passing yard leader 2016

Drew Brees had the most passing yards in 2016, with 5,208 yards.

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,208
2016
NO NO
16
471
673
70.0
7.7
325.5
37
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
2 Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,944
2016
ATL ATL
16
373
534
69.9
9.3
309.0
38
7
117.1
7.1
1.3
37
235
3 Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
4,917
2016
WAS WAS
16
406
606
67.0
8.1
307.3
25
12
97.2
4.1
2.0
23
190
4 Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4,428
2016
GB GB
16
401
610
65.7
7.3
276.8
40
7
104.2
6.6
1.1
35
246
5 Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,386
2016
SD SD
16
349
578
60.4
7.6
274.1
33
21
87.9
5.7
3.6
36
188
6 Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,327
2016
DET DET
16
388
594
65.3
7.3
270.4
24
10
93.3
4.0
1.7
37
216
7 Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
4,317
2016
BAL BAL
16
436
672
64.9
6.4
269.8
20
15
83.5
3.0
2.2
33
243
8 Andrew Luck
A. Luck
4,240
2016
IND IND
15
346
545
63.5
7.8
282.7
31
13
96.4
5.7
2.4
41
268
9 Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
4,233
2016
ARI ARI
15
364
597
61.0
7.1
282.2
26
14
87.2
4.4
2.3
40
281
10 Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
4,219
2016
SEA SEA
16
353
546
64.7
7.7
263.7
21
11
92.6
3.8
2.0
41
293
11 Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
4,206
2016
CIN CIN
16
364
563
64.7
7.5
262.9
18
8
91.8
3.2
1.4
41
264
12 Jameis Winston
J. Winston
4,090
2016
TB TB
16
345
567
60.8
7.2
255.6
28
18
86.1
4.9
3.2
35
239
13 Eli Manning
E. Manning
4,027
2016
NYG NYG
16
377
598
63.0
6.7
251.7
26
16
86.0
4.3
2.7
21
142
14 Derek Carr
D. Carr
3,937
2016
OAK OAK
15
357
560
63.8
7.0
262.5
28
6
96.7
5.0
1.1
16
79
15 Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
3,905
2016
JAX JAX
16
368
625
58.9
6.2
244.1
23
16
78.8
3.7
2.6
34
197
16 Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
3,877
2016
MIN MIN
15
395
552
71.6
7.0
258.5
20
5
99.3
3.6
0.9
37
276
17 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
3,819
2016
PIT PIT
14
328
509
64.4
7.5
272.8
29
13
95.4
5.7
2.6
17
141
18 Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
3,782
2016
PHI PHI
16
379
607
62.4
6.2
236.4
16
14
79.3
2.6
2.3
33
213
19 Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
3,667
2016
DAL DAL
16
311
459
67.8
8.0
229.2
23
4
104.9
5.0
0.9
25
143
20 Tom Brady
T. Brady
3,554
2016
NE NE
12
291
432
67.4
8.2
296.2
28
2
112.2
6.5
0.5
15
87
21 Cam Newton
C. Newton
3,509
2016
CAR CAR
15
270
510
52.9
6.9
233.9
19
14
75.8
3.7
2.7
36
277
22 Alex Smith
A. Smith
3,502
2016
KC KC
15
328
489
67.1
7.2
233.5
15
8
91.2
3.1
1.6
28
140
23 Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
3,426
2016
TEN 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 DEN
14
289
486
59.5
7.0
242.9
18
10
84.6
3.7
2.1
31
187
25 Tyrod Taylor
T. Taylor
3,023
2016
BUF BUF
15
269
436
61.7
6.9
201.5
17
6
89.7
3.9
1.4
42
192
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1
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.750
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2
2
0
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3
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4
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10/12
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10/19
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10/26
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NFC East W L T PCT
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4
0
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1.000
Commanders Commanders
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2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
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1
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.750
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1
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1
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.750
Falcons Falcons
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2
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49ers 49ers
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1
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1
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Bills Bills
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0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
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1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
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2
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.500

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
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Thu
9/4
KC KC
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LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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NYJ NYJ
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10/5
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Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
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PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM