most passing yards in age 40 season

Tom Brady has the most career passing yards by a 40-year-old player, with 4,577 yards.

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  • Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYDSAgeGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,577
40
16
385
581
66.3
7.9
286.1
32
8
102.8
5.5
1.4
35
201
2Brett Favre
B. Favre
4,202
40
16
363
531
68.4
7.9
262.6
33
7
107.2
6.2
1.3
34
247
3Drew Brees
D. Brees
2,979
40
11
281
378
74.3
7.9
270.8
27
4
116.3
7.1
1.1
12
89
4Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
2,479
40
13
251
416
60.3
6.0
190.7
15
10
79.2
3.6
2.4
18
118
5Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
1,690
40
8
156
256
60.9
6.6
211.3
9
5
84.0
3.5
2.0
16
101
6Warren Moon
W. Moon
1,610
40
8
134
247
54.3
6.5
201.3
7
9
68.7
2.8
3.6
19
122
7Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
1,385
40
7
123
198
62.1
7.0
197.9
7
2
90.6
3.5
1.0
6
48
8Vince Evans
V. Evans
1,236
40
9
100
175
57.1
7.1
137.3
6
8
71.5
3.4
4.6
11
70
9Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
1,185
40
14
107
167
64.1
7.1
84.6
11
5
94.5
6.6
3.0
10
69
10Len Dawson
L. Dawson
1,095
40
12
93
140
66.4
7.8
91.3
5
4
90.0
3.6
2.9
23
196
11Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
634
40
13
44
106
41.5
6.0
48.8
7
8
52.2
6.6
7.5
12Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
471
40
5
34
76
44.7
6.2
94.2
3
7
40.0
3.9
9.2
14
96
13Brad Johnson
B. Johnson
427
40
16
41
78
52.6
5.5
26.7
2
5
50.5
2.6
6.4
8
54
14Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
301
40
14
17
27
63.0
11.1
21.5
2
3
86.1
7.4
11.1
3
16
15Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
298
40
6
19
37
51.4
8.1
49.7
4
3
80.7
10.8
8.1
1
12
16George Blanda
G. Blanda
285
40
14
15
38
39.5
7.5
20.4
3
3
59.6
7.9
7.9
17Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
199
40
5
12
21
57.1
9.5
39.8
0
0
89.2
0.0
0.0
2
15
18Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
117
40
2
7
13
53.8
9.0
58.5
2
1
92.0
15.4
7.7
1
7
19Doug Flutie
D. Flutie
64
40
1
3
11
27.3
5.8
64.0
0
0
51.3
0.0
0.0
0
0
20Jim Hart
J. Hart
26
40
2
3
7
42.9
3.7
13.0
0
0
53.3
0.0
0.0
0
0
21Josh McCown
J. McCown
24
40
3
3
5
60.0
4.8
8.0
0
0
72.1
0.0
0.0
0
0
22Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
21
40
1
2
8
25.0
2.6
21.0
0
2
0.0
0.0
25.0
0
0
23Andy Lee
A. Lee
4
40
17
1
1
100.0
4.0
0.2
0
0
83.3
0.0
0.0
0
0

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