most average yards per game by a qb in nfl history

Patrick Mahomes has averaged the most career passing yards per game by a quarterback, with 288.9 per game.

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most average passing yards per game by a qb in NFL history
NAME YDS/G GP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
288.9
112
2,778
4,171
66.6
32,352
7.8
245
74
102.1
5.9
1.8
184
1,219
2 Drew Brees
D. Brees
280.0
287
7,142
10,551
67.7
80,358
7.6
571
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
3 Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
275.4
69
1,748
2,547
68.6
19,001
7.5
140
46
101.2
5.5
1.8
196
1,318
4 Andrew Luck
A. Luck
275.2
86
2,000
3,290
60.8
23,671
7.2
171
83
89.5
5.2
2.5
174
1,124
5 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
270.5
266
6,125
9,380
65.3
71,940
7.7
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
6 Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
269.4
222
5,174
8,166
63.4
59,809
7.3
377
188
91.2
4.6
2.3
502
3,365
7 Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
268.3
234
5,551
8,464
65.6
62,792
7.4
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
8 Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
267.0
79
1,945
2,926
66.5
21,093
7.2
137
45
96.7
4.7
1.5
171
1,115
9 Tom Brady
T. Brady
266.3
335
7,753
12,050
64.3
89,214
7.4
649
212
97.2
5.4
1.8
565
3,576
10 Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
262.1
164
3,768
5,630
66.9
42,979
7.6
288
126
97.4
5.1
2.2
332
2,408
11 Jared Goff
J. Goff
261.6
134
3,047
4,646
65.6
35,058
7.5
222
94
95.7
4.8
2.0
248
1,815
12 Kurt Warner
K. Warner
260.8
124
2,666
4,070
65.5
32,344
7.9
208
128
93.7
5.1
3.1
260
1,669
13 Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
260.0
244
5,277
8,134
64.9
63,440
7.8
421
209
95.2
5.2
2.6
465
2,842
14 Kellen Moore
K. Moore
259.7
3
61
104
58.7
779
7.5
4
6
71.0
3.8
5.8
5
23
15 Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
258.0
122
2,781
4,160
66.9
31,471
7.6
213
82
98.2
5.1
2.0
256
1,529
16 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
257.4
249
5,440
8,443
64.4
64,088
7.6
418
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
17 Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
254.1
182
3,941
6,307
62.5
46,247
7.3
294
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
18 Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
253.8
248
5,369
8,245
65.1
62,952
7.6
503
116
102.6
6.1
1.4
571
3,908
19 Dan Marino
D. Marino
253.6
242
4,967
8,358
59.4
61,361
7.3
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
20 Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
245.3
73
1,527
2,305
66.2
17,904
7.8
123
48
98.8
5.3
2.1
244
1,432
21 C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
244.8
32
655
1,031
63.5
7,835
7.6
43
17
93.7
4.2
1.6
90
739
22 Derek Carr
D. Carr
244.1
169
3,765
5,785
65.1
41,245
7.1
257
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
23 Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
242.3
64
1,387
2,037
68.1
15,506
7.6
100
44
97.9
4.9
2.2
111
776
24 Eli Manning
E. Manning
241.6
236
4,895
8,119
60.3
57,023
7.0
366
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
25 Joe Milton III
J. Milton III
241.0
1
22
29
75.9
241
8.3
1
0
111.4
3.4
0.0
0
0
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9
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AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
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2
0
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11
6
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.647