drew brees most pass yards in a playoff game

Drew Brees had his most passing yards in a playoff game in the 2011 NFC Wild Card game against the Lions on January 7, 2012, with 466 yards.

	NAME	YDS	DATE	ROUND	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Brees D. Brees	466	1/7/2012	NFC Wild Card	NO	vs	DET	33	43	76.7	10.8	3	0	134.4	7.0	0.0	2	7
2	Drew Brees D. Brees	462	1/14/2012	NFC Divisional	NO	@	SF	40	63	63.5	7.3	4	2	93.5	6.3	3.2	3	27
3	Drew Brees D. Brees	404	1/8/2011	NFC Wild Card	NO	@	SEA	39	60	65.0	6.7	2	0	95.4	3.3	0.0	1	7
4	Drew Brees D. Brees	376	1/7/2018	NFC Wild Card	NO	vs	CAR	23	33	69.7	11.4	2	1	115.2	6.1	3.0	1	7
5	Drew Brees D. Brees	354	1/21/2007	NFC Championship	NO	@	CHI	27	49	55.1	7.2	2	1	83.2	4.1	2.0	3	35
6	Drew Brees D. Brees	319	1/8/2005	AFC Wild Card	SD	vs	NYJ	31	42	73.8	7.6	2	1	101.2	4.8	2.4	2	11
7	Drew Brees D. Brees	309	1/11/2014	NFC Divisional	NO	@	SEA	24	43	55.8	7.2	1	0	86.3	2.3	0.0	1	8
8	Drew Brees D. Brees	301	1/13/2019	NFC Divisional	NO	vs	PHI	28	38	73.7	7.9	2	1	103.1	5.3	2.6	2	18
9	Drew Brees D. Brees	294	1/14/2018	NFC Divisional	NO	@	MIN	25	40	62.5	7.4	3	2	89.0	7.5	5.0	2	16
10	Drew Brees D. Brees	288	2/7/2010	Super Bowl	NO	@	IND	32	39	82.1	7.4	2	0	114.5	5.1	0.0	1	7
11	Drew Brees D. Brees	265	1/10/2021	NFC Wild Card	NO	vs	CHI	28	39	71.8	6.8	2	0	107.3	5.1	0.0	0	0
12	Drew Brees D. Brees	250	1/4/2014	NFC Wild Card	NO	@	PHI	20	30	66.7	8.3	1	2	75.7	3.3	6.7	2	1
13	Drew Brees D. Brees	249	1/20/2019	NFC Championship	NO	vs	LAR	26	40	65.0	6.2	2	1	88.4	5.0	2.5	2	7
14	Drew Brees D. Brees	247	1/16/2010	NFC Divisional	NO	vs	ARI	23	32	71.9	7.7	3	0	125.4	9.4	0.0	0	0
15	Drew Brees D. Brees	243	1/13/2007	NFC Divisional	NO	vs	PHI	20	32	62.5	7.6	1	0	96.2	3.1	0.0	3	16
16	Drew Brees D. Brees	208	1/5/2020	NFC Wild Card	NO	vs	MIN	26	33	78.8	6.3	1	1	90.4	3.0	3.0	3	31
17	Drew Brees D. Brees	197	1/24/2010	NFC Championship	NO	vs	MIN	17	31	54.8	6.4	3	0	106.5	9.7	0.0	1	8
18	Drew Brees D. Brees	134	1/17/2021	NFC Divisional	NO	vs	TB	19	34	55.9	3.9	1	3	38.1	2.9	8.8	0	0

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