nfl total yardage leader qb 2011

Drew Brees accounted for the most yards by a quarterback in 2011, with 5,562 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards.

Interpreted as:
NFL passing total yardage leader qb 2011
NAMETOTALYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,562
2011
16
468
657
71.2
5,476
8.3
342.3
46
14
110.6
7.0
2.1
24
158
2Tom Brady
T. Brady
5,344
2011
16
401
611
65.6
5,235
8.6
327.2
39
12
105.6
6.4
2.0
32
173
3Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
5,116
2011
16
421
663
63.5
5,038
7.6
314.9
41
16
97.2
6.2
2.4
36
257
4Eli Manning
E. Manning
4,948
2011
16
359
589
61.0
4,933
8.4
308.3
29
16
92.9
4.9
2.7
28
199
5Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4,900
2011
15
343
502
68.3
4,643
9.2
309.5
45
6
122.5
9.0
1.2
36
219
6Cam Newton
C. Newton
4,784
2011
16
310
517
60.0
4,051
7.8
253.2
21
17
84.5
4.1
3.3
35
260
7Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,660
2011
16
366
582
62.9
4,624
7.9
289.0
27
20
88.7
4.6
3.4
30
198
8Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,261
2011
16
347
566
61.3
4,177
7.4
261.1
29
12
92.2
5.1
2.1
26
173
9Tony Romo
T. Romo
4,230
2011
16
346
522
66.3
4,184
8.0
261.5
31
10
102.5
5.9
1.9
36
227
10Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
4,147
2011
15
324
513
63.2
4,077
7.9
271.8
21
14
90.1
4.1
2.7
40
269
11Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
4,047
2011
16
353
569
62.0
3,832
6.7
239.5
24
23
79.1
4.2
4.0
22
148
12Michael Vick
M. Vick
3,892
2011
13
253
423
59.8
3,303
7.8
254.1
18
14
84.9
4.3
3.3
23
126
13Josh Freeman
J. Freeman
3,826
2011
15
346
551
62.8
3,592
6.5
239.5
16
22
74.6
2.9
4.0
29
164
14Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
3,690
2011
16
312
542
57.6
3,610
6.7
225.6
20
12
80.9
3.7
2.2
31
203
15Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
3,623
2011
16
319
518
61.6
3,571
6.9
223.2
18
14
82.4
3.5
2.7
19
153
16Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
3,577
2011
16
308
543
56.7
3,474
6.4
217.1
26
18
78.2
4.8
3.3
39
243
17Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
3,550
2011
16
300
516
58.1
3,398
6.6
212.4
20
13
80.4
3.9
2.5
24
160
18Alex Smith
A. Smith
3,323
2011
16
273
445
61.3
3,144
7.1
196.5
17
5
90.7
3.8
1.1
44
263
19Tarvaris Jackson
T. Jackson
3,199
2011
15
271
450
60.2
3,091
6.9
206.1
14
13
79.2
3.1
2.9
42
293
20Rex Grossman
R. Grossman
3,162
2011
13
265
458
57.9
3,151
6.9
242.4
16
20
72.4
3.5
4.4
25
201
21Colt McCoy
C. McCoy
2,940
2011
13
265
463
57.2
2,733
5.9
210.2
14
11
74.6
3.0
2.4
32
173
22Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
2,773
2011
10
199
328
60.7
2,753
8.4
275.3
13
16
80.5
4.0
4.9
17
119
23Matt Moore
M. Moore
2,562
2011
13
210
347
60.5
2,497
7.2
192.1
16
9
87.1
4.6
2.6
36
229
24Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
2,488
2011
10
178
292
61.0
2,479
8.5
247.9
15
6
96.8
5.1
2.1
16
98
25Tim Tebow
T. Tebow
2,389
2011
14
126
271
46.5
1,729
6.4
123.5
12
6
72.9
4.4
2.2
33
225
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