most passing yards in a season by an afc player

Peyton Manning has the most passing yards in the AFC in a season, with 5,477 yards in 2013.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
5,477
2013
16
450
659
68.3
8.3
342.3
55
10
115.1
8.3
1.5
18
120
2Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
5,250
2022
17
435
648
67.1
8.1
308.8
41
12
105.2
6.3
1.9
26
188
3Tom Brady
T. Brady
5,235
2011
16
401
611
65.6
8.6
327.2
39
12
105.6
6.4
2.0
32
173
4Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
5,129
2018
16
452
675
67.0
7.6
320.6
34
16
96.5
5.0
2.4
24
166
5Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
5,097
2018
16
383
580
66.0
8.8
318.6
50
12
113.8
8.6
2.1
26
171
6Dan 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
7Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
5,014
2021
17
443
672
65.9
7.5
294.9
38
15
97.7
5.7
2.2
31
214
8Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
4,952
2014
16
408
608
67.1
8.1
309.5
32
9
103.3
5.3
1.5
33
172
9Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
4,918
2024
17
460
652
70.6
7.5
289.3
43
9
108.5
6.6
1.4
48
278
10Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
4,839
2021
17
436
658
66.3
7.4
284.6
37
13
98.5
5.6
2.0
28
146
11Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,827
2012
16
401
637
63.0
7.6
301.7
34
8
98.7
5.3
1.3
27
182
12Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
4,823
2020
16
382
544
70.2
8.9
301.4
33
7
112.4
6.1
1.3
49
293
13Tom 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
14Derek Carr
D. Carr
4,804
2021
17
428
626
68.4
7.7
282.6
23
14
94.0
3.7
2.2
40
241
15Dan 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
16Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,792
2015
16
437
661
66.1
7.2
299.5
29
13
93.8
4.4
2.0
40
264
17Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,770
2015
16
402
624
64.4
7.6
298.1
36
7
102.2
5.8
1.1
38
225
18Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
4,770
2009
16
396
583
67.9
8.2
298.1
29
15
98.6
5.0
2.6
25
149
19Andrew Luck
A. Luck
4,761
2014
16
380
616
61.7
7.7
297.6
40
16
96.5
6.5
2.6
27
161
20Dan 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
21Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
4,740
2020
15
390
588
66.3
8.1
316.0
38
6
108.2
6.5
1.0
22
147
22Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
4,739
2022
17
477
699
68.2
6.8
278.8
25
10
93.2
3.6
1.4
38
206
23Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,727
2014
16
395
597
66.2
7.9
295.4
39
15
101.5
6.5
2.5
17
118
24Dan 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
25Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,710
2010
16
357
541
66.0
8.7
294.4
30
13
101.8
5.5
2.4
38
227
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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9
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.441
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12
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6
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12
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