most passing yards by age 29 season

Drew Brees has the most passing yards by a 29-year-old quarterback in a season, with 5,069 yards in 2008.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player by age 29 season
NAMEYDSAgeSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,069
29
2008
16
413
635
65.0
8.0
316.8
34
17
96.2
5.4
2.7
13
92
2Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
4,715
29
1980
16
348
589
59.1
8.0
294.7
30
24
84.7
5.1
4.1
32
210
3Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,710
29
2010
16
357
541
66.0
8.7
294.4
30
13
101.8
5.5
2.4
38
227
4Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,694
29
2014
16
415
628
66.1
7.5
293.4
28
14
93.9
4.5
2.2
31
205
5Andrew Luck
A. Luck
4,593
29
2018
16
430
639
67.3
7.2
287.1
39
15
98.7
6.1
2.3
18
134
6Jared Goff
J. Goff
4,575
29
2023
17
407
605
67.3
7.6
269.1
30
12
97.9
5.0
2.0
30
197
7Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
4,500
29
2024
17
407
570
71.4
7.9
264.7
41
16
106.8
7.2
2.8
40
248
8Tony Romo
T. Romo
4,483
29
2009
16
347
550
63.1
8.2
280.2
26
9
97.6
4.7
1.6
34
196
9Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,446
29
2017
16
371
565
65.7
7.9
277.9
29
10
99.3
5.1
1.8
47
287
10Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
4,370
29
2010
16
365
574
63.6
7.6
273.1
24
12
92.0
4.2
2.1
32
226
11Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
4,301
29
2006
16
370
588
62.9
7.3
268.8
24
8
92.9
4.1
1.4
49
366
12Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4,295
29
2012
16
371
552
67.2
7.8
268.4
39
8
108.0
7.1
1.4
51
293
13Brett Favre
B. Favre
4,212
29
1998
16
347
551
63.0
7.6
263.3
31
23
87.8
5.6
4.2
38
223
14Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
4,206
29
2016
16
364
563
64.7
7.5
262.9
18
8
91.8
3.2
1.4
41
264
15Derek Carr
D. Carr
4,103
29
2020
16
348
517
67.3
7.9
256.4
27
9
101.4
5.2
1.7
26
150
16Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
4,093
29
2017
16
347
540
64.3
7.6
255.8
27
13
93.9
5.0
2.4
41
342
17Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
4,077
29
2011
15
324
513
63.2
7.9
271.8
21
14
90.1
4.1
2.7
40
269
18Eli Manning
E. Manning
4,002
29
2010
16
339
539
62.9
7.4
250.1
31
25
85.3
5.8
4.6
16
117
19Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
3,986
29
2014
16
344
554
62.1
7.2
249.1
27
12
91.0
4.9
2.2
19
167
20Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
3,983
29
2017
16
339
553
61.3
7.2
248.9
34
11
95.4
6.1
2.0
43
322
21Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
3,928
29
2024
16
392
581
67.5
6.8
245.5
26
11
93.5
4.5
1.9
36
239
22Jake Delhomme
J. Delhomme
3,886
29
2004
16
310
533
58.2
7.3
242.9
29
15
87.3
5.4
2.8
33
246
23Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
3,877
29
2016
15
395
552
71.6
7.0
258.5
20
5
99.3
3.6
0.9
37
276
24Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
3,832
29
2011
16
353
569
62.0
6.7
239.5
24
23
79.1
4.2
4.0
22
148
25Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
3,829
29
1981
16
297
533
55.7
7.2
239.3
30
23
79.2
5.6
4.3
37
287
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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