most passing yards in a season 2012 to 2018

Between the 2012 and 2018 seasons, Peyton Manning had the most passing yards in a season, with 5,477 yards in 2013.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player in a season 2012 to 2018
NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
5,477
2013
16
450
659
68.3
8.3
342.3
55
10
115.1
8.3
1.5
18
120
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,208
2016
16
471
673
70.0
7.7
325.5
37
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
3Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,177
2012
16
422
670
63.0
7.7
323.6
43
19
96.3
6.4
2.8
26
190
4Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,162
2013
16
446
650
68.6
7.9
322.6
39
12
104.7
6.0
1.8
37
244
5Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
5,129
2018
16
452
675
67.0
7.6
320.6
34
16
96.5
5.0
2.4
24
166
6Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
5,097
2018
16
383
580
66.0
8.8
318.6
50
12
113.8
8.6
2.1
26
171
7Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,967
2012
16
435
727
59.8
6.8
310.4
20
17
79.8
2.8
2.3
29
212
8Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,952
2014
16
456
659
69.2
7.5
309.5
33
17
97.0
5.0
2.6
29
186
9Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
4,952
2014
16
408
608
67.1
8.1
309.5
32
9
103.3
5.3
1.5
33
172
10Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,944
2016
16
373
534
69.9
9.3
309.0
38
7
117.1
7.1
1.3
37
235
11Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,924
2018
16
422
608
69.4
8.1
307.8
35
7
108.1
5.8
1.2
42
296
12Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
4,917
2016
16
406
606
67.0
8.1
307.3
25
12
97.2
4.1
2.0
23
190
13Tony Romo
T. Romo
4,903
2012
16
425
648
65.6
7.6
306.4
28
19
90.5
4.3
2.9
36
263
14Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,870
2015
15
428
627
68.3
7.8
324.7
32
11
101.0
5.1
1.8
31
235
15Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,827
2012
16
401
637
63.0
7.6
301.7
34
8
98.7
5.3
1.3
27
182
16Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,792
2015
16
437
661
66.1
7.2
299.5
29
13
93.8
4.4
2.0
40
264
17Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,770
2015
16
402
624
64.4
7.6
298.1
36
7
102.2
5.8
1.1
38
225
18Andrew Luck
A. Luck
4,761
2014
16
380
616
61.7
7.7
297.6
40
16
96.5
6.5
2.6
27
161
19Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,727
2014
16
395
597
66.2
7.9
295.4
39
15
101.5
6.5
2.5
17
118
20Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,719
2012
16
422
615
68.6
7.7
294.9
32
14
99.1
5.2
2.3
28
210
21Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,694
2014
16
415
628
66.1
7.5
293.4
28
14
93.9
4.5
2.2
31
205
22Jared Goff
J. Goff
4,688
2018
16
364
561
64.9
8.4
293.0
32
12
101.1
5.7
2.1
33
223
23Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
4,671
2015
16
342
537
63.7
8.7
291.9
35
11
104.6
6.5
2.0
25
151
24Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,659
2012
16
400
583
68.6
8.0
291.2
37
11
105.8
6.3
1.9
21
137
25Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,650
2013
16
371
634
58.5
7.3
290.6
29
19
84.2
4.6
3.0
23
168
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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10
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Jets Jets - e
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14
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10
7
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9
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.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
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.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
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.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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11
6
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.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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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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12
5
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.706
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14
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