nfl passing yards per game leader 2016

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

NAMEYDS/GSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
325.5
2016
16
471
673
70.0
5,208
7.7
37
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
2Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
309.0
2016
16
373
534
69.9
4,944
9.3
38
7
117.1
7.1
1.3
37
235
3Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
307.3
2016
16
406
606
67.0
4,917
8.1
25
12
97.2
4.1
2.0
23
190
4Tom Brady
T. Brady
296.2
2016
12
291
432
67.4
3,554
8.2
28
2
112.2
6.5
0.5
15
87
5Andrew Luck
A. Luck
282.7
2016
15
346
545
63.5
4,240
7.8
31
13
96.4
5.7
2.4
41
268
6Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
282.2
2016
15
364
597
61.0
4,233
7.1
26
14
87.2
4.4
2.3
40
281
7Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
276.8
2016
16
401
610
65.7
4,428
7.3
40
7
104.2
6.6
1.1
35
246
8Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
274.1
2016
16
349
578
60.4
4,386
7.6
33
21
87.9
5.7
3.6
36
188
9Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
272.8
2016
14
328
509
64.4
3,819
7.5
29
13
95.4
5.7
2.6
17
141
10Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
270.4
2016
16
388
594
65.3
4,327
7.3
24
10
93.3
4.0
1.7
37
216
11Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
269.8
2016
16
436
672
64.9
4,317
6.4
20
15
83.5
3.0
2.2
33
243
12Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
263.7
2016
16
353
546
64.7
4,219
7.7
21
11
92.6
3.8
2.0
41
293
13Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
262.9
2016
16
364
563
64.7
4,206
7.5
18
8
91.8
3.2
1.4
41
264
14Derek Carr
D. Carr
262.5
2016
15
357
560
63.8
3,937
7.0
28
6
96.7
5.0
1.1
16
79
15Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
258.5
2016
15
395
552
71.6
3,877
7.0
20
5
99.3
3.6
0.9
37
276
16Jameis Winston
J. Winston
255.6
2016
16
345
567
60.8
4,090
7.2
28
18
86.1
4.9
3.2
35
239
17Eli Manning
E. Manning
251.7
2016
16
377
598
63.0
4,027
6.7
26
16
86.0
4.3
2.7
21
142
18Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
244.1
2016
16
368
625
58.9
3,905
6.2
23
16
78.8
3.7
2.6
34
197
19Trevor Siemian
T. Siemian
242.9
2016
14
289
486
59.5
3,401
7.0
18
10
84.6
3.7
2.1
31
187
20Brian Hoyer
B. Hoyer
240.8
2016
6
134
200
67.0
1,445
7.2
6
0
98.0
3.0
0.0
4
18
21Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
236.4
2016
16
379
607
62.4
3,782
6.2
16
14
79.3
2.6
2.3
33
213
22Cam Newton
C. Newton
233.9
2016
15
270
510
52.9
3,509
6.9
19
14
75.8
3.7
2.7
36
277
23Alex Smith
A. Smith
233.5
2016
15
328
489
67.1
3,502
7.2
15
8
91.2
3.1
1.6
28
140
24Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
230.4
2016
13
261
389
67.1
2,995
7.7
19
12
93.5
4.9
3.1
29
216
25Matt Barkley
M. Barkley
230.1
2016
7
129
216
59.7
1,611
7.5
8
14
68.3
3.7
6.5
6
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StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

More Saints Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,384

Shough

Tyler Shough

RUSH

471

Kamara

Alvin Kamara

REC

1,163

Olave

Chris Olave
Team Rankings

PPG

18.0

28th

OPP PPG

22.5

16th

RUSH YDS/G

94.3

28th

PASS YDS/G

236.9

10th

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TEAMWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
Saints Saints
6
11
0
.353
Last Game
NO Saints

6 - 11

17

Final

19

ATL Falcons

8 - 9

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
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
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
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