most passing yards in a season before 2004

Before 2004, Dan Marino had the most passing yards in a season, with 5,084 yards in 1984.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player in a season before 2004
NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
5,084
1984
16
362
564
64.2
9.0
317.8
48
17
108.9
8.5
3.0
13
120
2Kurt Warner
K. Warner
4,830
2001
16
375
546
68.7
8.8
301.9
36
22
101.4
6.6
4.0
38
233
3Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
4,802
1981
16
360
609
59.1
7.9
300.1
33
17
90.6
5.4
2.8
19
134
4Dan Marino
D. Marino
4,746
1986
16
378
623
60.7
7.6
296.6
44
23
92.5
7.1
3.7
17
119
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
7Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
4,689
2002
16
418
618
67.6
7.6
293.1
26
10
97.3
4.2
1.6
36
214
8Warren Moon
W. Moon
4,689
1990
15
362
584
62.0
8.0
312.6
33
13
96.8
5.7
2.2
36
252
9Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
4,614
1984
16
345
560
61.6
8.2
288.4
28
16
92.5
5.0
2.9
49
377
10Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
4,555
1994
16
400
691
57.9
6.6
284.7
25
27
73.6
3.6
3.9
22
139
11Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
4,458
1983
16
289
484
59.7
9.2
278.6
32
29
87.3
6.6
6.0
40
307
12Dan Marino
D. Marino
4,453
1994
16
385
615
62.6
7.2
278.3
30
17
89.2
4.9
2.8
18
113
13Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
4,436
1999
16
343
571
60.1
7.8
277.3
36
15
94.6
6.3
2.6
50
280
14Dan Marino
D. Marino
4,434
1988
16
354
606
58.4
7.3
277.1
28
23
80.8
4.6
3.8
6
31
15Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,413
2000
16
357
571
62.5
7.7
275.8
33
15
94.7
5.8
2.6
20
131
16Brett Favre
B. Favre
4,413
1995
16
359
570
63.0
7.7
275.8
38
13
99.5
6.7
2.3
33
217
17Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
4,367
1996
16
353
557
63.4
7.8
272.9
19
20
84.0
3.4
3.6
50
257
18Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
4,359
2002
16
375
610
61.5
7.1
272.4
24
15
86.0
3.9
2.5
54
369
19Kurt Warner
K. Warner
4,353
1999
16
325
499
65.1
8.7
272.1
41
13
109.2
8.2
2.6
29
201
20Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
4,348
1983
16
346
603
57.4
7.2
271.8
24
18
80.8
4.0
3.0
41
284
21Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
4,338
1995
16
346
583
59.3
7.4
271.1
32
12
92.3
5.5
2.1
31
145
22Don Majkowski
D. Majkowski
4,318
1989
16
353
599
58.9
7.2
269.9
27
20
82.3
4.5
3.3
47
268
23Jim Everett
J. Everett
4,310
1989
16
304
518
58.7
8.3
269.4
29
17
90.6
5.6
3.3
29
214
24Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
4,278
2000
16
355
561
63.3
7.6
267.4
31
10
97.6
5.5
1.8
24
155
25Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,267
2003
16
379
566
67.0
7.5
266.7
29
10
99.0
5.1
1.8
18
107
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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9
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11
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12
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