most yards thrown in single season before 2017

Before 2017, Peyton Manning had the most passing yards in a season, with 5,477 yards in 2013.

Interpreted as:
most yards thrown by a player in single season before 2017
NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
5,477
2013
16
450
659
68.3
8.3
342.3
55
10
115.1
8.3
1.5
18
120
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,476
2011
16
468
657
71.2
8.3
342.3
46
14
110.6
7.0
2.1
24
158
3Tom Brady
T. Brady
5,235
2011
16
401
611
65.6
8.6
327.2
39
12
105.6
6.4
2.0
32
173
4Drew 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
5Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,177
2012
16
422
670
63.0
7.7
323.6
43
19
96.3
6.4
2.8
26
190
6Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,162
2013
16
446
650
68.6
7.9
322.6
39
12
104.7
6.0
1.8
37
244
7Dan Marino
D. Marino
5,084
1984
16
362
564
64.2
9.0
317.8
48
17
108.9
8.5
3.0
13
120
8Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,069
2008
16
413
635
65.0
8.0
316.8
34
17
96.2
5.4
2.7
13
92
9Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
5,038
2011
16
421
663
63.5
7.6
314.9
41
16
97.2
6.2
2.4
36
257
10Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,967
2012
16
435
727
59.8
6.8
310.4
20
17
79.8
2.8
2.3
29
212
11Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,952
2014
16
456
659
69.2
7.5
309.5
33
17
97.0
5.0
2.6
29
186
12Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
4,952
2014
16
408
608
67.1
8.1
309.5
32
9
103.3
5.3
1.5
33
172
13Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,944
2016
16
373
534
69.9
9.3
309.0
38
7
117.1
7.1
1.3
37
235
14Eli Manning
E. Manning
4,933
2011
16
359
589
61.0
8.4
308.3
29
16
92.9
4.9
2.7
28
199
15Kirk 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
16Tony Romo
T. Romo
4,903
2012
16
425
648
65.6
7.6
306.4
28
19
90.5
4.3
2.9
36
263
17Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,870
2015
15
428
627
68.3
7.8
324.7
32
11
101.0
5.1
1.8
31
235
18Kurt Warner
K. Warner
4,830
2001
16
375
546
68.7
8.8
301.9
36
22
101.4
6.6
4.0
38
233
19Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,827
2012
16
401
637
63.0
7.6
301.7
34
8
98.7
5.3
1.3
27
182
20Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,806
2007
16
398
578
68.9
8.3
300.4
50
8
117.2
8.7
1.4
21
128
21Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
4,802
1981
16
360
609
59.1
7.9
300.1
33
17
90.6
5.4
2.8
19
134
22Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,792
2015
16
437
661
66.1
7.2
299.5
29
13
93.8
4.4
2.0
40
264
23Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,770
2015
16
402
624
64.4
7.6
298.1
36
7
102.2
5.8
1.1
38
225
24Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
4,770
2009
16
396
583
67.9
8.2
298.1
29
15
98.6
5.0
2.6
25
149
25Andrew Luck
A. Luck
4,761
2014
16
380
616
61.7
7.7
297.6
40
16
96.5
6.5
2.6
27
161
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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