most passing yards in the nfl 2016 to 2018

Between the 2016 and 2018 seasons, Matt Ryan had the most passing yards, with 13,963 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player in the NFL 2016 to 2018
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
13,963
48
1,137
1,671
68.0
8.4
290.9
93
26
105.7
5.6
1.6
103
687
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
13,534
47
1,221
1,698
71.9
8.0
288.0
92
28
106.4
5.4
1.6
64
450
3Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
13,308
48
1,178
1,752
67.2
7.6
277.3
82
35
97.0
4.7
2.0
104
794
4Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
13,209
48
1,056
1,661
63.6
8.0
275.2
93
43
96.1
5.6
2.6
86
512
5Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
13,199
45
1,140
1,745
65.3
7.6
293.3
91
43
95.2
5.2
2.5
62
446
6Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
12,550
48
1,126
1,714
65.7
7.3
261.5
74
31
94.2
4.3
1.8
124
758
7Tom Brady
T. Brady
12,486
44
1,051
1,583
66.4
7.9
283.8
89
21
103.5
5.6
1.3
71
435
8Eli Manning
E. Manning
11,794
47
1,109
1,745
63.6
6.8
250.9
66
40
86.3
3.8
2.3
99
689
9Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
11,650
48
972
1,526
63.7
7.6
242.7
90
29
98.7
5.9
1.9
135
970
10Derek Carr
D. Carr
11,482
46
1,061
1,628
65.2
7.1
249.6
69
29
92.5
4.2
1.8
87
479
11Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
10,876
48
975
1,475
66.1
7.4
226.6
67
25
96.0
4.5
1.7
113
675
12Jameis Winston
J. Winston
10,586
40
871
1,387
62.8
7.6
264.7
66
43
89.2
4.8
3.1
95
603
13Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
10,545
39
927
1,445
64.2
7.3
270.4
81
15
100.3
5.6
1.0
106
767
14Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
10,310
45
926
1,551
59.7
6.6
229.1
57
40
81.0
3.7
2.6
89
493
15Cam Newton
C. Newton
10,206
45
881
1,473
59.8
6.9
226.8
65
43
83.3
4.4
2.9
100
732
16Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
10,152
40
923
1,448
63.7
7.0
253.8
70
28
92.5
4.8
1.9
92
577
17Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
10,092
43
887
1,424
62.3
7.1
234.7
64
31
89.4
4.5
2.2
101
676
18Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
9,923
41
1,020
1,600
63.8
6.2
242.0
50
34
82.6
3.1
2.1
76
527
19Alex Smith
A. Smith
9,724
40
874
1,322
66.1
7.4
243.1
51
18
95.0
3.9
1.4
85
468
20Case Keenum
C. Keenum
9,638
41
886
1,389
63.8
6.9
235.1
49
33
86.0
3.5
2.4
79
511
21Jared Goff
J. Goff
9,581
38
772
1,243
62.1
7.7
252.1
65
26
94.7
5.2
2.1
84
617
22Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
9,186
44
785
1,235
63.6
7.4
208.8
50
32
88.7
4.0
2.6
92
572
23Andrew Luck
A. Luck
8,833
31
776
1,184
65.5
7.5
284.9
70
28
97.6
5.9
2.4
59
402
24Tyrod Taylor
T. Taylor
6,295
34
574
941
61.0
6.7
185.1
33
12
87.2
3.5
1.3
101
529
25Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
6,211
22
528
864
61.1
7.2
282.3
35
21
86.3
4.1
2.4
62
431
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

1,982

Penix

Michael Penix Jr.

RUSH

1,478

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REC

928

Pitts

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PPG

20.8

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OPP PPG

23.6

19th

RUSH YDS/G

125.8

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PASS YDS/G

217.8

20th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
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.471
6
11
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12
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AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
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.765
12
5
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.706
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8
9
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AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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.824
11
6
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.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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10/4
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10/4
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