most passing yards in a single game in nfl history before 2012

Before 2012, Norm Van Brocklin had the most passing yards in a game, with 554 yards versus the New York Yanks on September 28, 1951.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player in a single regular-season game in NFL history before 2012
NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
554
9/28/1951
LA LA
vs
NYY NYY
27
41
65.9
13.5
5
2
128.3
12.2
4.9
2Warren Moon
W. Moon
527
12/16/1990
HOU HOU
@
KC KC
27
45
60.0
11.7
3
0
123.1
6.7
0.0
3
22
3Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
522
11/10/1996
ARI ARI
@
WAS WAS
35
59
59.3
8.8
3
4
77.1
5.1
6.8
2
15
4Dan Marino
D. Marino
521
10/23/1988
MIA MIA
vs
NYJ NYJ
35
60
58.3
8.7
3
5
68.8
5.0
8.3
0
0
5Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
520
1/1/2012
DET DET
@
GB GB
36
59
61.0
8.8
5
2
103.8
8.5
3.4
2
18
6Tom Brady
T. Brady
517
9/12/2011
NE NE
@
MIA MIA
32
48
66.7
10.8
4
1
121.6
8.3
2.1
1
1
7Phil Simms
P. Simms
513
10/13/1985
NYG NYG
@
CIN CIN
40
62
64.5
8.3
1
2
82.3
1.6
3.2
7
70
8Drew Brees
D. Brees
510
11/19/2006
NO NO
vs
CIN CIN
37
52
71.2
9.8
2
3
91.0
3.8
5.8
2
6
9Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
509
12/26/1982
RAM RAM
vs
CHI CHI
30
46
65.2
11.1
3
2
106.2
6.5
4.3
1
3
10Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
505
10/28/1962
NYG NYG
vs
WAS WAS
27
39
69.2
12.9
7
0
151.4
17.9
0.0
11Elvis Grbac
E. Grbac
504
11/5/2000
KC KC
@
OAK OAK
39
53
73.6
9.5
2
2
99.9
3.8
3.8
4
30
12Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
503
12/20/2009
PIT PIT
vs
GB GB
29
46
63.0
10.9
3
0
121.9
6.5
0.0
5
31
13Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
499
10/31/2004
DEN DEN
vs
ATL ATL
31
55
56.4
9.1
4
3
88.4
7.3
5.5
0
0
14Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
497
9/19/2010
HOU HOU
@
WAS WAS
38
52
73.1
9.6
3
1
114.0
5.8
1.9
5
29
15Joe Namath
J. Namath
496
9/24/1972
NYJ NYJ
@
BAL BAL
15
28
53.6
17.7
6
1
123.5
21.4
3.6
16Billy Volek
B. Volek
492
12/19/2004
TEN TEN
@
OAK OAK
40
60
66.7
8.2
4
1
107.1
6.7
1.7
3
26
17Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
490
10/7/1990
CIN CIN
@
RAM RAM
31
45
68.9
10.9
3
0
127.1
6.7
0.0
1
7
18Tommy 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
19Doug Williams
D. Williams
486
11/16/1980
TB TB
@
MIN MIN
30
55
54.5
8.8
4
2
93.4
7.3
3.6
20Kurt Warner
K. Warner
484
11/25/2007
ARI ARI
vs
SF SF
34
48
70.8
10.1
2
2
99.7
4.2
4.2
4
30
21Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
481
12/24/2000
NYJ NYJ
@
BAL BAL
36
69
52.2
7.0
2
3
66.2
2.9
4.3
1
8
22Matt Flynn
M. Flynn
480
1/1/2012
GB GB
vs
DET DET
31
44
70.5
10.9
6
1
136.4
13.6
2.3
3
11
23Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
479
9/21/1986
NYJ NYJ
vs
MIA MIA
29
43
67.4
11.1
4
1
126.0
9.3
2.3
3
30
24Kyle Orton
K. Orton
476
9/26/2010
DEN DEN
vs
IND IND
37
57
64.9
8.4
1
1
89.5
1.8
1.8
1
4
25Joe Montana
J. Montana
476
10/14/1990
SF SF
@
ATL ATL
32
49
65.3
9.7
6
2
119.6
12.2
4.1
4
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Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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