most passing yards by an afc quarterback 2009 playoff included

Peyton Manning had the most passing yards by an AFC quarterback in the 2009 regular-season and playoffs, with 5,456 yards in 2009.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
5,456
2009
19
480
699
68.7
7.8
287.2
39
18
99.7
5.6
2.6
14
104
2Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
4,770
2009
16
396
583
67.9
8.2
298.1
29
15
98.6
5.0
2.6
25
149
3Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,552
2009
17
394
607
64.9
7.5
267.8
30
16
92.9
4.9
2.6
19
108
4Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,552
2009
17
344
526
65.4
8.7
267.8
29
11
102.3
5.5
2.1
27
182
5Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
4,328
2009
15
337
506
66.6
8.6
288.5
26
12
100.5
5.1
2.4
50
348
6Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
3,836
2009
18
339
544
62.3
7.1
213.1
21
15
84.8
3.9
2.8
37
224
7Kyle Orton
K. Orton
3,802
2009
16
336
541
62.1
7.0
237.6
21
12
86.8
3.9
2.2
29
159
8David Garrard
D. Garrard
3,597
2009
16
314
516
60.9
7.0
224.8
15
10
83.5
2.9
1.9
42
236
9Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
3,240
2009
17
300
502
59.8
6.5
190.6
22
14
81.8
4.4
2.8
29
249
10Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
2,983
2009
18
237
432
54.9
6.9
165.7
16
22
67.7
3.7
5.1
27
202
11Matt Cassel
M. Cassel
2,924
2009
15
271
493
55.0
5.9
194.9
16
16
69.9
3.2
3.2
42
243
12Chad Henne
C. Henne
2,878
2009
14
274
451
60.8
6.4
205.6
12
14
75.2
2.7
3.1
26
176
13Vince Young
V. Young
1,879
2009
12
152
259
58.7
7.3
156.6
10
7
82.8
3.9
2.7
9
36
14Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
1,422
2009
10
127
227
55.9
6.3
142.2
9
10
69.7
4.0
4.4
21
127
15Brady Quinn
B. Quinn
1,339
2009
10
136
256
53.1
5.2
133.9
8
7
67.2
3.1
2.7
19
104
16JaMarcus Russell
J. Russell
1,287
2009
12
120
246
48.8
5.2
107.3
3
11
50.0
1.2
4.5
33
207
17Kerry Collins
K. Collins
1,225
2009
7
119
216
55.1
5.7
175.0
6
8
65.5
2.8
3.7
6
37
18Trent Edwards
T. Edwards
1,169
2009
8
110
183
60.1
6.4
146.1
6
7
73.8
3.3
3.8
23
139
19Bruce Gradkowski
B. Gradkowski
1,007
2009
7
82
150
54.7
6.7
143.9
6
3
80.6
4.0
2.0
11
71
20Derek Anderson
D. Anderson
888
2009
8
81
182
44.5
4.9
111.0
3
10
42.1
1.6
5.5
11
75
21Charlie Frye
C. Frye
581
2009
3
53
87
60.9
6.7
193.7
1
4
65.3
1.1
4.6
5
40
22Chad Pennington
C. Pennington
413
2009
3
51
74
68.9
5.6
137.7
1
2
76.0
1.4
2.7
6
32
23Billy Volek
B. Volek
231
2009
4
20
31
64.5
7.5
57.8
1
1
84.2
3.2
3.2
1
1
24Brodie Croyle
B. Croyle
230
2009
3
23
40
57.5
5.8
76.7
2
0
90.6
5.0
0.0
3
18
25Brian Brohm
B. Brohm
146
2009
2
17
29
58.6
5.0
73.0
0
2
43.2
0.0
6.9
2
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10
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14
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
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1
.441
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12
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13
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6
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7
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9
0
.471
8
9
0
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8
9
0
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11
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14
3
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12
5
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5
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14
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