most passing yards regular and postseason combined 2016

Matt Ryan had the most passing yards in the 2016 regular-season and playoffs, with 5,958 yards in 2016.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player regular and postseason combined 2016
NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
5,958
2016
19
443
632
70.1
9.4
313.6
47
7
119.9
7.4
1.1
45
294
2Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
5,432
2016
19
481
738
65.2
7.4
285.9
49
9
104.1
6.6
1.2
45
325
3Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,208
2016
16
471
673
70.0
7.7
325.5
37
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
4Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
4,917
2016
16
406
606
67.0
8.1
307.3
25
12
97.2
4.1
2.0
23
190
5Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,691
2016
15
384
574
66.9
8.2
312.7
35
5
108.6
6.1
0.9
24
129
6Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
4,668
2016
18
393
606
64.9
7.7
259.3
25
13
93.0
4.1
2.1
47
324
7Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
4,554
2016
17
392
605
64.8
7.5
267.9
32
17
93.4
5.3
2.8
19
156
8Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,532
2016
17
406
626
64.9
7.2
266.6
24
10
92.4
3.8
1.6
40
239
9Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,386
2016
16
349
578
60.4
7.6
274.1
33
21
87.9
5.7
3.6
36
188
10Eli Manning
E. Manning
4,326
2016
17
400
642
62.3
6.7
254.5
27
17
85.1
4.2
2.6
23
146
11Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
4,317
2016
16
436
672
64.9
6.4
269.8
20
15
83.5
3.0
2.2
33
243
12Andrew Luck
A. Luck
4,240
2016
15
346
545
63.5
7.8
282.7
31
13
96.4
5.7
2.4
41
268
13Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
4,233
2016
15
364
597
61.0
7.1
282.2
26
14
87.2
4.4
2.3
40
281
14Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
4,206
2016
16
364
563
64.7
7.5
262.9
18
8
91.8
3.2
1.4
41
264
15Jameis Winston
J. Winston
4,090
2016
16
345
567
60.8
7.2
255.6
28
18
86.1
4.9
3.2
35
239
16Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
3,969
2016
17
335
497
67.4
8.0
233.5
26
5
104.8
5.2
1.0
27
154
17Derek Carr
D. Carr
3,937
2016
15
357
560
63.8
7.0
262.5
28
6
96.7
5.0
1.1
16
79
18Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
3,905
2016
16
368
625
58.9
6.2
244.1
23
16
78.8
3.7
2.6
34
197
19Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
3,877
2016
15
395
552
71.6
7.0
258.5
20
5
99.3
3.6
0.9
37
276
20Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
3,782
2016
16
379
607
62.4
6.2
236.4
16
14
79.3
2.6
2.3
33
213
21Alex Smith
A. Smith
3,674
2016
16
348
523
66.5
7.0
229.6
16
9
89.8
3.1
1.7
29
146
22Cam Newton
C. Newton
3,509
2016
15
270
510
52.9
6.9
233.9
19
14
75.8
3.7
2.7
36
277
23Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
3,426
2016
15
276
451
61.2
7.6
228.4
26
9
95.6
5.8
2.0
23
156
24Trevor Siemian
T. Siemian
3,401
2016
14
289
486
59.5
7.0
242.9
18
10
84.6
3.7
2.1
31
187
25Brock Osweiler
B. Osweiler
3,322
2016
17
338
575
58.8
5.8
195.4
17
19
71.2
3.0
3.3
30
223
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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8
9
0
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8
9
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6
11
0
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3
0
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Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
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7
10
0
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
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13
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9
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14
3
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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
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Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
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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