most passing yards in a season before 2006

Before 2006, 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 2006
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
5Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
4,717
2004
16
379
548
69.2
8.6
294.8
39
11
110.9
7.1
2.0
46
238
6Dan 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
7Warren 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
8Rich 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
9Warren 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
10Neil 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
11Trent Green
T. Green
4,591
2004
16
369
556
66.4
8.3
286.9
27
17
95.2
4.9
3.1
32
227
12Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,557
2004
16
336
497
67.6
9.2
284.8
49
10
121.1
9.9
2.0
13
101
13Drew 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
14Lynn 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
15Dan 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
16Steve 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
17Dan 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
18Peyton 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
19Brett 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
20Mark 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
21Drew 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
22Kurt 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
23Bill 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
24Scott 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
25Don 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
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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8
9
0
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8
9
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11
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14
3
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12
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