who led the nfl in passing in 1997

Jeff George had the most passing yards in 1997, with 3,917 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Jeff George
J. George
3,917
1997
16
290
521
55.7
7.5
244.8
29
9
91.2
5.6
1.7
58
430
2Brett Favre
B. Favre
3,867
1997
16
304
513
59.3
7.5
241.7
35
16
92.6
6.8
3.1
25
176
3Dan Marino
D. Marino
3,780
1997
16
319
548
58.2
6.9
236.3
16
11
80.7
2.9
2.0
20
132
4Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
3,706
1997
16
314
522
60.2
7.1
231.6
28
15
87.7
5.4
2.9
30
258
5Warren Moon
W. Moon
3,678
1997
15
313
528
59.3
7.0
245.2
25
16
83.7
4.7
3.0
30
192
6John Elway
J. Elway
3,635
1997
16
280
502
55.8
7.2
227.2
27
11
87.5
5.4
2.2
34
203
7Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
3,484
1997
16
293
509
57.6
6.8
217.8
19
14
79.6
3.7
2.8
41
271
8Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
3,283
1997
16
292
518
56.4
6.3
205.2
19
12
78.0
3.7
2.3
33
269
9Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
3,281
1997
14
264
435
60.7
7.5
234.4
18
7
91.2
4.1
1.6
33
189
10Tony Banks
T. Banks
3,254
1997
16
252
487
51.7
6.7
203.4
14
13
71.5
2.9
2.7
43
317
11Brad Johnson
B. Johnson
3,036
1997
13
275
452
60.8
6.7
233.5
20
12
84.5
4.4
2.7
26
164
12Steve Young
S. Young
3,029
1997
15
241
356
67.7
8.5
201.9
19
6
104.7
5.3
1.7
35
220
13Kordell Stewart
K. Stewart
3,020
1997
16
236
440
53.6
6.9
188.8
21
17
75.2
4.8
3.9
20
152
14Erik Kramer
E. Kramer
3,011
1997
15
275
477
57.7
6.3
200.7
14
14
74.0
2.9
2.9
25
149
15Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
2,971
1997
13
271
470
57.7
6.3
228.5
18
15
75.9
3.8
3.2
20
129
16Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
2,796
1997
15
259
460
56.3
6.1
186.4
17
7
80.3
3.7
1.5
45
289
17Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
2,692
1997
14
202
342
59.1
7.9
192.3
20
7
95.1
5.8
2.0
39
261
18Gus Frerotte
G. Frerotte
2,682
1997
13
204
402
50.7
6.7
206.3
17
12
73.8
4.2
3.0
23
146
19Steve McNair
S. McNair
2,665
1997
16
216
415
52.0
6.4
166.6
14
13
70.4
3.4
3.1
31
190
20Trent Dilfer
T. Dilfer
2,555
1997
16
217
386
56.2
6.6
159.7
21
11
82.8
5.4
2.8
32
196
21Todd Collins
T. Collins
2,367
1997
14
215
391
55.0
6.1
169.1
12
13
69.5
3.1
3.3
39
278
22Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
2,203
1997
10
157
296
53.0
7.4
220.3
15
15
73.1
5.1
5.1
52
291
23Jeff Blake
J. Blake
2,125
1997
11
184
317
58.0
6.7
193.2
8
7
77.6
2.5
2.2
39
244
24Kerry Collins
K. Collins
2,124
1997
13
200
381
52.5
5.6
163.4
11
21
55.7
2.9
5.5
27
200
25Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
2,060
1997
12
189
309
61.2
6.7
171.7
10
4
86.2
3.2
1.3
41
256
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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