List of 500-yard passing games in the NFL
In the history of the National Football League (NFL), 22 different quarterbacks have passed for at least 500 yards in a single game 27 times, a feat also referred to as the "500 Club".[1][2][3][4]
History
[edit]Norm Van Brocklin was the first to do so, whose 554-yard performance in a 1951 game remains the league record for most passing yards in a game.[5]
Only three quarterbacks have thrown for over 500 yards more than once in their career; Drew Brees and Tom Brady did so twice (both of Brees' 500-yard games occurred in regular season games, while Brady had one 500-yard game each in both a regular season game and a postseason game), and Ben Roethlisberger did so four times (three times in the regular season and once in the postseason).[6] Kirk Cousins became the latest member of the club, after a 509-yard performance on October 3, 2024 against Tampa Bay. No quarterback has thrown for 600 yards in a league game during regulation, but Tom Brady was the first player to total 600 or more yards passing over four consecutive quarters.[7] If counting interception return yards, then Jameis Winston holds the league record with a 668-yard game (497 passing + 171 return yards). [8]
Brady and Roethlisberger are the only quarterbacks to have thrown for over 500 yards in a postseason game during the modern era; Brady did so in a Super Bowl LII loss to the Philadelphia Eagles during the 2017–18 playoffs while Roethlisberger did so in a Wild Card round loss to the Cleveland Browns during the 2020–21 NFL playoffs.[9] Quarterbacks throwing for 500 yards have amassed 15 wins and 12 losses while doing so. Over time, the frequency of quarterbacks throwing for 500 or more yards in a game has increased, with 17 of 27 such performances occurring since 2010.
List
[edit]Playoff performance |
No. | Quarterback | Date | Team | Opponent | Result | Comp. | Att. | Comp. % | Yards | Y/A | TDs | INTs | Passer rating | Ref. |
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1 | Norm Van Brocklin | September 28, 1951 | Los Angeles Rams | New York Yanks | W 54–14 | 27 | 41 | 65.9 | 554 | 13.51 | 5 | 2 | 128.3 | [5] |
2 | Y. A. Tittle | October 28, 1962 | New York Giants | Washington Redskins | W 49–34 | 27 | 39 | 69.2 | 505 | 12.94 | 7 | 0 | 151.4 | [10] |
3 | Vince Ferragamo | December 26, 1982 | Los Angeles Rams | Chicago Bears | L 34–26 | 30 | 46 | 65.2 | 509 | 11.07 | 3 | 2 | 106.2 | [11] |
4 | Phil Simms | October 13, 1985 | New York Giants | Cincinnati Bengals | L 35–30 | 40 | 62 | 64.5 | 513 | 8.27 | 1 | 2 | 82.3 | [12] |
5 | Dan Marino | October 23, 1988 | Miami Dolphins | New York Jets | L 44–30 | 35 | 60 | 58.3 | 521 | 8.68 | 3 | 5 | 68.8 | [13] |
6 | Warren Moon | December 16, 1990 | Houston Oilers | Kansas City Chiefs | W 27–10 | 27 | 45 | 60.0 | 527 | 11.71 | 3 | 0 | 123.1 | [14] |
7 | Boomer Esiason | November 10, 1996 | Arizona Cardinals | Washington Redskins | W 37–34 (OT) | 35 | 59 | 59.3 | 522 | 8.85 | 3 | 4 | 77.1 | [15] |
8 | Elvis Grbac | November 5, 2000 | Kansas City Chiefs | Oakland Raiders | L 49–31 | 39 | 53 | 73.6 | 504 | 9.51 | 2 | 2 | 99.9 | [16] |
9 | Drew Brees | November 19, 2006 | New Orleans Saints | Cincinnati Bengals | L 31–16 | 37 | 52 | 71.2 | 510 | 9.81 | 2 | 3 | 91.0 | [3] |
10 | Ben Roethlisberger | December 20, 2009 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Green Bay Packers | W 37–36 | 29 | 46 | 63.0 | 503 | 10.93 | 3 | 0 | 121.9 | [6] |
11 | Tom Brady | September 12, 2011 | New England Patriots | Miami Dolphins | W 38–24 | 32 | 48 | 66.7 | 517 | 10.77 | 4 | 1 | 121.6 | [3] |
12 | Matthew Stafford | January 1, 2012 | Detroit Lions | Green Bay Packers | L 45–41 | 36 | 59 | 61.0 | 520 | 8.81 | 5 | 2 | 103.8 | [3] |
13 | Eli Manning | September 16, 2012 | New York Giants | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 41–34 | 31 | 51 | 60.8 | 510 | 10.00 | 3 | 3 | 89.5 | [17] |
14 | Matt Schaub | November 18, 2012 | Houston Texans | Jacksonville Jaguars | W 43–37 (OT) | 43 | 55 | 78.2 | 527 | 9.58 | 5 | 2 | 121.7 | [18] |
15 | Tony Romo | October 6, 2013 | Dallas Cowboys | Denver Broncos | L 51–48 | 25 | 36 | 69.4 | 506 | 14.06 | 5 | 1 | 140.0 | [19] |
16 | Ben Roethlisberger | October 26, 2014 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Indianapolis Colts | W 51–34 | 40 | 49 | 81.6 | 522 | 10.65 | 6 | 0 | 150.6 | [6] |
17 | Philip Rivers | October 18, 2015 | San Diego Chargers | Green Bay Packers | L 27–20 | 43 | 65 | 66.2 | 503 | 7.74 | 2 | 0 | 99.7 | [20] |
18 | Drew Brees | November 1, 2015 | New Orleans Saints | New York Giants | W 52–49 | 39 | 50 | 78.0 | 505 | 10.10 | 7 | 2 | 131.7 | [21] |
19 | Matt Ryan | October 2, 2016 | Atlanta Falcons | Carolina Panthers | W 48–33 | 28 | 37 | 75.7 | 503 | 13.59 | 4 | 1 | 142.0 | [22] |
20 | Derek Carr | October 30, 2016 | Oakland Raiders | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 30–24 (OT) | 40 | 59 | 67.8 | 513 | 8.69 | 4 | 0 | 117.4 | [23] |
21 | Ben Roethlisberger | December 10, 2017 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Baltimore Ravens | W 39–38 | 44 | 66 | 66.7 | 506 | 7.67 | 2 | 0 | 99.7 | [6] |
22 | Tom Brady | February 4, 2018 | New England Patriots | Philadelphia Eagles | L 41–33 | 28 | 48 | 58.3 | 505 | 10.52 | 3 | 0 | 115.4 | [9] |
23 | Jared Goff | September 29, 2019 | Los Angeles Rams | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 55–40 | 45 | 68 | 66.2 | 517 | 7.60 | 2 | 3 | 80.3 | [24] |
24 | Dak Prescott | October 4, 2020 | Dallas Cowboys | Cleveland Browns | L 49–38 | 41 | 58 | 70.6 | 502 | 8.7 | 4 | 1 | 112.9 | [25] |
25 | Ben Roethlisberger | January 10, 2021 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Cleveland Browns | L 48–37 | 47 | 68 | 69.1 | 501 | 7.4 | 4 | 4 | 85.5 | [26] |
26 | Joe Burrow | December 26, 2021 | Cincinnati Bengals | Baltimore Ravens | W 41–21 | 37 | 46 | 80.4 | 525 | 11.4 | 4 | 0 | 143.2 | [27] |
27 | Kirk Cousins | October 3, 2024 | Atlanta Falcons | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 36-30 (OT) | 42 | 58 | 72.4 | 509 | 8.8 | 4 | 1 | 114.8 | [28] |
No. | Quarterback | Date | Team | Opponent | Result | Comp. | Att. | Comp. % | Yards | Y/A | TDs | INTs | Passer rating | Ref. |
See also
[edit]- List of NFL quarterbacks with seven touchdown passes in a game
- List of NFL quarterbacks who have posted a perfect passer rating
- List of NFL quarterbacks who have posted a passer rating of zero
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