27
161
5Jared Goff
J. Goff
293.0
2018
16
364
561
64.9
4,688
8.4
32
12
101.1
5.7
2.1
33
223
6Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
287.9
2019
14
319
484
65.9
4,031
8.3
26
5
105.3
5.4
1.0
17
127
7Joe Namath
J. Namath
286.2
1967
14
258
491
52.5
4,007
8.2
26
28
73.8
5.3
5.7
8Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
285.0
2014
6
126
204
61.8
1,710
8.4
10
9
86.4
4.9
4.4
8
70
9Josh Allen
J. Allen
284.0
2020
16
396
572
69.2
4,544
7.9
37
10
107.2
6.5
1.7
26
159
10George Izo
G. Izo
284.0
1962
1
17
37
45.9
284
7.7
3
4
59.8
8.1
10.8
11Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
283.1
2004
14
321
485
66.2
3,964
8.2
21
14
93.7
4.3
2.9
41
302
12Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
282.9
2008
16
384
616
62.3
4,526
7.3
25
18
86.0
4.1
2.9
11
69
13Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
279.7
2022
16
414
606
68.3
4,475
7.4
35
12
100.8
5.8
2.0
41
259
14Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
279.5
2018
11
279
401
69.6
3,074
7.7
21
7
102.2
5.2
1.7
31
202
15Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
278.8
2022
17
477
699
68.2
4,739
6.8
25
10
93.2
3.6
1.4
38
206
16Peyton Manning
P. Manning
275.8
2000
16
357
571
62.5
4,413
7.7
33
15
94.7
5.8
2.6
20
131
17Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
272.9
1996
16
353
557
63.4
4,367
7.8
19
20
84.0
3.4
3.6
50
257
18Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
272.9
2022
13
259
400
64.8
3,548
8.9
25
8
105.5
6.3
2.0
21
163
19Kyler Murray
K. Murray
270.5
2021
14
333
481
69.2
3,787
7.9
24
10
100.6
5.0
2.1
31
286
20Nick Foles
N. Foles
270.4
2014
8
186
311
59.8
2,163
7.0
13
10
81.4
4.2
3.2
9
74
21Don Majkowski
D. Majkowski
269.9
1989
16
353
599
58.9
4,318
7.2
27
20
82.3
4.5
3.3
47
268
22Jameis Winston
J. Winston
269.5
2017
13
282
442
63.8
3,504
7.9
19
11
92.2
4.3
2.5
33
207
23Brian Griese
B. Griese
268.8
2000
10
216
336
64.3
2,688
8.0
19
4
102.9
5.7
1.2
17
139
24Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
268.3
2013
16
363
586
61.9
4,293
7.3
33
20
88.8
5.6
3.4
29
182
25Geno Smith
G. Smith
265.0
2015
1
27
42
64.3
265
6.3
2
1
87.9
4.8
2.4
3
19
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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8
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11
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