most passing yards afc quarterback 2021 playoff included

Patrick Mahomes had the most passing yards by an AFC quarterback in the 2021 regular-season and playoffs, with 5,896 yards in 2021.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	5,896	2021	KC	20	525	780	67.3	7.6	294.8	48	16	101.6	6.2	2.1	37	227
2	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	5,716	2021	CIN	20	463	662	69.9	8.6	285.8	39	16	105.9	5.9	2.4	70	507
3	Derek Carr D. Carr	5,114	2021	LV	18	457	680	67.2	7.5	284.1	24	15	92.0	3.5	2.2	43	269
4	Josh Allen J. Allen	5,044	2021	BUF	19	457	708	64.5	7.1	265.5	45	15	97.9	6.4	2.1	28	180
5	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	5,014	2021	LAC	17	443	672	65.9	7.5	294.9	38	15	97.7	5.7	2.2	31	214
6	Mac Jones M. Jones	4,033	2021	NE	18	376	559	67.3	7.2	224.1	24	15	91.3	4.3	2.7	31	257
7	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	3,955	2021	PIT	17	419	649	64.6	6.1	232.6	24	10	87.2	3.7	1.5	40	246
8	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	3,954	2021	TEN	18	372	555	67.0	7.1	219.7	22	17	88.1	4.0	3.1	48	334
9	Trevor Lawrence T. Lawrence	3,641	2021	JAX	17	359	602	59.6	6.0	214.2	12	17	71.9	2.0	2.8	32	238
10	Carson Wentz C. Wentz	3,563	2021	IND	17	322	516	62.4	6.9	209.6	27	7	94.6	5.2	1.4	32	227
11	Teddy Bridgewater T. Bridgewater	3,052	2021	DEN	14	285	426	66.9	7.2	218.0	18	7	94.9	4.2	1.6	31	211
12	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	3,010	2021	CLE	14	253	418	60.5	7.2	215.0	17	13	83.1	4.1	3.1	43	269
13	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	2,882	2021	BAL	12	246	382	64.4	7.5	240.2	16	13	87.0	4.2	3.4	38	190
14	Davis Mills D. Mills	2,664	2021	HOU	13	263	394	66.8	6.8	204.9	16	10	88.8	4.1	2.5	31	206
15	Tua Tagovailoa T. Tagovailoa	2,653	2021	MIA	13	263	388	67.8	6.8	204.1	16	10	90.1	4.1	2.6	20	152
16	Zach Wilson Z. Wilson	2,334	2021	NYJ	13	213	383	55.6	6.1	179.5	9	11	69.7	2.3	2.9	44	360
17	Jacoby Brissett J. Brissett	1,283	2021	MIA	11	141	225	62.7	5.7	116.6	5	4	78.1	2.2	1.8	19	132
18	Tyler Huntley T. Huntley	1,081	2021	BAL	7	122	188	64.9	5.8	154.4	3	4	76.6	1.6	2.1	18	107
19	Tyrod Taylor T. Taylor	966	2021	HOU	6	91	150	60.7	6.4	161.0	5	5	76.7	3.3	3.3	13	119
20	Mike White M. White	953	2021	NYJ	4	88	132	66.7	7.2	238.3	5	8	75.1	3.8	6.1	4	18
21	Drew Lock D. Lock	787	2021	DEN	6	67	111	60.4	7.1	131.2	2	2	80.4	1.8	1.8	9	52
22	Josh Johnson J. Johnson	638	2021	TOT	4	57	85	67.1	7.5	159.5	5	2	99.0	5.9	2.4	3	23
23	Case Keenum C. Keenum	462	2021	CLE	7	47	72	65.3	6.4	66.0	3	1	91.3	4.2	1.4	5	29
24	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	338	2021	NYJ	2	27	42	64.3	8.0	169.0	3	0	113.0	7.1	0.0	2	13
25	Mason Rudolph M. Rudolph	277	2021	PIT	2	35	58	60.3	4.8	138.5	1	1	70.8	1.7	1.7	0	0

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