oldest player to pass for 500 yards

Drew Brees is the oldest in a game with 500+ passing yards. He was 36 years and 290 days old against the Giants on November 1, 2015.

Interpreted as:
oldest player to pass in a regular-season game for 500 or more passing yards
NAMEAgeATTYDSDATETMOPPCMPPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
36-290
50
505
11/1/2015
vs
39
78.0
10.1
7
2
131.7
14.0
4.0
0
0
2Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
36-045
58
509
10/3/2024
vs
42
72.4
8.8
4
1
114.8
6.9
1.7
4
32
3Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
36-004
39
505
10/28/1962
vs
27
69.2
12.9
7
0
151.4
17.9
0.0
4Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
35-283
66
506
12/10/2017
vs
44
66.7
7.7
2
0
99.7
3.0
0.0
3
20
5Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
35-207
59
522
11/10/1996
@
35
59.3
8.8
3
4
77.1
5.1
6.8
2
15
6Tom Brady
T. Brady
34-040
48
517
9/12/2011
@
32
66.7
10.8
4
1
121.6
8.3
2.1
1
1
7Warren Moon
W. Moon
34-028
45
527
12/16/1990
@
27
60.0
11.7
3
0
123.1
6.7
0.0
3
22
8Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
33-314
65
503
10/18/2015
@
43
66.2
7.7
2
0
99.7
3.1
0.0
3
15
9Tony Romo
T. Romo
33-168
36
506
10/6/2013
vs
25
69.4
14.1
5
1
140.0
13.9
2.8
4
36
10Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
32-238
49
522
10/26/2014
vs
40
81.6
10.7
6
0
150.6
12.2
0.0
0
0
11Eli Manning
E. Manning
31-257
51
510
9/16/2012
vs
31
60.8
10.0
3
3
89.5
5.9
5.9
0
0
12Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
31-146
55
527
11/18/2012
vs
43
78.2
9.6
5
2
121.7
9.1
3.6
2
23
13Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
31-138
37
503
10/2/2016
vs
28
75.7
13.6
4
1
142.0
10.8
2.7
3
22
14Phil Simms
P. Simms
30-344
62
513
10/13/1985
@
40
64.5
8.3
1
2
82.3
1.6
3.2
7
70
15Elvis Grbac
E. Grbac
30-084
53
504
11/5/2000
@
39
73.6
9.5
2
2
99.9
3.8
3.8
4
30
16Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
28-246
46
509
12/26/1982
vs
30
65.2
11.1
3
2
106.2
6.5
4.3
1
3
17Drew Brees
D. Brees
27-308
52
510
11/19/2006
vs
37
71.2
9.8
2
3
91.0
3.8
5.8
2
6
18Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
27-293
46
503
12/20/2009
vs
29
63.0
10.9
3
0
121.9
6.5
0.0
5
31
19Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
27-067
58
502
10/4/2020
vs
41
70.7
8.7
4
1
112.9
6.9
1.7
3
21
20Dan Marino
D. Marino
27-038
60
521
10/23/1988
vs
35
58.3
8.7
3
5
68.8
5.0
8.3
0
0
21Derek Carr
D. Carr
25-216
59
513
10/30/2016
@
40
67.8
8.7
4
0
117.4
6.8
0.0
2
15
22Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
25-197
41
554
9/28/1951
vs
27
65.9
13.5
5
2
128.3
12.2
4.9
23Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
25-016
46
525
12/26/2021
vs
37
80.4
11.4
4
0
143.2
8.7
0.0
3
27
24Jared Goff
J. Goff
24-350
68
517
9/29/2019
vs
45
66.2
7.6
2
3
80.3
2.9
4.4
2
27
25Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
23-328
59
520
1/1/2012
@
36
61.0
8.8
5
2
103.8
8.5
3.4
2
18
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing attempts and passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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