the highest qb yards in each year since 2015

Since 2015, Tom Brady has the most passing yards by a quarterback in a season, with 5,316 yards in 2021.

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the highest qb passing yards in each year since 2015

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Tom Brady T. Brady	5,316	2021	TB	17	485	719	67.5	7.4	312.7	43	12	102.1	6.0	1.7	22	144
2	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	5,250	2022	KC	17	435	648	67.1	8.1	308.8	41	12	105.2	6.3	1.9	26	188
3	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,208	2016	NO	16	471	673	70.0	7.7	325.5	37	15	101.7	5.5	2.2	27	184
4	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	5,129	2018	PIT	16	452	675	67.0	7.6	320.6	34	16	96.5	5.0	2.4	24	166
5	Jameis Winston J. Winston	5,109	2019	TB	16	380	626	60.7	8.2	319.3	33	30	84.3	5.3	4.8	47	282
6	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	5,097	2018	KC	16	383	580	66.0	8.8	318.6	50	12	113.8	8.6	2.1	26	171
7	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	5,014	2021	LAC	17	443	672	65.9	7.5	294.9	38	15	97.7	5.7	2.2	31	214
8	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	4,944	2016	ATL	16	373	534	69.9	9.3	309.0	38	7	117.1	7.1	1.3	37	235
9	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	4,924	2018	ATL	16	422	608	69.4	8.1	307.8	35	7	108.1	5.8	1.2	42	296
10	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	4,918	2024	CIN	17	460	652	70.6	7.5	289.3	43	9	108.5	6.6	1.4	48	278
11	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	4,917	2016	WAS	16	406	606	67.0	8.1	307.3	25	12	97.2	4.1	2.0	23	190
12	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	4,902	2019	DAL	16	388	596	65.1	8.2	306.4	30	11	99.7	5.0	1.8	23	151
13	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,886	2021	LAR	17	404	601	67.2	8.1	287.4	41	17	102.9	6.8	2.8	30	243
14	Drew Brees D. Brees	4,870	2015	NO	15	428	627	68.3	7.8	324.7	32	11	101.0	5.1	1.8	31	235
15	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	4,839	2021	KC	17	436	658	66.3	7.4	284.6	37	13	98.5	5.6	2.0	28	146
16	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	4,823	2020	HOU	16	382	544	70.2	8.9	301.4	33	7	112.4	6.1	1.3	49	293
17	Derek Carr D. Carr	4,804	2021	LV	17	428	626	68.4	7.7	282.6	23	14	94.0	3.7	2.2	40	241
18	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	4,792	2015	SD	16	437	661	66.1	7.2	299.5	29	13	93.8	4.4	2.0	40	264
19	Tom Brady T. Brady	4,770	2015	NE	16	402	624	64.4	7.6	298.1	36	7	102.2	5.8	1.1	38	225
20	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	4,740	2020	KC	15	390	588	66.3	8.1	316.0	38	6	108.2	6.5	1.0	22	147
21	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	4,739	2022	LAC	17	477	699	68.2	6.8	278.8	25	10	93.2	3.6	1.4	38	206
22	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,707	2025	LAR	17	388	597	65.0	7.9	276.9	46	8	109.2	7.7	1.3	23	150
23	Tom Brady T. Brady	4,694	2022	TB	17	490	733	66.8	6.4	276.1	25	9	90.7	3.4	1.2	22	160
24	Jared Goff J. Goff	4,688	2018	LAR	16	364	561	64.9	8.4	293.0	32	12	101.1	5.7	2.1	33	223
25	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	4,671	2015	ARI	16	342	537	63.7	8.7	291.9	35	11	104.6	6.5	2.0	25	151

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Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
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Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
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Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
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Buccaneers - e	8	9	0	.471
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Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
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