who has the most passing yards in a season with less than 21 td

Matthew Stafford has the most passing yards in a season when throwing <21 touchdown passes, with 4,967 yards in 2012.

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  • Assumption:All-time
  • Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYDSTDSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,967
20
2012
16
435
727
59.8
6.8
310.4
17
79.8
2.8
2.3
29
212
2Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
4,367
19
1996
16
353
557
63.4
7.8
272.9
20
84.0
3.4
3.6
50
257
3Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
4,317
20
2016
16
436
672
64.9
6.4
269.8
15
83.5
3.0
2.2
33
243
4Warren Moon
W. Moon
4,264
18
1994
15
371
601
61.7
7.1
284.3
19
79.9
3.0
3.2
29
235
5Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
4,206
18
2016
16
364
563
64.7
7.5
262.9
8
91.8
3.2
1.4
41
264
6Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,095
20
2017
16
342
529
64.7
7.7
255.9
12
91.4
3.8
2.3
24
156
7Kerry Collins
K. Collins
4,073
19
2002
16
335
545
61.5
7.5
254.6
14
85.4
3.5
2.6
24
152
8Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
4,068
18
2007
16
355
561
63.3
7.3
254.3
20
80.9
3.2
3.6
51
320
9Derek Carr
D. Carr
4,049
19
2018
16
381
553
68.9
7.3
253.1
10
93.9
3.4
1.8
51
299
10Trent Green
T. Green
4,014
17
2005
16
317
507
62.5
7.9
250.9
10
90.1
3.4
2.0
32
204
11Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
3,985
19
1999
16
305
539
56.6
7.4
249.1
21
75.6
3.5
3.9
55
342
12Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
3,968
20
2021
17
375
560
67.0
7.1
233.4
12
90.4
3.6
2.1
40
274
13Jared Goff
J. Goff
3,952
20
2020
15
370
552
67.0
7.2
263.5
13
90.0
3.6
2.4
23
161
14Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
3,912
19
2013
16
362
614
59.0
6.4
244.5
22
73.1
3.1
3.6
48
324
15Case Keenum
C. Keenum
3,890
18
2018
16
365
586
62.3
6.6
243.1
15
81.2
3.1
2.6
34
235
16Brett Favre
B. Favre
3,885
18
2006
16
343
613
56.0
6.3
242.8
18
72.7
2.9
2.9
21
134
17Brett Favre
B. Favre
3,881
20
2005
16
372
607
61.3
6.4
242.6
29
70.9
3.3
4.8
24
170
18Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
3,877
20
2016
15
395
552
71.6
7.0
258.5
5
99.3
3.6
0.9
37
276
19Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
3,876
17
1981
16
313
567
55.2
6.8
242.3
25
68.2
3.0
4.4
34
310
20Cam Newton
C. Newton
3,869
19
2012
16
280
485
57.7
8.0
241.8
12
86.2
3.9
2.5
36
244
21Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
3,864
20
2024
15
300
455
65.9
8.5
257.6
12
96.1
4.4
2.6
31
156
22Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
3,854
17
1986
16
310
531
58.4
7.3
240.9
10
83.8
3.2
1.9
39
274
23Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
3,853
18
2002
16
333
549
60.7
7.0
240.8
23
75.3
3.3
4.2
47
244
24Eli Manning
E. Manning
3,818
18
2013
16
317
551
57.5
6.9
238.6
27
69.4
3.3
4.9
39
281
25Brett Favre
B. Favre
3,812
20
2000
16
338
580
58.3
6.6
238.3
16
78.0
3.4
2.8
33
236

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