qb passing yards leaders 2012

Drew Brees had the most passing yards by a quarterback in 2012, with 5,177 yards.

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NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,177
2012
16
422
670
63.0
7.7
323.6
43
19
96.3
6.4
2.8
26
190
2Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,967
2012
16
435
727
59.8
6.8
310.4
20
17
79.8
2.8
2.3
29
212
3Tony Romo
T. Romo
4,903
2012
16
425
648
65.6
7.6
306.4
28
19
90.5
4.3
2.9
36
263
4Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,827
2012
16
401
637
63.0
7.6
301.7
34
8
98.7
5.3
1.3
27
182
5Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,719
2012
16
422
615
68.6
7.7
294.9
32
14
99.1
5.2
2.3
28
210
6Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,659
2012
16
400
583
68.6
8.0
291.2
37
11
105.8
6.3
1.9
21
137
7Andrew Luck
A. Luck
4,374
2012
16
339
627
54.1
7.0
273.4
23
18
76.5
3.7
2.9
41
246
8Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4,295
2012
16
371
552
67.2
7.8
268.4
39
8
108.0
7.1
1.4
51
293
9Josh Freeman
J. Freeman
4,065
2012
16
306
558
54.8
7.3
254.1
27
17
81.6
4.8
3.0
26
161
10Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
4,018
2012
15
345
565
61.1
7.1
267.9
22
14
85.3
3.9
2.5
26
199
11Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
4,008
2012
16
350
544
64.3
7.4
250.5
22
12
90.7
4.0
2.2
27
216
12Eli Manning
E. Manning
3,948
2012
16
321
536
59.9
7.4
246.8
26
15
87.2
4.9
2.8
19
136
13Cam Newton
C. Newton
3,869
2012
16
280
485
57.7
8.0
241.8
19
12
86.2
3.9
2.5
36
244
14Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
3,817
2012
16
317
531
59.7
7.2
238.6
22
10
87.7
4.1
1.9
35
227
15Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
3,702
2012
16
328
551
59.5
6.7
231.4
21
13
82.6
3.8
2.4
35
233
16Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
3,669
2012
16
329
528
62.3
6.9
229.3
27
16
87.4
5.1
3.0
46
229
17Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
3,606
2012
16
338
527
64.1
6.8
225.4
26
15
88.6
4.9
2.8
49
311
18Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
3,400
2012
16
306
505
60.6
6.7
212.5
24
16
83.3
4.8
3.2
30
161
19Brandon Weeden
B. Weeden
3,385
2012
15
297
517
57.4
6.5
225.7
14
17
72.6
2.7
3.3
28
186
20Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
3,294
2012
16
282
484
58.3
6.8
205.9
12
13
76.1
2.5
2.7
35
234
21Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
3,265
2012
13
284
449
63.3
7.3
251.2
26
8
97.0
5.8
1.8
30
182
22Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
3,200
2012
15
258
393
65.6
8.1
213.3
20
5
102.4
5.1
1.3
30
217
23Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
3,118
2012
16
252
393
64.1
7.9
194.9
26
10
100.0
6.6
2.5
33
203
24Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
3,033
2012
15
255
434
58.8
7.0
202.2
19
14
81.3
4.4
3.2
38
250
25Christian Ponder
C. Ponder
2,935
2012
16
300
483
62.1
6.1
183.4
18
12
81.2
3.7
2.5
32
184

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