most passing yards by a player in a game on january 3rd

Bernie Kosar has the most passing yards in a game on January 3, with 489 yards in the 1986 AFC divisional game against the Jets on January 3, 1987.

NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
489
1/3/1987
vs
33
64
51.6
7.6
1
2
69.1
1.6
3.1
4
11
2Kellen Moore
K. Moore
435
1/3/2016
vs
33
48
68.8
9.1
3
2
100.6
6.3
4.2
4
23
3Kyle Orton
K. Orton
431
1/3/2010
vs
32
56
57.1
7.7
1
3
65.4
1.8
5.4
2
3
4Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
405
1/3/2021
@
28
40
70.0
10.1
3
0
127.6
7.5
0.0
3
22
5Tom Brady
T. Brady
399
1/3/2021
vs
26
41
63.4
9.7
4
1
117.8
9.8
2.4
1
8
6Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
373
1/3/2000
@
26
34
76.5
11.0
2
0
131.1
5.9
0.0
1
10
7Derek Carr
D. Carr
371
1/3/2021
@
24
38
63.2
9.8
2
2
91.0
5.3
5.3
3
12
8Warren Moon
W. Moon
371
1/3/1993
@
36
50
72.0
7.4
4
2
103.0
8.0
4.0
4
24
9Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
365
1/3/2021
vs
28
39
71.8
9.4
3
1
115.9
7.7
2.6
4
24
10Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
361
1/3/2021
@
35
58
60.3
6.2
1
3
62.5
1.7
5.2
1
9
11Blaine Gabbert
B. Gabbert
354
1/3/2016
vs
28
44
63.6
8.0
1
1
86.7
2.3
2.3
1
4
12Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
350
1/3/2016
vs
25
38
65.8
9.2
2
0
112.8
5.3
0.0
1
8
13Bubby Brister
B. Brister
350
1/3/1994
@
26
43
60.5
8.1
3
1
100.0
7.0
2.3
3
43
14Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
349
1/3/2016
@
24
36
66.7
9.7
3
2
102.7
8.3
5.6
0
0
15Drew Lock
D. Lock
339
1/3/2021
vs
25
41
61.0
8.3
2
0
103.6
4.9
0.0
2
15
16Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
334
1/3/2016
vs
24
36
66.7
9.3
2
1
103.2
5.6
2.8
1
7
17Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
334
1/3/2015
vs
31
45
68.9
7.4
1
2
79.3
2.2
4.4
5
37
18Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
331
1/3/1998
@
18
40
45.0
8.3
3
1
88.6
7.5
2.5
1
10
19Jameis Winston
J. Winston
325
1/3/2016
@
29
47
61.7
6.9
0
2
64.6
0.0
4.3
2
16
20Drew Brees
D. Brees
323
1/3/2016
@
32
42
76.2
7.7
1
0
105.6
2.4
0.0
0
0
21Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
320
1/3/2016
@
30
38
78.9
8.4
2
1
108.3
5.3
2.6
1
5
22Brett Favre
B. Favre
316
1/3/2010
vs
25
31
80.6
10.2
4
0
148.7
12.9
0.0
0
0
23Mason Rudolph
M. Rudolph
315
1/3/2021
@
22
39
56.4
8.1
2
1
89.2
5.1
2.6
1
8
24Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
314
1/3/1981
vs
22
37
59.5
8.5
2
1
93.8
5.4
2.7
2
13
25Tony Romo
T. Romo
311
1/3/2010
vs
24
34
70.6
9.1
2
1
106.4
5.9
2.9
2
16
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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