nfl qb most passing yards in a nfc or arc championship game

Drew Brees has the most passing yards in the NFC by a quarterback in a season, with 5,476 yards either when passing for more than 0 yards or when winning >0 championships in 2011.

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NFL qb most passing yards in a nfc or arc championship in a regular season game

	NAME	YDS	Champs	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,476	0	2011	NO	16	468	657	71.2	8.3	342.3	46	14	110.6	7.0	2.1	24	158
2	Tom Brady T. Brady	5,316	0	2021	TB	17	485	719	67.5	7.4	312.7	43	12	102.1	6.0	1.7	22	144
3	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,208	0	2016	NO	16	471	673	70.0	7.7	325.5	37	15	101.7	5.5	2.2	27	184
4	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,177	0	2012	NO	16	422	670	63.0	7.7	323.6	43	19	96.3	6.4	2.8	26	190
5	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,162	0	2013	NO	16	446	650	68.6	7.9	322.6	39	12	104.7	6.0	1.8	37	244
6	Jameis Winston J. Winston	5,109	0	2019	TB	16	380	626	60.7	8.2	319.3	33	30	84.3	5.3	4.8	47	282
7	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,069	0	2008	NO	16	413	635	65.0	8.0	316.8	34	17	96.2	5.4	2.7	13	92
8	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	5,038	0	2011	DET	16	421	663	63.5	7.6	314.9	41	16	97.2	6.2	2.4	36	257
9	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,967	0	2012	DET	16	435	727	59.8	6.8	310.4	20	17	79.8	2.8	2.3	29	212
10	Drew Brees D. Brees	4,952	0	2014	NO	16	456	659	69.2	7.5	309.5	33	17	97.0	5.0	2.6	29	186
11	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	4,944	0	2016	ATL	16	373	534	69.9	9.3	309.0	38	7	117.1	7.1	1.3	37	235
12	Eli Manning E. Manning	4,933	1	2011	NYG	16	359	589	61.0	8.4	308.3	29	16	92.9	4.9	2.7	28	199
13	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	4,924	0	2018	ATL	16	422	608	69.4	8.1	307.8	35	7	108.1	5.8	1.2	42	296
14	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	4,917	0	2016	WAS	16	406	606	67.0	8.1	307.3	25	12	97.2	4.1	2.0	23	190
15	Tony Romo T. Romo	4,903	0	2012	DAL	16	425	648	65.6	7.6	306.4	28	19	90.5	4.3	2.9	36	263
16	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	4,902	0	2019	DAL	16	388	596	65.1	8.2	306.4	30	11	99.7	5.0	1.8	23	151
17	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,886	1	2021	LAR	17	404	601	67.2	8.1	287.4	41	17	102.9	6.8	2.8	30	243
18	Drew Brees D. Brees	4,870	0	2015	NO	15	428	627	68.3	7.8	324.7	32	11	101.0	5.1	1.8	31	235
19	Kurt Warner K. Warner	4,830	0	2001	STL	16	375	546	68.7	8.8	301.9	36	22	101.4	6.6	4.0	38	233
20	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	4,719	0	2012	ATL	16	422	615	68.6	7.7	294.9	32	14	99.1	5.2	2.3	28	210
21	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	4,717	0	2004	MIN	16	379	548	69.2	8.6	294.8	39	11	110.9	7.1	2.0	46	238
22	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,707	0	2025	LAR	17	388	597	65.0	7.9	276.9	46	8	109.2	7.7	1.3	23	150
23	Tom Brady T. Brady	4,694	0	2022	TB	17	490	733	66.8	6.4	276.1	25	9	90.7	3.4	1.2	22	160
24	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	4,694	0	2014	ATL	16	415	628	66.1	7.5	293.4	28	14	93.9	4.5	2.2	31	205
25	Jared Goff J. Goff	4,688	0	2018	LAR	16	364	561	64.9	8.4	293.0	32	12	101.1	5.7	2.1	33	223

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