most passing yards in an nfl season including playoffs by a player

Drew Brees has the most passing yards in the regular season and playoffs, with 6,404 yards in 2011.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Brees D. Brees	6,404	2011	NO	18	541	763	70.9	8.4	355.8	53	16	110.6	6.9	2.1	29	192
2	Peyton Manning P. Manning	6,387	2013	DEN	19	541	787	68.7	8.1	336.2	60	13	111.7	7.6	1.7	19	121
3	Eli Manning E. Manning	6,152	2011	NYG	20	465	752	61.8	8.2	307.6	38	17	95.1	5.1	2.3	39	274
4	Tom Brady T. Brady	6,113	2011	NE	19	476	722	65.9	8.5	321.7	47	16	104.8	6.5	2.2	35	188
5	Dan Marino D. Marino	6,085	1984	MIA	19	433	680	63.7	8.9	320.3	56	22	106.4	8.2	3.2	17	149
6	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	6,074	2021	LAR	21	502	741	67.7	8.2	289.2	50	20	103.9	6.7	2.7	37	285
7	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	5,958	2016	ATL	19	443	632	70.1	9.4	313.6	47	7	119.9	7.4	1.1	45	294
8	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	5,953	2022	KC	20	507	748	67.8	8.0	297.7	48	12	106.4	6.4	1.6	29	199
9	Tom Brady T. Brady	5,916	2021	TB	19	544	810	67.2	7.3	311.4	46	13	100.7	5.7	1.6	29	193
10	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	5,896	2021	KC	20	525	780	67.3	7.6	294.8	48	16	101.6	6.2	2.1	37	227
11	Kurt Warner K. Warner	5,730	2008	ARI	20	493	733	67.3	7.8	286.5	41	17	99.7	5.6	2.3	31	202
12	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,721	2013	NO	18	490	723	67.8	7.9	317.8	41	14	102.4	5.7	1.9	40	253
13	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	5,716	2021	CIN	20	463	662	69.9	8.6	285.8	39	16	105.9	5.9	2.4	70	507
14	Tom Brady T. Brady	5,709	2017	NE	19	474	720	65.8	7.9	300.5	40	8	103.9	5.6	1.1	39	218
15	Tom Brady T. Brady	5,694	2020	TB	20	482	748	64.4	7.6	284.7	50	15	101.4	6.7	2.0	27	180
16	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	5,670	2018	KC	18	426	652	65.3	8.7	315.0	53	12	112.2	8.1	1.8	34	242
17	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	5,643	2025	LAR	20	454	716	63.4	7.9	282.2	52	9	106.7	7.3	1.3	29	197
18	Kurt Warner K. Warner	5,623	2001	STL	19	443	653	67.8	8.6	295.9	40	25	99.0	6.1	3.8	44	278
19	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	5,590	2020	KC	18	466	705	66.1	7.9	310.6	42	8	105.3	6.0	1.1	26	174
20	Tom Brady T. Brady	5,543	2007	NE	19	475	687	69.1	8.1	291.7	56	11	113.8	8.2	1.6	29	180
21	Rich Gannon R. Gannon	5,530	2002	OAK	19	491	733	67.0	7.5	291.1	33	16	95.3	4.5	2.2	43	247
22	Andrew Luck A. Luck	5,528	2014	IND	19	450	736	61.1	7.5	290.9	43	20	92.5	5.8	2.7	28	169
23	Tom Brady T. Brady	5,491	2012	NE	18	455	731	62.2	7.5	305.1	38	10	96.9	5.2	1.4	28	191
24	Peyton Manning P. Manning	5,456	2009	IND	19	480	699	68.7	7.8	287.2	39	18	99.7	5.6	2.6	14	104
25	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	5,432	2016	GB	19	481	738	65.2	7.4	285.9	49	9	104.1	6.6	1.2	45	325

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