NFL Passing Yards
Category: Football
- Most consecutive seasons leading league: 4, Dan Fouts, 1979–1982
- Highest yards per game, season: 342.31, Peyton Manning, (5,477 yards/16 Games), 2013
- Most passing yards, game: 554, Norm Van Brocklin, Sep 28, 1951
| Single Game(s) | |
| 1 | Most passing yards, game: 554, Norm Van Brocklin, Sep 28, 1951 |
| 2 | Most passing yards, combined, game: 1,000, Matthew Stafford, (520) and Matt Flynn, (480), Jan 1, 2012 |
| 3 | Most passing yards, 1st half: 361, Peyton Manning, Jan 9, 2005 |
| 4 | Most passing yards, 2nd half: 373, Kurt Warner, Sep 28, 2008 |
| 5 | Most passing yards, overtime: 219, Derek Carr, Oct 30, 2016 |
| 6 | Most passing yards, game, perfect passer rating (158.33): 465, Jared Goff, Sep 27, 2018 |
| 7 | Most passing yards, game, rookie: 433, Andrew Luck, Nov 4, 2012 |
| 8 | Most consecutive 200+ yards passing games: 64, Matt Ryan, 2013–2017 |
| 9 | Most consecutive 250+ yards passing games: 18, Drew Brees, 2010–2012 |
| 10 | Most consecutive 300+ yards passing games: 9, Drew Brees (twice) 2011–2012, 2012–2013 |
| 11 | Most consecutive 300+ yards passing games as rookie: 3, Joe Burrow, 2020 |
| 12 | Most consecutive 350+ yards passing games: 4, Drew Brees, 2011; Matthew Stafford, 2011–2012 |
| 13 | Most consecutive 400+ yards passing games: 3, Ryan Fitzpatrick, 2018;[166] Dak Prescott, 2020 |
| 14 | Most consecutive 450+ yards passing games: 3, Dak Prescott, 2020 |
| 15 | Longest pass completion: 99 yards, by 13 players, most recently Eli Manning, Dec 24, 2011 |
| Single Season(s) | |
| 1 | Most seasons leading league: 7, Drew Brees, 2006, 2008, 2011–2012, 2014–2016 |
| 2 | Most consecutive seasons leading league: 4, Dan Fouts, 1979–1982 |
| 3 | Highest yards per game, season: 342.31, Peyton Manning, (5,477 yards/16 Games), 2013 |
| 4 | Most seasons 2,000+ yards: 19, Tom Brady; 2001–2007, 2009–2020; Drew Brees, 2002–2020; Brett Favre, 1992–2010 |
| 5 | Most seasons 2,500+ yards: 19, Tom Brady; 2001–2007, 2009–2020; Brett Favre, 1992–2010 |
| 6 | Most seasons 3,000+ yards: 18, Tom Brady; 2002–2007, 2009–2020; Brett Favre, 1992–2009 |
| 7 | Most seasons 3,500+ yards: 18, Tom Brady; 2002–2007 2009–2020 |
| 8 | Most seasons 4,000+ yards: 14, Peyton Manning; 1999–2004, 2006–2010, 2012–2014 |
| 9 | Most seasons 4,500+ yards: 8, Drew Brees, 2008, 2010–2016 |
| 10 | Most seasons 5,000+ yards: 5, Drew Brees; 2008, 2011–2013, 2016 |
| 11 | Most consecutive seasons 2,000+ yards: 19, Drew Brees, 2002–2020; Brett Favre, 1992–2010 |
| 12 | Most consecutive seasons 2,500+ yards: 19, Brett Favre, 1992–2010 |
| 13 | Most consecutive seasons 3,000+ yards: 18, Brett Favre, 1992–2009 |
| 14 | Most consecutive seasons 3,500+ yards: 14, Drew Brees, 2005–2018 |
| 15 | Most consecutive seasons 4,000+ yards: 12, Drew Brees, 2006–2017 |
| 16 | Most consecutive seasons 4,500+ yards: 7, Drew Brees, 2010–2016 |
| 17 | Most consecutive seasons 5,000+ yards: 3, Drew Brees, 2011–2013 |
| 18 | Most passing yards, season: 5,477, Peyton Manning, 2013 |
| 19 | Most passing yards, rookie, season: 4,374, Andrew Luck, 2012 |
| 20 | Most passing yards, season, home: 2,853, Drew Brees, 2015 |
| 21 | Most passing yards, season, away: 2,852, Drew Brees, 2011 |
| 22 | Most games, 250+ yards passing, season: 16, Drew Brees, 2011 |
| 23 | Most games, 300+ yards passing, season: 13, Drew Brees, 2011 |
| 24 | Most games, 350+ yards passing, season: 8, Drew Brees, 2011;Peyton Manning, 2013 |
| 25 | Most games, 400+ yards passing, season: 4, Dan Marino, 1984; Peyton Manning, 2013; Ryan Fitzpatrick, 2018 |
| Career Records | |
| 1 | Most passing yards, career: Regular season: 80,358, Drew Brees, 2001–2020 |
| 2 | Highest yards per game, career: 307.65, Patrick Mahomes, (14,152 yards/46 Games), 2017–2020 |
| 3 | Most games, 200+ yards passing, career: 237, Drew Brees, 2001–2020 |
| 4 | Most games, 250+ yards passing, career: 184, Drew Brees, 2002–2020 |
| 5 | Most games, 300+ yards passing, career: 122, Drew Brees, 2002–2020 |
| 6 | Most games, 350+ yards passing, career: 63, Drew Brees, 2002–2019 |
| 7 | Most games, 400+ yards passing, career: 16, Drew Brees, 2001–2018 |
| 8 | Most games, 450+ yards passing, career: 6, Ben Roethlisberger, 2009–2018 |
| 9 | Most games, 500+ yards passing, career: 3, Ben Roethlisberger, 2009–2017 |
- Last Update: Jan 24, 2021
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