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NFL 5,000 Passing Yard Seasons

Every season in which a quarterback threw for at least 5,000 yards.

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5,000 Passing Yard Seasons in NFL history: 15, by 9 different players. The best is Drew Brees with 5,535 passing yards in 2011. The most recent was Patrick Mahomes in 2022.

Every season

15 seasons
# Player Season Team YDS TD INT
1 Drew Brees Drew Brees 2011 NO 5,535 46 14
2 Peyton Manning Peyton Manning 2013 DEN 5,477 55 10
3 Tom Brady Tom Brady 2021 TB 5,316 43 12
4 Patrick Mahomes Patrick Mahomes 2022 KC 5,250 41 12
5 Tom Brady Tom Brady 2011 NE 5,235 39 12
6 Drew Brees Drew Brees 2016 NO 5,208 37 15
7 Drew Brees Drew Brees 2012 NO 5,177 43 19
8 Drew Brees Drew Brees 2013 NO 5,162 39 12
9 Ben Roethlisberger Ben Roethlisberger 2018 PIT 5,129 34 16
10 Jameis Winston Jameis Winston 2019 TB 5,109 33 30
11 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2011 DET 5,100 41 16
12 Patrick Mahomes Patrick Mahomes 2018 KC 5,097 50 12
13 Dan Marino Dan Marino 1984 MIA 5,084 48 17
14 Drew Brees Drew Brees 2008 NO 5,069 34 17
15 Justin Herbert Justin Herbert 2021 LAC 5,014 38 15