what players have passed for 5000 yards in one season in the nfl

Dan Marino made 564 passing attempts when passing for 5,000+ yards in 1984.

Interpreted as:
What players have passed for 5000 or more passing yards in one season in the NFL?
NAMEATTYDSSEASONTMGPCMPPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
564
5,084
1984
MIA MIA
16
362
64.2
9.0
317.8
48
17
108.9
8.5
3.0
13
120
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
635
5,069
2008
NO NO
16
413
65.0
8.0
316.8
34
17
96.2
5.4
2.7
13
92
3Tom Brady
T. Brady
611
5,235
2011
NE NE
16
401
65.6
8.6
327.2
39
12
105.6
6.4
2.0
32
173
4Drew Brees
D. Brees
657
5,476
2011
NO NO
16
468
71.2
8.3
342.3
46
14
110.6
7.0
2.1
24
158
5Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
663
5,038
2011
DET DET
16
421
63.5
7.6
314.9
41
16
97.2
6.2
2.4
36
257
6Drew Brees
D. Brees
670
5,177
2012
NO NO
16
422
63.0
7.7
323.6
43
19
96.3
6.4
2.8
26
190
7Drew Brees
D. Brees
650
5,162
2013
NO NO
16
446
68.6
7.9
322.6
39
12
104.7
6.0
1.8
37
244
8Peyton Manning
P. Manning
659
5,477
2013
DEN DEN
16
450
68.3
8.3
342.3
55
10
115.1
8.3
1.5
18
120
9Drew Brees
D. Brees
673
5,208
2016
NO NO
16
471
70.0
7.7
325.5
37
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
10Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
675
5,129
2018
PIT PIT
16
452
67.0
7.6
320.6
34
16
96.5
5.0
2.4
24
166
11Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
580
5,097
2018
KC KC
16
383
66.0
8.8
318.6
50
12
113.8
8.6
2.1
26
171
12Jameis Winston
J. Winston
626
5,109
2019
TB TB
16
380
60.7
8.2
319.3
33
30
84.3
5.3
4.8
47
282
13Tom Brady
T. Brady
719
5,316
2021
TB TB
17
485
67.5
7.4
312.7
43
12
102.1
6.0
1.7
22
144
14Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
672
5,014
2021
LAC LAC
17
443
65.9
7.5
294.9
38
15
97.7
5.7
2.2
31
214
15Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
648
5,250
2022
KC KC
17
435
67.1
8.1
308.8
41
12
105.2
6.3
1.9
26
188
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts and passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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