most passing yards in week 1 history

Drew Brees has the most career passing yards in Week 1, with 5,566 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player in week 1 history
NAME YDS GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,566
19
471
707
66.6
7.9
292.9
41
15
100.9
5.8
2.1
24
169
2 Tom Brady
T. Brady
5,523
20
474
740
64.1
7.5
276.2
44
15
97.9
5.9
2.0
32
209
3 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,736
17
402
632
63.6
7.5
278.6
34
14
95.0
5.4
2.2
25
178
4 Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,709
16
397
605
65.6
7.8
294.3
27
20
90.3
4.5
3.3
21
167
5 Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,486
15
383
583
65.7
7.7
299.1
21
10
93.8
3.6
1.7
36
261
6 Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,022
15
361
531
68.0
7.6
268.1
28
13
97.7
5.3
2.4
23
141
7 Brett Favre
B. Favre
3,970
18
367
590
62.2
6.7
220.6
28
19
84.4
4.7
3.2
46
308
8 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
3,902
15
321
502
63.9
7.8
260.1
25
15
91.9
5.0
3.0
37
256
9 Eli Manning
E. Manning
3,772
16
325
523
62.1
7.2
235.8
22
18
83.6
4.2
3.4
30
197
10 Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
3,734
17
341
517
66.0
7.2
219.6
28
10
97.1
5.4
1.9
36
260
11 Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
3,644
14
304
494
61.5
7.4
260.3
24
12
90.2
4.9
2.4
36
220
12 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
3,620
18
270
499
54.1
7.3
201.1
31
24
78.1
6.2
4.8
13 John Elway
J. Elway
3,589
16
282
493
57.2
7.3
224.3
22
16
81.4
4.5
3.2
33
250
14 Dan Marino
D. Marino
3,405
15
264
450
58.7
7.6
227.0
32
15
92.3
7.1
3.3
9
70
15 Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
3,311
15
280
461
60.7
7.2
220.7
21
15
84.3
4.6
3.3
19
139
16 Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
3,309
13
293
459
63.8
7.2
254.5
19
10
90.0
4.1
2.2
24
156
17 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
3,291
17
240
450
53.3
7.3
193.6
24
26
70.7
5.3
5.8
18 Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
3,223
13
300
498
60.2
6.5
247.9
18
9
83.8
3.6
1.8
28
183
19 Warren Moon
W. Moon
3,186
15
248
437
56.8
7.3
212.4
20
18
77.8
4.6
4.1
35
291
20 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
3,100
13
231
377
61.3
8.2
238.5
22
10
95.8
5.8
2.7
21 Kurt Warner
K. Warner
2,968
10
258
401
64.3
7.4
296.8
14
12
85.7
3.5
3.0
34
237
22 Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
2,930
10
211
348
60.6
8.4
293.0
16
13
87.5
4.6
3.7
23
119
23 Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
2,917
12
273
393
69.5
7.4
243.1
22
5
104.3
5.6
1.3
38
255
24 Tony Romo
T. Romo
2,849
12
226
326
69.3
8.7
237.4
20
10
103.9
6.1
3.1
14
101
25 Joe Montana
J. Montana
2,847
14
247
394
62.7
7.2
203.4
19
11
88.9
4.8
2.8
StatMuse has game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
11
2
0
.846
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Falcons Falcons
6
7
0
.462
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
8
5
0
.615
Rams Rams
8
6
0
.571
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
10
3
0
.769
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
10
3
0
.769
Ravens Ravens
8
5
0
.615
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
Colts Colts
6
7
0
.462
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
Chargers Chargers
8
5
0
.615

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Wed
12/11
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12-6
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12/8
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27-20
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12/7
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17-19
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12/7
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12/7
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12/22
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DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
12/22
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MIA MIA
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
JAX JAX
@
LV LV
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
12/22
LAR LAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM