most passing yards with less than 30 touchdowns in a season

Matthew Stafford has the most passing yards with fewer than 30 passing touchdowns in a season, with 4,967 yards in 2012.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player with less than 30 passing touchdowns in a season
NAMEYDSTDSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,967
20
2012
16
435
727
59.8
6.8
310.4
17
79.8
2.8
2.3
29
212
2Eli Manning
E. Manning
4,933
29
2011
16
359
589
61.0
8.4
308.3
16
92.9
4.9
2.7
28
199
3Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
4,917
25
2016
16
406
606
67.0
8.1
307.3
12
97.2
4.1
2.0
23
190
4Tony Romo
T. Romo
4,903
28
2012
16
425
648
65.6
7.6
306.4
19
90.5
4.3
2.9
36
263
5Derek Carr
D. Carr
4,804
23
2021
17
428
626
68.4
7.7
282.6
14
94.0
3.7
2.2
40
241
6Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,792
29
2015
16
437
661
66.1
7.2
299.5
13
93.8
4.4
2.0
40
264
7Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
4,770
29
2009
16
396
583
67.9
8.2
298.1
15
98.6
5.0
2.6
25
149
8Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
4,739
25
2022
17
477
699
68.2
6.8
278.8
10
93.2
3.6
1.4
38
206
9Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,694
25
2022
17
490
733
66.8
6.4
276.1
9
90.7
3.4
1.2
22
160
10Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,694
28
2014
16
415
628
66.1
7.5
293.4
14
93.9
4.5
2.2
31
205
11Warren Moon
W. Moon
4,690
23
1991
16
404
655
61.7
7.2
293.1
21
81.7
3.5
3.2
23
174
12Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
4,689
26
2002
16
418
618
67.6
7.6
293.1
10
97.3
4.2
1.6
36
214
13Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,650
29
2013
16
371
634
58.5
7.3
290.6
19
84.2
4.6
3.0
23
168
14Jared Goff
J. Goff
4,638
22
2019
16
394
626
62.9
7.4
289.9
16
86.5
3.5
2.6
22
170
15Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
4,624
29
2023
17
388
560
69.3
8.3
272.0
14
101.1
5.2
2.5
29
171
16Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,624
27
2011
16
366
582
62.9
7.9
289.0
20
88.7
4.6
3.4
30
198
17Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,615
23
2019
16
390
591
66.0
7.8
288.4
20
88.5
3.9
3.4
34
222
18Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
4,614
28
1984
16
345
560
61.6
8.2
288.4
16
92.5
5.0
2.9
49
377
19Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,591
21
2015
16
407
614
66.3
7.5
286.9
16
89.0
3.4
2.6
30
206
20Trent Green
T. Green
4,591
27
2004
16
369
556
66.4
8.3
286.9
17
95.2
4.9
3.1
32
227
21Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,581
26
2020
16
407
626
65.0
7.3
286.3
11
93.3
4.2
1.8
41
257
22Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
4,555
25
1994
16
400
691
57.9
6.6
284.7
27
73.6
3.6
3.9
22
139
23Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
4,547
29
2022
17
424
643
65.9
7.1
267.5
14
92.5
4.5
2.2
46
329
24Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
4,526
25
2008
16
384
616
62.3
7.3
282.9
18
86.0
4.1
2.9
11
69
25Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,515
28
2017
16
360
575
62.6
7.9
282.2
10
96.0
4.9
1.7
18
120
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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12
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12
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