player with most pass yards per game from 1940 to 2011

Between the 1940 and 2011 seasons, Matthew Stafford had the most passing yards per game, with 270.3 per game.

NAMEYDS/GGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
270.3
29
679
1,136
59.8
7,840
6.9
60
37
84.7
5.3
3.3
64
462
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
264.6
154
3,613
5,479
65.9
40,742
7.4
281
146
94.0
5.1
2.7
208
1,508
3Peyton Manning
P. Manning
263.6
208
4,682
7,210
64.9
54,828
7.6
399
198
94.9
5.5
2.7
231
1,483
4Kurt 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
5Dan Marino
D. Marino
253.6
242
4,967
8,358
59.4
61,361
7.3
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
6Cam Newton
C. Newton
253.2
16
310
517
60.0
4,051
7.8
21
17
84.5
4.1
3.3
35
260
7Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
251.7
69
1,381
2,113
65.4
17,366
8.2
132
38
104.1
6.2
1.8
160
1,019
8Tom Brady
T. Brady
248.3
161
3,397
5,321
63.8
39,979
7.5
300
115
96.4
5.6
2.2
276
1,712
9Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
242.9
100
1,930
3,037
63.5
24,285
8.0
163
78
95.5
5.4
2.6
171
1,076
10Brett Favre
B. Favre
237.9
302
6,300
10,169
62.0
71,838
7.1
508
336
86.0
5.0
3.3
525
3,487
11Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
237.8
107
2,223
3,545
62.7
25,447
7.2
167
116
86.3
4.7
3.3
177
1,235
12Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
237.8
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
43,040
7.7
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
13Marc 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
14Trent Green
T. Green
237.3
120
2,266
3,740
60.6
28,475
7.6
162
114
86.0
4.3
3.0
259
1,621
15Warren Moon
W. Moon
237.1
208
3,988
6,823
58.4
49,325
7.2
291
233
80.9
4.3
3.4
458
3,415
16Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
234.4
78
1,541
2,521
61.1
18,283
7.3
117
86
84.5
4.6
3.4
161
1,022
17Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
233.1
114
2,090
3,313
63.1
26,579
8.0
165
100
92.1
5.0
3.0
314
2,090
18Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
230.0
105
2,016
3,199
63.0
24,153
7.6
149
106
87.8
4.7
3.3
298
1,696
19Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
230.0
194
3,839
6,717
57.2
44,611
6.6
251
206
77.1
3.7
3.1
467
3,135
20Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
229.6
62
1,232
2,022
60.9
14,238
7.0
95
46
88.4
4.7
2.3
85
527
21Eli Manning
E. Manning
227.9
121
2,291
3,921
58.4
27,579
7.0
185
129
82.1
4.7
3.3
194
1,376
22Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
223.2
167
3,170
5,374
59.0
37,276
6.9
234
117
85.6
4.4
2.2
410
2,626
23Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
221.7
160
2,874
4,779
60.1
35,467
7.4
237
175
84.4
5.0
3.7
323
2,427
24Jim Everett
J. Everett
220.5
158
2,841
4,923
57.7
34,837
7.1
203
175
78.6
4.1
3.6
257
1,885
25John Elway
J. Elway
220.0
234
4,123
7,250
56.9
51,475
7.1
300
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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