qb most total yards 2016

Drew Brees accounted for the most yards by a quarterback in 2016, with 5,228 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards.

Interpreted as:
qb most passing total yards 2016
NAMETOTALYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,228
2016
16
471
673
70.0
5,208
7.7
325.5
37
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
2Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
5,061
2016
16
373
534
69.9
4,944
9.3
309.0
38
7
117.1
7.1
1.3
37
235
3Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
5,013
2016
16
406
606
67.0
4,917
8.1
307.3
25
12
97.2
4.1
2.0
23
190
4Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4,797
2016
16
401
610
65.7
4,428
7.3
276.8
40
7
104.2
6.6
1.1
35
246
5Andrew Luck
A. Luck
4,581
2016
15
346
545
63.5
4,240
7.8
282.7
31
13
96.4
5.7
2.4
41
268
6Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,534
2016
16
388
594
65.3
4,327
7.3
270.4
24
10
93.3
4.0
1.7
37
216
7Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
4,492
2016
16
353
546
64.7
4,219
7.7
263.7
21
11
92.6
3.8
2.0
41
293
8Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,421
2016
16
349
578
60.4
4,386
7.6
274.1
33
21
87.9
5.7
3.6
36
188
9Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
4,390
2016
16
364
563
64.7
4,206
7.5
262.9
18
8
91.8
3.2
1.4
41
264
10Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
4,375
2016
16
436
672
64.9
4,317
6.4
269.8
20
15
83.5
3.0
2.2
33
243
11Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
4,284
2016
16
368
625
58.9
3,905
6.2
244.1
23
16
78.8
3.7
2.6
34
197
12Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
4,271
2016
15
364
597
61.0
4,233
7.1
282.2
26
14
87.2
4.4
2.3
40
281
13Jameis Winston
J. Winston
4,255
2016
16
345
567
60.8
4,090
7.2
255.6
28
18
86.1
4.9
3.2
35
239
14Eli Manning
E. Manning
4,018
2016
16
377
598
63.0
4,027
6.7
251.7
26
16
86.0
4.3
2.7
21
142
15Derek Carr
D. Carr
4,007
2016
15
357
560
63.8
3,937
7.0
262.5
28
6
96.7
5.0
1.1
16
79
16Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
3,949
2016
16
311
459
67.8
3,667
8.0
229.2
23
4
104.9
5.0
0.9
25
143
17Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
3,939
2016
16
379
607
62.4
3,782
6.2
236.4
16
14
79.3
2.6
2.3
33
213
18Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
3,935
2016
15
395
552
71.6
3,877
7.0
258.5
20
5
99.3
3.6
0.9
37
276
19Cam Newton
C. Newton
3,868
2016
15
270
510
52.9
3,509
6.9
233.9
19
14
75.8
3.7
2.7
36
277
20Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
3,833
2016
14
328
509
64.4
3,819
7.5
272.8
29
13
95.4
5.7
2.6
17
141
21Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
3,775
2016
15
276
451
61.2
3,426
7.6
228.4
26
9
95.6
5.8
2.0
23
156
22Alex Smith
A. Smith
3,639
2016
15
328
489
67.1
3,502
7.2
233.5
15
8
91.2
3.1
1.6
28
140
23Tom Brady
T. Brady
3,618
2016
12
291
432
67.4
3,554
8.2
296.2
28
2
112.2
6.5
0.5
15
87
24Tyrod Taylor
T. Taylor
3,603
2016
15
269
436
61.7
3,023
6.9
201.5
17
6
89.7
3.9
1.4
42
192
25Trevor Siemian
T. Siemian
3,458
2016
14
289
486
59.5
3,401
7.0
242.9
18
10
84.6
3.7
2.1
31
187
StatMuse has season-level data for total yards going back to the 1932 season.

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