most passing yards per game in the nfc between 2003 to 2023 by qbs minimum 48 games

From 2003 through 2023, Drew Brees gained the most passing yards per game in the NFC by a quarterback when playing 48+ games, with 298.3 per game.

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	NAME	YDS/G	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Brees D. Brees	298.3	228	6,017	8,742	68.8	68,010	7.8	491	190	101.5	5.6	2.2	328	2,267
2	Tom Brady T. Brady	292.9	50	1,376	2,062	66.7	14,643	7.1	108	33	98.1	5.2	1.6	65	447
3	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	279.7	60	1,373	2,197	62.5	16,782	7.6	105	57	91.1	4.8	2.6	137	930
4	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	272.1	206	4,834	7,649	63.2	56,047	7.3	357	180	91.0	4.7	2.4	474	3,152
5	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	269.1	222	5,242	8,003	65.5	59,735	7.5	367	170	94.2	4.6	2.1	450	2,980
6	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	263.1	150	3,465	5,177	66.9	39,471	7.6	270	110	98.2	5.2	2.1	304	2,207
7	Jared Goff J. Goff	260.1	117	2,657	4,107	64.7	30,429	7.4	185	82	93.6	4.5	2.0	217	1,581
8	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	258.4	114	2,595	3,873	67.0	29,459	7.6	202	74	99.0	5.2	1.9	235	1,417
9	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	256.8	230	5,001	7,660	65.3	59,055	7.7	475	105	103.6	6.2	1.4	530	3,596
10	Kurt Warner K. Warner	250.2	73	1,583	2,447	64.7	18,262	7.5	107	64	90.8	4.4	2.6	152	990
11	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	242.8	113	2,238	3,735	59.9	27,441	7.3	163	79	88.4	4.4	2.1	270	1,721
12	Eli Manning E. Manning	241.6	236	4,895	8,119	60.3	57,023	7.0	366	244	84.1	4.5	3.0	411	2,870
13	Kyler Murray K. Murray	240.7	65	1,492	2,239	66.6	15,647	7.0	94	46	92.2	4.2	2.1	149	1,082
14	Carson Wentz C. Wentz	240.1	78	1,751	2,792	62.7	18,729	6.7	126	60	88.4	4.5	2.1	207	1,306
15	Brett Favre B. Favre	239.3	109	2,305	3,655	63.1	26,081	7.1	172	126	85.7	4.7	3.4	147	1,013
16	Jimmy Garoppolo J. Garoppolo	238.6	57	1,104	1,632	67.6	13,599	8.3	82	42	99.2	5.0	2.6	115	769
17	Jameis Winston J. Winston	237.7	93	1,763	2,881	61.2	22,104	7.7	141	99	87.0	4.9	3.4	195	1,242
18	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	235.8	89	1,831	2,957	61.9	20,988	7.1	108	87	83.2	3.7	2.9	242	1,761
19	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	234.6	158	3,079	4,735	65.0	37,059	7.8	292	87	101.8	6.2	1.8	427	2,838
20	Jon Kitna J. Kitna	234.4	49	1,010	1,605	62.9	11,486	7.2	61	61	81.2	3.8	3.8	150	897
21	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	234.3	83	1,855	2,967	62.5	19,449	6.6	103	61	84.5	3.5	2.1	196	1,371
22	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	229.8	102	2,020	3,271	61.8	23,443	7.2	154	109	85.2	4.7	3.3	251	1,574
23	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	229.8	50	962	1,490	64.6	11,491	7.7	77	46	92.4	5.2	3.1	142	805
24	Josh Freeman J. Freeman	225.0	61	1,164	2,020	57.6	13,724	6.8	80	67	77.8	4.0	3.3	111	683
25	Cam Newton C. Newton	223.5	133	2,440	4,106	59.4	29,725	7.2	186	113	85.4	4.5	2.8	301	2,282

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Bears	1	1	0	.500
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Saints	1	1	0	.500
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Steelers	1	1	0	.500
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Texans	0	2	0	.000
Colts	0	2	0	.000
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Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
Chargers	0	2	0	.000