most passing yards in a season by a quarterback aged 36 years old since 2016

Since 2016, Tom Brady has the most passing yards by a quarterback 36 or older in a season, with 5,316 yards in 2021.

	NAME	YDS	Age	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	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
2	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
3	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
4	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,707	37	2025	LAR	17	388	597	65.0	7.9	276.9	46	8	109.2	7.7	1.3	23	150
5	Tom Brady T. Brady	4,694	45	2022	TB	17	490	733	66.8	6.4	276.1	25	9	90.7	3.4	1.2	22	160
6	Tom Brady T. Brady	4,633	43	2020	TB	16	401	610	65.7	7.6	289.6	40	12	102.2	6.6	2.0	21	143
7	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	4,615	38	2019	LAC	16	390	591	66.0	7.8	288.4	23	20	88.5	3.9	3.4	34	222
8	Tom Brady T. Brady	4,577	40	2017	NE	16	385	581	66.3	7.9	286.1	32	8	102.8	5.5	1.4	35	201
9	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	4,515	36	2017	LAC	16	360	575	62.6	7.9	282.2	28	10	96.0	4.9	1.7	18	120
10	Tom Brady T. Brady	4,355	41	2018	NE	16	375	570	65.8	7.6	272.2	29	11	97.7	5.1	1.9	21	147
11	Drew Brees D. Brees	4,334	38	2017	NO	16	386	536	72.0	8.1	270.9	23	8	103.9	4.3	1.5	20	145
12	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	4,308	37	2018	LAC	16	347	508	68.3	8.5	269.3	32	12	105.5	6.3	2.4	32	204
13	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	4,299	37	2020	GB	16	372	526	70.7	8.2	268.7	48	5	121.5	9.1	1.0	20	182
14	Eli Manning E. Manning	4,299	37	2018	NYG	16	380	576	66.0	7.5	268.7	21	11	92.4	3.6	1.9	47	358
15	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	4,233	37	2016	ARI	15	364	597	61.0	7.1	282.2	26	14	87.2	4.4	2.3	40	281
16	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	4,169	39	2020	IND	16	369	543	68.0	7.7	260.6	24	11	97.0	4.4	2.0	19	118
17	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	4,115	38	2021	GB	16	366	531	68.9	7.7	257.2	37	4	111.9	7.0	0.8	30	188
18	Tom Brady T. Brady	4,057	42	2019	NE	16	373	613	60.8	6.6	253.6	24	8	88.0	3.9	1.3	27	185
19	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	4,002	36	2019	GB	16	353	569	62.0	7.0	250.1	26	4	95.4	4.6	0.7	36	284
20	Drew Brees D. Brees	3,992	39	2018	NO	15	364	489	74.4	8.2	266.1	32	5	115.7	6.5	1.0	17	121
21	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	3,968	36	2021	ATL	17	375	560	67.0	7.1	233.4	20	12	90.4	3.6	2.1	40	274
22	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	3,897	41	2024	NYJ	17	368	584	63.0	6.7	229.2	28	11	90.5	4.8	1.9	40	302
23	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	3,803	38	2020	PIT	15	399	608	65.6	6.3	253.5	33	10	94.1	5.4	1.6	13	118
24	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	3,762	36	2024	LAR	16	340	517	65.8	7.3	235.1	20	8	93.7	3.9	1.5	28	213
25	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	3,740	39	2021	PIT	16	390	605	64.5	6.2	233.8	22	10	86.8	3.6	1.7	38	232

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