Washington Commanders Passing Yards per Game Leaders

Career totals with the Commanders 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. Boston Braves 1932, Boston Redskins 1933-1936; Washington Redskins 1937-2019, Washington Football Team 2020-2021.

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Kirk Cousins holds the Commanders career record with 261.4 passing yards per game. The single-season record is 307.3, by Kirk Cousins in 2016.

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 Commanders leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	Y/G	G
1	Kirk Cousins	2012–2017	261.4	62
2	Jason Campbell	2006–2009	208.8	52
3	Mark Rypien	1988–1993	206.9	77
4	Sonny Jurgensen	1964–1974	167.3	135
5	Joe Theismann	1974–1985	150.9	167
6	Billy Kilmer	1971–1978	150.6	82
7	Sammy Baugh	1937–1952	132.6	165

Single-season Commanders records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	Y/G	G
1	Kirk Cousins	2016	307.3	16
2	Mark Rypien	1989	269.1	14
3	Sonny Jurgensen	1967	267.6	14
4	Kirk Cousins	2015	260.4	16
5	Donovan McNabb	2010	259.8	13
6	Jay Schroeder	1986	256.8	16
7	Kirk Cousins	2017	255.8	16
8	Brad Johnson	1999	250.3	16
9	Robert Griffin III	2013	246.4	13
10	Sammy Baugh	1947	244.8	12
11	Rex Grossman	2011	242.4	13
12	Doug Williams	1988	237.2	11
13	Joe Theismann	1983	232.1	16
14	Sam Howell	2023	232.1	17
15	Trent Green	1998	229.4	15
16	Sonny Jurgensen	1966	229.2	14
17	Jason Campbell	2009	226.1	16
18	Joe Theismann	1982	225.9	9
19	Joe Theismann	1981	223.0	16
20	Mark Rypien	1991	222.8	16
21	Sonny Jurgensen	1969	221.6	14
22	Carson Wentz	2022	219.4	8
23	Alex Smith	2018	218.0	10
24	Norm Snead	1963	217.4	14
25	Sammy Baugh	1948	216.6	12