most passing yards by a third year quarterback in nfl history

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

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
5,038
2011
DET DET
16
421
663
63.5
7.6
314.9
41
16
97.2
6.2
2.4
36
257
2 Andrew Luck
A. Luck
4,761
2014
IND IND
16
380
616
61.7
7.7
297.6
40
16
96.5
6.5
2.6
27
161
3 Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
4,739
2022
LAC LAC
17
477
699
68.2
6.8
278.8
25
10
93.2
3.6
1.4
38
206
4 Jared Goff
J. Goff
4,688
2018
LAR LAR
16
364
561
64.9
8.4
293.0
32
12
101.1
5.7
2.1
33
223
5 Josh Allen
J. Allen
4,544
2020
BUF BUF
16
396
572
69.2
7.9
284.0
37
10
107.2
6.5
1.7
26
159
6 Jay 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
7 Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
4,475
2022
CIN CIN
16
414
606
68.3
7.4
279.7
35
12
100.8
5.8
2.0
41
259
8 Peyton 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
9 Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
4,367
1996
JAX JAX
16
353
557
63.4
7.8
272.9
19
20
84.0
3.4
3.6
50
257
10 Don Majkowski
D. Majkowski
4,318
1989
GB GB
16
353
599
58.9
7.2
269.9
27
20
82.3
4.5
3.3
47
268
11 Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
4,293
2013
CIN CIN
16
363
586
61.9
7.3
268.3
33
20
88.8
5.6
3.4
29
182
12 Jordan Love
J. Love
4,159
2023
GB GB
17
372
579
64.2
7.2
244.6
32
11
96.1
5.5
1.9
30
242
13 Dan Marino
D. Marino
4,137
1985
MIA MIA
16
336
567
59.3
7.3
258.6
30
21
84.1
5.3
3.7
18
157
14 Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
4,045
2014
MIA MIA
16
392
590
66.4
6.9
252.8
27
12
92.8
4.6
2.0
46
337
15 Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
4,035
2006
CIN CIN
16
324
520
62.3
7.8
252.2
28
13
93.9
5.4
2.5
36
233
16 Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
4,031
2019
KC KC
14
319
484
65.9
8.3
287.9
26
5
105.3
5.4
1.0
17
127
17 Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
4,016
2023
JAX JAX
16
370
564
65.6
7.1
251.0
21
14
88.5
3.7
2.5
35
224
18 Joe Namath
J. Namath
4,007
1967
NYJ NYJ
14
258
491
52.5
8.2
286.2
26
28
73.8
5.3
5.7
19 Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
3,964
2004
STL STL
14
321
485
66.2
8.2
283.1
21
14
93.7
4.3
2.9
41
302
20 Jim Everett
J. Everett
3,964
1988
RAM RAM
16
308
517
59.6
7.7
247.8
31
18
89.2
6.0
3.5
28
197
21 Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
3,959
1986
CIN CIN
16
273
469
58.2
8.4
247.4
24
17
87.7
5.1
3.6
26
194
22 Derek Carr
D. Carr
3,937
2016
OAK OAK
15
357
560
63.8
7.0
262.5
28
6
96.7
5.0
1.1
16
79
23 Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
3,905
2016
JAX JAX
16
368
625
58.9
6.2
244.1
23
16
78.8
3.7
2.6
34
197
24 John Elway
J. Elway
3,891
1985
DEN DEN
16
327
605
54.0
6.4
243.2
22
23
70.2
3.6
3.8
38
307
25 Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
3,885
2018
DAL DAL
16
356
526
67.7
7.4
242.8
22
8
96.9
4.2
1.5
56
347
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PPG

34.3

1st

OPP PPG

22.0

15th

RUSH YDS/G

139.0

6th

PASS YDS/G

232.3

13th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
Bears Bears
2
2
0
.500
Vikings Vikings
2
2
0
.500
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
DET DET
@
CIN CIN
4:25 PM
Sun
10/12
DET DET
@
KC KC
8:20 PM
Mon
10/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
4:25 PM
Last Game
DET Lions

3 - 1 - 0

34

Final

10

CLE Browns

1 - 3 - 0

Sun 28 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM