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NFL Single Game Passing Yards Leaders

Single game leaders only reflect years for which we have complete boxscore data (1960 onward) and all 100 yard rushing/receiving or 300 yard passing games from 1940-1959. Create your own leader lists using the Player Game Finder tool!

Rank Player (age), + - HOFer, Bold - Active Yds Boxscore
1. Norm Van Brocklin+ 554  Los Angeles Rams vs. New York Yanks, September 28, 1951 
2. Warren Moon+ 527  Houston Oilers vs. Kansas City Chiefs, December 16, 1990 
3. Boomer Esiason 522  Arizona Cardinals vs. Washington Redskins, November 10, 1996 
4. Dan Marino+ 521  Miami Dolphins vs. New York Jets, October 23, 1988 
5. Matthew Stafford (23) 520  Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers, January 1, 2012 
6. Tom Brady (34) 517  New England Patriots vs. Miami Dolphins, September 12, 2011 
7. Phil Simms 513  New York Giants vs. Cincinnati Bengals, October 13, 1985 
8. Drew Brees (27) 510  New Orleans Saints vs. Cincinnati Bengals, November 19, 2006 
9. Vince Ferragamo 509  Los Angeles Rams vs. Chicago Bears, December 26, 1982 
10. Y.A. Tittle+ 505  New York Giants vs. Washington Redskins, October 28, 1962 
11. Elvis Grbac 504  Kansas City Chiefs vs. Oakland Raiders, November 5, 2000 
12. Ben Roethlisberger (27) 503  Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Green Bay Packers, December 20, 2009 
13. Jake Plummer 499  Denver Broncos vs. Atlanta Falcons, October 31, 2004 
14. Matt Schaub (29) 497  Houston Texans vs. Washington Redskins, September 19, 2010 
15. Joe Namath+ 496  New York Jets vs. Baltimore Colts, September 24, 1972 
16. Billy Volek (28) 492  Tennessee Titans vs. Oakland Raiders, December 19, 2004 
17. Boomer Esiason 490  Cincinnati Bengals vs. Los Angeles Rams, October 7, 1990 
Tommy Kramer 490  Minnesota Vikings vs. Washington Redskins, November 2, 1986 
18. Bernie Kosar 489  Cleveland Browns vs. New York Jets, January 3, 1987 
19. Doug Williams 486  Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Minnesota Vikings, November 16, 1980 
20. Kurt Warner 484  Arizona Cardinals vs. San Francisco 49ers, November 25, 2007 
21. Vinny Testaverde 481  New York Jets vs. Baltimore Ravens, December 24, 2000 
22. Matt Flynn (26) 480  Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions, January 1, 2012 
23. Ken O'Brien 479  New York Jets vs. Miami Dolphins, September 21, 1986 
24. Kyle Orton (28) 476  Denver Broncos vs. Indianapolis Colts, September 26, 2010 
Joe Montana+ 476  San Francisco 49ers vs. Atlanta Falcons, October 14, 1990 
25. Tommy Maddox 473  Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Atlanta Falcons, November 10, 2002 
Dan Marino+ 473  Miami Dolphins vs. New England Patriots, September 4, 1994 
26. Kurt Warner 472  Arizona Cardinals vs. New York Jets, September 28, 2008 
Peyton Manning (28) 472  Indianapolis Colts vs. Kansas City Chiefs, October 31, 2004 
27. Brad Johnson 471  Washington Redskins vs. San Francisco 49ers, December 26, 1999 
28. Dan Marino+ 470  Miami Dolphins vs. Los Angeles Raiders, December 2, 1984 
29. Vinny Testaverde 469  Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Indianapolis Colts, October 16, 1988 
Matt Cassel (28) 469  Kansas City Chiefs vs. Denver Broncos, November 14, 2010 
30. Neil Lomax 468  St. Louis Cardinals vs. Washington Redskins, December 16, 1984 
Johnny Lujack 468  Chicago Bears vs. Chicago Cardinals, December 11, 1949 
31. Billy Wade 466  Chicago Bears vs. Dallas Cowboys, November 18, 1962 
Drew Brees (32) 466  New Orleans Saints vs. Detroit Lions, January 7, 2012 
32. Jake Plummer 465  Arizona Cardinals vs. Dallas Cowboys, November 15, 1998 
33. George Blanda+ 464  Houston Oilers vs. Buffalo Bills, October 29, 1961 
Donovan McNabb (28) 464  Philadelphia Eagles vs. Green Bay Packers, December 5, 2004 
34. Drew Bledsoe 463  Buffalo Bills vs. Minnesota Vikings, September 15, 2002 
35. Gus Frerotte 462  Denver Broncos vs. San Diego Chargers, November 19, 2000 
Drew Brees (32) 462  New Orleans Saints vs. San Francisco 49ers, January 14, 2012 
Steve Young+ 462  San Francisco 49ers vs. Los Angeles Rams, November 28, 1993 
36. Don Meredith 460  Dallas Cowboys vs. San Francisco 49ers, November 10, 1963 
37. Joe Montana+ 458  San Francisco 49ers vs. Los Angeles Rams, December 11, 1989 
Peyton Manning (28) 458  Indianapolis Colts vs. Denver Broncos, January 9, 2005 
38. Jacky Lee 457  Houston Oilers vs. Boston Patriots, October 13, 1961 
Neil Lomax 457  St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Chargers, September 20, 1987