youngest qbs to throw for 4,00 yards in a season

16 players are tied for the youngest quarterbacks with 400+ passing yards in a season. They were 21 years old. The first three are Anthony Richardson Sr. in 2023, Trey Lance in 2021 and Sam Darnold in 2018.

Interpreted as:
youngest qbs to throw for 4,00 or more yards in a season
NAME AGE YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Anthony Richardson Sr.
A. Richardson Sr.
21
577
2023
IND IND
4
50
84
59.5
6.9
144.3
3
1
87.3
3.6
1.2
7
29
2 Trey Lance
T. Lance
21
603
2021
SF SF
6
41
71
57.7
8.5
100.5
5
2
97.3
7.0
2.8
4
15
3 Sam Darnold
S. Darnold
21
2,865
2018
NYJ NYJ
13
239
414
57.7
6.9
220.4
17
15
77.6
4.1
3.6
30
204
4 Josh Rosen
J. Rosen
21
2,278
2018
ARI ARI
14
217
393
55.2
5.8
162.7
11
14
66.7
2.8
3.6
45
320
5 Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
21
1,201
2018
BAL BAL
16
99
170
58.2
7.1
75.1
6
3
84.5
3.5
1.8
16
71
6 DeShone Kizer
D. Kizer
21
2,894
2017
CLE CLE
15
255
476
53.6
6.1
192.9
11
22
60.5
2.3
4.6
38
226
7 Jameis Winston
J. Winston
21
4,042
2015
TB TB
16
312
535
58.3
7.6
252.6
22
15
84.2
4.1
2.8
27
190
8 Josh Freeman
J. Freeman
21
1,855
2009
TB TB
10
158
290
54.5
6.4
185.5
10
18
59.8
3.4
6.2
20
102
9 Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
21
2,267
2009
DET DET
10
201
377
53.3
6.0
226.7
13
20
61.0
3.4
5.3
24
169
10 Alex Smith
A. Smith
21
875
2005
SF SF
9
84
165
50.9
5.3
97.2
1
11
40.8
0.6
6.7
29
185
11 Michael Vick
M. Vick
21
785
2001
ATL ATL
8
50
113
44.2
6.9
98.1
2
3
62.7
1.8
2.7
21
113
12 Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
21
2,494
1993
NE NE
13
214
429
49.9
5.8
191.8
15
15
65.0
3.5
3.5
16
99
13 Tommy Maddox
T. Maddox
21
757
1992
DEN DEN
13
66
121
54.5
6.3
58.2
5
9
56.4
4.1
7.4
10
60
14 Terry Hanratty
T. Hanratty
21
716
1969
PIT PIT
8
52
126
41.3
5.7
89.5
8
13
41.7
6.3
10.3
20
168
15 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
21
1,997
1961
MIN MIN
14
157
280
56.1
7.1
142.6
18
17
74.7
6.4
6.1
16 Jacky Lee
J. Lee
21
842
1960
HOU HOU
14
41
77
53.2
10.9
60.1
5
6
81.2
6.5
7.8
17 Jaxson Dart
J. Dart
22
508
2025
NYG NYG
5
56
85
65.9
6.0
101.6
4
2
87.8
4.7
2.4
8
29
18 Anthony Richardson Sr.
A. Richardson Sr.
22
1,814
2024
IND IND
11
126
264
47.7
6.9
164.9
8
12
61.6
3.0
4.5
14
115
19 Drake Maye
D. Maye
22
2,276
2024
NE NE
13
225
338
66.6
6.7
175.1
15
10
88.1
4.4
3.0
34
229
20 C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
22
4,108
2023
HOU HOU
15
319
499
63.9
8.2
273.9
23
5
100.8
4.6
1.0
38
331
21 Bryce Young
B. Young
22
2,877
2023
CAR CAR
16
315
527
59.8
5.5
179.8
11
10
73.7
2.1
1.9
62
477
22 Zach Wilson
Z. Wilson
22
2,334
2021
NYJ NYJ
13
213
383
55.6
6.1
179.5
9
11
69.7
2.3
2.9
44
360
23 Justin Fields
J. Fields
22
1,870
2021
CHI CHI
12
159
270
58.9
6.9
155.8
7
10
73.2
2.6
3.7
36
264
24 Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
22
3,641
2021
JAX JAX
17
359
602
59.6
6.0
214.2
12
17
71.9
2.0
2.8
32
238
25 Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
22
4,336
2020
LAC LAC
15
396
595
66.6
7.3
289.1
31
10
98.3
5.2
1.7
32
218
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

32.3

1st

OPP PPG

19.3

4th

RUSH YDS/G

131.8

6th

PASS YDS/G

251.8

9th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
Texans Texans
2
3
0
.400
Titans Titans
1
5
0
.167
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/19
IND IND
@
LAC LAC
4:05 PM
Sun
10/26
TEN TEN
@
IND IND
4:25 PM
Sun
11/2
IND IND
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
9:30 AM
Sun
11/23
IND IND
@
KC KC
1:00 PM
Last Game
IND Colts

5 - 1 - 0

31

Final

27

ARI Cardinals

2 - 4 - 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