which lions player has thrown the most yards in a season before stafford

Matthew Stafford has the most passing yards for the Lions in a season, with 5,038 yards in 2011.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
5,038
2011
16
421
663
63.5
7.6
314.9
41
16
97.2
6.2
2.4
36
257
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
3Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,650
2013
16
371
634
58.5
7.3
290.6
29
19
84.2
4.6
3.0
23
168
4Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,446
2017
16
371
565
65.7
7.9
277.9
29
10
99.3
5.1
1.8
47
287
5Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,327
2016
16
388
594
65.3
7.3
270.4
24
10
93.3
4.0
1.7
37
216
6Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,262
2015
16
398
592
67.2
7.2
266.4
32
13
97.0
5.4
2.2
44
251
7Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,257
2014
16
363
602
60.3
7.1
266.1
22
12
85.7
3.7
2.0
45
254
8Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,084
2020
16
339
528
64.2
7.7
255.3
26
10
96.3
4.9
1.9
38
254
9Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
3,777
2018
16
367
555
66.1
6.8
236.1
21
11
89.9
3.8
2.0
40
255
10Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
2,499
2019
8
187
291
64.3
8.6
312.4
19
5
106.0
6.5
1.7
18
137
11Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
2,267
2009
10
201
377
53.3
6.0
226.7
13
20
61.0
3.4
5.3
24
169
12Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
535
2010
3
57
96
59.4
5.6
178.3
6
1
91.3
6.3
1.0
4
36
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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