most passing yards 3rd year

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

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  • Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
5,038
16
421
663
63.5
7.6
314.9
41
16
97.2
6.2
2.4
36
257
2Andrew Luck
A. Luck
4,761
16
380
616
61.7
7.7
297.6
40
16
96.5
6.5
2.6
27
161
3Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
4,739
17
477
699
68.2
6.8
278.8
25
10
93.2
3.6
1.4
38
206
4Jared Goff
J. Goff
4,688
16
364
561
64.9
8.4
293.0
32
12
101.1
5.7
2.1
33
223
5Josh Allen
J. Allen
4,544
16
396
572
69.2
7.9
284.0
37
10
107.2
6.5
1.7
26
159
6Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
4,526
16
384
616
62.3
7.3
282.9
25
18
86.0
4.1
2.9
11
69
7Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
4,475
16
414
606
68.3
7.4
279.7
35
12
100.8
5.8
2.0
41
259
8Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,413
16
357
571
62.5
7.7
275.8
33
15
94.7
5.8
2.6
20
131
9Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
4,367
16
353
557
63.4
7.8
272.9
19
20
84.0
3.4
3.6
50
257
10Don Majkowski
D. Majkowski
4,318
16
353
599
58.9
7.2
269.9
27
20
82.3
4.5
3.3
47
268
11Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
4,293
16
363
586
61.9
7.3
268.3
33
20
88.8
5.6
3.4
29
182
12Jordan Love
J. Love
4,159
17
372
579
64.2
7.2
244.6
32
11
96.1
5.5
1.9
30
242
13Dan Marino
D. Marino
4,137
16
336
567
59.3
7.3
258.6
30
21
84.1
5.3
3.7
18
157
14Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
4,045
16
392
590
66.4
6.9
252.8
27
12
92.8
4.6
2.0
46
337
15Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
4,035
16
324
520
62.3
7.8
252.2
28
13
93.9
5.4
2.5
36
233
16Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
4,031
14
319
484
65.9
8.3
287.9
26
5
105.3
5.4
1.0
17
127
17Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
4,016
16
370
564
65.6
7.1
251.0
21
14
88.5
3.7
2.5
35
224
18Joe Namath
J. Namath
4,007
14
258
491
52.5
8.2
286.2
26
28
73.8
5.3
5.7
19Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
3,964
14
321
485
66.2
8.2
283.1
21
14
93.7
4.3
2.9
41
302
20Jim Everett
J. Everett
3,964
16
308
517
59.6
7.7
247.8
31
18
89.2
6.0
3.5
28
197
21Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
3,959
16
273
469
58.2
8.4
247.4
24
17
87.7
5.1
3.6
26
194
22Derek Carr
D. Carr
3,937
15
357
560
63.7
7.0
262.5
28
6
96.7
5.0
1.1
16
79
23Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
3,905
16
368
625
58.9
6.2
244.1
23
16
78.8
3.7
2.6
34
197
24John Elway
J. Elway
3,891
16
327
605
54.0
6.4
243.2
22
23
70.2
3.6
3.8
38
307
25Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
3,885
16
356
526
67.7
7.4
242.8
22
8
96.9
4.2
1.5
56
347

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