most 259 yard passing games

Tom Brady had the most games with 259+ passing yards, with 180 games.

Interpreted as:
most 259 or more yard passing regular-season games by a player
NAMEGPYDSCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
180
58,761
4,882
7,274
67.1
8.1
326.5
434
103
105.7
6.0
1.4
284
1,800
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
174
58,267
4,933
7,083
69.6
8.2
334.9
424
155
105.2
6.0
2.2
273
1,906
3Peyton Manning
P. Manning
152
48,904
3,954
5,920
66.8
8.3
321.7
364
153
101.9
6.1
2.6
187
1,236
4Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
133
42,397
3,458
5,355
64.6
7.9
318.8
284
107
98.2
5.3
2.0
274
1,874
5Brett Favre
B. Favre
129
39,656
3,211
5,058
63.5
7.8
307.4
278
156
93.1
5.5
3.1
235
1,564
6Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
128
40,797
3,471
5,109
67.9
8.0
318.7
249
93
100.6
4.9
1.8
284
1,857
7Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
127
40,249
3,216
4,856
66.2
8.3
316.9
317
64
108.1
6.5
1.3
297
1,947
8Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
121
38,959
3,064
4,582
66.9
8.5
322.0
244
108
101.2
5.3
2.4
233
1,385
9Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
116
37,792
3,108
4,670
66.6
8.1
325.8
242
119
97.9
5.2
2.5
250
1,627
10Dan Marino
D. Marino
107
34,639
2,660
4,287
62.0
8.1
323.7
253
131
94.4
5.9
3.1
139
1,010
11Eli Manning
E. Manning
93
29,854
2,411
3,757
64.2
7.9
321.0
184
116
92.1
4.9
3.1
151
1,073
12Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
89
28,334
2,268
3,486
65.1
8.1
318.4
173
89
96.1
5.0
2.6
188
1,263
13Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
86
27,969
2,344
3,381
69.3
8.3
325.2
187
56
105.9
5.5
1.7
170
1,250
14Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
81
26,424
2,200
3,245
67.8
8.1
326.2
200
58
105.6
6.2
1.8
130
865
15Warren Moon
W. Moon
81
26,157
1,994
3,264
61.1
8.0
322.9
140
110
86.6
4.3
3.4
161
1,203
16Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
79
24,605
2,074
3,243
64.0
7.6
311.5
143
67
93.1
4.4
2.1
166
1,111
17Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
78
25,477
1,852
2,988
62.0
8.5
326.6
166
110
92.4
5.6
3.7
18Derek Carr
D. Carr
73
22,799
1,868
2,805
66.6
8.1
312.3
146
54
100.8
5.2
1.9
127
749
19Jared Goff
J. Goff
72
23,577
1,896
2,798
67.8
8.4
327.5
158
42
106.2
5.6
1.5
121
861
20Kurt Warner
K. Warner
72
23,507
1,865
2,759
67.6
8.5
326.5
155
82
100.3
5.6
3.0
158
1,034
21John Elway
J. Elway
72
22,067
1,634
2,682
60.9
8.2
306.5
137
69
93.4
5.1
2.6
157
1,215
22Tony Romo
T. Romo
71
22,560
1,791
2,652
67.5
8.5
317.7
160
63
104.0
6.0
2.4
141
978
23Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
62
20,404
1,675
2,435
68.8
8.4
329.1
143
37
107.6
5.9
1.5
131
819
24Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
62
19,759
1,565
2,539
61.6
7.8
318.7
128
77
90.0
5.0
3.0
126
923
25Joe Montana
J. Montana
62
20,239
1,569
2,320
67.6
8.7
326.4
151
62
105.4
6.5
2.7
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Jets Jets - e
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
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8
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11
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.353
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14
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
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9
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.441
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12
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13
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11
6
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9
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8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176