most passing yards by a vikings player in a single game

Tommy Kramer has the most passing yards for the Vikings in a game, with 490 yards against the Washington Redskins on November 2, 1986.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a vikings player in a single regular-season game
NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
490
11/2/1986
MIN MIN
@
WAS WAS
20
35
57.1
14.0
4
1
128.0
11.4
2.9
4
19
2Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
460
12/17/2022
MIN MIN
vs
IND IND
34
54
63.0
8.5
4
2
99.3
7.4
3.7
7
34
3Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
456
12/14/1980
MIN MIN
vs
CLE CLE
38
49
77.6
9.3
4
0
132.7
8.2
0.0
4Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
449
9/28/1969
MIN MIN
vs
BAL BAL
28
43
65.1
10.4
7
1
129.7
16.3
2.3
5Brett Favre
B. Favre
446
11/7/2010
MIN MIN
vs
ARI ARI
36
47
76.6
9.5
2
2
101.9
4.3
4.3
3
19
6Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
444
10/11/1981
MIN MIN
@
SD SD
27
43
62.8
10.3
4
2
109.1
9.3
4.7
1
11
7Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
442
10/5/1998
MIN MIN
@
GB GB
20
32
62.5
13.8
4
0
145.8
12.5
0.0
0
0
8Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
436
9/19/1985
MIN MIN
vs
CHI CHI
28
55
50.9
7.9
3
3
73.0
5.5
5.5
4
25
9Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
425
12/11/2022
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
31
41
75.6
10.4
2
0
124.5
4.9
0.0
3
26
10Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
425
9/16/2018
MIN MIN
@
GB GB
35
48
72.9
8.9
4
1
118.8
8.3
2.1
2
13
11Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
425
10/17/2004
MIN MIN
@
NO NO
26
37
70.3
11.5
5
2
125.6
13.5
5.4
2
8
12Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
422
9/27/2018
MIN MIN
@
LAR LAR
36
50
72.0
8.4
3
0
117.3
6.0
0.0
4
30
13Warren Moon
W. Moon
420
11/6/1994
MIN MIN
vs
NO NO
33
57
57.9
7.4
3
1
91.3
5.3
1.8
3
10
14Nick Mullens
N. Mullens
411
12/24/2023
MIN MIN
vs
DET DET
22
36
61.1
11.4
2
4
79.5
5.6
11.1
4
38
15Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
407
10/24/1965
MIN MIN
@
SF SF
21
35
60.0
11.6
3
0
129.1
8.6
0.0
16Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
405
1/3/2021
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
28
40
70.0
10.1
3
0
127.6
7.5
0.0
3
22
17Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
404
12/19/2004
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
25
35
71.4
11.5
3
1
126.4
8.6
2.9
5
34
18Warren Moon
W. Moon
400
11/20/1994
MIN MIN
vs
NYJ NYJ
33
50
66.0
8.0
2
4
70.4
4.0
8.0
3
26
19Nick Mullens
N. Mullens
396
1/7/2024
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
30
44
68.2
9.0
2
2
92.6
4.5
4.5
4
37
20Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
396
10/10/2004
MIN MIN
@
HOU HOU
36
50
72.0
7.9
5
0
128.4
10.0
0.0
3
8
21Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
396
11/16/2003
MIN MIN
@
OAK OAK
27
49
55.1
8.1
1
3
63.0
2.0
6.1
3
23
22Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
395
9/7/1980
MIN MIN
vs
ATL ATL
30
42
71.4
9.4
3
1
114.7
7.1
2.4
23Brett Favre
B. Favre
392
11/29/2009
MIN MIN
vs
CHI CHI
32
48
66.7
8.2
3
0
112.5
6.3
0.0
1
14
24Wade Wilson
W. Wilson
391
11/6/1988
MIN MIN
vs
DET DET
28
35
80.0
11.2
2
1
120.4
5.7
2.9
4
29
25Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
386
10/7/1984
MIN MIN
@
TB TB
27
47
57.4
8.2
2
2
80.6
4.3
4.3
2
12
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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