Can you name the players with 4000+ passing yards in a season?

Year	Player	Passing Yards
2011		5,476
2011		5,235
1984		5,084
2008		5,069
2011		5,038
2011		4,933
2001		4,830
2007		4,806
1981		4,802
2009		4,770
1986		4,746
2004		4,717
1980		4,715
2010		4,710
2010		4,700
1991		4,690
1990		4,689
2002		4,689
2011		4,643
2011		4,624
2010		4,620
1984		4,614
2004		4,591
2008		4,583
2004		4,557
1994		4,555
2008		4,526
2009		4,500
2009		4,483
1983		4,458
1994		4,453
1999		4,436
2009		4,434

Year	Player	Passing Yards
1988		4,434
2007		4,423
2006		4,418
2000		4,413
1995		4,413
2009		4,398
2006		4,397
2009		4,388
2010		4,370
1996		4,367
2002		4,359
1999		4,353
1983		4,348
1995		4,338
2009		4,328
1989		4,318
1989		4,310
2006		4,301
2000		4,278
2003		4,267
1994		4,264
2009		4,254
1995		4,228
1998		4,212
2007		4,211
2006		4,208
2009		4,202
2002		4,200
2011		4,184
1996		4,177
2011		4,177
1998		4,170
2000		4,169

Year	Player	Passing Yards
2007		4,155
1995		4,143
1985		4,137
1999		4,135
1980		4,132
2001		4,131
2007		4,131
1992		4,116
2005		4,110
1986		4,109
1999		4,091
2004		4,089
2004		4,088
1996		4,086
1979		4,082
2011		4,077
2002		4,073
2007		4,068
2011		4,051
1984		4,044
2007		4,040
2003		4,039
2008		4,038
2006		4,035
1993		4,030
1993		4,023
2009		4,021
2005		4,014
2008		4,009
1967		4,007
1999		4,005
2008		4,002
2010		4,002

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NFL 4000+ Season Passing Quiz

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Created Jan 11, 2009 in Sports
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	Morbo:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 04:52 GMT	1 point
	Tough quiz with not a lot of time. I was down to a minute or so after getting all the obvious ones, which left little time to even scan the years and think about it. You could've given me all day and I wouldn't get Lynn Dickey, though.

	danzam:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 05:12 GMT	14 points
	good quiz. Suprised that Johnny Unitas, Jim Kelly, and Troy Aikman didnt make the list.

	Lindsay:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 05:58 GMT	11 points
	Also surprised by the lack of Joe Montana. Great quiz, though - perfect mix of obvious & challenging!

	Morbo:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 06:13 GMT	12 points
	Aikman I could see. That Kelly never did it, with that offense they had back then, was stunning.

	HollywoodLeo:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 07:24 GMT	3 points
	Once again Sporcle has typo'd Philip Rivers' name. There's only 1 L P-H-I-L-I-P

	Edge:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 07:27 GMT	4 points
	45/74. Great tough quiz. My only glaring omission was Warren Moon. Shocked that Joe Montana and Jim Kelly aren't on this list. This is a great quiz for this site because it's easy (if you're any kind of a football fan) to get a fair score, but hard to get a really great one, though even so, almost all of the answers are from the last 20 years, so it's sort of right at the tip of your brain

	Edge:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 07:28 GMT	3 points
	And I'm not sure if I'm happier that I got Steve Beuerlein or that I spelled his name right :P I just remember he and Kurt Warner both had monster seasons at the same time (because they were both on my fantasy football team that year :)

	Havok3595:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 08:06 GMT	3 points
	I've seen people question the inclusion of 1967's induction into the hall of fame because his stats are rather average (compared to today's passers) and the fact that his guarantee is the biggest reason he's in, I'd like to think this list kind of backs his inclusion for on-field excellence, having a record that stood for like 15 years.

	Bretzky:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 13:45 GMT	5 points
	Havok: The only problem there is that in 1967, Namath played in the AFL, not the NFL. As such, it was an AFL record, not an NFL record.

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	ZacharyTaylor:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 14:24 GMT	2 points
	type in 3 people and they give you 20 answers

	fsuseminoles92:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 14:28 GMT	5 points
	I got 51. Really good quiz, Im surprised Jim Kelly and Joe Theismann aren't on the list. I just thought of recent good quarterbacks for the most part.

	Lycan_Amyral:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 14:34 GMT	8 points
	Surprised about Namath actually. I always imagined him more as a "right place, right time" guy, but he apparently had at least one season that was unprecedented at the time.

	brrap_brrap:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 16:56 GMT	4 points
	Surprised that someone like Joe Montana or Jim Kelly never threw for 4000 yards, but someone like Elvis Grbac did.

	jesus:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 17:30 GMT	-2 points
	How the hell can anyone throw a ball 4000 yards? The pitch isn't even that long!

	Loppy:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 17:34 GMT	0 points
	many people didnt get all packers correct except for brett favre, they are don majkowski, aaron rodgers, and lynn dickey

	Sam:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 19:03 GMT	6 points
	Thanks guys, and @Leo, River's first name was fixed.

	pollockhead:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 19:50 GMT	5 points
	Peyton Manning is credited with doing it twice in 2002. Mistake!

	Kicking222:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 20:26 GMT	3 points
	Amazing to see the guys who never did it.

	Lindsay:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 20:39 GMT	3 points
	Yeah, Manning's stats are slightly off - the 4413 yards were in 2000, not 2006 and the 4397 was for 2006, not 2002.

	nearlyextinct:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 21:17 GMT	3 points
	What about doing one on field goals?

	gopaladins:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 21:28 GMT	2 points
	how good of a stat is this if a QB can do it and still not make the playoffs??? drew brees threw for the second most yards ever this season. oh well.

	Sam:	Jan 11th, 2009 at 21:55 GMT	4 points
	@nearlyextinct: I'll get right on that

	Bretzky:	Jan 12th, 2009 at 03:22 GMT	3 points
	@gopaladins: Out of the top ten: 3 QBs made the Super Bowl (none of whom won it); 2 made the conf. championship; 1 made the Div. round; 1 made the Wild Card round; & 3 missed the playoffs. That's certainly not all bad.

	drhaase:	Jan 12th, 2009 at 17:27 GMT	2 points
	got the top 10 and 54 right. solid quiz...a lot of long forgotten names

	Ecliptica:	Jan 13th, 2009 at 02:11 GMT	4 points
	Got 71. Missed AARON RODGERS of all people. I swear I went through the entire league this year trying to figure out the 2008 guy and still somehow was unable to come up with Rodgers.

	griffy g:	Jan 13th, 2009 at 03:49 GMT	3 points
	cant believe montana didnt make the list

	hoosfoos:	Jan 13th, 2009 at 14:03 GMT	1 point
	You know, Peyton has done this nearly every year he's been in the league yet some people insist that Brady is better. Give Manning Randy Moss and let's watch him blow the record up.

	Loppy:	Jan 13th, 2009 at 22:01 GMT	3 points
	i am sure drew brees is pissed about the last play, that WR should have caught it, if he did, he would have broke dan marino's season passing yards record

	Lenard:	Jan 17th, 2009 at 02:42 GMT	4 points
	can't believe I missed Cutler.

	hscer:	Feb 28th, 2009 at 18:43 GMT	2 points
	happy with 62/74

	SammyG:	Mar 3rd, 2009 at 18:42 GMT	1 point
	A) How on Earth did I get Brad Johnson but miss Brett Favre? B) Trent Green threw for 4000 yards? 3 times? Really?

	yodatron:	Mar 15th, 2009 at 17:08 GMT	3 points
	interesting quiz. next quiz should be the starting quarterbacks from the 08 season

	DaRiPPER:	Apr 7th, 2009 at 17:28 GMT	2 points
	Amazing that less than half got Carson Palmer and only 28.3% got Aaron Rodgers, it happened this past season!

	Mello:	Apr 28th, 2009 at 22:26 GMT	2 points
	Ah, yes, the immortal Bill Kenney; clearly better than Joe Montana or Troy Aikman. I want to say that the year Steve Young won the Super Bowl, he was something like less than 5 yards shy of a 4000 yard season; kind of sucks, but I think he'd rather have the Super Bowl.

	jmoney:	Jun 1st, 2009 at 17:37 GMT	2 points
	how priceless is it that jon kitna made this list TWICE but greats like joe montana and jim kelly dont? (i got kitna btw, im a lions fan lucky ol me)

	ajayequalzbeast:	Jul 31st, 2009 at 14:36 GMT	2 points
	Had no idea Rodgers did that well this year. Good for him, I like that dude. I'm also mad that more than 10 percent of people got Elvis Grbac. I was so excited I got that one I was like "Oh yeah nobody is going to get this fool"

	halloween:	Aug 27th, 2009 at 19:23 GMT	0 points
	nfl rocksssssssssssssss

	Mockenrue:	Nov 4th, 2009 at 23:01 GMT	0 points
	@jmoney, that's because when you're throwing all the time, you're often playing catch-up. Kitna's arm was the only offense Detroit really had in those years. Whereas Kelly had Thurman Thomas and Montana had guys like Roger Craig. It's hard to find a perennial winner that constantly throws. There's a reason Dan Marino never won a Super Bowl. The fact that he has 5 seasons on here, including one above 5000, simply shows the sheer difference in talent between him and Kitna. The rest is just system + supporting cast.

	Colt45:	Dec 17th, 2009 at 22:47 GMT	2 points
	Only 2 QB's on this list won the Superbowl that year, Manning in 2006 and Warner in 1999. Montana and Bradshaw each have 4 rings and neither is on this list once. A lot of the QB's on this list were on teams with no running game and/or horrible defenses.