most passing yards by a player in their first four seasons 1953 to 2018

From 1953 through 2018, Peyton Manning had the most passing yards in his first 4 seasons, with 16,418 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Peyton Manning P. Manning	16,418	64	1,357	2,226	61.0	7.4	256.5	111	81	85.1	5.0	3.6	85	588
2	Dan Marino D. Marino	16,177	59	1,249	2,050	60.9	7.9	274.2	142	67	95.2	6.9	3.3	58	476
3	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	15,460	64	1,392	2,248	61.9	6.9	241.6	87	54	85.2	3.9	2.4	184	1,390
4	Blake Bortles B. Bortles	14,928	62	1,318	2,229	59.1	6.7	240.8	90	64	80.8	4.0	2.9	164	985
5	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	14,899	61	1,305	2,036	64.1	7.3	244.2	104	63	90.1	5.1	3.1	97	635
6	Andrew Luck A. Luck	14,838	55	1,224	2,106	58.1	7.0	269.8	101	55	85.0	4.8	2.6	115	722
7	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	14,758	64	1,301	2,111	61.6	7.0	230.6	99	66	85.2	4.7	3.1	120	695
8	Derek Carr D. Carr	14,690	62	1,378	2,247	61.3	6.5	236.9	103	44	87.5	4.6	2.0	91	559
9	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	14,642	60	1,310	2,379	55.1	6.2	244.0	80	73	72.0	3.4	3.1	91	598
10	Jameis Winston J. Winston	14,628	56	1,183	1,922	61.6	7.6	261.2	88	58	87.8	4.6	3.0	122	793
11	Cam Newton C. Newton	14,426	62	1,144	1,923	59.5	7.5	232.7	82	54	85.4	4.3	2.8	152	1,140
12	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	14,238	62	1,232	2,022	60.9	7.0	229.6	95	46	88.4	4.7	2.3	85	527
13	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	13,974	64	1,123	1,735	64.7	8.1	218.3	106	34	101.8	6.1	2.0	164	982
14	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	13,816	64	1,190	1,958	60.8	7.1	215.9	80	46	86.0	4.1	2.3	139	991
15	Jeff Garcia J. Garcia	13,704	61	1,224	1,968	62.2	7.0	224.7	95	43	89.9	4.8	2.2	82	466
16	Josh Freeman J. Freeman	12,963	57	1,101	1,873	58.8	6.9	227.4	78	63	79.8	4.2	3.4	103	622
17	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	12,901	57	1,032	1,742	59.2	7.4	226.3	81	63	82.7	4.6	3.6	130	1,014
18	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	12,807	45	1,114	1,863	59.8	6.9	284.6	80	54	82.8	4.3	2.9	93	674
19	Joe Namath J. Namath	12,753	55	841	1,682	50.0	7.6	231.9	78	87	69.2	4.6	5.2
20	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	12,690	53	1,098	1,775	61.9	7.1	239.4	81	63	83.8	4.6	3.5	86	511
21	Kurt Warner K. Warner	12,651	44	939	1,403	66.9	9.0	287.5	98	53	103.0	7.0	3.8	87	549
22	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	12,464	56	1,014	1,798	56.4	6.9	222.6	86	51	82.1	4.8	2.8	135	855
23	Warren Moon W. Moon	12,342	57	899	1,683	53.4	7.3	216.5	61	77	70.2	3.6	4.6	159	1,267
24	Mark Sanchez M. Sanchez	12,092	62	1,028	1,867	55.1	6.5	195.0	68	69	71.7	3.6	3.7	126	818
25	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	12,004	56	1,015	1,605	63.2	7.5	214.4	69	42	89.4	4.3	2.6	130	830

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