most passing yards by a qb in the 2000s in one season

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Drew Brees had the most passing yards by a quarterback in a season, with 5,069 yards in 2008.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,069
2008
NO NO
16
413
635
65.0
8.0
316.8
34
17
96.2
5.4
2.7
13
92
2Kurt Warner
K. Warner
4,830
2001
STL STL
16
375
546
68.7
8.8
301.9
36
22
101.4
6.6
4.0
38
233
3Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,806
2007
NE NE
16
398
578
68.9
8.3
300.4
50
8
117.2
8.7
1.4
21
128
4Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
4,770
2009
HOU HOU
16
396
583
67.9
8.2
298.1
29
15
98.6
5.0
2.6
25
149
5Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
4,717
2004
MIN MIN
16
379
548
69.2
8.6
294.8
39
11
110.9
7.1
2.0
46
238
6Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
4,689
2002
OAK OAK
16
418
618
67.6
7.6
293.1
26
10
97.3
4.2
1.6
36
214
7Trent Green
T. Green
4,591
2004
KC KC
16
369
556
66.4
8.3
286.9
27
17
95.2
4.9
3.1
32
227
8Kurt Warner
K. Warner
4,583
2008
ARI ARI
16
401
598
67.1
7.7
286.4
30
14
96.9
5.0
2.3
26
182
9Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,557
2004
IND IND
16
336
497
67.6
9.2
284.8
49
10
121.1
9.9
2.0
13
101
10Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
4,526
2008
DEN DEN
16
384
616
62.3
7.3
282.9
25
18
86.0
4.1
2.9
11
69
11Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,500
2009
IND IND
16
393
571
68.8
7.9
281.3
33
16
99.9
5.8
2.8
10
74
12Tony Romo
T. Romo
4,483
2009
DAL DAL
16
347
550
63.1
8.2
280.2
26
9
97.6
4.7
1.6
34
196
13Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4,434
2009
GB GB
16
350
541
64.7
8.2
277.1
30
7
103.2
5.5
1.3
50
306
14Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,423
2007
NO NO
16
440
652
67.5
6.8
276.4
28
18
89.4
4.3
2.8
16
109
15Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,418
2006
NO NO
16
356
554
64.3
8.0
276.1
26
11
96.2
4.7
2.0
18
105
16Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,413
2000
IND IND
16
357
571
62.5
7.7
275.8
33
15
94.7
5.8
2.6
20
131
17Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,398
2009
NE NE
16
371
565
65.7
7.8
274.9
28
13
96.2
5.0
2.3
16
86
18Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,397
2006
IND IND
16
362
557
65.0
7.9
274.8
31
9
101.0
5.6
1.6
14
86
19Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,388
2009
NO NO
15
363
514
70.6
8.5
292.5
34
11
109.6
6.6
2.1
20
135
20Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
4,359
2002
BUF BUF
16
375
610
61.5
7.1
272.4
24
15
86.0
3.9
2.5
54
369
21Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
4,328
2009
PIT PIT
15
337
506
66.6
8.6
288.5
26
12
100.5
5.1
2.4
50
348
22Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
4,301
2006
STL STL
16
370
588
62.9
7.3
268.8
24
8
92.9
4.1
1.4
49
366
23Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
4,278
2000
SF SF
16
355
561
63.3
7.6
267.4
31
10
97.6
5.5
1.8
24
155
24Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,267
2003
IND IND
16
379
566
67.0
7.5
266.7
29
10
99.0
5.1
1.8
18
107
25Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,254
2009
SD SD
16
317
486
65.2
8.8
265.9
28
9
104.4
5.8
1.9
25
167
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
5
0
.583
Panthers Panthers
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6
0
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8
0
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TB TB
1:00 PM
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12/14
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NO NO
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12/21
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NO NO
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12/28
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@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
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1/4
NO NO
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
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17

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21

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
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Bills Bills
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4
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.667
AFC NorthWLTPCT
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6
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.500
Steelers Steelers
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AFC SouthWLTPCT
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
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Buccaneers Buccaneers
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5
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Panthers Panthers
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6
0
.538
NFC WestWLTPCT
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3
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.750
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NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
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ATL ATL
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/7
PIT PIT
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
SEA SEA
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ATL ATL
1:00 PM
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12/7
TEN TEN
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IND IND
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Sun
12/7
WAS WAS
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MIN MIN
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