Matthew Staffordv
Patrick MahomesOver the first 9 seasons of each man's career, Matthew Stafford has 34,811 passing yards and Patrick Mahomes 35,939.
Patrick Mahomes leads by 1,128.
Matthew Stafford has 17 seasons on file and Patrick Mahomes 9 seasons.
Season by season, lined up on career year — a rookie season against a rookie season — rather than on the calendar, which would set one era against another and answer nothing.
| Year | PASS YDS | PASS TD | INT | FPTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y1 2009 / 2017 | 2,267 | 284 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 125 | 10 |
| Y2 2010 / 2018 | 535 | 5,097 | 6 | 50 | 1 | 12 | 51 | 417 |
| Y3 2011 / 2019 | 5,100 | 4,031 | 41 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 346 | 287 |
| Y4 2012 / 2020 | 4,967 | 4,740 | 20 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 277 | 374 |
| Y5 2013 / 2021 | 4,650 | 4,839 | 29 | 37 | 19 | 13 | 279 | 362 |
| Y6 2014 / 2022 | 4,257 | 5,250 | 22 | 41 | 12 | 12 | 252 | 417 |
| Y7 2015 / 2023 | 4,262 | 4,183 | 32 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 291 | 280 |
| Y8 2016 / 2024 | 4,327 | 3,928 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 280 | 283 |
| Y9 2017 / 2025 | 4,446 | 3,587 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 274 | 286 |
| Y10 2018 / — | 3,777 | — | 21 | — | 11 | — | 212 | — |
| Y11 2019 / — | 2,499 | — | 19 | — | 5 | — | 167 | — |
| Y12 2020 / — | 4,084 | — | 26 | — | 10 | — | 261 | — |
| Y13 2021 / — | 4,886 | — | 41 | — | 17 | — | 330 | — |
| Y14 2022 / — | 2,087 | — | 10 | — | 8 | — | 108 | — |
| Y15 2023 / — | 3,965 | — | 24 | — | 11 | — | 243 | — |
| Y16 2024 / — | 3,762 | — | 20 | — | 8 | — | 215 | — |
| Y17 2025 / — | 4,707 | — | 46 | — | 8 | — | 350 | — |
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