most passing yards sunday night football

Matt Schaub and Warren Moon are tied for the most passing yards in a day on Sundays, with 527 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player sunday night football
NAMEYDSDAYCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
527
11/18/2012
43
55
78.2
9.6
527.0
5
2
121.7
9.1
3.6
2
23
2Warren Moon
W. Moon
527
12/16/1990
27
45
60.0
11.7
527.0
3
0
123.1
6.7
0.0
3
22
3Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
525
12/26/2021
37
46
80.4
11.4
525.0
4
0
143.2
8.7
0.0
3
27
4Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
522
10/26/2014
40
49
81.6
10.7
522.0
6
0
150.6
12.2
0.0
0
0
5Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
522
11/10/1996
35
59
59.3
8.8
522.0
3
4
77.1
5.1
6.8
2
15
6Dan Marino
D. Marino
521
10/23/1988
35
60
58.3
8.7
521.0
3
5
68.8
5.0
8.3
0
0
7Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
520
1/1/2012
36
59
61.0
8.8
520.0
5
2
103.8
8.5
3.4
2
18
8Jared Goff
J. Goff
517
9/29/2019
45
68
66.2
7.6
517.0
2
3
80.3
2.9
4.4
2
27
9Derek Carr
D. Carr
513
10/30/2016
40
59
67.8
8.7
513.0
4
0
117.4
6.8
0.0
2
15
10Phil Simms
P. Simms
513
10/13/1985
40
62
64.5
8.3
513.0
1
2
82.3
1.6
3.2
7
70
11Eli Manning
E. Manning
510
9/16/2012
31
51
60.8
10.0
510.0
3
3
89.5
5.9
5.9
0
0
12Drew Brees
D. Brees
510
11/19/2006
37
52
71.2
9.8
510.0
2
3
91.0
3.8
5.8
2
6
13Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
509
12/26/1982
30
46
65.2
11.1
509.0
3
2
106.2
6.5
4.3
1
3
14Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
506
12/10/2017
44
66
66.7
7.7
506.0
2
0
99.7
3.0
0.0
3
20
15Tony Romo
T. Romo
506
10/6/2013
25
36
69.4
14.1
506.0
5
1
140.0
13.9
2.8
4
36
16Drew Brees
D. Brees
505
11/1/2015
39
50
78.0
10.1
505.0
7
2
131.7
14.0
4.0
0
0
17Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
505
10/28/1962
27
39
69.2
12.9
505.0
7
0
151.4
17.9
0.0
18Elvis Grbac
E. Grbac
504
11/5/2000
39
53
73.6
9.5
504.0
2
2
99.9
3.8
3.8
4
30
19Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
503
10/2/2016
28
37
75.7
13.6
503.0
4
1
142.0
10.8
2.7
3
22
20Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
503
10/18/2015
43
65
66.2
7.7
503.0
2
0
99.7
3.1
0.0
3
15
21Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
503
12/20/2009
29
46
63.0
10.9
503.0
3
0
121.9
6.5
0.0
5
31
22Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
502
10/4/2020
41
58
70.7
8.7
502.0
4
1
112.9
6.9
1.7
3
21
23Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
499
10/31/2004
31
55
56.4
9.1
499.0
4
3
88.4
7.3
5.5
0
0
24Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
497
9/19/2010
38
52
73.1
9.6
497.0
3
1
114.0
5.8
1.9
5
29
25Joe Namath
J. Namath
496
9/24/1972
15
28
53.6
17.7
496.0
6
1
123.5
21.4
3.6
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14
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5
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10
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Jets Jets - e
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14
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
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8
9
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11
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12
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13
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3
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11
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
6
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.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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9
8
0
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176