most passing yards by a qb in a game for the falcons

Kirk Cousins has the most passing yards by a Falcons quarterback in a game, with 509 yards against the Buccaneers on October 3, 2024.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a qb in a regular-season game for the falcons
NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
509
10/3/2024
vs
42
58
72.4
8.8
4
1
114.8
6.9
1.7
4
32
2Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
503
10/2/2016
vs
28
37
75.7
13.6
4
1
142.0
10.8
2.7
3
22
3Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
460
10/27/2019
vs
39
52
75.0
8.8
1
1
99.8
1.9
1.9
2
19
4Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
450
9/13/2020
vs
37
54
68.5
8.3
2
1
98.5
3.7
1.9
2
16
5Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
448
9/7/2014
vs
31
43
72.1
10.4
3
0
128.8
7.0
0.0
1
3
6Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
431
12/23/2001
vs
28
40
70.0
10.8
2
2
101.1
5.0
5.0
1
9
7Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
421
9/29/2013
vs
34
54
63.0
7.8
2
1
91.7
3.7
1.9
2
22
8Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
419
9/30/2018
vs
29
39
74.4
10.7
3
0
134.5
7.7
0.0
3
16
9Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
416
11/15/1981
vs
33
50
66.0
8.3
2
2
88.4
4.0
4.0
5
36
10Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
411
11/11/2012
@
34
52
65.4
7.9
3
1
100.7
5.8
1.9
1
3
11Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
397
9/29/2019
vs
35
53
66.0
7.5
0
0
88.3
0.0
0.0
5
33
12Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
397
11/1/2015
vs
37
45
82.2
8.8
2
1
109.0
4.4
2.2
1
2
13Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
396
9/18/2016
@
26
34
76.5
11.6
3
1
131.5
8.8
2.9
1
7
14Jeff George
J. George
386
9/17/1995
@
27
39
69.2
9.9
1
1
98.9
2.6
2.6
7
49
15Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
384
12/22/2019
vs
32
45
71.1
8.5
1
2
85.8
2.2
4.4
1
1
16Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
379
10/22/2018
vs
31
39
79.5
9.7
1
0
115.7
2.6
0.0
3
23
17Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
378
12/30/2018
@
31
44
70.5
8.6
2
1
102.3
4.5
2.3
1
3
18Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
378
11/9/1980
@
31
47
66.0
8.0
1
1
88.8
2.1
2.1
19Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
377
11/22/2018
@
35
47
74.5
8.0
2
1
102.9
4.3
2.1
6
37
20Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
375
12/8/2014
@
24
39
61.5
9.6
4
1
116.9
10.3
2.6
1
1
21Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
375
9/19/1982
vs
34
56
60.7
6.7
1
3
64.2
1.8
5.4
7
53
22Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
374
9/23/2018
vs
26
35
74.3
10.7
5
0
148.1
14.3
0.0
3
15
23Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
374
9/15/2013
vs
33
43
76.7
8.7
2
0
117.8
4.7
0.0
2
17
24Wade Wilson
W. Wilson
374
12/27/1992
@
31
47
66.0
8.0
3
2
93.7
6.4
4.3
2
11
25Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
373
12/11/2025
@
30
44
68.2
8.5
3
0
117.0
6.8
0.0
1
8
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

More Falcons Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,982

Penix

Michael Penix Jr.

RUSH

1,478

Robinson

Bijan Robinson

REC

928

Pitts

Kyle Pitts Sr.
Team Rankings

PPG

20.8

24th

OPP PPG

23.6

19th

RUSH YDS/G

125.8

8th

PASS YDS/G

217.8

20th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
Last Game
NO Saints

6 - 11

17

Final

19

ATL Falcons

8 - 9

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
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

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/4
@
22-21
Sat
10/4
@
38-35
Sat
10/4
@
37-24
Sat
10/4
@
27-10
Sat
10/4
@
23-20

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/10
@
4:30 PM
Sat
1/10
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
4:30 PM
Sun
1/11
@
8:00 PM