nfl qbs most passing yard before 2000 in a year

Before 2000, Dan Marino had the most passing yards by a quarterback in a season, with 5,084 yards in 1984.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
5,084
1984
MIA MIA
16
362
564
64.2
9.0
317.8
48
17
108.9
8.5
3.0
13
120
2Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
4,802
1981
SD SD
16
360
609
59.1
7.9
300.1
33
17
90.6
5.4
2.8
19
134
3Dan Marino
D. Marino
4,746
1986
MIA MIA
16
378
623
60.7
7.6
296.6
44
23
92.5
7.1
3.7
17
119
4Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
4,715
1980
SD SD
16
348
589
59.1
8.0
294.7
30
24
84.7
5.1
4.1
32
210
5Warren Moon
W. Moon
4,690
1991
HOU HOU
16
404
655
61.7
7.2
293.1
23
21
81.7
3.5
3.2
23
174
6Warren Moon
W. Moon
4,689
1990
HOU HOU
15
362
584
62.0
8.0
312.6
33
13
96.8
5.7
2.2
36
252
7Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
4,614
1984
STL STL
16
345
560
61.6
8.2
288.4
28
16
92.5
5.0
2.9
49
377
8Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
4,555
1994
NE NE
16
400
691
57.9
6.6
284.7
25
27
73.6
3.6
3.9
22
139
9Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
4,458
1983
GB GB
16
289
484
59.7
9.2
278.6
32
29
87.3
6.6
6.0
40
307
10Dan Marino
D. Marino
4,453
1994
MIA MIA
16
385
615
62.6
7.2
278.3
30
17
89.2
4.9
2.8
18
113
11Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
4,436
1999
CAR CAR
16
343
571
60.1
7.8
277.3
36
15
94.6
6.3
2.6
50
280
12Dan Marino
D. Marino
4,434
1988
MIA MIA
16
354
606
58.4
7.3
277.1
28
23
80.8
4.6
3.8
6
31
13Brett Favre
B. Favre
4,413
1995
GB GB
16
359
570
63.0
7.7
275.8
38
13
99.5
6.7
2.3
33
217
14Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
4,367
1996
JAX JAX
16
353
557
63.4
7.8
272.9
19
20
84.0
3.4
3.6
50
257
15Kurt Warner
K. Warner
4,353
1999
STL STL
16
325
499
65.1
8.7
272.1
41
13
109.2
8.2
2.6
29
201
16Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
4,348
1983
KC KC
16
346
603
57.4
7.2
271.8
24
18
80.8
4.0
3.0
41
284
17Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
4,338
1995
DET DET
16
346
583
59.3
7.4
271.1
32
12
92.3
5.5
2.1
31
145
18Don Majkowski
D. Majkowski
4,318
1989
GB GB
16
353
599
58.9
7.2
269.9
27
20
82.3
4.5
3.3
47
268
19Jim Everett
J. Everett
4,310
1989
RAM RAM
16
304
518
58.7
8.3
269.4
29
17
90.6
5.6
3.3
29
214
20Warren Moon
W. Moon
4,264
1994
MIN MIN
15
371
601
61.7
7.1
284.3
18
19
79.9
3.0
3.2
29
235
21Warren Moon
W. Moon
4,228
1995
MIN MIN
16
377
606
62.2
7.0
264.3
33
14
91.5
5.4
2.3
38
277
22Brett Favre
B. Favre
4,212
1998
GB GB
16
347
551
63.0
7.6
263.3
31
23
87.8
5.6
4.2
38
223
23Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
4,177
1996
BAL BAL
16
325
549
59.2
7.6
261.1
33
19
88.7
6.0
3.5
34
270
24Steve Young
S. Young
4,170
1998
SF SF
15
322
517
62.3
8.1
278.0
36
12
101.1
7.0
2.3
48
234
25Jeff George
J. George
4,143
1995
ATL ATL
16
336
557
60.3
7.4
258.9
24
11
89.5
4.3
2.0
43
270
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

More Dolphins Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

21.6

22nd

OPP PPG

22.8

15th

RUSH YDS/G

126.5

8th

PASS YDS/G

192.3

30th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
Jets Jets
3
10
0
.231
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/15
MIA MIA
@
PIT PIT
8:15 PM
Sun
12/21
CIN CIN
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
TB TB
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
MIA MIA
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Last Game
MIA Dolphins

6 - 7

34

Final

10

NYJ Jets

3 - 10

Sun 7 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
9
4
0
.692
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
11
2
0
.846
Chargers Chargers
9
4
0
.692
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
5
0
.615
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/6
ARI ARI
@
NO NO
20-13
Sat
9/6
TEN TEN
@
DEN DEN
12-20
Sat
9/6
SF SF
@
SEA SEA
17-13
Sat
9/6
HOU HOU
@
LAR LAR
9-14
Sat
9/6
DET DET
@
GB GB
13-27

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
ARI ARI
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
1:00 PM