most passing yards by 16th year qb all-time

Drew Brees had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his 16th season, with 5,208 yards in 2016.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,208	2016	NO	16	471	673	70.0	7.7	325.5	37	15	101.7	5.5	2.2	27	184
2	Tom Brady T. Brady	4,770	2015	NE	16	402	624	64.4	7.6	298.1	36	7	102.2	5.8	1.1	38	225
3	Peyton Manning P. Manning	4,727	2014	DEN	16	395	597	66.2	7.9	295.4	39	15	101.5	6.5	2.5	17	118
4	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	4,615	2019	LAC	16	390	591	66.0	7.8	288.4	23	20	88.5	3.9	3.4	34	222
5	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	4,299	2020	GB	16	372	526	70.7	8.2	268.7	48	5	121.5	9.1	1.0	20	182
6	Brett Favre B. Favre	3,885	2006	GB	16	343	613	56.0	6.3	242.8	18	18	72.7	2.9	2.9	21	134
7	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	3,762	2024	LAR	16	340	517	65.8	7.3	235.1	20	8	93.7	3.9	1.5	28	213
8	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	3,554	1995	ARI	16	304	521	58.3	6.8	222.1	16	21	72.6	3.1	4.0	53	380
9	Dan Marino D. Marino	3,497	1998	MIA	16	310	537	57.7	6.5	218.6	23	15	80.0	4.3	2.8	23	178
10	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	2,961	1976	MIN	13	255	412	61.9	7.2	227.8	17	8	89.3	4.1	1.9	25	221
11	John Elway J. Elway	2,806	1998	DEN	13	210	356	59.0	7.9	215.8	22	10	93.0	6.2	2.8	18	135
12	Craig Morton C. Morton	2,150	1980	DEN	12	183	301	60.8	7.1	179.2	12	13	77.8	4.0	4.3	26	190
13	Ryan Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	2,091	2020	MIA	9	183	267	68.5	7.8	232.3	13	8	95.6	4.9	3.0	14	65
14	Len Dawson L. Dawson	1,835	1972	KC	14	175	305	57.4	6.0	131.1	13	12	72.8	4.3	3.9	28	255
15	Kerry Collins K. Collins	1,823	2010	TEN	10	160	278	57.6	6.6	182.3	14	8	82.2	5.0	2.9	13	91
16	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	1,707	1993	TOT	8	136	227	59.9	7.5	213.4	7	10	75.3	3.1	4.4	18	143
17	Jim Hart J. Hart	1,694	1981	STL	10	134	241	55.6	7.0	169.4	11	14	68.7	4.6	5.8	16	119
18	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	1,616	2023	CLE	5	123	204	60.3	7.9	323.2	13	8	90.2	6.4	3.9	8	57
19	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	1,210	1971	BAL	14	84	167	50.3	7.2	86.4	7	12	58.2	4.2	7.2	11	89
20	Chris Chandler C. Chandler	1,050	2003	CHI	8	107	192	55.7	5.5	131.3	3	7	61.3	1.6	3.6	14	101
21	Eli Manning E. Manning	1,042	2019	NYG	4	91	147	61.9	7.1	260.5	6	5	82.6	4.1	3.4	5	44
22	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	942	1971	BAL	13	92	176	52.3	5.4	72.5	3	9	52.3	1.7	5.1	15	129
23	John Brodie J. Brodie	905	1972	SF	6	70	110	63.6	8.2	150.8	9	8	86.4	8.2	7.3	8	39
24	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	633	1972	WAS	7	39	59	66.1	10.7	90.4	2	4	84.9	3.4	6.8	2	21
25	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	615	1990	NE	4	50	92	54.3	6.7	153.8	4	3	76.1	4.3	3.3	9	68

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