Tom Brady has the most passing yards by a 40-year-old quarterback in a season, with 4,577 yards in 2017.
| NAME | YDS | Age | SEASON | TM | GP | CMP | ATT | PCT | AVG | YDS/G | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | T. Brady | 4,577 | 40 | 2017 | 16 | 385 | 581 | 66.3 | 7.9 | 286.1 | 32 | 8 | 102.8 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 35 | 201 | |
| 2 |  | B. Favre | 4,202 | 40 | 2009 | 16 | 363 | 531 | 68.4 | 7.9 | 262.6 | 33 | 7 | 107.2 | 6.2 | 1.3 | 34 | 247 | |
| 3 |  | D. Brees | 2,979 | 40 | 2019 | 11 | 281 | 378 | 74.3 | 7.9 | 270.8 | 27 | 4 | 116.3 | 7.1 | 1.1 | 12 | 89 | |
| 4 |  | J. Flacco | 2,479 | 40 | 2025 | TOT | 13 | 251 | 416 | 60.3 | 6.0 | 190.7 | 15 | 10 | 79.2 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 18 | 118 |
| 5 |  | M. Hasselbeck | 1,690 | 40 | 2015 | 8 | 156 | 256 | 60.9 | 6.6 | 211.3 | 9 | 5 | 84.0 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 16 | 101 | |
| 6 |  | W. Moon | 1,610 | 40 | 1996 | 8 | 134 | 247 | 54.3 | 6.5 | 201.3 | 7 | 9 | 68.7 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 19 | 122 | |
| 7 | | V. Testaverde | 1,385 | 40 | 2003 | 7 | 123 | 198 | 62.1 | 7.0 | 197.9 | 7 | 2 | 90.6 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 6 | 48 | |
| 8 | | V. Evans | 1,236 | 40 | 1995 | 9 | 100 | 175 | 57.1 | 7.1 | 137.3 | 6 | 8 | 71.5 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 11 | 70 | |
| 9 | | S. Jurgensen | 1,185 | 40 | 1974 | 14 | 107 | 167 | 64.1 | 7.1 | 84.6 | 11 | 5 | 94.5 | 6.6 | 3.0 | 10 | 69 | |
| 10 | | L. Dawson | 1,095 | 40 | 1975 | 12 | 93 | 140 | 66.4 | 7.8 | 91.3 | 5 | 4 | 90.0 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 23 | 196 | |
| 11 | | C. Conerly | 634 | 40 | 1961 | 13 | 44 | 106 | 41.5 | 6.0 | 48.8 | 7 | 8 | 52.2 | 6.6 | 7.5 | |||
| 12 |  | J. Unitas | 471 | 40 | 1973 | 5 | 34 | 76 | 44.7 | 6.2 | 94.2 | 3 | 7 | 40.0 | 3.9 | 9.2 | 14 | 96 | |
| 13 | | B. Johnson | 427 | 40 | 2008 | 16 | 41 | 78 | 52.6 | 5.5 | 26.7 | 2 | 5 | 50.5 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 8 | 54 | |
| 14 | | E. Morrall | 301 | 40 | 1974 | 14 | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 11.1 | 21.5 | 2 | 3 | 86.1 | 7.4 | 11.1 | 3 | 16 | |
| 15 | | Z. Bratkowski | 298 | 40 | 1971 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 51.4 | 8.1 | 49.7 | 4 | 3 | 80.7 | 10.8 | 8.1 | 1 | 12 | |
| 16 | | G. Blanda | 285 | 40 | 1967 | 14 | 15 | 38 | 39.5 | 7.5 | 20.4 | 3 | 3 | 59.6 | 7.9 | 7.9 | |||
| 17 | | D. Krieg | 199 | 40 | 1998 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | 9.5 | 39.8 | 0 | 0 | 89.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15 | |
| 18 | | M. Brunell | 117 | 40 | 2010 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 53.8 | 9.0 | 58.5 | 2 | 1 | 92.0 | 15.4 | 7.7 | 1 | 7 | |
| 19 | | D. Flutie | 64 | 40 | 2002 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 27.3 | 5.8 | 64.0 | 0 | 0 | 51.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | | J. Hart | 26 | 40 | 1984 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 3.7 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 53.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 |  | J. McCown | 24 | 40 | 2019 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 4.8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 72.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | | J. Ferguson | 21 | 40 | 1990 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 2.6 | 21.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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