John Elway had his most passing yards in a game versus the Seahawks on December 20, 1985, with 432 yards.
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John Elway most passing yards in a regular-season game| NAME | YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | CMP | ATT | PCT | AVG | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Elway | 432 | 12/20/1985 |  DEN | @ |  SEA | 24 | 42 | 57.1 | 10.3 | 1 | 0 | 100.5 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 5 | 47 |
| 2 | | J. Elway | 400 | 12/6/1998 | DEN | vs |  KC | 22 | 32 | 68.8 | 12.5 | 2 | 1 | 119.3 | 6.3 | 3.1 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | | J. Elway | 382 | 11/20/1994 | DEN | vs |  ATL | 27 | 42 | 64.3 | 9.1 | 2 | 1 | 99.5 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 5 | 46 |
| 4 | | J. Elway | 371 | 9/4/1994 | DEN | vs |  SD | 36 | 46 | 78.3 | 8.1 | 3 | 2 | 103.9 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | | J. Elway | 367 | 10/10/1993 | DEN | @ |  GB | 33 | 59 | 55.9 | 6.2 | 1 | 1 | 73.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | | J. Elway | 361 | 1/2/1994 | DEN | @ |  RAI | 25 | 36 | 69.4 | 10.0 | 3 | 0 | 129.5 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | | J. Elway | 353 | 9/15/1985 | DEN | vs |  NO | 28 | 43 | 65.1 | 8.2 | 4 | 1 | 111.9 | 9.3 | 2.3 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | | J. Elway | 349 | 10/30/1994 | DEN | vs |  CLE | 30 | 41 | 73.2 | 8.5 | 2 | 0 | 114.8 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | | J. Elway | 347 | 11/29/1987 | DEN | @ | SD | 21 | 32 | 65.6 | 10.8 | 3 | 1 | 120.2 | 9.4 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | | J. Elway | 345 | 12/11/1983 | DEN | vs |  BAL | 23 | 44 | 52.3 | 7.8 | 3 | 0 | 101.0 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 5 | 38 |
| 11 | | J. Elway | 344 | 10/22/1989 | DEN | @ | SEA | 18 | 35 | 51.4 | 9.8 | 2 | 0 | 104.9 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 4 | 28 |
| 12 | | J. Elway | 341 | 11/16/1987 | DEN | vs |  CHI | 21 | 40 | 52.5 | 8.5 | 3 | 2 | 85.5 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | | J. Elway | 338 | 12/27/1998 | DEN | vs | SEA | 26 | 36 | 72.2 | 9.4 | 4 | 0 | 138.4 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 22 |
| 14 | | J. Elway | 338 | 9/13/1987 | DEN | vs | SEA | 22 | 32 | 68.8 | 10.6 | 4 | 1 | 129.9 | 12.5 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | | J. Elway | 336 | 11/23/1986 | DEN | @ |  NYG | 29 | 47 | 61.7 | 7.1 | 0 | 2 | 65.6 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 2 | 11 |
| 16 | | J. Elway | 335 | 9/29/1996 | DEN | @ |  CIN | 23 | 37 | 62.2 | 9.1 | 2 | 1 | 98.4 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 5 | 47 |
| 17 | | J. Elway | 335 | 12/13/1987 | DEN | @ | SEA | 21 | 42 | 50.0 | 8.0 | 1 | 2 | 65.1 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 4 | 20 |
| 18 | | J. Elway | 334 | 11/24/1996 | DEN | @ |  MIN | 27 | 36 | 75.0 | 9.3 | 2 | 1 | 110.2 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 3 | 25 |
| 19 | | J. Elway | 332 | 11/26/1995 | DEN | @ |  HOU | 27 | 41 | 65.9 | 8.1 | 2 | 2 | 86.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | | J. Elway | 328 | 12/9/1990 | DEN | @ | KC | 24 | 36 | 66.7 | 9.1 | 2 | 1 | 102.5 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 5 | 28 |
| 21 | | J. Elway | 327 | 9/17/1995 | DEN | vs |  WAS | 30 | 47 | 63.8 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 98.4 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 |
| 22 | | J. Elway | 326 | 10/20/1996 | DEN | vs |  BAL | 25 | 39 | 64.1 | 8.4 | 3 | 1 | 105.3 | 7.7 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | | J. Elway | 324 | 10/16/1995 | DEN | vs | OAK | 23 | 46 | 50.0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 87.6 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 2 | 20 |
| 24 | | J. Elway | 324 | 12/4/1988 | DEN | @ | RAI | 29 | 49 | 59.2 | 6.6 | 2 | 3 | 67.0 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 3 | 27 |
| 25 | | J. Elway | 323 | 10/6/1996 | DEN | vs | SD | 32 | 41 | 78.0 | 7.9 | 4 | 1 | 121.8 | 9.8 | 2.4 | 1 | 11 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.
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