most passing yards by an afc quarterback 2008 playoff included

Philip Rivers had the most passing yards by an AFC quarterback in the 2008 regular-season and playoffs, with 4,534 yards in 2008.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,534
2008
18
353
549
64.3
8.3
251.9
37
13
102.7
6.7
2.4
33
211
2Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
4,526
2008
16
384
616
62.3
7.3
282.9
25
18
86.0
4.1
2.9
11
69
3Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,312
2008
17
396
597
66.3
7.2
253.6
28
12
94.7
4.7
2.0
15
94
4Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
3,993
2008
19
335
558
60.0
7.2
210.2
20
16
81.9
3.6
2.9
54
342
5Chad Pennington
C. Pennington
3,905
2008
17
346
514
67.3
7.6
229.7
20
11
93.9
3.9
2.1
27
149
6Matt Cassel
M. Cassel
3,693
2008
16
327
516
63.4
7.2
230.8
21
11
89.4
4.1
2.1
47
219
7David Garrard
D. Garrard
3,620
2008
16
335
535
62.6
6.8
226.3
15
13
81.7
2.8
2.4
42
288
8Brett Favre
B. Favre
3,472
2008
16
343
522
65.7
6.7
217.0
22
22
81.0
4.2
4.2
30
213
9Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
3,408
2008
19
290
503
57.7
6.8
179.4
15
15
75.9
3.0
3.0
35
292
10Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
3,043
2008
11
251
380
66.1
8.0
276.6
15
10
92.7
3.9
2.6
23
149
11Kerry Collins
K. Collins
2,957
2008
17
268
457
58.6
6.5
173.9
12
8
79.4
2.6
1.8
9
66
12Trent Edwards
T. Edwards
2,699
2008
14
245
374
65.5
7.2
192.8
11
10
85.4
2.9
2.7
23
143
13Tyler Thigpen
T. Thigpen
2,608
2008
14
230
420
54.8
6.2
186.3
18
12
76.0
4.3
2.9
26
162
14JaMarcus Russell
J. Russell
2,423
2008
15
198
368
53.8
6.6
161.5
13
8
77.1
3.5
2.2
31
210
15Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
1,905
2008
13
221
372
59.4
5.1
146.5
8
9
70.0
2.2
2.4
38
193
16Derek Anderson
D. Anderson
1,615
2008
10
142
283
50.2
5.7
161.5
9
8
66.5
3.2
2.8
14
87
17Sage Rosenfels
S. Rosenfels
1,431
2008
6
116
174
66.7
8.2
238.5
6
10
79.5
3.4
5.7
9
58
18Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
731
2008
4
75
129
58.1
5.7
182.8
3
4
69.0
2.3
3.1
11
67
19J.P. Losman
J.P. Losman
584
2008
5
63
104
60.6
5.6
116.8
2
5
62.3
1.9
4.8
15
119
20Brady Quinn
B. Quinn
518
2008
3
45
89
50.6
5.8
172.7
2
2
66.6
2.2
2.2
1
9
21Damon Huard
D. Huard
477
2008
5
50
81
61.7
5.9
95.4
2
4
65.7
2.5
4.9
9
56
22Ken Dorsey
K. Dorsey
370
2008
4
43
91
47.3
4.1
92.5
0
7
26.4
0.0
7.7
5
43
23Byron Leftwich
B. Leftwich
303
2008
6
21
37
56.8
8.2
50.5
2
0
101.5
5.4
0.0
3
22
24Vince Young
V. Young
219
2008
3
22
36
61.1
6.1
73.0
1
2
64.5
2.8
5.6
3
13
25Andrew Walter
A. Walter
204
2008
2
22
49
44.9
4.2
102.0
0
3
31.3
0.0
6.1
5
39
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