most passing yards in a season by a player 20 years old or older before 2023

Before 2023, Peyton Manning had the most passing yards by a quarterback 20 or older in a season, with 5,477 yards in 2013.

	NAME	YDS	Age	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Peyton Manning P. Manning	5,477	37	2013	DEN	16	450	659	68.3	8.3	342.3	55	10	115.1	8.3	1.5	18	120
2	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,476	32	2011	NO	16	468	657	71.2	8.3	342.3	46	14	110.6	7.0	2.1	24	158
3	Tom Brady T. Brady	5,316	44	2021	TB	17	485	719	67.5	7.4	312.7	43	12	102.1	6.0	1.7	22	144
4	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	5,250	27	2022	KC	17	435	648	67.1	8.1	308.8	41	12	105.2	6.3	1.9	26	188
5	Tom Brady T. Brady	5,235	34	2011	NE	16	401	611	65.6	8.6	327.2	39	12	105.6	6.4	2.0	32	173
6	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,208	37	2016	NO	16	471	673	70.0	7.7	325.5	37	15	101.7	5.5	2.2	27	184
7	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,177	33	2012	NO	16	422	670	63.0	7.7	323.6	43	19	96.3	6.4	2.8	26	190
8	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,162	34	2013	NO	16	446	650	68.6	7.9	322.6	39	12	104.7	6.0	1.8	37	244
9	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	5,129	36	2018	PIT	16	452	675	67.0	7.6	320.6	34	16	96.5	5.0	2.4	24	166
10	Jameis Winston J. Winston	5,109	25	2019	TB	16	380	626	60.7	8.2	319.3	33	30	84.3	5.3	4.8	47	282
11	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	5,097	23	2018	KC	16	383	580	66.0	8.8	318.6	50	12	113.8	8.6	2.1	26	171
12	Dan Marino D. Marino	5,084	23	1984	MIA	16	362	564	64.2	9.0	317.8	48	17	108.9	8.5	3.0	13	120
13	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,069	29	2008	NO	16	413	635	65.0	8.0	316.8	34	17	96.2	5.4	2.7	13	92
14	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	5,038	23	2011	DET	16	421	663	63.5	7.6	314.9	41	16	97.2	6.2	2.4	36	257
15	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	5,014	23	2021	LAC	17	443	672	65.9	7.5	294.9	38	15	97.7	5.7	2.2	31	214
16	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,967	24	2012	DET	16	435	727	59.8	6.8	310.4	20	17	79.8	2.8	2.3	29	212
17	Drew Brees D. Brees	4,952	35	2014	NO	16	456	659	69.2	7.5	309.5	33	17	97.0	5.0	2.6	29	186
18	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	4,952	32	2014	PIT	16	408	608	67.1	8.1	309.5	32	9	103.3	5.3	1.5	33	172
19	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	4,944	31	2016	ATL	16	373	534	69.9	9.3	309.0	38	7	117.1	7.1	1.3	37	235
20	Eli Manning E. Manning	4,933	30	2011	NYG	16	359	589	61.0	8.4	308.3	29	16	92.9	4.9	2.7	28	199
21	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	4,924	33	2018	ATL	16	422	608	69.4	8.1	307.8	35	7	108.1	5.8	1.2	42	296
22	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	4,917	28	2016	WAS	16	406	606	67.0	8.1	307.3	25	12	97.2	4.1	2.0	23	190
23	Tony Romo T. Romo	4,903	32	2012	DAL	16	425	648	65.6	7.6	306.4	28	19	90.5	4.3	2.9	36	263
24	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	4,902	26	2019	DAL	16	388	596	65.1	8.2	306.4	30	11	99.7	5.0	1.8	23	151
25	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,886	33	2021	LAR	17	404	601	67.2	8.1	287.4	41	17	102.9	6.8	2.8	30	243

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Sun 12/21	JAX	@	DEN	4:05 PM
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Jets - e	3	11	0	.214
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Ravens	7	7	0	.500
Bengals - e	4	10	0	.286
Browns - e	3	11	0	.214
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Texans	9	5	0	.643
Colts	8	6	0	.571
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Sat 9/13	CAR	@	ARI	22-27
Sat 9/13	DEN	@	IND	28-29
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Sat 9/13	ATL	@	MIN	22-6
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