most passing yards in a single season after age 40

Tom Brady has the most passing yards by a quarterback older than 40 in a season, with 5,316 yards in 2021.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player in a single season after age 40
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
2Tom 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
3Tom 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
4Tom 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
5Tom 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
6Aaron 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
7Warren Moon
W. Moon
3,678
41
1997
15
313
528
59.3
7.0
245.2
25
16
83.7
4.7
3.0
30
192
8Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
3,532
41
2004
16
297
495
60.0
7.1
220.8
17
20
76.4
3.4
4.0
34
182
9Aaron 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
10Drew Brees
D. Brees
2,942
41
2020
12
275
390
70.5
7.5
245.2
24
6
106.4
6.2
1.5
13
89
11Brett Favre
B. Favre
2,509
41
2010
13
217
358
60.6
7.0
193.0
11
19
69.9
3.1
5.3
22
139
12Warren Moon
W. Moon
1,632
42
1998
10
145
258
56.2
6.3
163.2
11
8
76.6
4.3
3.1
22
140
13Doug Flutie
D. Flutie
1,097
41
2003
7
91
167
54.5
6.6
156.7
9
4
82.8
5.4
2.4
8
27
14Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
952
44
2007
7
94
172
54.7
5.5
136.0
5
6
65.8
2.9
3.5
9
46
15Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
777
42
2005
6
60
106
56.6
7.3
129.5
1
6
59.4
0.9
5.7
12
102
16Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
544
44
2025
3
58
92
63.0
5.9
181.3
4
3
80.2
4.3
3.3
5
37
17George Blanda
G. Blanda
522
41
1968
14
30
49
61.2
10.7
37.3
6
2
120.1
12.2
4.1
18George Blanda
G. Blanda
461
43
1970
14
29
55
52.7
8.4
32.9
6
5
79.4
10.9
9.1
4
37
19George Blanda
G. Blanda
378
44
1971
14
32
58
55.2
6.5
27.0
4
6
58.6
6.9
10.3
2
26
20Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
369
44
1998
8
30
59
50.8
6.3
46.1
3
1
80.4
5.1
1.7
6
60
21Doug Flutie
D. Flutie
276
42
2004
2
20
38
52.6
7.3
138.0
1
0
85.0
2.6
0.0
1
7
22Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
273
41
1975
13
26
43
60.5
6.3
21.0
3
2
82.8
7.0
4.7
4
27
23Warren Moon
W. Moon
208
44
2000
2
15
34
44.1
6.1
104.0
1
1
61.9
2.9
2.9
5
46
24Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
148
42
1976
14
10
26
38.5
5.7
10.6
1
1
54.6
3.8
3.8
3
29
25George Blanda
G. Blanda
77
45
1972
14
5
15
33.3
5.1
5.5
1
0
73.5
6.7
0.0
2
19
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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