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The biggest single-season statistical rebounds in NFL history — measured as per-game improvement from a genuine down year, normalized against the player's own career baseline. Only consecutive seasons with ≥8 games qualify.
Measures consecutive-season per-game rebounds after a genuine down year. Known event-ledger seasons are attached to rows as context badges, so injury/comeback-award context stays visible instead of becoming anonymous stat movement.
1 1994 → 1995 · Pass Yds/G:80.6 → 239.9 per game · +198% from career median 103.2
2 1983 → 1984 · Pass Yds/G:34.8 → 201.8 per game · +480% from career median 118.2
3 1987 → 1988 · Pass Yds/G:53.5 → 196.2 per game · +267% from career median 112.0
4 2009 → 2010 · Pass Yds/G:7.2 → 251.5 per game · +3393% from career median 157.7
5 1984 → 1985 · Pass Yds/G:30.8 → 184.5 per game · +499% from career median 133.7
6 1992 → 1993 · Pass Yds/G:9.6 → 197.8 per game · +1960% from career median 166.0
7 2023 → 2024 · Pass Yds/G:29.7 → 254.1 per game · +756% from career median 220.4
8 1997 → 1998 · Pass Yds/G:41.8 → 246.9 per game · +491% from career median 198.8
9 1992 → 1993 · Pass Yds/G:94.2 → 216.1 per game · +129% from career median 131.8
10 1984 → 1985 · Pass Yds/G:53.0 → 229.5 per game · +333% from career median 213.8
11 1998 → 1999 · Pass Yds/G:10.7 → 125.7 per game · +1075% from career median 104.7
12 1992 → 1993 · Pass Yds/G:2.0 → 136.4 per game · +6720% from career median 161.8
13 2018 → 2019 · Pass Yds/G:75.1 → 208.5 per game · +178% from career median 202.3
14 2020 → 2021 · Pass Yds/G:75.8 → 209.6 per game · +177% from career median 205.6
15 1998 → 1999 · Pass Yds/G:67.2 → 187.9 per game · +180% from career median 193.2
16 1995 → 1996 · Pass Yds/G:166.8 → 272.9 per game · +64% from career median 200.1
17 1999 → 2000 · Pass Yds/G:84.9 → 207.5 per game · +144% from career median 241.0
18 1982 → 1983 · Pass Yds/G:0.5 → 86.4 per game · +17180% from career median 107.6
19 1984 → 1985 · Pass Yds/G:140.2 → 243.0 per game · +73% from career median 206.3
20 1983 → 1984 · Pass Yds/G:200.9 → 317.8 per game · +58% from career median 253.5
21 2000 → 2001 · Pass Yds/G:121.8 → 194.3 per game · +60% from career median 158.8
22 2022 → 2023 · Pass Yds/G:152.7 → 267.5 per game · +75% from career median 249.2
23 2004 → 2005 · Pass Yds/G:130.4 → 235.1 per game · +80% from career median 246.8
24 2019 → 2020 · Pass Yds/G:153.8 → 248.9 per game · +62% from career median 218.0
25 1993 → 1994 · Pass Yds/G:191.8 → 284.7 per game · +48% from career median 232.7
26 1989 → 1990 · Pass Yds/G:86.0 → 155.6 per game · +81% from career median 155.5
27 2005 → 2006 · Pass Yds/G:97.2 → 181.3 per game · +87% from career median 215.5
28 2019 → 2020 · Pass Yds/G:193.1 → 284.0 per game · +47% from career median 243.2
29 1996 → 1997 · Pass Yds/G:82.4 → 194.3 per game · +136% from career median 194.3
30 1994 → 1995 · Pass Yds/G:112.7 → 189.2 per game · +68% from career median 181.9
31 1993 → 1994 · Pass Yds/G:165.2 → 240.9 per game · +46% from career median 227.9
32 1984 → 1985 · Pass Yds/G:173.2 → 243.2 per game · +40% from career median 220.5
33 2009 → 2010 · Pass Yds/G:142.2 → 230.2 per game · +62% from career median 226.6
34 2001 → 2002 · Pass Yds/G:155.6 → 236.5 per game · +52% from career median 216.1
35 2012 → 2013 · Pass Yds/G:139.5 → 199.8 per game · +43% from career median 199.8
36 1988 → 1989 · Pass Yds/G:164.1 → 230.6 per game · +41% from career median 206.9
37 2006 → 2007 · Pass Yds/G:220.8 → 300.4 per game · +36% from career median 272.2
38 2008 → 2009 · Pass Yds/G:207.1 → 288.5 per game · +39% from career median 266.3
39 2009 → 2010 · Pass Yds/G:111.0 → 172.1 per game · +55% from career median 166.8
40 1997 → 1998 · Pass Yds/G:127.1 → 192.1 per game · +51% from career median 177.4
41 1984 → 1985 · Pass Yds/G:127.3 → 184.0 per game · +45% from career median 170.8
42 1968 → 1969 · Pass Yds/G:165.0 → 221.6 per game · +34% from career median 215.6
43 2004 → 2005 · Pass Yds/G:167.9 → 225.8 per game · +34% from career median 198.7
44 2021 → 2022 · Pass Yds/G:128.3 → 186.3 per game · +45% from career median 190.0
45 2022 → 2023 · Pass Yds/G:180.3 → 237.9 per game · +32% from career median 230.3
46 1993 → 1994 · Pass Yds/G:92.4 → 167.8 per game · +82% from career median 169.3
47 2000 → 2001 · Pass Yds/G:165.6 → 216.5 per game · +31% from career median 208.5
48 2009 → 2010 · Pass Yds/G:162.9 → 219.4 per game · +35% from career median 217.1
49 2007 → 2008 · Pass Yds/G:126.8 → 196.1 per game · +55% from career median 196.2
50 2000 → 2001 · Pass Yds/G:186.8 → 239.5 per game · +28% from career median 221.7
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Rankings as of 2026-09-03 , as declared by the corpus that produced them.