most passing yards by a qb in a season with a 70% completion percentage

Drew Brees has the most passing yards by a quarterback with a completion percentage of 70.0 or above in a season, with 5,476 yards in 2011.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a QB in a season with a 70% or higher completion percentage
NAMEYDSPCTSEASONTMGPCMPATTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,476
71.2
2011
NO NO
16
468
657
8.3
342.3
46
14
110.6
7.0
2.1
24
158
2Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
4,918
70.6
2024
CIN CIN
17
460
652
7.5
289.3
43
9
108.5
6.6
1.4
48
278
3Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
4,823
70.2
2020
HOU HOU
16
382
544
8.9
301.4
33
7
112.4
6.1
1.3
49
293
4Jared Goff
J. Goff
4,629
72.4
2024
DET DET
17
390
539
8.6
272.3
37
12
111.8
6.9
2.2
31
234
5Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
4,611
70.4
2021
CIN CIN
16
366
520
8.9
288.2
34
14
108.3
6.5
2.7
51
370
6Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
4,500
71.4
2024
TB TB
17
407
570
7.9
264.7
41
16
106.8
7.2
2.8
40
248
7Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,388
70.6
2009
NO NO
15
363
514
8.5
292.5
34
11
109.6
6.6
2.1
20
135
8Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,334
72.0
2017
NO NO
16
386
536
8.1
270.9
23
8
103.9
4.3
1.5
20
145
9Geno Smith
G. Smith
4,320
70.4
2024
SEA SEA
17
407
578
7.5
254.1
21
15
93.2
3.6
2.6
50
338
10Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4,299
70.7
2020
GB GB
16
372
526
8.2
268.7
48
5
121.5
9.1
1.0
20
182
11Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
4,298
70.1
2018
MIN MIN
16
425
606
7.1
268.6
30
10
99.7
5.0
1.7
40
262
12Derek Carr
D. Carr
4,054
70.4
2019
OAK OAK
16
361
513
7.9
253.4
21
8
100.8
4.1
1.6
29
184
13Drew Brees
D. Brees
3,992
74.4
2018
NO NO
15
364
489
8.2
266.1
32
5
115.7
6.5
1.0
17
121
14Steve Young
S. Young
3,969
70.3
1994
SF SF
16
324
461
8.6
248.1
35
10
112.8
7.6
2.2
31
163
15Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
3,877
71.6
2016
MIN MIN
15
395
552
7.0
258.5
20
5
99.3
3.6
0.9
37
276
16Joe Montana
J. Montana
3,521
70.2
1989
SF SF
13
271
386
9.1
270.8
26
8
112.4
6.7
2.1
33
198
17Drake Maye
D. Maye
3,412
71.5
2025
NE NE
13
276
386
8.8
262.5
23
6
111.9
6.0
1.6
40
178
18Drew Brees
D. Brees
2,979
74.3
2019
NO NO
11
281
378
7.9
270.8
27
4
116.3
7.1
1.1
12
89
19Drew Brees
D. Brees
2,942
70.5
2020
NO NO
12
275
390
7.5
245.2
24
6
106.4
6.2
1.5
13
89
20Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
2,867
72.9
2024
MIA MIA
11
291
399
7.2
260.6
19
7
101.4
4.8
1.8
21
154
21Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
2,742
70.3
2019
TEN TEN
12
201
286
9.6
228.5
22
6
117.5
7.7
2.1
31
212
22Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
2,495
70.6
1982
CIN CIN
9
218
309
8.1
277.2
12
9
95.3
3.9
2.9
26
154
23Jake Browning
J. Browning
1,936
70.4
2023
CIN CIN
9
171
243
8.0
215.1
12
7
98.4
4.9
2.9
24
169
24Alex Smith
A. Smith
1,737
70.2
2012
SF SF
10
153
218
8.0
173.7
13
5
104.1
6.0
2.3
24
137
25Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
1,669
70.3
1945
WAS WAS
8
128
182
9.2
208.6
11
4
109.9
6.0
2.2
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