Drew Brees gained the most passing yards per game in 2016, with 325.5 per game.

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Data note: Passing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Brees D. Brees	325.5	2016	NO	16	471	673	70.0	5,208	7.7	37	15	101.7	5.5	2.2	27	184
2	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	309.0	2016	ATL	16	373	534	69.9	4,944	9.3	38	7	117.1	7.1	1.3	37	235
3	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	307.3	2016	WAS	16	406	606	67.0	4,917	8.1	25	12	97.2	4.1	2.0	23	190
4	Tom Brady T. Brady	296.2	2016	NE	12	291	432	67.4	3,554	8.2	28	2	112.2	6.5	0.5	15	87
5	Andrew Luck A. Luck	282.7	2016	IND	15	346	545	63.5	4,240	7.8	31	13	96.4	5.7	2.4	41	268
6	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	282.2	2016	ARI	15	364	597	61.0	4,233	7.1	26	14	87.2	4.4	2.3	40	281
7	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	276.8	2016	GB	16	401	610	65.7	4,428	7.3	40	7	104.2	6.6	1.1	35	246
8	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	274.1	2016	SD	16	349	578	60.4	4,386	7.6	33	21	87.9	5.7	3.6	36	188
9	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	272.8	2016	PIT	14	328	509	64.4	3,819	7.5	29	13	95.4	5.7	2.6	17	141
10	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	270.4	2016	DET	16	388	594	65.3	4,327	7.3	24	10	93.3	4.0	1.7	37	216
11	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	269.8	2016	BAL	16	436	672	64.9	4,317	6.4	20	15	83.5	3.0	2.2	33	243
12	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	263.7	2016	SEA	16	353	546	64.7	4,219	7.7	21	11	92.6	3.8	2.0	41	293
13	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	262.9	2016	CIN	16	364	563	64.7	4,206	7.5	18	8	91.8	3.2	1.4	41	264
14	Derek Carr D. Carr	262.5	2016	OAK	15	357	560	63.7	3,937	7.0	28	6	96.7	5.0	1.1	16	79
15	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	258.5	2016	MIN	15	395	552	71.6	3,877	7.0	20	5	99.3	3.6	0.9	37	276
16	Jameis Winston J. Winston	255.6	2016	TB	16	345	567	60.8	4,090	7.2	28	18	86.1	4.9	3.2	35	239
17	Eli Manning E. Manning	251.7	2016	NYG	16	377	598	63.0	4,027	6.7	26	16	86.0	4.3	2.7	21	142
18	Blake Bortles B. Bortles	244.1	2016	JAX	16	368	625	58.9	3,905	6.2	23	16	78.8	3.7	2.6	34	197
19	Trevor Siemian T. Siemian	242.9	2016	DEN	14	289	486	59.5	3,401	7.0	18	10	84.6	3.7	2.1	31	187
20	Brian Hoyer B. Hoyer	240.8	2016	CHI	6	134	200	67.0	1,445	7.2	6	0	98.0	3.0	0.0	4	18
21	Carson Wentz C. Wentz	236.4	2016	PHI	16	379	607	62.4	3,782	6.2	16	14	79.3	2.6	2.3	33	213
22	Cam Newton C. Newton	233.9	2016	CAR	15	270	510	52.9	3,509	6.9	19	14	75.8	3.7	2.7	36	277
23	Alex Smith A. Smith	233.5	2016	KC	15	328	489	67.1	3,502	7.2	15	8	91.2	3.1	1.6	28	140
24	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	230.4	2016	MIA	13	261	389	67.1	2,995	7.7	19	12	93.5	4.9	3.1	29	216
25	Matt Barkley M. Barkley	230.1	2016	CHI	7	129	216	59.7	1,611	7.5	8	14	68.3	3.7	6.5	6	43

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162

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734

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OPP PPG

27.0

27th

RUSH YDS/G

95.3

26th

PASS YDS/G

248.3

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Saints	3	5	.375
Panthers	3	5	.375
Falcons	3	6	.333
Buccaneers	3	6	.333

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/15	CAR	@	NO	1:00 PM
Sun 11/22	NO	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Sun 11/29	NO	@	CIN	1:00 PM
Sun 12/6	GB	@	NO	1:00 PM
Sun 12/13	NO	@	CAR	1:00 PM

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5 - 4

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3 - 5

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2,618

Love

2,386

Burrow

2,381

Prescott

Rush Yards Leaders

880

Robinson

872

Walker

847

Gibbs

Rec Yards Leaders

1,036

Smith-Njigba

904

Lamb

879

Watson

Pass TD Leaders

23

Burrow

20

Cousins

19

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Rush TD Leaders

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Swift

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Gibbs

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Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith-Njigba

7

Watson

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QB Rating Leaders

114.8

Burrow

111.7

Lawrence

109.8

Purdy

Sack Leaders

9.5

Anderson

8.0

Rousseau

8.0

Young

NFL 2026 Rankings

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32.0

30.0

29.4

28.6

27.8

27.3

Opp PPG Rankings

14.5

15.1

17.9

18.0

19.5

Total Yards Rankings

386.4

384.1

383.0

379.8

376.8

Rush Yards Rankings

163.9

146.6

142.0

137.8

137.2

Pass Yards Rankings

298.3

290.9

282.3

280.5

268.1

266.8

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

175.2

Gibbs

170.4

Walker

149

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

161.1

Smith-Njigba

131.8

Lamb

127.9

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

98

Bowers

89.8

McBride

82.8

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Fantasy K Rankings

106

Shrader

99

McLaughlin

93

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7-2

6-2

6-3

Worst Record ATS

0-7-1

1-8

2-7

3-6

3-5

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	5	2	1	.688
Cowboys	4	5	0	.444
Commanders	2	5	1	.313
Eagles	2	7	0	.222
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bears	7	2	0	.778
Lions	6	2	0	.750
Vikings	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	5	0	.375
Saints	3	5	0	.375
Buccaneers	3	6	0	.333
Falcons	3	6	0	.333
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	7	1	0	.875
Seahawks	5	4	0	.556
Rams	5	4	0	.556
Cardinals	3	6	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	7	1	0	.875
Patriots	5	4	0	.556
Jets	2	7	0	.222
Dolphins	1	7	0	.125
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	6	2	0	.750
Browns	5	4	0	.556
Ravens	4	5	0	.444
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	6	2	0	.750
Texans	3	5	0	.375
Colts	2	7	0	.222
Titans	1	7	0	.125
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos	7	2	0	.778
Chiefs	6	2	0	.750
Raiders	4	5	0	.444
Chargers	0	8	0	.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 11/12	WAS	@	NYG	8:15 PM
Sun 11/15	NE	@	DET	9:30 AM
Sun 11/15	KC	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	BUF	@	NYJ	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	MIA	@	IND	1:00 PM

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