how many nfl players have thrown for 5,000 yards in a season

Dan Marino passed for 5,084 yards in 1984.

Interpreted as:
How many NFL players have thrown for 5,000 or more yards in a season?
NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Dan Marino
D. Marino
5,084
1984
MIA MIA
16
362
564
64.2
9.0
317.8
48
17
108.9
8.5
3.0
13
120
2 Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,069
2008
NO NO
16
413
635
65.0
8.0
316.8
34
17
96.2
5.4
2.7
13
92
3 Tom Brady
T. Brady
5,235
2011
NE NE
16
401
611
65.6
8.6
327.2
39
12
105.6
6.4
2.0
32
173
4 Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,476
2011
NO NO
16
468
657
71.2
8.3
342.3
46
14
110.6
7.0
2.1
24
158
5 Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
5,038
2011
DET DET
16
421
663
63.5
7.6
314.9
41
16
97.2
6.2
2.4
36
257
6 Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,177
2012
NO NO
16
422
670
63.0
7.7
323.6
43
19
96.3
6.4
2.8
26
190
7 Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,162
2013
NO NO
16
446
650
68.6
7.9
322.6
39
12
104.7
6.0
1.8
37
244
8 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
5,477
2013
DEN DEN
16
450
659
68.3
8.3
342.3
55
10
115.1
8.3
1.5
18
120
9 Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,208
2016
NO NO
16
471
673
70.0
7.7
325.5
37
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
10 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
5,129
2018
PIT PIT
16
452
675
67.0
7.6
320.6
34
16
96.5
5.0
2.4
24
166
11 Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
5,097
2018
KC KC
16
383
580
66.0
8.8
318.6
50
12
113.8
8.6
2.1
26
171
12 Jameis Winston
J. Winston
5,109
2019
TB TB
16
380
626
60.7
8.2
319.3
33
30
84.3
5.3
4.8
47
282
13 Tom Brady
T. Brady
5,316
2021
TB TB
17
485
719
67.5
7.4
312.7
43
12
102.1
6.0
1.7
22
144
14 Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
5,014
2021
LAC LAC
17
443
672
65.9
7.5
294.9
38
15
97.7
5.7
2.2
31
214
15 Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
5,250
2022
KC KC
17
435
648
67.1
8.1
308.8
41
12
105.2
6.3
1.9
26
188
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

22.3

18th

OPP PPG

29.0

29th

RUSH YDS/G

91.3

27th

PASS YDS/G

208.8

22nd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
Dolphins Dolphins
1
5
0
.167
Jets Jets
0
6
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
MIA MIA
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Thu
10/30
BAL BAL
@
MIA MIA
8:15 PM
Sun
11/9
BUF BUF
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Sun
11/16
WAS WAS
@
MIA MIA
9:30 AM
Last Game
MIA Dolphins

1 - 5 - 0

27

Final

29

LAC Chargers

4 - 2 - 0

Sun 12 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
3
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Falcons Falcons
3
2
0
.600
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM