who is the most passing yards per game average in nfl history

Patrick Mahomes has the most career passing yards per game, with 285.2 per game.

	NAME	YDS/G	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	285.2	126	3,093	4,673	66.2	35,939	7.7	267	85	100.8	5.7	1.8	218	1,412
2	Drew Brees D. Brees	280.0	287	7,142	10,551	67.7	80,358	7.6	571	243	98.7	5.4	2.3	420	2,991
3	Andrew Luck A. Luck	275.2	86	2,000	3,290	60.8	23,671	7.2	171	83	89.5	5.2	2.5	174	1,124
4	Peyton Manning P. Manning	270.5	266	6,125	9,380	65.3	71,940	7.7	539	251	96.5	5.7	2.7	303	1,953
5	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	270.3	77	1,921	2,806	68.5	20,810	7.4	157	51	101.1	5.6	1.8	213	1,431
6	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	269.5	240	5,577	8,788	63.5	64,671	7.4	423	197	92.3	4.8	2.2	525	3,515
7	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	268.3	234	5,551	8,464	65.6	62,792	7.4	381	183	93.6	4.5	2.2	488	3,267
8	Tom Brady T. Brady	266.3	335	7,753	12,050	64.3	89,214	7.4	649	212	97.2	5.4	1.8	565	3,576
9	Jared Goff J. Goff	262.4	151	3,440	5,224	65.8	39,622	7.6	256	102	96.8	4.9	2.0	286	2,074
10	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	261.3	95	2,285	3,438	66.5	24,820	7.2	163	58	96.3	4.7	1.7	225	1,416
11	Kurt Warner K. Warner	260.8	124	2,666	4,070	65.5	32,344	7.9	208	128	93.7	5.1	3.1	260	1,669
12	Kellen Moore K. Moore	259.7	3	61	104	58.7	779	7.5	4	6	71.0	3.8	5.8	5	23
13	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	259.0	247	5,335	8,226	64.9	63,984	7.8	425	212	95.0	5.2	2.6	470	2,879
14	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	258.9	139	3,184	4,759	66.9	35,989	7.6	243	92	98.3	5.1	1.9	287	1,737
15	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	257.4	249	5,440	8,443	64.4	64,088	7.6	418	211	93.5	5.0	2.5	554	3,670
16	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	256.9	174	3,934	5,899	66.7	44,700	7.6	298	131	96.8	5.1	2.2	345	2,487
17	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	254.1	182	3,941	6,307	62.5	46,247	7.3	294	187	87.9	4.7	3.0	340	2,364
18	Dan Marino D. Marino	253.6	242	4,967	8,358	59.4	61,361	7.3	420	252	86.4	5.0	3.0	270	1,930
19	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	251.0	264	5,696	8,743	65.1	66,274	7.6	527	123	102.2	6.0	1.4	600	4,088
20	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	245.3	73	1,527	2,305	66.2	17,904	7.8	123	48	98.8	5.3	2.1	244	1,432
21	Derek Carr D. Carr	244.1	169	3,765	5,785	65.1	41,245	7.1	257	112	92.8	4.4	1.9	303	1,890
22	Eli Manning E. Manning	241.6	236	4,895	8,119	60.3	57,023	7.0	366	244	84.1	4.5	3.0	411	2,870
23	Brett Favre B. Favre	237.9	302	6,300	10,169	62.0	71,838	7.1	508	336	86.0	5.0	3.3	525	3,487
24	Brock Purdy B. Purdy	237.8	50	944	1,387	68.1	11,890	8.6	87	38	104.0	6.3	2.7	81	446
25	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	237.8	181	3,297	5,604	58.8	43,040	7.7	254	242	80.2	4.5	4.3	319	2,304

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