which nfl qb has the most passing yards in their first 48 games in the regular season

Patrick Mahomes has the most passing yards by a quarterback in the regular season in his first 48 games, with 14,832 yards.

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  • Data note: Passing Yards: player game data complete from 1950
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
14,832
48
1,165
1,754
66.4
8.5
309.0
120
25
109.5
6.8
1.4
69
473
2Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
13,827
48
1,191
1,984
60.0
7.0
288.1
86
56
83.8
4.3
2.8
95
686
3Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
13,816
48
1,291
1,929
66.9
7.2
287.8
92
35
96.0
4.8
1.8
100
633
4Kurt Warner
K. Warner
13,550
48
1,028
1,530
67.2
8.9
282.3
99
61
99.9
6.5
4.0
96
607
5Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
13,004
48
1,191
1,762
67.6
7.4
270.9
89
35
97.7
5.1
2.0
138
971
6Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
12,971
48
1,071
1,659
64.6
7.8
270.2
76
51
90.9
4.6
3.1
127
955
7Andrew Luck
A. Luck
12,957
48
1,062
1,813
58.6
7.1
269.9
86
43
86.6
4.7
2.4
100
634
8Dan Marino
D. Marino
12,891
48
981
1,611
60.9
8.0
268.6
110
54
95.0
6.8
3.4
51
432
9Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
12,599
48
1,037
1,542
67.3
8.2
262.5
91
34
102.7
5.9
2.2
151
897
10Jameis Winston
J. Winston
12,541
48
1,017
1,657
61.4
7.6
261.3
74
50
87.1
4.5
3.0
103
676
11Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
12,532
48
1,066
1,623
65.7
7.7
261.1
74
43
93.1
4.6
2.6
71
568
12Jared Goff
J. Goff
12,364
48
997
1,616
61.7
7.7
257.6
76
36
91.8
4.7
2.2
100
734
13Peyton Manning
P. Manning
12,287
48
1,014
1,679
60.4
7.3
256.0
85
58
85.4
5.1
3.5
56
356
14Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
11,973
48
1,087
1,712
63.5
7.0
249.4
84
32
92.7
4.9
1.9
108
672
15Kyler Murray
K. Murray
11,950
48
1,110
1,664
66.7
7.2
249.0
73
35
93.5
4.4
2.1
109
796
16Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
11,705
48
1,012
1,586
63.8
7.4
243.9
87
47
91.9
5.5
3.0
84
550
17Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
11,695
48
1,015
1,624
62.5
7.2
243.6
70
57
83.9
4.3
3.5
75
455
18Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
11,649
48
972
1,555
62.5
7.5
242.7
76
45
89.6
4.9
2.9
95
651
19Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
11,589
48
1,034
1,761
58.7
6.6
241.4
71
53
79.3
4.0
3.0
142
874
20Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
11,558
48
900
1,326
67.9
8.7
240.8
84
36
104.8
6.3
2.7
78
439
21C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
11,503
48
984
1,547
63.6
7.4
239.6
64
25
93.1
4.1
1.6
120
984
22Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
11,472
48
989
1,479
66.9
7.8
239.0
76
33
98.0
5.1
2.2
78
550
23Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
11,463
48
1,025
1,919
53.4
6.0
238.8
59
61
68.5
3.1
3.2
75
490
24Derek Carr
D. Carr
11,456
48
1,077
1,764
61.1
6.5
238.7
83
31
88.4
4.7
1.8
73
470
25Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
11,360
48
992
1,630
60.9
7.0
236.7
80
49
85.7
4.9
3.0
99
571

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6
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6
2
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.750
5
2
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.714
5
3
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.625
4
4
0
.500
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5
2
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.714
2
5
0
.286
2
6
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.250
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7
0
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