most passing yards in 8th season

Drew Brees had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his 8th season, with 5,069 yards in 2008.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player in 8th season
NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,069
2008
16
413
635
65.0
8.0
316.8
34
17
96.2
5.4
2.7
13
92
2Eli Manning
E. Manning
4,933
2011
16
359
589
61.0
8.4
308.3
29
16
92.9
4.9
2.7
28
199
3Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,806
2007
16
398
578
68.9
8.3
300.4
50
8
117.2
8.7
1.4
21
128
4Derek Carr
D. Carr
4,804
2021
17
428
626
68.4
7.7
282.6
23
14
94.0
3.7
2.2
40
241
5Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
4,715
1980
16
348
589
59.1
8.0
294.7
30
24
84.7
5.1
4.1
32
210
6Warren Moon
W. Moon
4,690
1991
16
404
655
61.7
7.2
293.1
23
21
81.7
3.5
3.2
23
174
7Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,624
2011
16
366
582
62.9
7.9
289.0
27
20
88.7
4.6
3.4
30
198
8Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,591
2015
16
407
614
66.3
7.5
286.9
21
16
89.0
3.4
2.6
30
206
9Jared Goff
J. Goff
4,575
2023
17
407
605
67.3
7.6
269.1
30
12
97.9
5.0
2.0
30
197
10Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
4,516
2023
17
410
590
69.5
7.7
265.6
36
9
105.9
6.1
1.5
39
255
11Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,327
2016
16
388
594
65.3
7.3
270.4
24
10
93.3
4.0
1.7
37
216
12Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4,295
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
1998
16
347
551
63.0
7.6
263.3
31
23
87.8
5.6
4.2
38
223
14Tony Romo
T. Romo
4,184
2011
16
346
522
66.3
8.0
261.5
31
10
102.5
5.9
1.9
36
227
15Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
4,110
2019
16
341
516
66.1
8.0
256.9
31
5
106.3
6.0
1.0
48
319
16Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
4,089
2004
16
303
521
58.2
7.8
255.6
27
20
84.5
5.2
3.8
15
90
17Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
4,077
2011
15
324
513
63.2
7.9
271.8
21
14
90.1
4.1
2.7
40
269
18Kerry Collins
K. Collins
4,073
2002
16
335
545
61.5
7.5
254.6
19
14
85.4
3.5
2.6
24
152
19Sam Darnold
S. Darnold
4,048
2025
17
323
477
67.7
8.5
238.1
25
14
99.1
5.2
2.9
27
186
20Trent Green
T. Green
4,014
2005
16
317
507
62.5
7.9
250.9
17
10
90.1
3.4
2.0
32
204
21Danny White
D. White
3,980
1983
16
334
533
62.7
7.5
248.8
29
23
85.6
5.4
4.3
37
314
22Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
3,928
2024
16
392
581
67.5
6.8
245.5
26
11
93.5
4.5
1.9
36
239
23Jeff George
J. George
3,917
1997
16
290
521
55.7
7.5
244.8
29
9
91.2
5.6
1.7
58
430
24Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
3,876
1981
16
313
567
55.2
6.8
242.3
17
25
68.2
3.0
4.4
34
310
25Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
3,819
2020
16
315
481
65.5
7.9
238.7
33
7
106.5
6.9
1.5
24
173
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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10
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14
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.647
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11
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.353
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14
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.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
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9
1
.441
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12
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13
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9
7
1
.559
9
8
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.529
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9
8
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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.824
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12
5
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.706
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12
5
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