Drew brees has led the nfl in passing yards in seven seasons, more than. Stafford is at 30,303 after 8 seasons with 6 games missed in his first year and in his second. Well never know how good he could have been in an ideal situation. Rate 5 stars rate 4 stars rate 3 stars rate 2 stars rate 1 star. Jim hart played 18 seasons with the cardinals, albeit all in st.
This is a list of national football league quarterbacks who have led the regular season in passing yards each year. Rt has so many garbage yards because how many times they were down big and had to throw the ball, stats are. The first spike in passing touchdowns came in 20 804. Ranking 10 best freshman seasons in college football. Indianapolis colts quarterback andrew luck threw for 294 yards in sundays win over the cleveland browns to surpass peyton manning s record for. After two down seasons in rushing tds 380 and 365, the needle pushed to much higher levels in. This is a list of national football league quarterbacks by total career passing yards.
He won the big tens most valuable player award in 2012 and 20. Says more about the leagues move to a passing offense than tannehill. Nick mullens first seven games were among the most prolific in nfl history from a passing yards standpoint. List of national football league career passing yards. Who are the career passing yardage leaders for all 32 nfl. The record for passing yards in a season is held by peyton manning of the denver broncos who threw for 5,477 in 20. Profootballreference utilizes official nfl data for current nfl seasons. Nfl passing yards singleseason leaders profootball. His 1,995 yards through his first seven starts were the third most ever behind.
Nfl passing yards yearbyyear leaders profootballreference. Yates the seahawks are scheduled to travel the most miles in the nfl this season. Discover 2019 nfl pro football player player passing stats and rankings by passing yards on fox sports. Seattle is now 40 on the road to start the season for the first time since 1980 and only the second time in franchise history. One of the most prolific passers of his era, jurgensen finished his career with 32,224 passing yards and 255 touchdowns in 18 nfl seasons. Sammy baugh, washington, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1947. The 10 best rookie qb seasons in nfl history, ranked. Anquan boldin is fourth, with 259 catches from 2003 to 2005, and. Unsurprisingly, the top 5 list of players with the most catches in their first three seasons is made up of recent wide receivers. Passing yards single season leaders and records college. Most passing tds in first 5 seasons quiz by prezcaswell. Andrew luck is just 7 yards away from passing cam newton 7,920 for the most passing yards by a player in his first two nfl seasons luck will. Jameis winston has eclipsed the 4000yard passing mark for the second. Oakland raiders quarterback derek carr has the fourthmost touchdowns of any quarterback in nfl history through his first four seasons.
During the 1980s and 1990s, 4,000 yards became the standard for the league leaders in the nfl. Eight different quarterbacks have accomplished the feat, dan marino was the first when he set an nfl record with 5,084 yards passing in 1984. Wilson led all nfl rushers in 2014 with an average of 7. That same team has also contributed to his failures, so go figure. Raiders qb derek carr nears nfl completions record for. Andrew luck sets record for most passing yards through 3. Sports quiz most passing tds in first 5 seasons random sports or nfl quiz can you name every qb with at least 80 passing tds in their first 5 nfl seasons. Eight different quarterbacks have accomplished the feat, dan marino was the first when he set an nfl record with 5,084 yards passing. Highest average rushing yards per attempt, career min. Saints michael thomas passes randy moss for most receiving yards through first four seasons in nfl history. Its a passing league and easier to put up tons of yards. Andy dalton has played on teams that in my opinion are better than those of marino, early 2000s manning, cam, or carson. Most 4,000yard passers in a season 11 2012, 2014 10 2009, 2011 9 20.
Passing for 5,000 yards in a single regular season is a rare achievement in the national. Passing for 5,000 yards in a single regular season is a rare achievement in the national football league nfl. Most 1,000yard receiving seasons, first five years of career, nfl history evans posted his second straight 100yard receiving game on sunday and his sixth of the year in just 11 outings. What quarterback has the most 4000 yard seasons answers. Ncaa individual records for rushing college football at. He already has the most passing yards of any quarterback before his 23rd. York jets was the first quarterback in pro football history to throw for 4,000 yards in a. However, he grabbed that starting quarterback job during the summer. Marinos record remained intact for 24 years, and for over a decade after his 1999 retirement. Russell wilson tied for 3rdmost td passes in first 8. Beckham, landry have most catches in first 3 seasons in. Before winston became a throwing force, he produced average passing yards in his first two seasons. Derek carr has historic touchdown numbers through four seasons.
Drew brees led the league in passing yards in 2006, the first of his record. Michael thomas passes randy moss for most receiving yards. One of the nfls greatest players of presuper bowl era, baugh led the nfl in completions, attempts, and passing yards during his rookie season while earning allpro honors. Jameis winston accomplished this feat most recently, passing for over 5,000. During the 14game era, only joe namath passed for over 4,000 yards in a season with 4,007 yards passing in the 1967 afl season. Jameis winston of tampa bay buccaneers is 1st in nfl history with. When the oakland raiders drafted derek carr in the second round of the 2014 nfl draft, the plan was not to have him start right away. Regular season career passing yards leaders drew brees is the alltime passing yards leader. Starting on day 1 really helps, as does staying healthy.
It will have taken brees 18 seasons to establish a record that has stood. List of nfl quarterbacks with 5,000 passing yards in a season. Highest adjusted yards per pass attempt aya through 5 seasons in nfl history 8. Penn state also set the ncaa record for fewest total yards allowed in a single game that season, when syracuse was held to 47 yards 107 rushing, 60. Its also available for hockey, basketball and baseball. It didnt help dc leslie frazier and head coach lovie smith had a defense that constantly underachieved. Miller holds three of the topeight rushing seasons by a quarterback in program history, including the top two. In his 109 starts of 128 so far he averaged 278 yards a game, which would be an estimated additional 3,614 yards if those additional 19 games were played. Nine league records covering most 400 yard passing games, most comeback4th quarter wins, fastest to 100 touchdowns and 200 touchdowns, and most seasons leading the league in attempts, completions. List of qbs with most passing yards in first four seasons. Build your own custom leaderboards with the play index.
Tom brady is second alltime in passing yards, regular seasonwise, but is the alltime playoffs passing yards leader. Highest average rushing yards per attempt, season min. Who can nick mullens pass for most passing yards in first. Matthew stafford 36,4, 10th season career passing yards per game. Wilson impressed on sunday, finishing the day completing 14 of 20 passes attempted for 182 yards and two touchdowns both on. He set an fbs freshman passing record with 4,057 yards and 40 touchdowns, completing 66.
The only time the team finished in the top 10 in rushing, the team still failed to make the playoffs at 610. If a rookie qb starts all 16 games each of his first 4 seasons he only needs to average 218 yards per game to hit that mark. Every week during the season, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, this weeks schedule, top performers, fantasy drops and adds, new debuts and interesting tidbits. He threw for 34,665 yards and 209 tds against 247 picks. List of national football league annual passing yards leaders.