most passing yards in one game by a jet

Joe Namath has the most passing yards for the Jets in a game, with 496 yards against the Baltimore Colts on September 24, 1972.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards in one regular-season game by a jet
NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Namath
J. Namath
496
9/24/1972
@
15
28
53.6
17.7
6
1
123.5
21.4
3.6
2Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
481
12/24/2000
@
36
69
52.2
7.0
2
3
66.2
2.9
4.3
1
8
3Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
479
9/21/1986
vs
29
43
67.4
11.1
4
1
126.0
9.3
2.3
3
30
4Richard Todd
R. Todd
447
9/21/1980
vs
42
60
70.0
7.5
3
1
101.2
5.0
1.7
5Richard Todd
R. Todd
446
9/25/1983
vs
37
50
74.0
8.9
2
2
97.6
4.0
4.0
4
43
6Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
431
11/2/1986
@
26
32
81.3
13.5
4
0
158.3
12.5
0.0
2
12
7Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
418
12/6/1998
vs
42
63
66.7
6.6
2
1
89.3
3.2
1.6
0
0
8Glenn Foley
G. Foley
415
9/6/1998
@
30
58
51.7
7.2
3
1
85.1
5.2
1.7
1
9
9Joe Namath
J. Namath
415
10/1/1967
vs
23
39
59.0
10.6
3
1
110.5
7.7
2.6
10Mike White
M. White
405
10/31/2021
vs
37
45
82.2
9.0
3
2
107.9
6.7
4.4
2
8
11Joe Namath
J. Namath
403
12/11/1972
@
25
46
54.3
8.8
1
2
73.0
2.2
4.3
12Joe Namath
J. Namath
399
9/24/1967
@
22
37
59.5
10.8
2
2
92.1
5.4
5.4
13Joe Namath
J. Namath
397
10/18/1970
vs
34
62
54.8
6.4
1
6
40.3
1.6
9.7
14Richard Todd
R. Todd
396
10/23/1977
vs
17
29
58.6
13.7
4
2
113.9
13.8
6.9
15Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
393
11/10/1985
@
26
43
60.5
9.1
2
0
106.1
4.7
0.0
5
22
16Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
390
12/6/2015
@
36
50
72.0
7.8
2
0
107.9
4.0
0.0
3
17
17Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
386
11/5/1989
@
22
29
75.9
13.3
2
0
140.4
6.9
0.0
2
12
18Richard Todd
R. Todd
384
12/6/1982
@
23
32
71.9
12.0
3
1
130.2
9.4
3.1
4
34
19Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
382
11/27/1994
vs
26
41
63.4
9.3
2
2
89.7
4.9
4.9
2
17
20Joe Namath
J. Namath
381
11/17/1968
@
19
37
51.4
10.3
1
0
96.8
2.7
0.0
21Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
378
10/23/2000
vs
36
59
61.0
6.4
5
3
86.7
8.5
5.1
1
2
22Al Dorow
A. Dorow
375
12/11/1960
@
29
48
60.4
7.8
3
0
105.8
6.3
0.0
23Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
374
9/15/2016
@
24
34
70.6
11.0
1
0
116.5
2.9
0.0
1
4
24Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
373
9/14/2003
vs
29
45
64.4
8.3
1
1
88.5
2.2
2.2
1
7
25Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
371
9/5/1993
vs
29
40
72.5
9.3
2
1
107.4
5.0
2.5
3
20
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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