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
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
Norm Van Brocklin threw for an NFL record 554 yards in a 1951 game.
Tom Brady threw for 505 yards in Super Bowl LII , the most in NFL playoff history.
Ben Roethlisberger has thrown for at least 500 yards an NFL-record four times.
No.
Quarterback
Date
Team
Opponent
Result
Comp.
Att.
Comp. %
Yards
Y/A
TDs
INTs
Passer rating
Ref.
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
References
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