passing yards per game leaders from 1998 to 2015

Between the 1998 and 2015 seasons, Drew Brees had the most passing yards per game, with 280.7 per game.

NAMEYDS/GGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
280.7
217
5,365
8,085
66.4
60,903
7.5
428
205
95.8
5.3
2.5
331
2,363
2Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
279.3
93
2,246
3,691
60.9
25,976
7.0
163
98
85.8
4.4
2.7
205
1,347
3Peyton Manning
P. Manning
270.5
266
6,125
9,380
65.3
71,940
7.7
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
4Andrew Luck
A. Luck
269.8
55
1,224
2,106
58.1
14,838
7.0
101
55
85.0
4.8
2.6
115
722
5Kurt Warner
K. Warner
260.8
124
2,666
4,070
65.5
32,344
7.9
208
128
93.7
5.1
3.1
260
1,669
6Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
260.0
126
2,915
4,530
64.3
32,757
7.2
202
107
90.9
4.5
2.4
218
1,446
7Kellen Moore
K. Moore
259.7
3
61
104
58.7
779
7.5
4
6
71.0
3.8
5.8
5
23
8Tom Brady
T. Brady
257.9
225
4,953
7,792
63.6
58,028
7.4
428
150
96.4
5.5
1.9
402
2,509
9Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
257.1
126
2,633
4,047
65.1
32,399
8.0
257
65
104.1
6.4
1.6
306
1,917
10Steve Young
S. Young
256.4
18
367
601
61.1
4,616
7.7
39
16
95.5
6.5
2.7
56
297
11Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
252.7
164
3,462
5,339
64.8
41,447
7.8
281
135
95.5
5.3
2.5
326
1,990
12Jameis Winston
J. Winston
252.6
16
312
535
58.3
4,042
7.6
22
15
84.2
4.1
2.8
27
190
13Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
251.4
171
3,476
5,423
64.1
42,995
7.9
272
147
94.0
5.0
2.7
439
2,867
14Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
250.2
160
3,413
5,443
62.7
40,036
7.4
259
166
88.1
4.8
3.0
278
1,933
15Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
244.5
30
635
1,081
58.7
7,336
6.8
46
35
80.0
4.3
3.2
106
665
16Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
241.6
64
1,392
2,248
61.9
15,460
6.9
87
54
85.2
3.9
2.4
184
1,390
17Brett Favre
B. Favre
240.2
205
4,329
6,964
62.2
49,247
7.1
326
241
84.5
4.7
3.5
331
2,247
18Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
239.9
30
619
950
65.2
7,196
7.6
47
30
91.3
4.9
3.2
42
315
19Trent Green
T. Green
239.3
119
2,266
3,739
60.6
28,475
7.6
162
114
86.1
4.3
3.0
259
1,621
20Eli Manning
E. Manning
238.8
185
3,695
6,227
59.3
44,187
7.1
294
199
83.5
4.7
3.2
307
2,137
21Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
237.6
96
1,969
3,171
62.1
22,814
7.2
122
93
84.4
3.8
2.9
254
1,863
22Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
234.8
12
230
370
62.2
2,818
7.6
19
10
91.5
5.1
2.7
38
258
23Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
234.8
63
1,378
2,292
60.1
14,790
6.5
78
52
81.0
3.4
2.3
148
1,022
24Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
234.4
134
2,701
4,354
62.0
31,408
7.2
204
141
86.0
4.7
3.2
285
1,777
25Cam Newton
C. Newton
234.1
78
1,440
2,418
59.6
18,263
7.6
117
64
88.3
4.8
2.6
185
1,424
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

2,384

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471

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18.0

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OPP PPG

22.5

16th

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94.3

28th

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236.9

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TEAMWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
Saints Saints
6
11
0
.353
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NO Saints

6 - 11

17

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19

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
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14
0
.176
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14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176