nfl record for the least amount of passing yards by a single player in a single season

Merle Hapes has the fewest passing yards in a season, with -12 yards in his rookie season in 1942.

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Merle Hapes
M. Hapes
-12
1942
NYG NYG
11
2
2
100.0
-6.0
-1.1
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
2 Kyle Richardson
K. Richardson
-11
2001
BAL BAL
16
1
1
100.0
-11.0
-0.7
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
3 Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
-11
1964
SD SD
12
1
1
100.0
-11.0
-0.9
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
4 Chris Mohr
C. Mohr
-9
1991
BUF BUF
16
1
1
100.0
-9.0
-0.6
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
5 Shann Schillinger
S. Schillinger
-8
2013
TOT
6
1
1
100.0
-8.0
-1.3
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
6 Mark Royals
M. Royals
-8
1996
DET DET
16
1
1
100.0
-8.0
-0.5
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
7 Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
-7
2023
CIN CIN
16
1
1
100.0
-7.0
-0.4
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
8 Tony Zendejas
T. Zendejas
-7
1985
HOU HOU
14
1
1
100.0
-7.0
-0.5
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
9 Ricky Davis
R. Davis
-7
1976
TB TB
11
1
1
100.0
-7.0
-0.6
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
10 Lou Groza
L. Groza
-7
1966
CLE CLE
14
1
1
100.0
-7.0
-0.5
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
11 Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
-6
2010
BAL BAL
16
1
1
100.0
-6.0
-0.4
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
12 Bob Westfall
B. Westfall
-5
1946
DET DET
10
1
2
50.0
-2.5
-0.5
0
1
16.7
0.0
50.0
13 Jon Ryan
J. Ryan
-4
2017
SEA SEA
16
1
1
100.0
-4.0
-0.3
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
14 Thomas Jones
T. Jones
-4
2006
CHI CHI
16
1
1
100.0
-4.0
-0.3
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
1
1
15 Tim Rattay
T. Rattay
-4
2000
SF SF
1
1
1
100.0
-4.0
-4.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
16 Spike Jones
S. Jones
-4
1976
PHI PHI
14
1
1
100.0
-4.0
-0.3
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
17 Stumpy Thomason
S. Thomason
-4
1932
BKN
10
1
10
10.0
-0.4
-0.4
0
2
0.0
0.0
20.0
18 Sam Koch
S. Koch
-3
2015
BAL BAL
16
1
1
100.0
-3.0
-0.2
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
19 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
-3
1973
BUF BUF
14
1
2
50.0
-1.5
-0.2
0
0
56.3
0.0
0.0
0
0
20 Bill Hutchinson
B. Hutchinson
-3
1942
NYG NYG
2
1
4
25.0
-0.8
-1.5
0
2
0.0
0.0
50.0
21 Sam Koch
S. Koch
-2
2019
BAL BAL
16
1
1
100.0
-2.0
-0.1
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
22 Kevin Faulk
K. Faulk
-2
2008
NE NE
15
1
1
100.0
-2.0
-0.1
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
23 Todd Husak
T. Husak
-2
2000
WAS WAS
1
2
2
100.0
-1.0
-2.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
24 Rick Engles
R. Engles
-2
1978
PHI PHI
6
1
1
100.0
-2.0
-0.3
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
25 Larry Barnes
L. Barnes
-2
1957
SF SF
10
1
1
100.0
-2.0
-0.2
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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3
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5
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.706
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Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
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14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
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8
9
0
.471
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Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
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7
0
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Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
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9
0
.471
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Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
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7
0
.588
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9
0
.471
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Chiefs Chiefs
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2
0
.882
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11
6
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.647