most total yards quarterback season lions

Matthew Stafford has accounted for the most yards by a Lions quarterback in a season, with 5,116 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards in 2011.

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most passing total yards quarterback season lions
NAMETOTALYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
5,116
2011
16
421
663
63.5
5,038
7.6
314.9
41
16
97.2
6.2
2.4
36
257
2Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
5,096
2012
16
435
727
59.8
4,967
6.8
310.4
20
17
79.8
2.8
2.3
29
212
3Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,719
2013
16
371
634
58.5
4,650
7.3
290.6
29
19
84.2
4.6
3.0
23
168
4Jared Goff
J. Goff
4,692
2024
17
390
539
72.4
4,629
8.6
272.3
37
12
111.8
6.9
2.2
31
234
5Jared Goff
J. Goff
4,609
2025
17
393
578
68.0
4,564
7.9
268.5
34
8
105.5
5.9
1.4
38
259
6Jared Goff
J. Goff
4,596
2023
17
407
605
67.3
4,575
7.6
269.1
30
12
97.9
5.0
2.0
30
197
7Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,544
2017
16
371
565
65.7
4,446
7.9
277.9
29
10
99.3
5.1
1.8
47
287
8Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,534
2016
16
388
594
65.3
4,327
7.3
270.4
24
10
93.3
4.0
1.7
37
216
9Jared Goff
J. Goff
4,516
2022
17
382
587
65.1
4,438
7.6
261.1
29
7
99.3
4.9
1.2
23
156
10Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
4,442
1995
16
346
583
59.3
4,338
7.4
271.1
32
12
92.3
5.5
2.1
31
145
11Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,415
2015
16
398
592
67.2
4,262
7.2
266.4
32
13
97.0
5.4
2.2
44
251
12Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
4,364
2006
16
372
596
62.4
4,208
7.1
263.0
21
22
79.9
3.5
3.7
63
388
13Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,350
2014
16
363
602
60.3
4,257
7.1
266.1
22
12
85.7
3.7
2.0
45
254
14Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,196
2020
16
339
528
64.2
4,084
7.7
255.3
26
10
96.3
4.9
1.9
38
254
15Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
4,140
2007
16
355
561
63.3
4,068
7.3
254.3
18
20
80.9
3.2
3.6
51
320
16Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
3,848
2018
16
367
555
66.1
3,777
6.8
236.1
21
11
89.9
3.8
2.0
40
255
17Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
3,567
1997
16
293
509
57.6
3,484
6.8
217.8
19
14
79.6
3.7
2.8
41
271
18Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
3,455
1980
16
244
417
58.5
3,223
7.7
201.4
13
11
82.4
3.1
2.6
44
338
19Jared Goff
J. Goff
3,332
2021
14
332
494
67.2
3,245
6.6
231.8
19
8
91.5
3.8
1.6
35
280
20Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
3,316
1984
15
252
410
61.5
3,076
7.5
205.1
17
15
83.1
4.1
3.7
41
335
21Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
3,222
2004
16
274
489
56.0
3,047
6.2
190.4
19
12
77.5
3.9
2.5
36
196
22Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
3,041
1985
16
223
406
54.9
2,952
7.3
184.5
17
18
73.6
4.2
4.4
49
343
23Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
3,000
1996
14
253
437
57.9
2,917
6.7
208.4
17
17
74.9
3.9
3.9
36
199
24Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
2,974
2003
16
309
554
55.8
2,880
5.2
180.0
17
22
63.9
3.1
4.0
9
55
25Shaun Hill
S. Hill
2,809
2010
11
257
416
61.8
2,686
6.5
244.2
16
12
81.3
3.8
2.9
17
113
StatMuse has season-level data for total yards going back to the 1932 season.

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4,564

Goff

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RUSH

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Gibbs

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28.3

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OPP PPG

24.3

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RUSH YDS/G

120.1

14th

PASS YDS/G

268.6

3rd

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1
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8
0
.529
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3
0
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Bills Bills - w
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5
0
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7
10
0
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
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13
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14
3
0
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11
6
0
.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
.529
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