nfl passing yards per game leaders in history minimum 160 games

Drew Brees gained the most passing yards per game when playing 160+ games, with 280.0 per game.

NAMEYDS/GGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
280.0
287
7,142
10,551
67.7
80,358
7.6
571
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
2Peyton Manning
P. Manning
270.5
266
6,125
9,380
65.3
71,940
7.7
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
3Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
269.9
239
5,562
8,763
63.5
64,516
7.4
423
196
92.4
4.8
2.2
525
3,515
4Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
268.3
234
5,551
8,464
65.6
62,792
7.4
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
5Tom Brady
T. Brady
266.3
335
7,753
12,050
64.3
89,214
7.4
649
212
97.2
5.4
1.8
565
3,576
6Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
259.0
247
5,335
8,226
64.9
63,984
7.8
425
212
95.0
5.2
2.6
470
2,879
7Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
257.4
249
5,440
8,443
64.4
64,088
7.6
418
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
8Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
256.9
174
3,934
5,899
66.7
44,700
7.6
298
131
96.8
5.1
2.2
345
2,487
9Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
254.1
182
3,941
6,307
62.5
46,247
7.3
294
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
10Dan Marino
D. Marino
253.6
242
4,967
8,358
59.4
61,361
7.3
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
11Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
251.0
264
5,696
8,743
65.1
66,274
7.6
527
123
102.2
6.0
1.4
600
4,088
12Derek Carr
D. Carr
244.1
169
3,765
5,785
65.1
41,245
7.1
257
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
13Eli Manning
E. Manning
241.6
236
4,895
8,119
60.3
57,023
7.0
366
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
14Brett Favre
B. Favre
237.9
302
6,300
10,169
62.0
71,838
7.1
508
336
86.0
5.0
3.3
525
3,487
15Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
237.8
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
43,040
7.7
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
16Warren Moon
W. Moon
237.1
208
3,988
6,823
58.4
49,325
7.2
291
233
80.9
4.3
3.4
458
3,415
17Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
230.5
209
4,417
7,167
61.6
48,176
6.7
272
172
84.1
3.8
2.4
422
3,000
18Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
230.0
194
3,839
6,717
57.2
44,611
6.6
251
206
77.1
3.7
3.1
467
3,135
19Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
229.1
205
3,951
6,120
64.6
46,966
7.7
353
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
20Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
223.2
167
3,170
5,374
59.0
37,276
6.9
234
117
85.6
4.4
2.2
410
2,626
21Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
222.3
179
3,539
5,651
62.6
39,793
7.0
254
151
87.5
4.5
2.7
363
2,372
22Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
221.7
160
2,874
4,779
60.1
35,467
7.4
237
175
84.4
5.0
3.7
323
2,427
23John Elway
J. Elway
220.0
234
4,123
7,250
56.9
51,475
7.1
300
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
24Joe Montana
J. Montana
211.2
192
3,409
5,391
63.2
40,551
7.5
273
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
25Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
210.8
166
3,072
5,060
60.7
34,990
6.9
223
169
82.3
4.4
3.3
300
1,576
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

2025 Division Standings
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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NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

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

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/4
@
22-21
Sat
10/4
@
38-35
Sat
10/4
@
37-24
Sat
10/4
@
27-10
Sat
10/4
@
23-20

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/10
@
4:30 PM
Sat
1/10
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
4:30 PM
Sun
1/11
@
8:00 PM