Over the first 8 seasons of each man's career, Patrick Mahomes has 32,352 passing yards and Sam Darnold 20,431.
Patrick Mahomes leads by 11,921.
Patrick Mahomes has 9 seasons on file and Sam Darnold 8 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 2017 / 2018 | 284 | 2,865 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 168 |
| Y2 2018 / 2019 | 5,097 | 3,024 | 50 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 417 | 189 |
| Y3 2019 / 2020 | 4,031 | 2,208 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 287 | 134 |
| Y4 2020 / 2021 | 4,740 | 2,527 | 38 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 374 | 157 |
| Y5 2021 / 2022 | 4,839 | 1,143 | 37 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 362 | 86 |
| Y6 2022 / 2023 | 5,250 | 297 | 41 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 417 | 23 |
| Y7 2023 / 2024 | 4,183 | 4,319 | 27 | 35 | 14 | 12 | 280 | 308 |
| Y8 2024 / 2025 | 3,928 | 4,048 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 283 | 235 |
| Y9 2025 / — | 3,587 | — | 22 | — | 11 | — | 286 | — |
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