most passing yards in a playoff game from 1970 to 2004

Between the 1970 and 2004 seasons, Bernie Kosar had the most passing yards in a playoff game, with 489 yards in the 1986 AFC divisional game against the Jets on January 3, 1987.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player in a playoff game from 1970 to 2004
NAMEYDSDATEROUNDTMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
489
1/3/1987
AFC Divisional
vs
33
64
51.6
7.6
1
2
69.1
1.6
3.1
4
11
2Peyton Manning
P. Manning
458
1/9/2005
AFC Wild Card
vs
27
33
81.8
13.9
4
1
145.7
12.1
3.0
1
4
3Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
433
1/2/1982
AFC Divisional
@
33
53
62.3
8.2
3
1
99.0
5.7
1.9
2
18
4Kelly Holcomb
K. Holcomb
429
1/5/2003
AFC Wild Card
@
26
43
60.5
10.0
3
1
107.6
7.0
2.3
1
5
5Jeff George
J. George
423
1/16/2000
NFC Divisional
@
29
50
58.0
8.5
4
1
104.0
8.0
2.0
4
35
6Dan Marino
D. Marino
422
12/30/1995
AFC Wild Card
@
33
64
51.6
6.6
2
3
63.4
3.1
4.7
0
0
7Dan Marino
D. Marino
421
1/6/1985
AFC Championship
vs
21
32
65.6
13.2
4
1
135.4
12.5
3.1
0
0
8Kurt Warner
K. Warner
414
1/30/2000
Super Bowl
@
24
45
53.3
9.2
2
0
99.7
4.4
0.0
2
7
9Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
407
12/31/1988
NFC Divisional
@
27
54
50.0
7.5
0
3
52.0
0.0
5.6
4
29
10Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
405
1/6/1990
AFC Divisional
@
28
54
51.9
7.5
4
2
85.8
7.4
3.7
1
1
11Don Strock
D. Strock
403
1/2/1982
AFC Divisional
vs
29
43
67.4
9.4
4
1
118.7
9.3
2.3
0
0
12Kurt Warner
K. Warner
391
1/16/2000
NFC Divisional
vs
27
33
81.8
11.8
5
1
143.0
15.2
3.0
2
17
13Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
386
1/8/1983
AFC Wild Card
vs
24
37
64.9
10.4
0
2
77.1
0.0
5.4
2
16
14John Elway
J. Elway
385
1/14/1990
AFC Championship
vs
20
36
55.6
10.7
3
0
120.7
8.3
0.0
1
8
15Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
385
1/8/1983
NFC Wild Card
@
32
51
62.7
7.5
2
2
82.6
3.9
3.9
5
38
16Kerry Collins
K. Collins
381
1/14/2001
NFC Championship
vs
28
39
71.8
9.8
5
2
120.8
12.8
5.1
0
0
17Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
380
1/15/1995
NFC Championship
@
30
53
56.6
7.2
2
3
68.1
3.8
5.7
4
28
18Peyton Manning
P. Manning
377
1/4/2004
AFC Wild Card
vs
22
26
84.6
14.5
5
0
158.3
19.2
0.0
0
0
19Richard Todd
R. Todd
377
12/27/1981
AFC Wild Card
vs
28
51
54.9
7.4
2
4
59.0
3.9
7.8
5
29
20Warren Moon
W. Moon
371
1/3/1993
AFC Wild Card
@
36
50
72.0
7.4
4
2
103.0
8.0
4.0
4
24
21Tommy Maddox
T. Maddox
367
1/5/2003
AFC Wild Card
vs
30
48
62.5
7.6
3
2
89.5
6.3
4.2
3
24
22Jeff George
J. George
366
12/31/1995
NFC Wild Card
@
30
54
55.6
6.8
2
2
73.5
3.7
3.7
3
27
23Kurt Warner
K. Warner
365
2/3/2002
Super Bowl
@
28
44
63.6
8.3
1
2
78.3
2.3
4.5
3
28
24Kurt Warner
K. Warner
365
12/30/2000
NFC Wild Card
@
24
40
60.0
9.1
3
3
83.9
7.5
7.5
2
15
25Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
361
1/12/1991
NFC Divisional
@
27
48
56.3
7.5
1
3
61.2
2.1
6.3
0
0

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