most passing yards against single playoff game vs lions

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

	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	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	367	1/14/2024	NFC Wild Card	LAR	@	DET	25	36	69.4	10.2	2	0	120.9	5.6	0.0	2	10
3	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	349	1/21/2024	NFC Divisional	TB	@	DET	26	41	63.4	8.5	3	2	94.5	7.3	4.9	4	30
4	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	299	1/18/2025	NFC Divisional	WAS	@	DET	22	31	71.0	9.6	2	0	122.9	6.5	0.0	0	0
5	Tony Romo T. Romo	293	1/4/2015	NFC Wild Card	DAL	vs	DET	19	31	61.3	9.5	2	0	114.0	6.5	0.0	6	51
6	Rodney Peete R. Peete	270	12/30/1995	NFC Wild Card	PHI	vs	DET	17	25	68.0	10.8	3	0	143.3	12.0	0.0	1	7
7	Brock Purdy B. Purdy	267	1/28/2024	NFC Championship	SF	vs	DET	20	31	64.5	8.6	1	1	89.0	3.2	3.2	2	9
8	Brett Favre B. Favre	262	12/31/1994	NFC Wild Card	GB	vs	DET	23	38	60.5	6.9	0	0	81.3	0.0	0.0	1	7
9	Y.A. Tittle	248	12/22/1957	NFL Divisional	SF	vs	DET	18	31	58.1	8.0	3	3	76.5	9.7	9.7	2	24
10	Mark Rypien M. Rypien	228	1/12/1992	NFC Championship	WAS	vs	DET	12	17	70.6	13.4	2	0	152.2	11.8	0.0	0	0
11	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	224	1/7/2017	NFC Wild Card	SEA	vs	DET	23	30	76.7	7.5	2	0	119.3	6.7	0.0	3	14
12	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	210	1/8/1983	NFC Wild Card	WAS	vs	DET	14	19	73.7	11.1	3	0	149.1	15.8	0.0	2	19
13	Brett Favre B. Favre	204	1/8/1994	NFC Wild Card	GB	@	DET	15	26	57.7	7.8	3	1	105.3	11.5	3.8	0	0
14	Joe Montana J. Montana	201	12/31/1983	NFC Divisional	SF	vs	DET	18	31	58.1	6.5	1	1	74.8	3.2	3.2	2	13
15	Otto Graham O. Graham	191	12/28/1952	NFL Championship	CLE	vs	DET	20	35	57.1	5.5	0	1	60.5	0.0	2.9
16	Trent Dilfer T. Dilfer	181	12/28/1997	NFC Wild Card	TB	vs	DET	13	26	50.0	7.0	1	1	69.6	3.8	3.8	2	6
17	Brad Johnson B. Johnson	174	1/8/2000	NFC Wild Card	WAS	vs	DET	15	31	48.4	5.6	1	2	49.7	3.2	6.5	1	8
18	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	166	12/21/1952	NFL Divisional	LA	@	DET	15	19	78.9	8.7	1	0	120.6	5.3	0.0	1	15
19	Otto Graham O. Graham	163	12/26/1954	NFL Championship	CLE	vs	DET	9	12	75.0	13.6	3	2	116.7	25.0	16.7	0	0
20	Troy Aikman T. Aikman	114	1/5/1992	NFC Divisional	DAL	@	DET	11	16	68.8	7.1	0	1	63.0	0.0	6.3	3	26
21	Steve Beuerlein S. Beuerlein	91	1/5/1992	NFC Divisional	DAL	@	DET	7	13	53.8	7.0	0	1	44.1	0.0	7.7	0	0
22	Ed Danowski E. Danowski	88	12/15/1935	NFL Championship	NYG	@	DET	4	7	57.1	12.6	1	1	101.8	14.3	14.3
23	Tommy O'Connell T. O'Connell	61	12/29/1957	NFL Championship	CLE	@	DET	4	8	50.0	7.6	0	2	35.9	0.0	25.0	0	0
24	Milt Plum M. Plum	51	12/29/1957	NFL Championship	CLE	@	DET	5	12	41.7	4.3	0	2	14.9	0.0	16.7	1	10
25	Craig Morton C. Morton	38	12/26/1970	NFC Divisional	DAL	vs	DET	4	18	22.2	2.1	0	1	16.4	0.0	5.6	1	16

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