most total yards by quarterback 2008

Drew Brees accounted for the most yards by a quarterback in 2008, with 5,068 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards.

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  • Data note: Total Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMETOTALYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,068
2008
16
413
635
65.0
5,069
8.0
316.8
34
17
96.2
5.4
2.7
13
92
2Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
4,726
2008
16
384
616
62.3
4,526
7.3
282.9
25
18
86.0
4.1
2.9
11
69
3Kurt Warner
K. Warner
4,581
2008
16
401
598
67.1
4,583
7.7
286.4
30
14
96.9
5.0
2.3
26
182
4Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4,245
2008
16
341
536
63.6
4,038
7.5
252.4
28
13
93.8
5.2
2.4
34
231
5Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,093
2008
16
312
478
65.3
4,009
8.4
250.6
34
11
105.5
7.1
2.3
25
151
6Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
4,063
2008
16
345
571
60.4
3,916
6.9
244.8
23
11
86.4
4.0
1.9
23
149
7Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,023
2008
16
371
555
66.8
4,002
7.2
250.1
27
12
95.0
4.9
2.2
14
86
8Matt Cassel
M. Cassel
3,963
2008
16
327
516
63.4
3,693
7.2
230.8
21
11
89.4
4.1
2.1
47
219
9David Garrard
D. Garrard
3,936
2008
16
335
535
62.6
3,620
6.8
226.3
15
13
81.7
2.8
2.4
42
288
10Chad Pennington
C. Pennington
3,715
2008
16
321
476
67.4
3,653
7.7
228.3
19
7
97.4
4.0
1.5
24
121
11Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
3,544
2008
16
265
434
61.1
3,440
7.9
215.0
16
11
87.7
3.7
2.5
17
104
12Brett Favre
B. Favre
3,517
2008
16
343
522
65.7
3,472
6.7
217.0
22
22
81.0
4.2
4.2
30
213
13Jason Campbell
J. Campbell
3,503
2008
16
315
506
62.3
3,245
6.4
202.8
13
6
84.3
2.6
1.2
38
266
14Tony Romo
T. Romo
3,489
2008
13
276
450
61.3
3,448
7.7
265.2
26
14
91.4
5.8
3.1
20
123
15Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
3,395
2008
16
281
469
59.9
3,301
7.0
206.3
17
15
80.1
3.6
3.2
46
284
16Jake Delhomme
J. Delhomme
3,309
2008
16
246
414
59.4
3,288
7.9
205.5
15
12
84.7
3.6
2.9
20
130
17Eli Manning
E. Manning
3,248
2008
16
289
479
60.3
3,238
6.8
202.4
21
10
86.4
4.4
2.1
27
174
18Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
3,194
2008
16
257
428
60.0
2,971
6.9
185.7
14
12
80.3
3.3
2.8
32
276
19Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
3,111
2008
11
251
380
66.1
3,043
8.0
276.6
15
10
92.7
3.9
2.6
23
149
20Tyler Thigpen
T. Thigpen
3,031
2008
14
230
420
54.8
2,608
6.2
186.3
18
12
76.0
4.3
2.9
26
162
21Kyle Orton
K. Orton
3,021
2008
15
272
465
58.5
2,972
6.4
198.1
18
12
79.6
3.9
2.6
27
160
22Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
2,860
2008
12
244
376
64.9
2,712
7.2
226.0
12
6
90.2
3.2
1.6
23
100
23Trent Edwards
T. Edwards
2,816
2008
14
245
374
65.5
2,699
7.2
192.8
11
10
85.4
2.9
2.7
23
143
24Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
2,778
2008
15
251
440
57.0
2,720
6.2
181.3
11
13
71.4
2.5
3.0
38
263
25Kerry Collins
K. Collins
2,725
2008
16
242
415
58.3
2,676
6.4
167.3
12
7
80.2
2.9
1.7
8
60

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5
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7
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