most passing yards in a year with less than 500 attempts

Peyton Manning has the most passing yards with fewer than 500 passing attempts in a season, with 4,557 yards in 2004.

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most passing yards by a player in a year with less than 500 passing attempts

	NAME	YDS	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Peyton Manning P. Manning	4,557	497	2004	IND	16	336	67.6	9.2	284.8	49	10	121.1	9.9	2.0	13	101
2	Lynn Dickey L. Dickey	4,458	484	1983	GB	16	289	59.7	9.2	278.6	32	29	87.3	6.6	6.0	40	307
3	Drake Maye D. Maye	4,394	492	2025	NE	17	354	72.0	8.9	258.5	31	8	113.5	6.3	1.6	47	201
4	Kurt Warner K. Warner	4,353	499	1999	STL	16	325	65.1	8.7	272.1	41	13	109.2	8.2	2.6	29	201
5	Brock Purdy B. Purdy	4,280	444	2023	SF	16	308	69.4	9.6	267.5	31	11	113.0	7.0	2.5	28	153
6	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	4,254	486	2009	SD	16	317	65.2	8.8	265.9	28	9	104.4	5.8	1.9	25	167
7	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	4,172	474	2024	BAL	17	316	66.7	8.8	245.4	41	4	119.6	8.6	0.8	23	149
8	C.J. Stroud	4,108	499	2023	HOU	15	319	63.9	8.2	273.9	23	5	100.8	4.6	1.0	38	331
9	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	4,048	477	2025	SEA	17	323	67.7	8.5	238.1	25	14	99.1	5.2	2.9	27	186
10	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	4,031	484	2019	KC	14	319	65.9	8.3	287.9	26	5	105.3	5.4	1.0	17	127
11	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	4,024	483	2015	SEA	16	329	68.1	8.3	251.5	34	8	110.1	7.0	1.7	45	265
12	Steve Young S. Young	4,023	462	1993	SF	16	314	68.0	8.7	251.4	29	16	101.5	6.3	3.5	31	160
13	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	4,009	478	2008	SD	16	312	65.3	8.4	250.6	34	11	105.5	7.1	2.3	25	151
14	Joe Namath J. Namath	4,007	491	1967	NYJ	14	258	52.5	8.2	286.2	26	28	73.8	5.3	5.7
15	Drew Brees D. Brees	3,992	489	2018	NO	15	364	74.4	8.2	266.1	32	5	115.7	6.5	1.0	17	121
16	Jimmy Garoppolo J. Garoppolo	3,978	476	2019	SF	16	329	69.1	8.4	248.6	27	13	102.0	5.7	2.7	36	237
17	Steve Young S. Young	3,969	461	1994	SF	16	324	70.3	8.6	248.1	35	10	112.8	7.6	2.2	31	163
18	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	3,964	485	2004	STL	14	321	66.2	8.2	283.1	21	14	93.7	4.3	2.9	41	302
19	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	3,959	469	1986	CIN	16	273	58.2	8.4	247.4	24	17	87.7	5.1	3.6	26	194
20	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	3,938	469	2015	PIT	12	319	68.0	8.4	328.2	21	16	94.5	4.5	3.4	20	141
21	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	3,937	474	2000	MIN	16	297	62.7	8.3	246.1	33	16	98.0	7.0	3.4	34	181
22	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	3,922	475	2010	GB	15	312	65.7	8.3	261.5	28	11	101.2	5.9	2.3	31	193
23	Tom Brady T. Brady	3,900	492	2010	NE	16	324	65.9	7.9	243.8	36	4	111.0	7.3	0.8	25	175
24	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	3,888	488	1985	NYJ	16	297	60.9	8.0	243.0	25	8	96.2	5.1	1.6	62	399
25	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	3,875	469	2004	PHI	15	300	64.0	8.3	258.3	31	8	104.7	6.6	1.7	32	192

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