most passing yards with less than 40 passing attempts in a game

Tony Romo has the most passing yards in a game when throwing fewer than 40 pass attempts, with 506 yards against the Broncos on October 6, 2013.

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  • Data note: Passing Yards, Passing Attempts: player game data may be incomplete before 1950
NAMEYDSATTDATETMOPPCMPPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tony Romo
T. Romo
506
36
10/6/2013
vs
25
69.4
14.1
5
1
140.0
13.9
2.8
4
36
2Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
505
39
10/28/1962
vs
27
69.2
12.9
7
0
151.4
17.9
0.0
3Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
503
37
10/2/2016
vs
28
75.7
13.6
4
1
142.0
10.8
2.7
3
22
4Joe Namath
J. Namath
496
28
9/24/1972
@
15
53.6
17.7
6
1
123.5
21.4
3.6
5Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
490
35
11/2/1986
@
20
57.1
14.0
4
1
128.0
11.4
2.9
4
19
6Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
468
39
12/11/1949
vs
24
61.5
12.0
6
3
110.9
15.4
7.7
7Jared Goff
J. Goff
465
33
9/27/2018
vs
26
78.8
14.1
5
0
158.3
15.2
0.0
1
9
8George Blanda
G. Blanda
464
32
10/29/1961
@
18
56.3
14.5
4
4
101.0
12.5
12.5
9Steve Young
S. Young
462
32
11/28/1993
@
26
81.3
14.4
4
1
145.3
12.5
3.1
3
10
10Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
450
39
1/2/2005
vs
29
74.4
11.5
3
2
116.4
7.7
5.1
3
18
11Steve Young
S. Young
449
37
9/13/1992
vs
26
70.3
12.1
3
1
127.0
8.1
2.7
1
10
12Tom Brady
T. Brady
447
39
9/17/2017
@
30
76.9
11.5
3
0
139.6
7.7
0.0
2
11
13Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
446
39
1/2/2022
vs
30
76.9
11.4
4
0
148.0
10.3
0.0
4
31
14Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
446
24
10/31/1948
vs
17
70.8
18.6
4
0
152.8
16.7
0.0
15Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
442
32
10/5/1998
@
20
62.5
13.8
4
0
145.8
12.5
0.0
0
0
16Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
442
31
11/10/1991
vs
16
51.6
14.3
6
0
136.8
19.4
0.0
0
0
17Kurt Warner
K. Warner
441
35
9/4/2000
vs
25
71.4
12.6
3
3
106.5
8.6
8.6
2
8
18Peyton Manning
P. Manning
440
36
9/25/2000
vs
23
63.9
12.2
4
0
143.3
11.1
0.0
0
0
19James Harris
J. Harris
436
29
10/3/1976
@
17
58.6
15.0
2
1
111.6
6.9
3.4
20Len Dawson
L. Dawson
435
38
11/1/1964
vs
23
60.5
11.4
6
3
106.9
15.8
7.9
21Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
434
33
11/23/2017
@
27
81.8
13.2
3
0
149.1
9.1
0.0
0
0
22Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
433
32
11/14/1943
@
21
65.6
13.5
7
1
135.4
21.9
3.1
23Tom Brady
T. Brady
432
33
11/3/2013
vs
23
69.7
13.1
4
0
151.8
12.1
0.0
3
19
24Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
432
39
9/22/1996
@
23
59.0
11.1
3
1
112.3
7.7
2.6
2
19
25Phil Simms
P. Simms
432
36
10/6/1985
vs
18
50.0
12.0
3
2
98.4
8.3
5.6
4
29

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