most passing yards per game 1996 nfl

Mark Brunell averaged the most passing yards per game in 1996, with 272.9 per game.

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  • Data note: Passing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYDS/GSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
272.9
1996
16
353
557
63.4
4,367
7.8
19
20
84.0
3.4
3.6
50
257
2Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
261.1
1996
16
325
549
59.2
4,177
7.6
33
19
88.7
6.0
3.5
34
270
3Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
255.4
1996
16
373
623
59.9
4,086
6.6
27
15
83.7
4.3
2.4
30
190
4Brett Favre
B. Favre
243.7
1996
16
325
543
59.9
3,899
7.2
39
13
95.8
7.2
2.4
40
241
5Jeff George
J. George
232.7
1996
3
56
99
56.6
698
7.1
3
3
76.1
3.0
3.0
11
84
6Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
229.3
1996
10
190
339
56.0
2,293
6.8
11
14
70.6
3.2
4.1
17
109
7Jeff Blake
J. Blake
226.5
1996
16
308
549
56.1
3,624
6.6
24
14
80.3
4.4
2.6
44
278
8Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
225.1
1996
14
294
488
60.2
3,152
6.5
22
25
72.9
4.5
5.1
27
150
9Ty Detmer
T. Detmer
223.9
1996
13
238
401
59.4
2,911
7.3
15
13
80.8
3.7
3.2
27
171
10John Elway
J. Elway
221.9
1996
15
287
466
61.6
3,328
7.1
26
14
89.2
5.6
3.0
26
194
11Frank Reich
F. Reich
220.5
1996
10
175
331
52.9
2,205
6.7
15
16
68.9
4.5
4.8
14
94
12Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
216.2
1996
13
222
379
58.6
2,810
7.4
14
19
73.2
3.7
5.0
37
287
13Gus Frerotte
G. Frerotte
215.8
1996
16
270
470
57.4
3,453
7.3
12
11
79.3
2.6
2.3
22
134
14Dan Marino
D. Marino
215.0
1996
13
221
373
59.2
2,795
7.5
17
9
87.8
4.6
2.4
18
131
15Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
208.4
1996
15
296
465
63.7
3,126
6.7
12
13
80.1
2.6
2.8
18
120
16Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
208.4
1996
14
253
437
57.9
2,917
6.7
17
17
74.9
3.9
3.9
36
199
17Stan Humphries
S. Humphries
205.4
1996
13
232
416
55.8
2,670
6.4
18
13
76.7
4.3
3.1
20
187
18John Friesz
J. Friesz
203.6
1996
8
120
211
56.9
1,629
7.7
8
4
86.4
3.8
1.9
12
77
19Warren Moon
W. Moon
201.3
1996
8
134
247
54.3
1,610
6.5
7
9
68.7
2.8
3.6
19
122
20Steve Young
S. Young
200.8
1996
12
214
316
67.7
2,410
7.6
14
6
97.2
4.4
1.9
34
160
21Rodney Peete
R. Peete
198.4
1996
5
80
134
59.7
992
7.4
3
5
74.6
2.2
3.7
11
53
22Jeff Hostetler
J. Hostetler
196.0
1996
13
242
402
60.2
2,548
6.3
23
14
83.2
5.7
3.5
32
181
23Erik Kramer
E. Kramer
195.3
1996
4
73
150
48.7
781
5.2
3
6
54.3
2.0
4.0
7
53
24Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
191.2
1996
6
110
188
58.5
1,147
6.1
4
7
67.8
2.1
3.7
18
127
25Kerry Collins
K. Collins
188.8
1996
13
204
364
56.0
2,454
6.7
14
9
79.4
3.8
2.5
18
114

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