2016 Passing Yards Leaders
Yards gained passing
| # | Player | Team | G | CMP | ATT | CMP% | YDS | Y/A | TD | INT | SK | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drew Brees | NO | 16 | 471 | 673 | 70.0% | 5,208 | 7.74 | 37 | 15 | 27 | 101.7 |
| 2 | Matt Ryan | ATL | 16 | 373 | 534 | 69.9% | 4,944 | 9.26 | 38 | 7 | 37 | 117.1 |
| 3 | Kirk Cousins | WAS | 16 | 406 | 606 | 67.0% | 4,917 | 8.11 | 25 | 12 | 23 | 97.2 |
| 4 | Aaron Rodgers | GB | 16 | 401 | 610 | 65.7% | 4,428 | 7.26 | 40 | 7 | 35 | 104.2 |
| 5 | Philip Rivers | LAC | 16 | 349 | 578 | 60.4% | 4,386 | 7.59 | 33 | 21 | 36 | 87.9 |
| 6 | Matthew Stafford | DET | 16 | 388 | 594 | 65.3% | 4,327 | 7.29 | 24 | 10 | 37 | 93.3 |
| 7 | Joe Flacco | BAL | 16 | 436 | 672 | 64.9% | 4,317 | 6.42 | 20 | 15 | 33 | 83.5 |
| 8 | Andrew Luck | IND | 15 | 346 | 545 | 63.5% | 4,240 | 7.78 | 31 | 13 | 41 | 96.4 |
| 9 | Carson Palmer | ARI | 15 | 364 | 597 | 61.0% | 4,233 | 7.09 | 26 | 14 | 40 | 87.2 |
| 10 | Russell Wilson | SEA | 16 | 353 | 546 | 64.7% | 4,219 | 7.73 | 21 | 11 | 41 | 92.6 |
| 11 | Andy Dalton | CIN | 16 | 364 | 563 | 64.7% | 4,206 | 7.47 | 18 | 8 | 41 | 91.8 |
| 12 | Jameis Winston | TB | 16 | 345 | 567 | 60.9% | 4,090 | 7.21 | 28 | 18 | 35 | 86.1 |
| 13 | Eli Manning | NYG | 16 | 377 | 598 | 63.0% | 4,027 | 6.73 | 26 | 16 | 21 | 86.0 |
| 14 | Derek Carr | LV | 15 | 357 | 560 | 63.8% | 3,937 | 7.03 | 28 | 6 | 16 | 96.7 |
| 15 | Blake Bortles | JAX | 16 | 368 | 625 | 58.9% | 3,905 | 6.25 | 23 | 16 | 34 | 78.8 |
| 16 | Sam Bradford | MIN | 15 | 395 | 552 | 71.6% | 3,877 | 7.02 | 20 | 5 | 37 | 99.3 |
| 17 | Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | 14 | 328 | 509 | 64.4% | 3,819 | 7.50 | 29 | 13 | 17 | 95.4 |
| 18 | Carson Wentz | PHI | 16 | 379 | 607 | 62.4% | 3,782 | 6.23 | 16 | 14 | 33 | 79.3 |
| 19 | Dak Prescott | DAL | 16 | 311 | 459 | 67.8% | 3,667 | 7.99 | 23 | 4 | 25 | 104.9 |
| 20 | Tom Brady | NE | 12 | 291 | 432 | 67.4% | 3,554 | 8.23 | 28 | 2 | 15 | 112.2 |
| 21 | Cam Newton | CAR | 15 | 270 | 510 | 52.9% | 3,509 | 6.88 | 19 | 14 | 36 | 75.9 |
| 22 | Alex Smith | KC | 15 | 328 | 489 | 67.1% | 3,502 | 7.16 | 15 | 8 | 28 | 91.2 |
| 23 | Marcus Mariota | TEN | 15 | 276 | 451 | 61.2% | 3,426 | 7.60 | 26 | 9 | 23 | 95.6 |
| 24 | Trevor Siemian | DEN | 14 | 289 | 486 | 59.5% | 3,401 | 7.00 | 18 | 10 | 31 | 84.6 |
| 25 | Tyrod Taylor | BUF | 15 | 269 | 436 | 61.7% | 3,023 | 6.93 | 17 | 6 | 42 | 89.7 |
| 26 | Ryan Tannehill | MIA | 13 | 261 | 389 | 67.1% | 2,995 | 7.70 | 19 | 12 | 29 | 93.5 |
| 27 | Brock Osweiler | HOU | 15 | 301 | 510 | 59.0% | 2,957 | 5.80 | 15 | 16 | 27 | 72.2 |
| 28 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | NYJ | 14 | 228 | 403 | 56.6% | 2,710 | 6.73 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 69.6 |
| 29 | Colin Kaepernick | SF | 11 | 196 | 331 | 59.2% | 2,241 | 6.77 | 16 | 4 | 36 | 90.7 |
| 30 | Case Keenum | LA | 10 | 196 | 322 | 60.9% | 2,201 | 6.84 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 76.4 |
| 31 | Matt Barkley | CHI | 7 | 129 | 216 | 59.7% | 1,611 | 7.46 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 68.3 |
| 32 | Brian Hoyer | CHI | 6 | 134 | 200 | 67.0% | 1,445 | 7.23 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 98.0 |
| 33 | Cody Kessler | CLE | 9 | 128 | 195 | 65.6% | 1,380 | 7.08 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 92.3 |
| 34 | Josh McCown | CLE | 5 | 90 | 165 | 54.6% | 1,100 | 6.67 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 72.3 |
| 35 | Jared Goff | LA | 7 | 112 | 205 | 54.6% | 1,089 | 5.31 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 63.7 |
| 36 | Jay Cutler | CHI | 5 | 81 | 137 | 59.1% | 1,059 | 7.73 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 78.1 |
| 37 | Blaine Gabbert | SF | 6 | 91 | 160 | 56.9% | 925 | 5.78 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 68.4 |
| 38 | Robert Griffin III | CLE | 5 | 87 | 147 | 59.2% | 886 | 6.03 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 72.6 |
| 39 | Bryce Petty | NYJ | 6 | 75 | 133 | 56.4% | 809 | 6.08 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 60.0 |
| 40 | Matt Moore | MIA | 4 | 55 | 87 | 63.2% | 721 | 8.29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 105.6 |
| 41 | Landry Jones | PIT | 7 | 53 | 86 | 61.6% | 558 | 6.49 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 86.3 |
| 42 | Jimmy Garoppolo | NE | 6 | 43 | 63 | 68.3% | 502 | 7.97 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 113.3 |
| 43 | Paxton Lynch | DEN | 3 | 49 | 83 | 59.0% | 497 | 5.99 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 79.2 |
| 44 | Tom Savage | HOU | 3 | 46 | 73 | 63.0% | 461 | 6.32 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 80.9 |
| 45 | Derek Anderson | CAR | 4 | 36 | 53 | 67.9% | 453 | 8.55 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 67.6 |
| 46 | Nick Foles | KC | 2 | 36 | 55 | 65.5% | 410 | 7.46 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 105.9 |
| 47 | Jacoby Brissett | NE | 3 | 34 | 55 | 61.8% | 400 | 7.27 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 83.9 |
| 48 | Matt Cassel | TEN | 4 | 30 | 51 | 58.8% | 284 | 5.57 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 71.0 |
| 49 | Shaun Hill | MIN | 3 | 19 | 35 | 54.3% | 242 | 6.91 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76.1 |
| 50 | Scott Tolzien | IND | 2 | 23 | 37 | 62.2% | 216 | 5.84 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 64.7 |
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