qb yards per game leaders since 2012

Since 2012, Drew Brees has averaged the most passing yards per game by a quarterback, with 297.9 per game.

Interpreted as:
qb passing yards per game leaders since 2012
NAMEYDS/GGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
297.9
133
3,529
5,072
69.6
39,616
7.8
290
97
103.7
5.7
1.9
212
1,483
2Peyton Manning
P. Manning
295.0
58
1,443
2,170
66.5
17,112
7.9
140
53
101.7
6.5
2.4
72
470
3Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
285.2
126
3,093
4,673
66.2
35,939
7.7
267
85
100.8
5.7
1.8
218
1,412
4Tom Brady
T. Brady
283.0
174
4,356
6,729
64.7
49,235
7.3
349
97
97.8
5.2
1.4
289
1,864
5Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
282.3
172
4,319
6,442
67.0
48,554
7.5
286
137
95.3
4.4
2.1
403
2,740
6Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
277.8
135
3,350
5,130
65.3
37,509
7.3
253
111
94.4
4.9
2.2
240
1,580
7Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
277.3
75
1,718
2,762
62.2
20,800
7.5
127
71
89.9
4.6
2.6
163
1,129
8Andrew Luck
A. Luck
275.2
86
2,000
3,290
60.8
23,671
7.2
171
83
89.5
5.2
2.5
174
1,124
9Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
270.3
77
1,921
2,806
68.5
20,810
7.4
157
51
101.1
5.6
1.8
213
1,431
10Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
270.1
147
3,405
5,189
65.6
39,699
7.7
262
134
94.7
5.0
2.6
299
1,803
11Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
269.9
210
4,883
7,627
64.0
56,676
7.4
363
159
93.6
4.8
2.1
461
3,053
12Jared Goff
J. Goff
262.4
151
3,440
5,224
65.8
39,622
7.6
256
102
96.8
4.9
2.0
286
2,074
13Tony Romo
T. Romo
261.7
51
1,157
1,743
66.4
13,349
7.7
99
45
97.5
5.7
2.6
106
785
14Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
261.3
95
2,285
3,438
66.5
24,820
7.2
163
58
96.3
4.7
1.7
225
1,416
15Kellen Moore
K. Moore
259.7
3
61
104
58.7
779
7.5
4
6
71.0
3.8
5.8
5
23
16Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
258.9
139
3,184
4,759
66.9
35,989
7.6
243
92
98.3
5.1
1.9
287
1,737
17Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
256.9
174
3,934
5,899
66.7
44,700
7.6
298
131
96.8
5.1
2.2
345
2,487
18Eli Manning
E. Manning
256.0
115
2,604
4,198
62.0
29,444
7.0
181
115
86.0
4.3
2.7
217
1,494
19Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
250.8
195
4,315
6,630
65.1
48,908
7.4
395
85
101.6
6.0
1.3
440
3,069
20Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
245.3
73
1,527
2,305
66.2
17,904
7.8
123
48
98.8
5.3
2.1
244
1,432
21Derek Carr
D. Carr
244.1
169
3,765
5,785
65.1
41,245
7.1
257
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
22Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
241.6
57
1,310
2,020
64.9
13,773
6.8
79
40
89.3
3.9
2.0
126
879
23Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
238.5
49
919
1,353
67.9
11,685
8.6
84
37
104.0
6.2
2.7
81
446
24Charlie Batch
C. Batch
237.5
2
45
70
64.3
475
6.8
1
4
64.9
1.4
5.7
3
12
25Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
237.0
145
3,227
5,209
62.0
34,360
6.6
192
126
83.4
3.7
2.4
283
2,009
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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22.5

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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
Saints Saints
6
11
0
.353
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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
AFC WestWLTPCT
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