most passing yards in a season by steve mcnabb

Steve Young had his most passing yards in a season in 1998, with 4,170 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Steve Young
S. Young
4,170
1998
15
322
517
62.3
8.1
278.0
36
12
101.1
7.0
2.3
48
234
2Steve Young
S. Young
4,023
1993
16
314
462
68.0
8.7
251.4
29
16
101.5
6.3
3.5
31
160
3Steve Young
S. Young
3,969
1994
16
324
461
70.3
8.6
248.1
35
10
112.8
7.6
2.2
31
163
4Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
3,916
2008
16
345
571
60.4
6.9
244.8
23
11
86.4
4.0
1.9
23
149
5Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
3,875
2004
15
300
469
64.0
8.3
258.3
31
8
104.7
6.6
1.7
32
192
6Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
3,553
2009
14
267
443
60.3
8.0
253.8
22
10
92.9
5.0
2.3
35
264
7Steve Young
S. Young
3,465
1992
16
268
402
66.7
8.6
216.6
25
7
107.0
6.2
1.7
29
152
8Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
3,377
2010
13
275
472
58.3
7.2
259.8
14
15
77.1
3.0
3.2
37
271
9Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
3,365
2000
16
330
569
58.0
5.9
210.3
21
13
77.8
3.7
2.3
45
262
10Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
3,324
2007
14
291
473
61.5
7.0
237.4
19
7
89.9
4.0
1.5
44
227
11Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
3,233
2001
16
285
493
57.8
6.6
202.1
25
12
84.3
5.1
2.4
39
273
12Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
3,216
2003
16
275
478
57.5
6.7
201.0
16
11
79.6
3.3
2.3
43
253
13Steve Young
S. Young
3,200
1995
11
299
447
66.9
7.2
290.9
20
11
92.3
4.5
2.5
25
115
14Steve Young
S. Young
3,029
1997
15
241
356
67.7
8.5
201.9
19
6
104.7
5.3
1.7
35
220
15Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
2,647
2006
10
180
316
57.0
8.4
264.7
18
6
95.5
5.7
1.9
21
140
16Steve Young
S. Young
2,517
1991
11
180
279
64.5
9.0
228.8
17
8
101.8
6.1
2.9
13
79
17Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
2,507
2005
9
211
357
59.1
7.0
278.6
16
9
85.0
4.5
2.5
19
112
18Steve Young
S. Young
2,410
1996
12
214
316
67.7
7.6
200.8
14
6
97.2
4.4
1.9
34
160
19Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
2,289
2002
10
211
361
58.4
6.3
228.9
17
6
86.0
4.7
1.7
28
166
20Steve Young
S. Young
2,282
1986
14
195
363
53.7
6.3
163.0
8
13
65.5
2.2
3.6
47
326
21Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
1,026
2011
6
94
156
60.3
6.6
171.0
4
2
82.9
2.6
1.3
16
113
22Steve Young
S. Young
1,001
1989
10
64
92
69.6
10.9
100.1
8
3
120.8
8.7
3.3
12
84
23Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
948
1999
12
106
216
49.1
4.4
79.0
8
7
60.1
3.7
3.2
28
204
24Steve Young
S. Young
935
1985
5
72
138
52.2
6.8
187.0
3
8
56.9
2.2
5.8
21
158
25Steve Young
S. Young
680
1988
11
54
101
53.5
6.7
61.8
3
3
72.2
3.0
3.0
13
75
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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