nfl qb total yard leaders 2012

Drew Brees accounted for the most yards by a quarterback in 2012, with 5,182 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards.

Interpreted as:
NFL qb passing total yard leaders 2012
NAMETOTALYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,182
2012
16
422
670
63.0
5,177
7.7
323.6
43
19
96.3
6.4
2.8
26
190
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
3Tony Romo
T. Romo
4,951
2012
16
425
648
65.6
4,903
7.6
306.4
28
19
90.5
4.3
2.9
36
263
4Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,860
2012
16
422
615
68.6
4,719
7.7
294.9
32
14
99.1
5.2
2.3
28
210
5Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,859
2012
16
401
637
63.0
4,827
7.6
301.7
34
8
98.7
5.3
1.3
27
182
6Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,665
2012
16
400
583
68.6
4,659
8.0
291.2
37
11
105.8
6.3
1.9
21
137
7Andrew Luck
A. Luck
4,629
2012
16
339
627
54.1
4,374
7.0
273.4
23
18
76.5
3.7
2.9
41
246
8Cam Newton
C. Newton
4,616
2012
16
280
485
57.7
3,869
8.0
241.8
19
12
86.2
3.9
2.5
36
244
9Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4,553
2012
16
371
552
67.2
4,295
7.8
268.4
39
8
108.0
7.1
1.4
51
293
10Josh Freeman
J. Freeman
4,204
2012
16
306
558
54.8
4,065
7.3
254.1
27
17
81.6
4.8
3.0
26
161
11Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
4,054
2012
15
345
565
61.1
4,018
7.1
267.9
22
14
85.3
3.9
2.5
26
199
12Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
4,015
2012
15
258
393
65.6
3,200
8.1
213.3
20
5
102.4
5.1
1.3
30
217
13Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
3,993
2012
16
350
544
64.3
4,008
7.4
250.5
22
12
90.7
4.0
2.2
27
216
14Eli Manning
E. Manning
3,978
2012
16
321
536
59.9
3,948
7.4
246.8
26
15
87.2
4.9
2.8
19
136
15Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
3,839
2012
16
317
531
59.7
3,817
7.2
238.6
22
10
87.7
4.1
1.9
35
227
16Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
3,826
2012
16
328
551
59.5
3,702
6.7
231.4
21
13
82.6
3.8
2.4
35
233
17Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
3,789
2012
16
329
528
62.3
3,669
6.9
229.3
27
16
87.4
5.1
3.0
46
229
18Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
3,646
2012
16
338
527
64.1
3,606
6.8
225.4
26
15
88.6
4.9
2.8
49
311
19Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
3,607
2012
16
252
393
64.1
3,118
7.9
194.9
26
10
100.0
6.6
2.5
33
203
20Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
3,597
2012
16
306
505
60.6
3,400
6.7
212.5
24
16
83.3
4.8
3.2
30
161
21Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
3,505
2012
16
282
484
58.3
3,294
6.8
205.9
12
13
76.1
2.5
2.7
35
234
22Brandon Weeden
B. Weeden
3,487
2012
15
297
517
57.4
3,385
6.5
225.7
14
17
72.6
2.7
3.3
28
186
23Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
3,357
2012
13
284
449
63.3
3,265
7.3
251.2
26
8
97.0
5.8
1.8
30
182
24Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
3,266
2012
15
255
434
58.8
3,033
7.0
202.2
19
14
81.3
4.4
3.2
38
250
25Christian Ponder
C. Ponder
3,173
2012
16
300
483
62.1
2,935
6.1
183.4
18
12
81.2
3.7
2.5
32
184
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