most passing yds in first 5 games of 2021 by a qb

Tom Brady had the most passing yards by a quarterback in 2021 in his first 5 games, with 1,767 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Tom Brady T. Brady	1,767	5	149	225	66.2	7.9	353.4	15	2	108.5	6.7	0.9	9	61
2	Derek Carr D. Carr	1,605	5	131	205	63.9	7.8	321.0	8	4	92.8	3.9	2.0	15	113
3	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	1,587	5	117	172	68.0	9.2	317.4	12	3	113.2	7.0	1.7	4	36
4	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	1,576	5	139	207	67.1	7.6	315.2	13	3	104.7	6.3	1.4	9	61
5	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	1,519	5	112	167	67.1	9.1	303.8	8	3	104.4	4.8	1.8	13	60
6	Kyler Murray K. Murray	1,512	5	124	165	75.2	9.2	302.4	10	4	113.0	6.1	2.4	10	86
7	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	1,490	5	135	195	69.2	7.6	298.0	16	6	106.1	8.2	3.1	7	29
8	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	1,396	5	133	191	69.6	7.3	279.2	10	2	103.7	5.2	1.0	9	62
9	Josh Allen J. Allen	1,370	5	114	183	62.3	7.5	274.0	12	2	102.5	6.6	1.1	5	29
10	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	1,368	5	122	165	73.9	8.3	273.6	13	3	116.9	7.9	1.8	9	56
11	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	1,366	5	120	183	65.6	7.5	273.2	6	6	85.1	3.3	3.3	14	88
12	Jalen Hurts J. Hurts	1,365	5	118	182	64.8	7.5	273.0	7	3	93.3	3.8	1.6	10	84
13	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	1,332	5	141	204	69.1	6.5	266.4	10	3	97.1	4.9	1.5	8	59
14	Carson Wentz C. Wentz	1,322	5	113	173	65.3	7.6	264.4	7	1	99.4	4.0	0.6	12	101
15	Jared Goff J. Goff	1,303	5	131	196	66.8	6.6	260.6	7	3	91.0	3.6	1.5	14	120
16	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	1,286	5	124	195	63.6	6.6	257.2	6	4	84.3	3.1	2.1	11	56
17	Daniel Jones D. Jones	1,282	5	101	157	64.3	8.2	256.4	4	1	95.6	2.5	0.6	8	54
18	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	1,269	5	104	145	71.7	8.8	253.8	11	6	106.4	7.6	4.1	14	95
19	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	1,251	5	110	173	63.6	7.2	250.2	6	3	89.5	3.5	1.7	20	150
20	Mac Jones M. Jones	1,243	5	135	190	71.1	6.5	248.6	5	5	86.4	2.6	2.6	11	89
21	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	1,241	5	107	163	65.6	7.6	248.2	10	3	101.3	6.1	1.8	10	70
22	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	1,240	5	97	145	66.9	8.6	248.0	4	2	96.9	2.8	1.4	13	90
23	Taylor Heinicke T. Heinicke	1,208	5	102	159	64.2	7.6	241.6	8	5	90.9	5.0	3.1	5	22
24	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	1,196	5	90	125	72.0	9.6	239.2	10	1	125.3	8.0	0.8	13	92
25	Teddy Bridgewater T. Bridgewater	1,180	5	104	149	69.8	7.9	236.0	7	1	106.1	4.7	0.7	11	82

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