New York Jets Passing Yards per Game Leaders

Career totals with the Jets and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through November 1: 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. New York Titans 1960-1962.

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Chad Pennington holds the Jets career record with 199.1 passing yards per game. The single-season record is 286.2, by Joe Namath in 1967.

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 Jets leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	Y/G	G
1	Chad Pennington	2000–2007	199.1	69
2	Joe Namath	1965–1976	198.9	136
3	Mark Sanchez	2009–2012	198.2	61
4	Ken O'Brien	1984–1992	196.7	124
5	Vinny Testaverde	1998–2005	192.3	65
6	Richard Todd	1976–1983	178.8	102

Single-season Jets records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	Y/G	G
1	Joe Namath	1967	286.2	14
2	Ken O'Brien	1986	246.0	15
3	Ryan Fitzpatrick	2015	244.1	16
4	Ken O'Brien	1985	243.0	16
5	Joe Namath	1966	241.4	14
6	Vinny Testaverde	2000	233.3	16
7	Sam Darnold	2019	232.6	13
8	Vinny Testaverde	1998	232.6	14
9	Aaron Rodgers	2024	229.2	17
10	Josh McCown	2017	225.1	13
11	Joe Namath	1968	224.8	14
12	Ken O'Brien	1987	224.7	12
13	Ken O'Brien	1989	223.1	15
14	Sam Darnold	2018	220.4	13
15	Mark Sanchez	2010	219.4	15
16	Richard Todd	1982	217.9	9
17	Richard Todd	1983	217.4	16
18	Mark Sanchez	2011	217.1	16
19	Brett Favre	2008	217.0	16
20	Joe Namath	1972	216.6	13
21	Chad Pennington	2003	213.9	10
22	Boomer Esiason	1993	213.8	16
23	Chad Pennington	2006	209.5	16
24	Richard Todd	1980	208.1	16
25	Chad Pennington	2002	208.0	15