most passing yards in a season before 2008

Before 2008, 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 2008
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
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
4Dan 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
5Dan 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
6Daunte 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
7Dan 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
8Warren 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
9Rich 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
10Warren 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
11Neil 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
12Trent 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
13Peyton 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
14Drew 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
15Lynn 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
16Dan 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
17Steve 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
18Dan 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
19Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,423
2007
16
440
652
67.5
6.8
276.4
28
18
89.4
4.3
2.8
16
109
20Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,418
2006
16
356
554
64.3
8.0
276.1
26
11
96.2
4.7
2.0
18
105
21Peyton 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
22Brett 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
23Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,397
2006
16
362
557
65.0
7.9
274.8
31
9
101.0
5.6
1.6
14
86
24Mark 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
25Drew 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
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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AFC NorthWLTPCT
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8
9
0
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
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14
3
0
.824
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12
5
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5
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14
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