pass yards leaders 2016 postseason and regular season

Matt Ryan had the most passing yards in the regular season and playoffs in 2016, with 5,958 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	5,958	2016	ATL	19	443	632	70.1	9.4	313.6	47	7	119.9	7.4	1.1	45	294
2	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	5,432	2016	GB	19	481	738	65.2	7.4	285.9	49	9	104.1	6.6	1.2	45	325
3	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,208	2016	NO	16	471	673	70.0	7.7	325.5	37	15	101.7	5.5	2.2	27	184
4	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	4,917	2016	WAS	16	406	606	67.0	8.1	307.3	25	12	97.2	4.1	2.0	23	190
5	Tom Brady T. Brady	4,691	2016	NE	15	384	574	66.9	8.2	312.7	35	5	108.6	6.1	0.9	24	129
6	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	4,668	2016	SEA	18	393	606	64.9	7.7	259.3	25	13	93.0	4.1	2.1	47	324
7	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	4,554	2016	PIT	17	392	605	64.8	7.5	267.9	32	17	93.4	5.3	2.8	19	156
8	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,532	2016	DET	17	406	626	64.9	7.2	266.6	24	10	92.4	3.8	1.6	40	239
9	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	4,386	2016	SD	16	349	578	60.4	7.6	274.1	33	21	87.9	5.7	3.6	36	188
10	Eli Manning E. Manning	4,326	2016	NYG	17	400	642	62.3	6.7	254.5	27	17	85.1	4.2	2.6	23	146
11	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	4,317	2016	BAL	16	436	672	64.9	6.4	269.8	20	15	83.5	3.0	2.2	33	243
12	Andrew Luck A. Luck	4,240	2016	IND	15	346	545	63.5	7.8	282.7	31	13	96.4	5.7	2.4	41	268
13	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	4,233	2016	ARI	15	364	597	61.0	7.1	282.2	26	14	87.2	4.4	2.3	40	281
14	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	4,206	2016	CIN	16	364	563	64.7	7.5	262.9	18	8	91.8	3.2	1.4	41	264
15	Jameis Winston J. Winston	4,090	2016	TB	16	345	567	60.8	7.2	255.6	28	18	86.1	4.9	3.2	35	239
16	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	3,969	2016	DAL	17	335	497	67.4	8.0	233.5	26	5	104.8	5.2	1.0	27	154
17	Derek Carr D. Carr	3,937	2016	OAK	15	357	560	63.7	7.0	262.5	28	6	96.7	5.0	1.1	16	79
18	Blake Bortles B. Bortles	3,905	2016	JAX	16	368	625	58.9	6.2	244.1	23	16	78.8	3.7	2.6	34	197
19	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	3,877	2016	MIN	15	395	552	71.6	7.0	258.5	20	5	99.3	3.6	0.9	37	276
20	Carson Wentz C. Wentz	3,782	2016	PHI	16	379	607	62.4	6.2	236.4	16	14	79.3	2.6	2.3	33	213
21	Alex Smith A. Smith	3,674	2016	KC	16	348	523	66.5	7.0	229.6	16	9	89.8	3.1	1.7	29	146
22	Cam Newton C. Newton	3,509	2016	CAR	15	270	510	52.9	6.9	233.9	19	14	75.8	3.7	2.7	36	277
23	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	3,426	2016	TEN	15	276	451	61.2	7.6	228.4	26	9	95.6	5.8	2.0	23	156
24	Trevor Siemian T. Siemian	3,401	2016	DEN	14	289	486	59.5	7.0	242.9	18	10	84.6	3.7	2.1	31	187
25	Brock Osweiler B. Osweiler	3,322	2016	HOU	17	338	575	58.8	5.8	195.4	17	19	71.2	3.0	3.3	30	223

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