most passing yards in a season by a quarterback aged 37 years old since 2016

Since 2016, Tom Brady has the most passing yards by a quarterback 37 or older in a season, with 5,316 yards in 2021.

NAMEYDSAgeSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
5,316
44
2021
17
485
719
67.5
7.4
312.7
43
12
102.1
6.0
1.7
22
144
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,208
37
2016
16
471
673
70.0
7.7
325.5
37
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
3Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,707
37
2025
17
388
597
65.0
7.9
276.9
46
8
109.2
7.7
1.3
23
150
4Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,694
45
2022
17
490
733
66.8
6.4
276.1
25
9
90.7
3.4
1.2
22
160
5Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,633
43
2020
16
401
610
65.7
7.6
289.6
40
12
102.2
6.6
2.0
21
143
6Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,615
38
2019
16
390
591
66.0
7.8
288.4
23
20
88.5
3.9
3.4
34
222
7Tom Brady
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
8Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,355
41
2018
16
375
570
65.8
7.6
272.2
29
11
97.7
5.1
1.9
21
147
9Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,334
38
2017
16
386
536
72.0
8.1
270.9
23
8
103.9
4.3
1.5
20
145
10Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,308
37
2018
16
347
508
68.3
8.5
269.3
32
12
105.5
6.3
2.4
32
204
11Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4,299
37
2020
16
372
526
70.7
8.2
268.7
48
5
121.5
9.1
1.0
20
182
12Eli Manning
E. Manning
4,299
37
2018
16
380
576
66.0
7.5
268.7
21
11
92.4
3.6
1.9
47
358
13Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
4,233
37
2016
15
364
597
61.0
7.1
282.2
26
14
87.2
4.4
2.3
40
281
14Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,169
39
2020
16
369
543
68.0
7.7
260.6
24
11
97.0
4.4
2.0
19
118
15Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4,115
38
2021
16
366
531
68.9
7.7
257.2
37
4
111.9
7.0
0.8
30
188
16Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,057
42
2019
16
373
613
60.8
6.6
253.6
24
8
88.0
3.9
1.3
27
185
17Drew Brees
D. Brees
3,992
39
2018
15
364
489
74.4
8.2
266.1
32
5
115.7
6.5
1.0
17
121
18Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
3,897
41
2024
17
368
584
63.0
6.7
229.2
28
11
90.5
4.8
1.9
40
302
19Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
3,803
38
2020
15
399
608
65.6
6.3
253.5
33
10
94.1
5.4
1.6
13
118
20Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
3,740
39
2021
16
390
605
64.5
6.2
233.8
22
10
86.8
3.6
1.7
38
232
21Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
3,695
39
2022
17
350
542
64.6
6.8
217.4
26
12
91.1
4.8
2.2
32
258
22Tom Brady
T. Brady
3,554
39
2016
12
291
432
67.4
8.2
296.2
28
2
112.2
6.5
0.5
15
87
23Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
3,529
37
2019
15
311
502
62.0
7.0
235.3
20
13
85.5
4.0
2.6
40
209
24Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
3,322
42
2025
16
327
498
65.7
6.7
207.6
24
7
94.8
4.8
1.4
29
180
25Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
3,057
37
2022
12
309
461
67.0
6.6
254.8
14
13
83.9
3.0
2.8
38
287
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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