Kansas City Chiefs Passing Yards per Game Leaders

Career totals with the Chiefs and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through October 29: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning. Includes the club's AFL seasons (1960-1969), which the NFL's record book counts. Dallas Texans 1960-1962.

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Patrick Mahomes holds the Chiefs career record with 283.4 passing yards per game. The single-season record is 318.6, by Patrick Mahomes in 2018.

YDS TD RTG Y/A CMP% Y/G CMP ATT 1D TD% INT INT% SK

Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs 14 pass attempts per team game with the club, a career 1,500+ pass attempts with the club.

All-time Chiefs leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	Y/G	G
1	Patrick Mahomes	2017–2026	283.4	132
2	Trent Green	2001–2006	243.8	88
3	Alex Smith	2013–2017	231.7	76
4	Elvis Grbac	1997–2000	216.8	48
5	Steve DeBerg	1988–1991	208.3	57
6	Bill Kenney	1980–1988	163.0	106
7	Len Dawson	1962–1975	155.8	183
8	Mike Livingston	1968–1979	124.1	91

Single-season Chiefs records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	Y/G	G
1	Patrick Mahomes	2018	318.6	16
2	Patrick Mahomes	2020	316.0	15
3	Patrick Mahomes	2022	308.8	17
4	Patrick Mahomes	2019	287.9	14
5	Trent Green	2004	286.8	16
6	Patrick Mahomes	2021	284.6	17
7	Elvis Grbac	2000	281.0	14
8	Bill Kenney	1983	271.8	16
9	Alex Smith	2017	269.5	15
10	Patrick Mahomes	2023	261.4	16
11	Patrick Mahomes	2025	256.2	14
12	Trent Green	2003	252.4	16
13	Trent Green	2005	250.9	16
14	Patrick Mahomes	2024	245.5	16
15	Trent Green	2001	236.4	16
16	Joe Montana	1994	234.5	14
17	Alex Smith	2016	233.5	15
18	Bill Kenney	1984	233.1	9
19	Trent Green	2002	230.6	16
20	Steve DeBerg	1988	225.8	13
21	Alex Smith	2013	220.9	15
22	Alex Smith	2015	217.9	16
23	Alex Smith	2014	217.7	15
24	Steve DeBerg	1990	215.3	16
25	Elvis Grbac	1999	211.8	16