maximum 40 attempts most pass yards in a game

Tony Romo has the most passing yards in a game with 40 or fewer passing attempts, with 506 yards versus the Broncos on October 6, 2013.

Interpreted as:
maximum 40 passing attempts most pass yards by a player in a regular-season game
NAMEYDSATTDATETMOPPCMPPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tony Romo
T. Romo
506
36
10/6/2013
DAL DAL
vs
DEN DEN
25
69.4
14.1
5
1
140.0
13.9
2.8
4
36
2Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
505
39
10/28/1962
NYG NYG
vs
WAS WAS
27
69.2
12.9
7
0
151.4
17.9
0.0
3Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
503
37
10/2/2016
ATL ATL
vs
CAR CAR
28
75.7
13.6
4
1
142.0
10.8
2.7
3
22
4Joe Namath
J. Namath
496
28
9/24/1972
NYJ NYJ
@
BAL BAL
15
53.6
17.7
6
1
123.5
21.4
3.6
5Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
490
35
11/2/1986
MIN MIN
@
WAS WAS
20
57.1
14.0
4
1
128.0
11.4
2.9
4
19
6Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
468
39
12/11/1949
CHB CHB
vs
CHC CHC
24
61.5
12.0
6
3
110.9
15.4
7.7
7Jared Goff
J. Goff
465
33
9/27/2018
LAR LAR
vs
MIN MIN
26
78.8
14.1
5
0
158.3
15.2
0.0
1
9
8George Blanda
G. Blanda
464
32
10/29/1961
HOU HOU
@
BUF BUF
18
56.3
14.5
4
4
101.0
12.5
12.5
9Steve Young
S. Young
462
32
11/28/1993
SF SF
@
RAM RAM
26
81.3
14.4
4
1
145.3
12.5
3.1
3
10
10Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
450
39
1/2/2005
STL STL
vs
NYJ NYJ
29
74.4
11.5
3
2
116.4
7.7
5.1
3
18
11Steve Young
S. Young
449
37
9/13/1992
SF SF
vs
BUF BUF
26
70.3
12.1
3
1
127.0
8.1
2.7
1
10
12Tom Brady
T. Brady
447
39
9/17/2017
NE NE
@
NO NO
30
76.9
11.5
3
0
139.6
7.7
0.0
2
11
13Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
446
39
1/2/2022
CIN CIN
vs
KC KC
30
76.9
11.4
4
0
148.0
10.3
0.0
4
31
14Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
446
24
10/31/1948
WAS WAS
vs
BOS
17
70.8
18.6
4
0
152.8
16.7
0.0
15Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
442
32
10/5/1998
MIN MIN
@
GB GB
20
62.5
13.8
4
0
145.8
12.5
0.0
0
0
16Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
442
31
11/10/1991
WAS WAS
vs
ATL ATL
16
51.6
14.3
6
0
136.8
19.4
0.0
0
0
17Kurt Warner
K. Warner
441
35
9/4/2000
STL STL
vs
DEN DEN
25
71.4
12.6
3
3
106.5
8.6
8.6
2
8
18Peyton Manning
P. Manning
440
36
9/25/2000
IND IND
vs
JAX JAX
23
63.9
12.2
4
0
143.3
11.1
0.0
0
0
19James Harris
J. Harris
436
29
10/3/1976
LA LA
@
MIA MIA
17
58.6
15.0
2
1
111.6
6.9
3.4
20Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
435
40
12/20/1982
SD SD
vs
CIN CIN
25
62.5
10.9
1
2
87.0
2.5
5.0
2
15
21Len Dawson
L. Dawson
435
38
11/1/1964
KC KC
vs
DEN DEN
23
60.5
11.4
6
3
106.9
15.8
7.9
22Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
434
33
11/23/2017
LAC LAC
@
DAL DAL
27
81.8
13.2
3
0
149.1
9.1
0.0
0
0
23Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
433
32
11/14/1943
CHB CHB
@
NYG NYG
21
65.6
13.5
7
1
135.4
21.9
3.1
24Tom Brady
T. Brady
432
33
11/3/2013
NE NE
vs
PIT PIT
23
69.7
13.1
4
0
151.8
12.1
0.0
3
19
25Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
432
39
9/22/1996
JAX JAX
@
NE NE
23
59.0
11.1
3
1
112.3
7.7
2.6
2
19
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing attempts and passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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