most passing yards in first ever playoff game ever

Kelly Holcomb had the most passing yards in his first game, with 429 yards in the 2002 AFC Wild Card game against the Steelers on January 5, 2003.

Interpreted as:

most passing yards by a player in first ever playoff game ever

	NAME	YDS	DATE	ROUND	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Kelly Holcomb K. Holcomb	429	1/5/2003	AFC Wild Card	CLE	@	PIT	26	43	60.5	10.0	3	1	107.6	7.0	2.3	1	5
2	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	407	12/31/1988	NFC Divisional	PHI	@	CHI	27	54	50.0	7.5	0	3	52.0	0.0	5.6	4	29
3	Kurt Warner K. Warner	391	1/16/2000	NFC Divisional	STL	vs	MIN	27	33	81.8	11.8	5	1	143.0	15.2	3.0	2	17
4	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	385	1/8/1983	NFC Wild Card	STL	@	GB	32	51	62.7	7.5	2	2	82.6	3.9	3.9	5	38
5	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	380	1/7/2012	NFC Wild Card	DET	@	NO	28	43	65.1	8.8	3	2	97.0	7.0	4.7	0	0
6	Richard Todd R. Todd	377	12/27/1981	AFC Wild Card	NYJ	vs	BUF	28	51	54.9	7.4	2	4	59.0	3.9	7.8	5	29
7	Jeff George J. George	366	12/31/1995	NFC Wild Card	ATL	@	GB	30	54	55.6	6.8	2	2	73.5	3.7	3.7	3	27
8	Caleb Williams C. Williams	361	1/10/2026	NFC Wild Card	CHI	vs	GB	24	48	50.0	7.5	2	2	71.6	4.2	4.2	1	9
9	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	349	12/28/1958	NFL Championship	BAL	@	NYG	26	40	65.0	8.7	1	1	90.5	2.5	2.5	3	27
10	Erik Kramer E. Kramer	341	1/5/1992	NFC Divisional	DET	vs	DAL	29	38	76.3	9.0	3	0	129.4	7.9	0.0	1	4
11	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	335	12/12/1937	NFL Championship	WAS	@	CHB	18	33	54.5	10.2	3	1	107.5	9.1	3.0	1	26
12	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	333	12/29/1979	AFC Divisional	SD	vs	HOU	25	47	53.2	7.1	0	5	36.3	0.0	10.6	2	16
13	Brock Purdy B. Purdy	332	1/14/2023	NFC Wild Card	SF	vs	SEA	18	30	60.0	11.1	3	0	131.5	10.0	0.0	1	8
14	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	332	1/10/2004	NFC Divisional	STL	vs	CAR	27	46	58.7	7.2	0	3	53.9	0.0	6.5	2	16
15	Drew Brees D. Brees	319	1/8/2005	AFC Wild Card	SD	vs	NYJ	31	42	73.8	7.6	2	1	101.2	4.8	2.4	2	11
16	Case Keenum C. Keenum	318	1/14/2018	NFC Divisional	MIN	vs	NO	25	40	62.5	8.0	1	1	85.2	2.5	2.5	2	10
17	Tim Tebow T. Tebow	316	1/8/2012	AFC Wild Card	DEN	vs	PIT	10	21	47.6	15.0	2	0	125.6	9.5	0.0	0	0
18	Tom Brady T. Brady	312	1/19/2002	AFC Divisional	NE	vs	OAK	32	52	61.5	6.0	0	1	70.4	0.0	1.9	2	15
19	Derek Carr D. Carr	310	1/15/2022	AFC Wild Card	LV	@	CIN	29	54	53.7	5.7	1	1	69.2	1.9	1.9	3	28
20	Taylor Heinicke T. Heinicke	306	1/9/2021	NFC Wild Card	WAS	vs	TB	26	44	59.1	7.0	1	1	78.4	2.3	2.3	2	17
21	Dan Pastorini D. Pastorini	306	12/24/1978	AFC Wild Card	HOU	@	MIA	20	29	69.0	10.6	1	0	115.0	3.4	0.0	2	16
22	Matt Hasselbeck M. Hasselbeck	305	1/4/2004	NFC Wild Card	SEA	@	GB	25	45	55.6	6.8	0	1	67.4	0.0	2.2	2	14
23	Joe Montana J. Montana	304	1/3/1982	NFC Divisional	SF	vs	NYG	20	31	64.5	9.8	2	1	104.8	6.5	3.2	3	16
24	Mitchell Trubisky M. Trubisky	303	1/6/2019	NFC Wild Card	CHI	vs	PHI	26	43	60.5	7.0	1	0	89.6	2.3	0.0	2	12
25	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	302	1/15/2017	NFC Divisional	DAL	vs	GB	24	38	63.2	7.9	3	1	103.2	7.9	2.6	2	11

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